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  1. I am doing my first care plan and I have a question

    essarge replied to Jenn_RN's topic in General Students

    We put the medical diagnosis secondary to the relative to...example....Pain R/T Joint stiffness secondary to Charcot's Joint Disease as evidenced by client stating "my knees hurt a lot when I try to...

  2. Snow days

    essarge posted a topic in General Students

    When I was in high school I used to pray for snow days. Now everytime it snows and there is no school we have to make it up:rolleyes: So far we've got two days to make up but it looks like it's going...

  3. Math/Statistics is it hard?

    essarge replied to Rootbear76's topic in General Students

    I took the social work statistics class. It fulfilled the requirements and didn't have much math in it at all. If you have a choice, I would go with that (unless you really like

  4. Snow days

    essarge replied to essarge's topic in General Students

    snlisa, I'm also in Dover and go to clinicals in Christiana. However, our clinicals are on Thurs and Fri so we don't have to miss any of them. They just announced that most of the public schools...

  5. Nurse Extern

    essarge replied to Nurse Izzy's topic in General Students

    I am a nurse extern and it is nothing more than a title. We do CNA work and, when a nurse feels like it, we can assist with dressing procedures etc. This title is not put on our name tags but CNA is...

  6. Snow days

    essarge replied to essarge's topic in General Students

    I live in Delaware and so far just this past week, we;ve gotten almost 4 feet (or more in some areas) of

  7. Snow days

    essarge replied to essarge's topic in General Students

    They just announced that our school is closed tomorrow...another missed lecture. They still are not sure about thursday. If we miss Thursday, that's a clincial day....I really hope that they are...

  8. Snow days

    essarge replied to essarge's topic in General Students

    Well, after almost three feet of snow and $30 for plowing later, I can get out of my driveway! You never know how much you like freedom until you can't get anywhere. Still don't know if our school...

  9. Do Yall Think You Were Robbed of...

    essarge replied to KK7724's topic in General Students

    Like Kardut, I started my "college experience" (quite) a few years ago. Did the partying thing (among other things) and am now back in school. I am there to learn now but, when I was "younger", I...

  10. Nursing perspectives class

    essarge replied to NurseDixie's topic in General Students

    We have an issues and trends class in our senior year (I'm taking it this summer). It is a great class and covers things like legal/ethical issues and what is going on with the nursing shortage....

  11. Time you can miss in your program (absence)

    essarge replied to LPNtoBSNstudent's topic in General Students

    We are not allowed to miss any clinical time. If school is called because of snow, the clincal time is made up on another date. Class attendance is an option but, that being said, missing is NOT a...

  12. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    essarge replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    While I see many good points, I also see an opportunity for some improvements that will not only help the students but the nurses that are preceptors also. Perhaps, as a group, the nurses could...

  13. 'twas the night before clinical......

    essarge replied to SpecFuz's topic in General Students

    The nervousness that you are feeling is a great one! That means that you are actually going to go and start practicing what you have spent 1000s of hours studying. Have fun with it! You will meet...

  14. Nursing caps/stripes..tradition

    essarge posted a topic in General Students

    I posted this under pinning ceremonies also, but thought, since it was a tradition that some might like to read this. I found this at a website (http://www.civilization.ca/hist/infirm/inban01e.html)...

  15. Comments about clinical rotation.

    essarge replied to MRed94's topic in General Students

    I have seen both ends of the spectrum. The nurses who love nursing and allow me to help with their duties. I have also come face to face with the ones that are unhappy and cranky....seems like they...

  16. Pinning ceremony

    essarge replied to Marlo2bRN's topic in General Students

    I found this at a website (http://www.civilization.ca/hist/infirm/inban01e.html) while I was "surfing"...hope this answers some of your questions about stripes on caps Many, but not all, nurses' caps...

  17. Pinning ceremony

    essarge replied to Marlo2bRN's topic in General Students

    Our school has a "progression" ceremony at the sophomore level...kind of a "way to go" celebration. They are given Lantern pins. As seniors they have the traditional pinning ceremony on Saturday...

  18. Guy in nursing school....experiences??

    essarge replied to Fusternc's topic in General Students

    We had one guy in our class. He was a wonderful person and a good student. He never had any problems being the only one. Unfortunately, this past weekend, he was called to active duy. But God...

  19. Help me study for A&P

    essarge replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Students

    Any review books you can get your hands on that have questions that make you recall are very good. Best of

  20. I overslept on clinical day!!!

    essarge replied to dianacs's topic in General Students

    We are allowed to be late/miss one clinical as long as we call, anything after that is automatic failure of the clinical which in turn makes a failure in the lecture portion also (kind of a double...

  21. Is Physics the most difficult class?

    essarge replied to RENAISSANCE RN's topic in General Students

    While I didn't have to take physics for my nursing degree (thank God!) I did take microbiology and pharmocology in the same semester and I can tell you that I was married to both courses morning,...

  22. Is Physics the most difficult class?

    essarge replied to RENAISSANCE RN's topic in General Students

    While I didn't have to take physics for my nursing degree (thank God!) I did take microbiology and pharmocology in the same semester and I can tell you that I was married to both courses morning,...

  23. Dean's List!!!

    essarge posted a topic in General Students

    I'd like to start a thread where people can add their name to the "Dean's list" if they have done this. I think it would be fun and very supportive!! I for one am very proud to have made the Dean's...

  24. psycholgy based statistics class vs. math based statistics..........

    essarge replied to sbonaparte's topic in General Students

    I'm taking a Social work stats class and when compared to the math stats I prefer this one over math any

  25. Dropout rates?

    essarge replied to dianacs's topic in General Students

    We started with 36 this past fall and so far only one has dropped because of personal reasons. We are now in pharm and over half the class is failing. This reason being that our instructor seems to...