RNin2009

I have a wonderful study group too. Used to study on my own and never knew the benefits of a study group. If you feel comfortable on your own kudos, if you don't and believe you need a group, make sure you join an effective group with serious students willing to share and not depend on you sorely. Unfortunately there are some sudents out there who are very selfish yet ready to take from you. I have come to realize that nursing school without a network system can be very stressfull. You never know what might be brewing.

Hi Heloise, I need ur help one more time, I have sent you a private email pls check and respond if you can. Enjoy mental health. I hear It's already boring. Well I will get to find out in summer 2. Good luck this semester. :-)

Welcome on board guys, prepare to endure stress levels of 9 out of 10. In anycase it's all good. I used to be in your shoes wondering if I will get in but I did. Good luck.

thanks daytonight, i downloaded the information from the links you gave me. thanks a lot, you have been a great help, we all need cyber preceptors like you.thanks :-)

thank you so much for the lead with the links, we are yet to cover teaching techniques next week, she however wants us to go and do a research into it. with this lead i can do my research.

I will be very glad if someone could give me a tip on the format of how to write a teaching plan for my project. My topic of choice is "Breast Examination for women over 40yrs", addressed to a group of women in a local church. I will also appreciate directions to a site where I can view sample nursing essays to get an idea of what to do and get the information from. Thanks

the best thing to do is visit ratemyprofessor.com, you will surely get the input of students about current instructors. good luck.

Thank You!

Someone Pls help me with these problems, I do have an idea of how to go about them but I am confused. (N.B is flow rate always in ml/hr? what's the diff btn flow rate and drip rate) Thanks 1. Mr. Lee is to receive IV Heparin. The physician ordered 20,000 units of heparin in 500 ml of D5W to be infused at the rate of 1000 unite/hr. Calculate the flow rate in ml/hr. 2. Little Jose weighs 66 lb. Epinephrine 0.01 mg/kg IV q 5 min is ordered to treat his sinus bradycardia. Calculate the number of mg of epinephrine per dose. 3. Nipride has been ordered to titrate at 3 - 6 mcg/kg/min. The solution strength is 50 mg in 250 ml. Calculate the flow rate (ml/hr) for the upper range if the patient weighs 72.4 kg.

Hi I am from Texas; I have 3 kids (13, 10 and 5) and live at Saginaw. I have a first degree in financial economics and this is a second chance to change carrier for a better life and also do what I enjoy doing most, which is helping others. I currently work as a PCA with a local agency and love my job, I did this to help me gain experience working with sick people, and yes, this has given me experience in working with Alzheimer's, paraplegic and Parkinson clients. I just got accepted into TCC and will start this spring; I would like to be a CRNA eventually. More power to nurses. :smilecoffeecup:

Actually yes, I just did. Call Bev tomorrow if you are still unable to register.

Thanks for clarifying this info, I guess I was half asleep on campus success. :-).I agree with you, dimensional analysis is not as scary as it sounds except when you have all the IV questions that requires thinking. Thanks Heloise this info benefited me too.

From my understanding, you take it with your clinical. The CID for 2008 is already out, download it, and review the info, and there you will see all the rules just as Heloisea has stated with some questions to try your hands on. :-)

They actually beat us up today at orientation and left many of us newbie's wondering"My God, will we make it?" But hey, we have created our beds and we will have to lie in it. We don't have a choice but to make it. I looked at my schedule this afternoon and simply said wow, my kids. I had a family meeting this evening and explained the situation to them, had a few tears from the younger one, and they all agreed to work with me by cleaning the hse, helping daddy in the kitchen, and most of all limiting the noise and stress level around the hse when I am studying. So guys' good luck to you all and we shall make it! :-)

Did u say u hope it helps? Gal it helps a lot. Thanks, u are such a helper. :trout:

Thanx a lot, u are the best. I will PM u for her name. I hope I get an AM schedule, I have kids that have to be picked up from school.

Actually you didn't gab at all, you gave me some good info. Is there a site or book where we can get to view some of these NCLEX questions? I have heard a lot of ppl talk abt these questions. Thanks.

i thought about the same thing and called the department abt the dates for cpr, but they said not to worry but make sure we have the card for first day of class. heloisea3, how far into the program do we start clinicals?

u are such an encourager to "we" the freshmen . thanks for assuring most of us when we felt so low because of things we had read on this site, only to find out that we got in. many of these stories are certainly made up to put ppl thru 3mths of waiting hell. i honestly share sentiments with wannabrn. the only problem i have now is that, i am broke from buying all the stuff required, especially books . actually i have bought the uniform as well, as i wanted to try it on and make sure it fits before paying for it, i couldn't see how it will work with 99 students in a changing room all trying to find a good fit. besides, i thought it will be best to do this than dwell on a mere $5 dollar discount and go thru the trouble of waiting in line with 98 other students. :monkeydance: so heloisea3, tell me, how on earth do you read and study "kozier & erb's fundamentals of nursing: concepts, process, and practice"? the book is difficult to understand and honestly i have no clue as to what i am reading in preparation for 1st day of class? share your learning secrets with us.

Graduate in 2009 will be 40 but feels 25. :-)

Too expensive, I agree, I went to the financial aid office yesterday to ask when we can get some help and oh boy, we don't if you have qualified till 10 days B4 School starts.Anyway, I wonder how we will try those discounted uniforms on in school b4 purchasing them on the 7the of Dec. I'm thinking abt going to scrub city instead, in that case I can try them on and make sure they fit well. Any way adios peeps.

Hhahahah ooops ma bad, well guy , see u in school. :-)

Gal try again and work on Ur GPA if it's not that competitive. Whoever tells u that GPA doesn't matter is a liar (some ppl say so and dwell sorely on the TEAS). I had a good GPA of 4.0, completed all the perquisites, and did well on the science and math portion of TEAS but not very well on the English. Actually my overall percentile was 77.9%. Applied 1st time got in. I heard so many stories and that honestly made me go crazy during the last few months, but hey, I realized the GPA does matter and some of these stories are hog wash. Try again and I hope to see u walking down the corridors next semester. For now, I have started reading some 14 chapters they want us to read from 2 book b4 first day of class. Isn't that something? Good luck

Congratulations gal, see u in school.

Thank u, the race is on I guess. :-)