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  1. School Procedure Protocol Manual

    AppyHorseFan replied to AppyHorseFan's topic in School

    thanks everyone for replying. we are in the process of looking at several manuals that we have located and revising them to fit our schools. again thank you for

  2. School Procedure Protocol Manual

    AppyHorseFan posted a topic in School

    we are in need of help. we have been informed by our superintendent that the nurse's need to write a procedural protocol manual for all 4 of our campuses. we have 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high...

  3. Come on...share your silly clinic visits

    AppyHorseFan replied to TXNurseBSN's topic in School

    had one just yesterday (monday). the teacher brings him in and says he looks flush, didn't eat lunch, and just sat during recess (very unlike him). take temp, it's 95.7 he says he feels fine and i...

  4. What will YOU do with your first "real" paycheck!?

    AppyHorseFan replied to DZcarrie's topic in General Students

    wow!! there are lots of ideas here!! and while i'd like to do many of them, my intention is to do the following (not necessarily in any particular order): put the majority of my sign-on bonus in a...

  5. has anyone failed a semester

    AppyHorseFan replied to 2ner's topic in General Students

    gij1...thank you for your kind words. it's nice to hear someone say that they think you'll make a good nurse...i can hardly wait until we start preceptorship in just 4 short weeks... that means we...

  6. has anyone failed a semester

    AppyHorseFan replied to 2ner's topic in General Students

    jemommy, thank you for your kind words. it hasn't been an easy road these past few years, but i shall overcome and succeed. if you'll notice my sig line...god lead me here, he'll lead me through it....

  7. has anyone failed a semester

    AppyHorseFan replied to 2ner's topic in General Students

    i can certainly feel your pain!! i was in an adn program a couple of years ago. passed first semester, failed out second semester by 1 point. had to retake first semester, passed with an "a", failed...

  8. Hesi

    AppyHorseFan replied to memphisgurl's topic in General Students

    we have to take the hesi a total of 3 times during our program, at the end of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th semesters. it is set up to cover the material we have covered up to that point. so, it is customized by...

  9. Last day of clinicals

    AppyHorseFan replied to maire's topic in General Students

    Our last day of clinicals...we walk onto the floor, in the process of picking our patients. I think to myself, "I'll take patient in room 123", split second after this thought a woman comes out of a...

  10. Pinning ceremony

    AppyHorseFan replied to Marlo2bRN's topic in General Students

    our pinning ceremony is held on the day of the last semester final. only the graduating sophomores and instructors are present. the freshmen sna studens give a "sophomore tea" following the ceremony ....

  11. Clinicals pass/fail

    AppyHorseFan replied to Mkue's topic in General Students

    our clinicals are considered a class/course by itself each semester. you do have to pass clinical and theory before moving to the next semester. in our clinical, we have a tremendous amount of...

  12. School and Housework!

    AppyHorseFan replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

    being a single mother of two, most of the housework falls to me. my kiddos are 11 and almost 7, so we have devised a system that works "most of the time." each person is responsible for their own...

  13. How to get rid of the hiccups?

    AppyHorseFan replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Brian, The best remedy I have found for the hiccups (that works every time for me) is to eat a teaspoon of table sugar. It's a little grainy and takes a bit to get it "eaten", but it works for me...

  14. Help! question about complications at a birth

    AppyHorseFan replied to cathalenem's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't give you any nursing advise at this time (just start nursing program in August), however, I can give you a PERSONAL experience. My son was born by c-section just over 10 years ago and my...

  15. Is nursing a "calling"

    AppyHorseFan replied to fiestynurse's topic in Nursing Career

    Fiestynurse, I can only speak for myself. But I feel nursing is a "calling" from God for me. Although I am not a nurse YET, I will begin the ADN program in August. Let me give you a brief run-down of...

  16. Is pediatric oncology a fun career?

    AppyHorseFan replied to hottie_from_downunder's topic in Nursing Career

    HFD, I too have a desire to go into peds oncology!! It's so good to hear that someone else has the same calling as myself. I can't really give you much info on how to get a degree in it, however, I...

  17. How old are you?

    AppyHorseFan replied to Rhona's topic in General Students

    Hello all nurses and nurses-to-be!! I am currently 37, but will be 38 in just a few days and when I start the ADN program. I will be just shy of my 40th birthday when I graduate in 2003!! I don't...