danh3190

danh3190

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  1. What is a lab practical?

    danh3190 replied to pjgarrett1388's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Do they mean a practical exam? In our A&P I lab the "practical" exam consisted of identifying different labeled things, e.g. individual bones lying on a table, parts of a disected sheeps heart,...

  2. do any of you like codes??

    danh3190 replied to ryanfocker's topic in Men in Nursing

    Speaking as a paramedic, I hate the fact that somebody's life is in danger, but it is nice to have an opportunity to do what we've been trained to do. Most of the time I feel like a taxi

  3. Pinning ceremonies...

    danh3190 replied to MsBruiser's topic in Male Nursing Students

    If you decide to do it, you have to post photos so we can all

  4. School uniforms.. ugh..

    danh3190 replied to Scrubz's topic in General Students

    We do all white with school emblem on left shoulder. Hospital based school. Don't really mind the color, but we have little or no choice about the style. The men had their choice of two pants, I...

  5. Calculus anyone?

    danh3190 replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As some of the above posts suggested I'd check out the prerequisites for your Calc course. As I remember my Calc courses (a LONG time ago) all I needed for the first course was basic algebra and...

  6. Microbiology Spring 2007

    danh3190 replied to BlessedMom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm reading my nursing texts for this semester and I'm finding I'm glad I took micro last semester. It's kind of nice to actually recognize the names of the bugs they're talking about and remember...

  7. How many guys in your class?

    danh3190 replied to Scrubz's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Just went through our roster. Looks like about 20% guys in our 2 year diploma RN

  8. Best way to mark your stethoscope?

    danh3190 replied to spoiled_lil_sister's topic in General Students

    I'm thinking of getting some obnoxious colored electrical tape and taping the metal earpieces of the stethescope. I figure that if I want to remove the tape later it'll be easier to clean the glue...

  9. I am 51 y/o, is it too late? (need honesty)

    danh3190 replied to wandaeh's topic in General Nursing

    I hope it's not too late! I'm in school now at 55. Will be almost 57 when I finish. I don't think I'm the oldest in my class, though it would be rude to ask others their age. There's a bunch of us...

  10. Health Profession & Wacko's

    danh3190 replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    This would be an excellent topic for a psychology paper, or maybe a PhD dissertation, research on mental health problems or perhaps personality disorders in health care professionals. Is there a...

  11. narcan questions

    danh3190 replied to kat29's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Can't answer all your questions as I'm a student myself. I did look up half lives of morphine and narcan: morphine 2-4 hours narcan 1-1.5 hours This jives with what they always taught us in paramedic...

  12. Microbiology Spring 2007

    danh3190 replied to BlessedMom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good luck to you all. I had micro last semester and loved it. I can never look at my kitchen or bathroom the same way

  13. mean arterial pressure

    danh3190 replied to julie_hills's topic in Emergency

    Thanks to all above for the useful info. As a paramedic and new nursing student. I've been looking at the MAP on monitors and wondering why they bother tracking

  14. Why haven't I picked up on nursing tests yet!???!!!

    danh3190 replied to rll28's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That's why I make it a point to carefully avoid letting anyone know my grade and I never ever ask anyone what they're grade is. If you do well you feel like you have a reputation to keep up and it...

  15. Latrobe, Pittsburg, or Natrona Heights

    danh3190 replied to daniw603's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Depends on if you like country living or small city living. Latrobe's a beautiful area at the base of the Alleghenies. Seven Springs and Hidden Valley ski areas and resorts aren't that far away...

  16. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    danh3190 replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    Started diploma RN program this year at 54. Will be almost 57 when I finish. Hopefully finish the BSN by 59 or 60 if they accept a lot from my previous science

  17. cutting weekend premium pay

    danh3190 replied to oramar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I was just doing some calculations from the latest NCLEX-RN result summary. I get about about 1500 GN nurses in the last reporting year for the SW PA area vs. about 700 GNs about 3 years ago. Just a...

  18. any good micro sites?

    danh3190 replied to o2BRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just finished micro. I didn't find a lot of good sites. By the end when I had specific questions I just typed key words into google or yahoo and looked over the results (e.g. Serratia AND...

  19. Advice PLEASE - Considering Nursing @ 39

    danh3190 replied to Seven, RN2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm in a similar situation to you except I'm doing it 15 years later. I got laid off from an $80,000/yr job at the age of 54. I must say that although I usually didn't hate the job and often enjoyed...

  20. Needing a little input/advice from the guys...

    danh3190 replied to EdBSN09's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Sounds like you're already figuring out what you want to do when you graduate. If you love the fast paced work, great. Hope you're in the ER when they wheel me in someday. I'm always amazed by the...

  21. Instructor trouble

    danh3190 replied to Boltthrower's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I had a similar feeling during our Intro to Prof. Nursing class. Not so much that they were bashing physicians, but they always were stressing independent nursing actions and playing down the medical...

  22. Pinning ceremonies...

    danh3190 replied to MsBruiser's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I've still got 1.5 years to go, but reading this great thread got me thinking ahead. I sure won't enjoy all the "girlie" things, but I will enjoy being with my classmates and sharing one last happy...

  23. West Penn Hospital attains "Magnet" status!

    danh3190 replied to pghfoxfan's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    They talked a lot about "Magnet Status" in our Intro to Nursing class this semester. I didn't really understand what the big deal was. It sounded like it's good to be a nurse working at a magnet...

  24. EMS abandonment?

    danh3190 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Even if the ambulance did have a paramedic on board many heart monitors routinely run in "monitor mode". As I understand it this mode is good for getting a good tracing for dysrhythmias in a bouncing...

  25. Average age of people in nursing school?

    danh3190 replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know the actual age distribution of my classmates in my RN diploma program but I'd guess most mid 20s to mid 30s. I think we have only a couple right out of high school (out of about 75). We...