jfordngcsu

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1. Grrrrrrr!!!

   jfordngcsu replied to nurseleigh's topic in General Students

   i think a 89 is grrrrrrreat! at least it is where i go to school. we had 2 tests and got an 80 on both and i was very happy with myself. just remember that when you get a job there not going to ask what you got on your first test. just understand the...

2. Question about codes

   jfordngcsu replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Students

   wow crnasomeday! that sounds so very exciting i hope that i may have a chance like that and even having the doctors and nurses be so nice to let you participate. i have only hear fake fire drills, and weather codes where we had to get all the patient...

3. I have the worst microbiology teacher

   jfordngcsu replied to TeresaRN2b's topic in General Students

   i can totatlly symphathize with you. last year i took micro and it is so hard when he talks in another language. my teacher has been doing this for like 30 years and he teaches the same stuff he taught back then and he teaches like we should already ...

4. Boy, what a reality check!!

   jfordngcsu replied to essarge's topic in General Students

   i would never dare do such a thing with our tests. some of ours you can study and study and study and still not make an A. onour first test there was only one A out of 60 some students. but i bet you learned your lesson!! but thats what makes life fu...

5. What program are you in?

   jfordngcsu replied to Cindy_A's topic in General Students

   I am in an ASN program right now. There is a BSN program in which I can go into after I get done with my ASN at the same school. It is also done at a few hospital around ATL. I think that the program is neat that we can take the classes via sat. f...

6. Working While In School......

   jfordngcsu replied to zannie's topic in General Students

   i also agree with that. i work at a pharmacy on the days when i have time and the hospital on the holidays. i have no idea how some of these people have families and work full time. mylife is stressful as it is and i put a large amount of my time and...

7. psych clinicals. how is it for you?

   jfordngcsu posted a topic in General Students

   this clinical rotation we are at a psych floor and it is not for me. i have seen everything from people having sex to people wearing wash clothes on their heads! the one thing that is bothersome is that the nurses have very little if any interaction ...

8. MUST have been a man's idea...

   jfordngcsu replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

   i'm glad you all wear the all white scrubs too. we hate it and we thought we were the only ones. we call ourselves little clouds. we stand out so much. our year they changed it. the years before us had royal blue and i think that was so much better. ...

9. Cna?

   jfordngcsu replied to wendyd's topic in CNA/MA

   i am a cna and i did it in between my first and second year. i would highly recommend it. it makes such a difference going into the hospital now for clinicals. if you let everyone know you are a nursing student they will be willing to teach you more ...

10. What do you want to be when you grow up??

    jfordngcsu replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Students

    like the rest of my fellow students i would enjoy to do pediatrics of labor and delivery. but i have been told to do med surg first to become an expert with the basic skills and then go into peds. i have no idea i guess i'll just find a job wherever ...

11. Clinicals

    jfordngcsu replied to wendyd's topic in General Students

    we have no choice where we go or who is in our group. we rotate groups every 7 weeks and we go to a total of 4 different places. i wish we could choose people in our groups because then we could have people who live around us car pool with each other...

12. Maybe I should bail out now.

    jfordngcsu replied to Hannah R's topic in General Students

    im sorry that i do not have advice for you, but i feel the same way. our first test is next week and then we have one the following week. so i will being feeling the same way you are. i feel as though it is so hard to concentrate right now because of...

13. breakfast suggestions?

    jfordngcsu replied to wanna B an RN's topic in General Students

    I believe breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So I always make sure its wholesome and delicious. I enjoy bagels so when I am going to be having a long day at clinicals I usually have a bagel to hold me over all day long. On other more re...