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  1. Night Work

    ms mimi replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    i am concerned about night work too. when i get out of school i think i may have to work nights to keep with my son's school schedule. i worked nights for 6 months at another job and hated it. i felt...

  2. How do you tell your co-worker you don't won't to be in their study group?

    ms mimi replied to nurse2b2007SC's topic in General Nursing

    i can't stand study groups either. the only way i will go to one is if i feel like being social, because that is all they do is talk about everything other than what we are studying. just say that you...

  3. Recommended Req'd reading before NS?

    ms mimi replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    i would read the Bible, it will strengthen your

  4. Do drs really look down on nurses?

    ms mimi replied to lmf2006's topic in General Nursing

    nurses focus on the nursing scope of practice, and dr's on their own scope. they work togther, but each add their own element to patient care. i am not a nurse yet (will be in 07') but if i do my job...

  5. That ain't my resident! I am dumbfounded...

    ms mimi replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    i got a job as a cna as soon as i turned 18, it was about the only job around that paid more than minimum wage and i needed to pay for my new apt. i did not go into it because i truely cared about the...

  6. Ok maybe a dumb question but.....

    ms mimi replied to cristina2581's topic in General Nursing

    i kinda agree with that last post. it did seem to me in my first semester of clinicals that the PCT's had a hard time not acting like a PCT's and getting to the nursing stuff. i walked past my PCT...

  7. Breastfeed or else

    ms mimi replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    umm..i breastfed untill my son was two years old:eek: . was i crazy or

  8. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

    ms mimi replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

    i need a stable, flexable, good paying career to take care of me and my son. plus i just love the medical

  9. any other students trying to lose weight?

    ms mimi replied to allthingsbright's topic in Health, Stress Management

    this all sounds so familair. last Dec. i weighed 10lbs less than i do one semester into the program. the instructors warned us that we might gain weight while in nursing school. and it just kinda...

  10. How do you deal with lazy nurses??

    ms mimi replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i am only a student, and when i saw this for the first time i was appaulled. this young, pregnant nurse just sat there the whole time eating and talking to the techs. the other nurses around her were...

  11. What to do while waitlisted

    ms mimi replied to onexmorexgirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i had to wait 4 semesters, but they flew by. i thought about taking classes toward a BSN program but by the time i made up my mind it was time to enter the ADN program. while i waited i took all of my...

  12. What does it take?

    ms mimi replied to jewelz78's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    well first you have to get your pre-reqs out of the way: anatomy & pysiology, chemistry, microbiology...then you can apply for the nursing program, and maybe wait a couple of semesters to get in....

  13. My wife is starting nursing school

    ms mimi replied to realitybias's topic in General Nursing

    financially speaking, you will thank your wife for taking the ADN route. i am in an ADN program and it costs less than half that of a BSN degree. once i get my RN license either the hospital i choose...

  14. Cussing Co-Workers

    ms mimi replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    if it just slips out that is one thing, but to use it as part of your vocabulary, especially at work just makes the person look ignorant. its like they cant think of any other adjective, noun, or verb...

  15. Healthier Fast Food?

    ms mimi replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    i read food labels on everything and even the ones that say no trans fat still have the ingredient partially hydogenated soybean oil. this is confusing because hydrogenated oil is trans fat. i think...

  16. A very important lesson to learn: LISTEN CAREFULLY

    ms mimi replied to NICU_nurse2b's topic in Nursing Humor

    lol:roll

  17. Nurse-Missionary?

    ms mimi replied to Nedix9's topic in General Nursing

    this is some really great info. i too would like to go into medical missions, because Jesus

  18. Are you graded on your clinicals?

    ms mimi replied to Bonny619's topic in General Students

    my clinicals are also pass/fail, but you do get something like a point system. its +1 -overperforming, 0 -performing, -1 -underperfoming. what these mean and how they worked is still a mystery to

  19. GPA..repetitions.....

    ms mimi replied to Dreamer528's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    at my school (community college) if you got a "C" the first time and an "A" the second time the "A" is counted on your GPA only, but the "C" still shows up on your transcript. on the other hand at the...

  20. How many don't make it out?

    ms mimi replied to LadyEJ BSN, RN's topic in General Students

    i just finished 1st semester of an ADN program with about 90 students starting. about 10 didn't make it to finals, and after finals i think 7 flunked out. some of the ones that didn't even make it to...

  21. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    ms mimi replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    it kinda bugs me that the director and nurses office staff treats us kinda crappy. it always seems like we are bothering them if we go in to ask a question. whenever the director comes in and talks to...

  22. how do you afford to live while in school?

    ms mimi replied to gordonarkell's topic in Male Nursing Students

    i get grants,loans, and scholarships and i dont work at all. i go to a community college so tuition is less than half the price of a university, which means that more money comes back to me instead of...

  23. Going to nursing school soon, should I keep my job?

    ms mimi replied to rhp123's topic in General Students

    all i know is that the people in my nursing class who worked seemed to get lower grades than the ones who didn't. they always complained that they didn't have time to read which you have to do a lot...

  24. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    ms mimi replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    these are a few items that i used for my first semester: index cards--for quick flash cards study guides--i bought these in addition to the text book, they have NCLEX ?'s to help you study CD's that...