IaCountryGirl

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  1. Fellow student, BIG TIME user and cheater.

    IaCountryGirl replied to hopeful_2013's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Those people don't usually make it too far. Eventually it kicks their butt and they fail. Even if they do make it through, they are screwed come time for the boards. And I have found people usually...

  2. I have the Stink Gag

    IaCountryGirl replied to uRN4it's topic in General Students

    Mouth breath as someone else said. Just becareful you don't splash My stomachs gotten weaker since Nursing and I don't know why. So if I feel the gagging start to come on, I breath through my mouth...

  3. I have my syllabus, textbooks, and 1 week to go...Should I start reading now?

    IaCountryGirl replied to i<3u's topic in General Students

    If you have a list of meds, I would start making drugs cards now (go by classification!). And start looking up normal lab values of common things (K, Ca, Na, HCT, HGB,

  4. Please help me understand what ATI is exactly

    IaCountryGirl replied to dayshad's topic in General Students

    You have to purchase a new code every semester anyway. You get the books with your purchase, however they have went to ebooks anyway so we no longer get the actual books. The problem with the used...

  5. Credit check - so worried all of the sudden.

    IaCountryGirl replied to ErinRN2B's topic in General Students

    Do you research carefully if you do this route. But don't pay a company to do something you haven't tried doing yourself first. I would call them and tell them "I have x amount of dollars I can send...

  6. Credit check - so worried all of the sudden.

    IaCountryGirl replied to ErinRN2B's topic in General Students

    A lot of places do this now and it's not just hospitals. I wouldn't panic- if you're going up for a job that you know requires a credit check, then discuss the matter ahead of time with the person...

  7. ATTENTION MOMMIES!

    IaCountryGirl replied to mommy_5's topic in General Students

    I know a mother who has 4 kids and her husband/their dad was killed in a car accident. So now

  8. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    IaCountryGirl replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a few nurses be ugly to me. One particular floor is known to be horrible to students, which I wonder why the college continues to let students go to that floor. But then this floor is just...

  9. lllnesses/injuries affecting nursing school work

    IaCountryGirl replied to cogath's topic in General Students

    I think I would be pretty devestated if it happened to me, mainly because I"m so close to being done. A classmate last semester injured his ankle when playing with his son. Sprained it pretty good....

  10. Nursing school schedule-vent !

    IaCountryGirl replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    We usually don't find ours out until a couple weeks after class starts. But then our clinicals don't start until a month into the semester. We do know the days clinicals will be ahead of time- like...

  11. BAD NURSING HABBITS

    IaCountryGirl replied to cincin1222's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hmm, I would question her if she thought it was ok to just use a napkin...... although a couple weeks ago I watched a nurse do one and hold gauze on the patients finger without any gloves...

  12. Organizing my workday at clinicals

    IaCountryGirl replied to trulyblessed2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't carry a ton of papers with me, everyone carries a clipboard. We get the patients kardex printed out which includes their plan of care. When I get the kardex, I find a blank spot and write out...

  13. Can I legally read TB tests and give injections to family and friends?

    IaCountryGirl replied to cyb3rRN's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would not. My reasoning is, even if it is legal, you do it once and then people start coming out of the woodwork to you for everything and it becomes a

  14. Iowa Nursing Students- HELP!!!

    IaCountryGirl replied to hawkeyeginger's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a year into Kirkwood's nursing program as well (day student here though). I have met many nurses who have graduated from Kirkwood and who are happy with their education- they are all employed at a...

  15. Having meltdown, financial aid suspension, no money, classes begin in 2wks

    IaCountryGirl replied to pickled_tink's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, deep breath.....Why is your financial aid suspended? I ask because without knowing why, it's hard to give you ideas on what to do next. Go through the appeals process anyway, it might take awhile,...

  16. Student Expenses

    IaCountryGirl replied to dedwardsissie's topic in General Students

    Check with your school on their policy. I thought I was going to have to pay up front for my background check since it seemed to read that way in the handouts. However, when I called to make my...

  17. How do you motivate yourself?

    IaCountryGirl replied to UpstateNyDollCna's topic in General Students

    Well, think of it this way (from me who just went through LPN and procrastination is a big problem)---If you start getting things down now, when it comes time for class, you'll be ahead of the game....

  18. The thing about 12 hour shifts...vent

    IaCountryGirl replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, been there with my ex husbands grandmother. You can not talk any sense into women like this nor do they pick up on hints....... Moving was never an option for us and she lived 6 houses down the...

  19. What are things that you always need? Graduation gift ideas...

    IaCountryGirl replied to xInspiredx's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly...........GC to restaraunts are nice. Subway, Pacheros (or Chipotles), whatever she likes. Food is one of my biggest costs because I never pack a lunch (it never seems to work out anyway so...

  20. Floor nurses that make clinicals a bad experience

    IaCountryGirl replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Most of the nurses on the floor where I've been have been pretty nice. I did have one problem with one nurse last rotation who was extremely rude to me, but she seemed to have a chip on her shoulder...

  21. Does an associates in pre-nursing only amount to anything to employers?

    IaCountryGirl replied to northmississippi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The pre-nursing option doesn't obtain you an RN. It's an A.S. that preps you for nursing courses at a BSN level at another college where you will go to get your

  22. Fired By Patient Family

    IaCountryGirl replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    I was "fired" once in my last clinic rotation, and I'm just a student. I won't go into details, but I think it boils back to something that happened the first morning. I had to sign off on this, and I...

  23. I need to do better on my nursing exams, PLEASE HELP!

    IaCountryGirl replied to clairebelle's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know if this helps.....but I find reading from the textbook is pretty pointless for me. I do much better by utilizing videos on youtube and doing case studies. Don't be afraid to sit down with...

  24. clinical restrictians regarding patient relationships

    IaCountryGirl replied to LLovelylocks's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is what I would

  25. Best shoes for school

    IaCountryGirl replied to kay_bee's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have all white sketchers. Very cushy and comfy. They have a tiny bit of silver on them but it's ok with my