Valasca

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  1. You know you're in nursing school when....

    Valasca posted a topic in General Students

    I'm sure this has been done before but I figured I'd do it anyway! You know you're in nursing school when...... Your mind is thinking about so many different things that you actually have to stop and...

  2. New ER requesting the reality check

    Valasca posted a topic in Emergency

    i am a new rn and will begin my er residency next week (in just a couple dayd. also i have very limited er exp.). i have read through the stickys. my residency is 14 wks long with opportunities to...

  3. Is it okay to sell my micro book?

    Valasca replied to mom35's topic in General Students

    You will not need your micro book in nursing school I promise!!!!!!! You are going to have sooooooo many books during nursing school that if they all fell on you at once they would probably kill you...

  4. Correlation Between High GPA & NCLEX Pass Rate/Nursing Care?

    Valasca replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Students

    I really don't know if there have been studies done on GPA and NCLEX pass rates....I would doubt it. I think competition is what is driving the higher admission GPA's. When nursing schools are...

  5. schools testing students on outside resources

    Valasca replied to nurseobrien's topic in General Students

    I suppose they could if they are related to what you have been expected to learn. I have had a couple of instructors do this on occasion (nothing that would make or break you on a quiz/test). Their...

  6. Silly question--what to wear for class

    Valasca replied to knittingmonster's topic in General Students

    For lecture classes and lab we wear whatever we want. For clinical we wear our ugly white uniform :barf01:. For clinical preperation we wear professional dress clothes. But trust me, your school...

  7. Do you know your 'stuff'?!!!

    Valasca replied to sunkissed75's topic in General Students

    Awesome! I am still in nursing school myself but I can tell you that it is even more thrilling when what you are learning starts to "meld" together and you can see that you are thinking critically....

  8. is nursing theory important to nursing practice?

    Valasca replied to precious nikz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So are you asking for ways that nursing theory is not important? Is that what you mean by "the negative side"? Firstly, nursing theory is very important and provides you with the foundation upon which...

  9. please i'm begging for your help with dosage calculations im desperate

    Valasca replied to scaredstudent05's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have always hated math. For some reason it just never makes any sense to me. I feel your frustration. I cannot do dosage calc using deminsonal analysis....it just doesn't make sense in my brain....

  10. Your observations

    Valasca replied to illuminiti's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just curious why you are asking this question???? ....The students that I have seen struggle and/or fail seem to have one thing in common, they do not study or they study very little. However, the...

  11. You know you're in nursing school when....

    Valasca replied to Valasca's topic in General Students

    To expand on what Blove86 said: You know you're in nursing school when you carry flash cards with you in your purse & pull them out while waiting in the drive thru, stop and go traffic, for an oil...

  12. Need help with nursing diagnoses

    Valasca replied to ManderRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would add Imparied gas exchange r/t

  13. Thinking about nursing school but I'm scared!!!! Need advice...

    Valasca replied to cpo_one's topic in General Students

    There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that you can do "it", whatever "it" may be. It sounds like you are kicking around a few different ideas. My advice would be to contact your local hospital and...

  14. Students that "float" by in college

    Valasca replied to gelousstudent's topic in General Students

    I would like to expand on this by adding that I find it annoying when I hear students brag about getting the minimum grade on a test or in a class, or about how they didn't study for a test and still...

  15. How do I manage all of this reading????

    Valasca posted a topic in General Students

    Hi all! So I recently started an ADN program and I am like "whoa!". There is so much reading to do! I have been trying to keep pace but I am running into a problem that I do not know how to manuver...

  16. first foundations test...

    Valasca replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry you didn't get the grade you expected. I know what a let down it is especially when you feel good about your performance. Anyway I just started my ADN program and haven't had any tests...

  17. Why so competitive?

    Valasca replied to LittleTraumaQueen's topic in General Students

    So far the people in my class seem pretty nice and supportive...thank goodness! You have to keep in mind that at the very least (though most likely longer) most students spent an entire year in...

  18. PCA with no Training/Experience

    Valasca replied to D.C.Guy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I was hired as a PCT (patient care tech). I was a CNA at the time. My scope of practice was much greater as a PCT. I was nervous at first but the hospital taught me how to do everything that was...

  19. Should family members insist on being present for procedures?

    Valasca replied to MG-NotANurse's topic in General Nursing

    With my grandmother I let her go in and do things on her own if it is something she is capable of doing safely. It makes her feel more independent. For doctor's appts I do go in with her. I do...

  20. Male Nurse and Sexual Comments

    Valasca replied to Turd.Ferguson's topic in General Nursing

    I would just like to say something that I haven't seen yet.....social norms are being violated....... It is one thing for someone (male or female) to say "oh he/she is hot is he/she single" and then...

  21. husbands that won't help

    Valasca replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read all the responses so forvige me if my post is redundant. My husband thinks I am his mother. It is extremely frustrating for me. We do not have any children yet but he really wants them...

  22. Going to school finally

    Valasca replied to laurie01's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congratulations Laurie!!!!!

  23. nasty smells

    Valasca replied to TLWSTNANOH's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yes. But I use to use Burt's Bees chapstick (I couldn't take the vicks it was too strong). It has a strong peppermint smell so I'd just put some under my nose and away I'd go. Eventually though you...

  24. scared to death

    Valasca replied to NewPICURN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I didn't read the other responses so if any of this is redundant I apologize. NO NO NO it is not a sign that you are not cut out for nursing!!!!!!! It is a sign that you are new and inexperienced!!!...

  25. Hate this OB/PEDS rotation!!!

    Valasca replied to PurrRN's topic in General Students

    No prob. I am sure I've done it