Hooligan

Hooligan

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  1. What is your grading scale in nursing school?

    Ours is 100-92 = A 91-85 = B 84-78 =
  2. i need to get out of this

    Wow...you sound like me this weekend...except I'm just in school (1st year/2nd semester) and I feel like I've made a huge mistake going into nursing. I hate clinical so much it's not even funny!! I...
  3. Reiki therapy

    It's really different...it's not even like a massage...more like "laying of the hands". The really interesting part is the physical sensations (different temperatures, pressures, etc...) that occur...
  4. Barely Passed

    Hey Bangin'!! I'm glad to hear you passed! Congrats!! This semester was a rough one for me too. I got an A in A&PII, and managed B's in 105 and 106 but eeked by with a C in 103. The important...
  5. emotional breakdown!

    Thanks Michael...if you hadn't of posted it I would have! The ignorance and insensitivity of others still astounds me!
  6. IM injections

    We were taught that the only time you draw up an air bubble is when administering a Z-track injection. The rational behind this is to prevent any irritation from medication that could possibly leak...
  7. my first venipuncture

    Woo Hoo! I'm doing my first one on Sunday! I hope I do well too!
  8. poor spelling -- it matters

    God Love Ya Rusty!!!! WOO HOO!!!! :D I would love to be a fly on the wall when they get that!!!
  9. poor spelling -- it matters

    HA HA!!!! Finally, someone else who was taught my way!!! I must admit, I too, am guitly of comma abuse!!! And get this...I got my BA in English!!! LOL!!!! My friend (who became an editor) always...
  10. are you being tried for "deceptive practices" or did you just bounce a check? If you just bounced a check, pay it off, pay the fine, and don't worry about it. If you're being prosecuted for...
  11. Weight gain on NIGHT shift!!!

    Oh hunny...I feel for ya! I don't work nights...but I got a non-nursing desk job right out of college and have gained about 50 pounds over the past four years. I sit on my a$$ all day and the only...
  12. Do Yall Think You Were Robbed of...

    Wow!!! Karen, you sound like me!! I started out as pre-vet (which is all I ever wanted to do) and switched to English after I bombed my first semester (I chalk it up to misspent youth ). My...
  13. Questions asked by Nurse Recruiter...what is the norm?

    Um...I'm not sure...I'm still a student but right off the bat I would have to say no friggin way! I would turn right around and ask why they're recruiting and what's their turn-over rate? If they...
  14. Camp Nursing In Retrospect

    Just out of curiosity, what was your typical day like? How much involvement did you get with the campers? This is something that I'm interesting in doing someday...right now, i'm just a
  15. cops 'n nurses

    This is exactly why I've always said I couldn't/wouldn't marry a cop! You folks are so brave!!! I'd never be able to sleep at night knowing my husband was out there in possible harms way! I'm bad...
  16. Want to be a nurse...but too stupid?!?

    You've got some good advice here and the only thing I'll add is that my first time around (high school & college) I was a horrible student...I skirted by with C's and an occasional B's & D's...
  17. Bubble gum myth or truth?

    Oh and there is some plausability in all the raw dough "myths". Dough has raw egg in it so if you're eating raw dough...then you're eating raw egg...and in raw eggs is....yup...Salmonella!!!! I...
  18. Bubble gum myth or truth?

    I also hear that chewing your nails and swallowing the tips would do the same thing. I know...ewwww...kids do some gross stuff. I guess I just thought it was more lady-like than spitting them out!!!...
  19. Lethal injection nurse???

    As soon as I finish my program and get my RN, I'm standing in
  20. the nurse/porn connection...........

    Head Nurse!!!! That MUST be it!!!!!! Ha Ha!!!
  21. Out of curiousity

    I post and read here because I too find this a great resource! Oh...and I also confess to looking for Mario's posts...his pics are such a hoot!!!! It's a daily "Where's Waldo (Mario)?" You really...