tater.jake

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  1. What to wear???

    tater.jake replied to IWANT2BE's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I wish every program wasn't so picky about shoes. I understand that it is helpful for scrubs to be color coordinated so that it is easy for employees in the clinical setting to identify you as a...

  2. What to wear???

    tater.jake replied to IWANT2BE's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I have found that dickies sandwashed scrubs are extra

  3. What to wear???

    tater.jake replied to IWANT2BE's topic in Male Nursing Students

    wannabe, get the finest italian leather shoes so you can soak up all of the poopie that falls onto them and you can track it into your house. That way you and your family get to build up your immune...

  4. question about nursing school: practicing on each other

    tater.jake replied to br107's topic in General Students

    In my LPN program, we actually stuck each other for blood draws, IV's, and NG tubes. It was freaky, but interesting and real. We had one student get a needle bent in her vein, but it came out ok....

  5. My NCLEX Fiasco (might have some calming factors)

    tater.jake replied to turkey sweat's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    either that was a manic post-NCLEX phase (which I hope I get to experience) or you should be a writer/nurse.

  6. Opinions on Excelsior College?

    tater.jake replied to tater.jake's topic in LPN to RN

    Yeah, I've established a lot of experience already, just by doing shifts at a hospital for over 2 years as a CNA,Psych tech, and student nurse apprentice. I'm really thinking about just going ahead...

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

    tater.jake replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    The biggest thing I think you could have is the ability to throw away your social life and hit the books. Your classmates are your new friends/enemies :) It's like you enter a nursing matrix, and...

  8. Opinions on Excelsior College?

    tater.jake replied to tater.jake's topic in LPN to RN

    yes I do plan to work as I finish my RN. I'm just wondering how long it will take realistically. I think that nearly doubling my salary is plenty of motivation to keep my nose in the books. It...

  9. excelsior college

    tater.jake replied to honeydust29's topic in Online Distance Learning

    good