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  1. Which class would you recommend? Please respond!!

    shrimpchips replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Students

    I would take medical terminology because you will be dealing with medical jargon every day as a nurse/nursing student, but if you can take both then do

  2. MEDS leanring System-RN

    shrimpchips replied to TRCCnurse2be's topic in General Students

    Are you talking about http://www.medspub.com? We do those LSRN's for my program as a requirement but they aren't graded. It depends on your class, but we had LSRN's on medications and drug...

  3. I have a few nursing Questions if anyone can please answer them!! Thanks!!

    shrimpchips replied to TCLA's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    1) What are typically the pre-reqs to get into nursing school please don't say it depends on you schol i just want to get a general idea of what you had to take. Lol, well it really does depend on...

  4. Math Calculation Help Please!!!!!

    shrimpchips replied to LuvScrubs2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You can use other methods for solving drug problems...is your instructor requiring you to use dimensional analysis? If it is confusing for you and you can use a different method then do

  5. Nervous about overcoming fears

    shrimpchips replied to gabriella86's topic in General Students

    That was one of my fears - I don't like getting needles, period. I start to get really anxious (almost like a small panic attack) every time I find myself having to get a TB test or tetorifice shot...

  6. Course Load

    shrimpchips replied to Bo Shoi Ming's topic in General Students

    I took A&P II, microbiology & biochem II in one semester. I got A's in both biochem & micro and got a B in A&P II, but that is because I didn't study as hard for that class. :chair:...

  7. RN class presentations

    shrimpchips replied to craigm's topic in General Students

    So far I only had to do one presentation in one of my nursing classes - called intro to nursing, and boy was that class a joke! she would randomly call on people to present, and some people were put...

  8. Which Medical Dictionary?

    shrimpchips replied to SAHMStudent's topic in General Students

    I have never heard of those. A lot of schools/people recommend Taber's Cyclopedic dictionary. I have it and I love

  9. Medication Check Off!

    shrimpchips replied to 3KittiesRN's topic in General Students

    Well, in our lab we had an injections check off. We drew cards for the sites and for either subQ or IM, then they evaluated us on checking, re-checking and checking again along with checking the MAR...

  10. Eating before clinicals

    shrimpchips replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Students

    Omgosh, I LOVE pb/banana/honey sandwiches! Or just pb/banana...but I never thought about eating those for breakfast

  11. Eating before clinicals

    shrimpchips posted a topic in General Students

    Obviously eating something good is very important and I would never skip eating before clinical, but the question is, what do you like to eat prior to your clinical? My clinical last semester was...

  12. Eating before clinicals

    shrimpchips replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Students

    Yes, I am aware of this.

  13. Eating before clinicals

    shrimpchips replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Students

    A lot of hospitals do computer-based charting these days, and I know that my site does that...is it usually okay to whip out a snack while on the floor doing that or should I just go to the nurses...

  14. Eating before clinicals

    shrimpchips replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Students

    I'm just afraid that I'm not going to be able to find time to duck out and quickly eat a snack, even though I just got an email from my clinical instructor to bring snacks and lunch PRN (unless we...

  15. Bored!!!!

    shrimpchips replied to hunnybaby24's topic in General Students

    I have been on break since Dec. 14th and I am *SO* ready to go back! Before break I was so burnt out and couldn't wait to start but now that I have been doing literally nothing for the past 4 weeks...

  16. Cheap books online? Textbook website suggestions??

    shrimpchips replied to ccac international's topic in General Students

    I second amazon.com. All of my books have been in great shape and the sellers that I have bought from had fast shipping

  17. Nursing Documentation

    shrimpchips replied to jktb's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For my health assessment class, we also focused heavily on documentation. We were required to buy Physical Examination & Health Assessment by Carolyn Jarvis and it helped me a lot because they...

  18. working as a nurse aid without certification

    shrimpchips replied to emille's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Some places will require a CNA/STNA certification while other places do not, but of course those places require you to have successfully completed one clinical rotation (they usually require it to be...

  19. For BSN did you take Calculus or Stats?

    shrimpchips replied to sam3992's topic in General Students

    my program required

  20. Is this a Good Stethoscope??

    shrimpchips replied to Sl1011's topic in General Students

    don't let that thing leave your

  21. Stuff for clinicals

    shrimpchips replied to Dawn Vylet's topic in General Students

    I have a Littman Classic II S.E. and I LOVE it. I can hear so well with it, even better than those Ultrascopes which are supposed to be better than Littmans. I wouldn't settle for anything "below" a...

  22. Are There Any Sorority Women Here?

    shrimpchips replied to UjonesRN's topic in General Students

    delta gamma. during recruitment week i felt that delta gamma was definitely for me. the girls were so nice and seemed so down-to-earth and i got along with so many girls during recruitment, but then...

  23. Gearing up for next semester : )

    shrimpchips replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    I am sooo excited for this semester! about a week and a half left of freedom to go lol I'm taking Foundations II (which is med-surg), Pathophysiology, Effective Oral Communication (dang speech...

  24. anyone actually get good grades in nursing school?

    shrimpchips replied to moonbunnie's topic in General Students

    A-B student here. there is nothing wrong with getting C's, either = C's also get degrees! you will do fine, as long as you study hard and don't let yourself fall

  25. Now That the Semester is over....What Will You Do Better Next Semester

    shrimpchips replied to anewday's topic in General Students

    1. study harder!!! 2. read the chapters prior to lecture 3. review my notes after lecture sometime, I never do this...and I heard that you remember things better by doing that 4. stop