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    Life Flight

    CrufflerJJ replied to milrobinson0816's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There was a good thread on a website you may be familiar with: https://allnurses.com/flight-nursing-surface/flight-nursing-148816.html You might also check out http://www.astna.org/
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    Last semester blues...

    CrufflerJJ replied to SnarfGirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hmmm...Not a good sign....you're almost certainly the ONLY person who's ever felt this way near the end of nursing school. !!NOT!! I think that all of us probably felt this way during the last quarter...
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    Phi Theta Kappa - Haven't we all been invited?

    CrufflerJJ replied to SDChargersGirl#31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Join Phi Theta Kappa - yes, it looks good on your resume, and may make a difference when interviewing for competitive jobs or educational programs. To be offered membership in Sigma Theta Tau,...
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    Associate Degree vs. Accelerated Bachelors Degree

    CrufflerJJ replied to nursegirl513's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Glad to hear you liked the informational session. The program director (Dr. LaC...) and the graduate advisor (LC) try to do a good job of answering your questions. It also helps for potential...
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    Sinclair RN Graduates - Advice PLEASE!

    CrufflerJJ replied to Loadbetty's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm not that smart - just motivated. I did what I had to in order to get the nursing prereqs out of the way by my deadline. The stats class was a prereq for Wright State's accelerated nursing...
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    Sinclair RN Graduates - Advice PLEASE!

    CrufflerJJ replied to Loadbetty's topic in Ohio Nursing

    As others have said, don't be afraid of Dr. Becker. I had him for pharm & pathophys about 2 years ago (doing those 2 courses along with SCC's A&P III and a nutrition class down at UC...
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    What is your school's HESI policy?

    CrufflerJJ replied to KBoo's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Pass rates seem to vary from year to year. In 2007, I was told that the non-accelerated students had a 18% pass rate, and that year's accelerated cohort had a 70-75% pass rate. This seems to "jive"...
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    What is your school's HESI policy?

    CrufflerJJ replied to KBoo's topic in Ohio Nursing

    yes, there are hesi study books available. the one recommended by uc last year is: [color=#2b3244][color=#34587f]bibliographic & ordering information[color=#2b3244][color=#2b3244]...
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    Associate Degree vs. Accelerated Bachelors Degree

    CrufflerJJ replied to nursegirl513's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Another way to think about it (still pushing you towards the accel degree, by the way) is: ...you want to make $$$ as a nurse, right? If you could start any program tomorrow, you'd be a RN with an ADN...
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    Associate Degree vs. Accelerated Bachelors Degree

    CrufflerJJ replied to nursegirl513's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hi nursegirl513! I had to make a similar decision a couple years ago. Several things helped me decide on doing an accel program (University of Cincinnati Accelerated Pathway): - The wait list to get...
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    Just starting out

    CrufflerJJ replied to AKFLIGHTRN's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Matt - If you're considering becoming a PA, you might want to check into that a bit more before starting along the RN path. You MAY end up having to re-do some (or a lot) of your classes. Congrats...
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    is this a good sign?

    CrufflerJJ replied to kbearn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    DEFINITELY a good sign. If they did not like you after the telephone interview, the process would have probably ended right there. Good
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    First time night-shifter who's a morning person

    CrufflerJJ replied to richwv's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Benadryl or Benadryl + EtOH worked for me also. NOTE: If you've not taken Benadryl before, give it a try (small dose ~25mg). For some folks (like my wife), it makes them hyper, with skin-crawling...
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    First time night-shifter who's a morning person

    CrufflerJJ replied to richwv's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It's even better when you work your preceptor's hours, and they rotate shifts every 3-4 weeks! It is definitely not easy. I know the "foggy" feeling you're writing about. It would hit me more after...
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    ThinkLabs electronic steth for hearing probs

    CrufflerJJ replied to shhnack's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    shhnack - Here's the review I posted on Amazon back in April of 2007, shortly after I bought my Thinklabs ds32A: As a degreed Chemical Engineer for 22+ years, and a volunteer Paramedic since 1991 (in...
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    Calling all Chemistry students and Chemistry lovers.

    CrufflerJJ replied to msdeannah's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We learned OIL RIG (oxidation is loss, reduction is
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    Terrified of drawing blood

    CrufflerJJ replied to anxious student's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As with many things in nursing (injections, IVs, Foley catheters,...) remember: It's always better to give than
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    Help - can anyone answer this?

    CrufflerJJ replied to miss_c's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If she's in pain during the exercises (I'd probably be hurting if you chopped out one of my lung lobes!), the nurse may need to explore PRN pain meds for the patient (?are they ordered?). Also see if...
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    GPA questoin

    CrufflerJJ replied to dallet6's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    97% for an "A"?!?! Sounds pretty painful to me. In my prereqs at the local community college, grading scales were strictly A/B/C/D 90/80/70/60. In my accelerated BSN program, grading scales varied...
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    How difficult is the GRE?

    CrufflerJJ replied to justme1972's topic in First Year After Licensure

    While the exam is based "just" on High School level math, it was still challenging for me. My first degree is in Chemical Engineering, which would imply that I'm good at math. WRONGO! Math was...
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    GRE Study guide/tips

    CrufflerJJ replied to coolvibesRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I highly recommend the Kaplan book & CDROM. REA was lousy, in my opinion. Barrons was pretty good, but I mainly used the Kaplan book. Go to your local library, and see what GRE books they have...
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    What study habits work?

    CrufflerJJ replied to NICUplease's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I guess I'm a visual learner also. There were plenty of times on tests where I'd know the answer was on the bottom left corner of the page of lecture notes, but DARN if I could remember the answer!...
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    who is tired?

    CrufflerJJ replied to shellpsychrn's topic in General Students

    And it gets EVEN BETTER when you have a quarter like we just did. Our clinicals were one-on-one with a preceptor, and you work their schedule. In my case, my preceptor bounced from nights (7PM-7AM)...
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    who is tired?

    CrufflerJJ replied to shellpsychrn's topic in General Students

    As long as you're sure that the "light at the end of the tunnel" isn't a
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    who is tired?

    CrufflerJJ replied to shellpsychrn's topic in General Students

    I just finished my last quarter of mixed didactic & clinicals (all I've got left now is a few weeks of clinicals). I was tired. Physically & mentally tired. Tired to the point that I didn't...