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  1. Why so many fail out of our program?

    manofcare replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    Go to the website for any one of your schools and look for the NCLEX pass rate. Schools have to have a certain pass rate to keep their accreditation. The course is taught to keep pass rates high...

  2. Feeling lost during clinicals

    manofcare replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in General Students

    Trust me the days of having nothing to do will NOT last. I'm in my fourth semester and they slam us with pt care. Four pts and all meds, plus ADLs etc. My suggestion is to learn to manage your time...

  3. 1st Med Surge Exam

    manofcare replied to bsugar888's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Read the question CAREFULLY. Underline the important words. Cover the answers with your scantron and do not look at the answers. Formulate an answer in your head. Look at the answers and read them...

  4. Care Plans

    manofcare replied to ljbutler's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Consider the area that the surgery was performed on. The bladder and urinary elimination could be impaied or stopped. It could interupt the other elimination (fecal) as well, because of swelling. Even...

  5. I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    manofcare replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a fourth, and thank GOD, final semester student at an ADN school. I carried a Palm TX for clinicals for the first three semesters with Davis and Gahart on it. I bought a smart phone to replace the...

  6. A&P 1: Please help me understand "hypertonic" & "hypotonic"!!

    manofcare replied to JasmineTea's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hyper means a lot, hypo means little. If you remember one thing remember that SOLUTES SUCK. Hypertoninc has Hyper (A lot) of solutes and therefore it

  7. OB Rotation is Hell

    manofcare replied to Cartman1532's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Guys, I'm telling you. Walk in, put gloves on and do everyting you can to help your preceptor. If you slink to the outside walls, the staff or pt will ask you to leave. This is a time when being timid...

  8. what shoes do you wear...

    manofcare replied to blee1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Brooks makes an all white shoe. I have a pair on my feet right

  9. what shoes do you wear...

    manofcare replied to blee1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    For you guys with hard to fit feet, like high arches, etc. Go to an orthopedic shoe store for fitting. They can fit you with insoles, or supports. The supports are not real expensive and they really...

  10. I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    manofcare replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    I was a pet mortician. Not really, I have owned and operated a small family owned bow and gun store. Yeah, I'm serious went from self-employed to

  11. Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    manofcare replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not really sure why this question is so recurrent in the field. I also suspect that this thinking is, no offense, primarily feminine in nature. Don't think that I didn't feel secure when my mom...

  12. CNAs hiding linens in the closets.

    manofcare replied to ari3sdog's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I would be tickled pink if we could get some of the techs (CNAs) to leave the lounge long enough to move linens to the closets, it's at least closer to the bed for the licensed and intern staff to...

  13. OB Rotation is Hell

    manofcare replied to Cartman1532's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I am currently attending OB/GYN at a small ADN program in Texas. I'm an older guy and I have a lot of clinical experience through an interning program. When you walk into a room don't be a wallflower....

  14. Recapping needles

    manofcare replied to heather318's topic in General Students

    I intern on a med-surg floor, and we pass a lot of meds. The procedure used by most floor nurses is to draw from a vial with a large bore needle(18ga, easy to draw) and then recap by scooping the...

  15. Rich nurses?

    manofcare replied to tiij's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's just a guy thing but I am really not ashamed of being paid to work. All through the first semester of school the instructors did not want to hear anything but to help people as an answer to...

  16. Need counseling on a life decision

    manofcare replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    I really think the kids should always come first. You need to be with them, but if you must go to Texas this is waht I would do. Dump the car. You don't need a car payment. Yeah, I know it's a reallt...

  17. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    manofcare replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    Glaucoma pt, that is legally blind, milking his pet rattlesnake and gets bitten on both hands. 20 y/o man suffering from self-inflicted GSW to abdomen trying to get bullet out of live cartridge to...

  18. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    manofcare replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    Unlike many programs at the CC level, the RN program has a limit on the number of students that can be trained. This relates to clinicals and the number of preceptors to students. Now, understand that...

  19. Does everyone feel overwhelmed when they start nursing school?

    manofcare replied to tsmith9031's topic in General Students

    No, not everyone feels that way. There are some students that are in such severe shock that they don't recognize the feeling. Absolutely. The reading alone is overwhelming, do not get behind. Then...

  20. Anti-depressants and nursing school

    manofcare replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

    Hey, I take buproprion, but I don't really need it. My wife, kids, and friends say I need it to keep from becoming a total and complete @?*?#, but I don't need it. Just kidding. I do take it and it...

  21. Pinning ceremonies...

    manofcare replied to MsBruiser's topic in Male Nursing Students

    First, they probably could not stop you as long as you complied with the dress code. PC and all that jazz. Man, I'm truly afraid of that

  22. Why are male nurses looked down on?

    manofcare replied to USCUAmber's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I usually use the line that I have a long memory and will be in control of the pain meds. It really shuts my buds up in a hurry. Feel free to use, if appropriate.

  23. What was your first clinical experience like? Any suggestions on how to handle it?

    manofcare replied to LuvaBSNRN's topic in General Students

    Always be polite to the staff. They work for a living. Ask if you can help if it does not interfere with your clinical needs. Ask them to get you for the most mundane of procedures, and offer to help...

  24. Which pre-req's have you enjoyed?

    manofcare replied to Pixiesmom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A&P I&II, and especially Microbiology because the prof. was

  25. Who else is entering a nursing program that . . .

    manofcare replied to EthnicBeauty's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Client contact is client contact. It's all a learning experience. My CC requires that ALL RN apps. go through CNA. Some of the students in my class could not handle even touching the clients in the...