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  1. How are things with your home life while in school?

    cursedandblessed replied to j_audrey's topic in General Students

    some weeks are better than others, it's a combination of things. i'm in a tough rotation right now. my first three weren't this rough. i warned everyone ahead of time. sometimes, i have to remind...

  2. You know you're in nursing school when....

    cursedandblessed replied to Valasca's topic in General Students

    when you go to the store to buy new undies and you are now picking out white full granny-panties. :chuckle you have an entire drawer dedicated to thick comfortable white socks (preferably those made...

  3. Stethoscope help

    cursedandblessed replied to MammaNurse2Be's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Do you have the earpieces in the right direction? They don't go the way you think, it looks backwards, but it's based on the way your ear canal is sitting. The earpieces won't seal well in your ears...

  4. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    cursedandblessed replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Yes, we want to thank you, you little snitch for turning in our CI by lying. BTW we ALL know it was you. Now we do have to stay late everyday and get stuck in traffic. Happy Now??? Watch out for...

  5. Strange experience yesterday, feedback please...

    cursedandblessed replied to LovingLearning's topic in General Students

    I think you did great! Here's what I think the reason you were talked to: your school has a relationship with the hospital you're at, they don't want to risk that relationship with the hospital,...

  6. palm pilot/pda

    cursedandblessed replied to carlarenee02's topic in General Students

    I've got the palm tx (it's 267 at amazon free shipping-I paid 249 last year), we had to get the Nursing central software package, which has the drug guide, med dictionary, medline search, and the lab...

  7. Too much 1st semester?

    cursedandblessed replied to CaptScrubs13's topic in General Students

    No! No! and no!(unless you really feel you have to) Nursing is enough IMO, take something over the summer, those in my class who try to take anything other than innerpersonal communication have an...

  8. I have a few questions I really need help with 3/6/09

    cursedandblessed replied to hlwood08's topic in General Students

    Well the first one I knew because of the restlessness, they've been drilling that one into our

  9. Does it ever annoy you when people say nursing school is easy?

    cursedandblessed replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

    Sometimes I think we (nursing students) live an alternate universe. I know we are a different breed in comparison to the others, let's see we are going into a field with 12 hour shifts, lot's of...

  10. Dilemma: Am I Wasting My Time?

    cursedandblessed replied to afineparadigm's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    LVN licensed vocational nurse, sometimes lpn, depending on the state. Have you thought about what you are going to do during clinicals? Preplanning the day before clinicals (that's something I...

  11. Do all schools do this??:(

    cursedandblessed replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Students

    In general, yes, unless you've passed the SAT/ACT with a certain score. Most college textbooks are written at a certain level of understanding and if someone can't even write a decent sentence or have...

  12. in my first term, now I know what you all were talking about

    cursedandblessed replied to chnc1024's topic in General Students

    So you don't have the one who whines about her failing grades, but then informs EVERYONE the morning of every single test how she went out the night before got drunk, and didn't have time to study??...

  13. Obstetrics-gynecology as first clinical?

    cursedandblessed replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Students

    I hated LTC, I didn't mind that they were older, or that they couldn't help, it was just really hard. I just finished up my first mat/peds rotation (3rd rotation), and it was a blast. I was so on my...

  14. Best Way to Learn Spanish?

    cursedandblessed replied to yoginurse2b's topic in General Students

    This is the one that I had, ¿Que Paso?: An English-Spanish Guide for Medical Personnel (Spanish Edition) by Martin P. Kantrowitz, but I gave it to my brother when he moved to LA for his

  15. Student makes med error- how serious?

    cursedandblessed replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Students

    Sorry it happened to you. The most important thing is that the patient was given the right medicine, IMO. So far all my rotations have the electronic mar and the scanner bracelets, so I haven't come...

  16. doh, failed pediatrics

    cursedandblessed replied to NursingIs4CoolPeople's topic in General Students

    (((((NursingIs4CoolPeople))))) This peds/maternity rotation has been the greatest for me clinical-wise, and horrible class-wise. My final's on Tuesday, I'm passing, but it's been rough. I feel for...

  17. Too young to be a nurse?

    cursedandblessed replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

    NO!! Be glad, and proud of yourself that you know what you want, and you are attaining it while you're young. It may be that she like me (at 42) have let others needs get in our way (I'm responsible...

  18. What makes a bad nurse?

    cursedandblessed replied to cpo_one's topic in General Students

    I have to agree, know-it-all attitude, laziness, the slacker mentality (I have a few of those in my clinical group), "it's not my job" person, lack of caring, inability to put your morals aside for...

  19. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    cursedandblessed replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    No one really cares how you do it as a CNA in the nursing home, we'd like to know how our instructor expects us to do it. SHUT UP See what the heck you've done (to the slackers who have abused the...

  20. What I learned at rotation this week.

    cursedandblessed replied to LovingLearning's topic in General Students

    Wow what a week!! Mine wasn't near as exciting, just sad. Had to call the police on the mom who's baby was born with drugs in their system, then the 13 YO who gave birth. I did have a wonderful...

  21. The dirty work?

    cursedandblessed replied to viablecalifornialove's topic in General Students

    I love taking care of hospital patients, I'm in my 2nd semester, third rotation. I hated the nursing home. Not because of the poop and pee, but because I absolutely could not get a brief on. My...

  22. What did your first nurs. test look like?

    cursedandblessed replied to cardschicarn's topic in General Students

    The test success for fundamentals is probably going to give you the best idea what your questions will be like. You have to get used to thinking about what to do given a certain scenario + what is...

  23. Drug cards/references HELPPPP!!!!

    cursedandblessed replied to pepperoni's topic in General Students

    I use this site it's the monthly prescribing reference. http://www.empr.com/ The info can be put onto power point (copy and paste) then print as handouts 2 per page for 5 X 8 cards- well actually...

  24. i hate pediatrics? =(

    cursedandblessed replied to NursingIs4CoolPeople's topic in General Students

    I was so lucky, my first peds rotation was in a middle school. I took temps, passed out meds, and peppermints, did vision and hearing screenings. I subbed for middle school off and on the last 15-20...

  25. Help with care plan for 11 year old with chronic constipation

    cursedandblessed replied to smurfet's topic in General Students

    I had one with Hirshprungs? during my first peds rotation. He had surgery when he was young and had a temp colostomy. Risk for disturbed body image or risk for Situational low self-esteem R/T fecal...