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  1. very nervous: Narc missing!!

    cursedandblessed replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sorry you're having problems! I feel for you. I know how worked up I get over things like that. Even if you can't, because of your boss, file an official incident report write everything down in a...

  2. Cultural Diversity Paper..HELP!!!

    cursedandblessed replied to dobletruble's topic in General Students

    This one has some case studies on some things: http://www.culturediversity.org/cases.htm it was interesting. Actually I'm trying to find out what book or PDA thing would be good for a quick pocket...

  3. i feel lost and confused...=\

    cursedandblessed replied to hTx87's topic in General Students

    I'll be having a blast, finally comfortable in my clinical setting and boom my seven week rotation is up and time for a new place. Usually my clinical instructor is too busy to pay much attention to...

  4. It's official. I'm a suck-up!

    cursedandblessed replied to jackson145's topic in General Students

    I gave out the syringe pens for our needlestick safety presentation. Everyone loved it. It makes it memorable in people's minds. (I'd have much rather had

  5. What the heck do these people think?

    cursedandblessed replied to imn2nursin's topic in General Students

    Time consuming is right!! And let's face it, we want to be nurses and we have high expectations of ourselves. I've gone from all A's to mostly B's and an occasional A. But it's okay. I have to...

  6. To pass or To be the highest?

    cursedandblessed replied to psySins's topic in General Students

    Yes A's make me happy, and I get a huge adrenaline rush from getting them. I was 3/4 of a point from one last semester. So far I've gotten two B's in nursing school, I had a 3.7 something GPA...

  7. Enough is enough: Get out of my wallet.

    cursedandblessed replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    Once we finish we're required to wear a full white old fashioned "nursing dress", white hose, and a cap for graduation/pinning. I've been picking up some at thrift stores in various sizes for those I...

  8. How Do You Stay Positive?

    cursedandblessed replied to missjennmb's topic in General Students

    No great sayings here, you've been having a rough time. I feel for you, the best thing I can say is make sure you have a way to clinicals next week, study for your test, and if you're unhappy with...

  9. Hello Is This Ture on Get you life in order before nursing school?

    cursedandblessed replied to RN_TOBE's topic in General Students

    My school doesn't worry about classroom attendance, but if you miss, you'll miss something you needed to know. However you are only allowed to miss one clinical per rotation. If you miss a test it...

  10. Taking two anatomy classes at once

    cursedandblessed replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

    I took A&P II and Micro the same semester. I got bronchitis 1/2 way through the semester was out for a week and I still got B's in

  11. Nursing student taking drugs

    cursedandblessed replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

    I got through about 10 pages. IMO go to your state's Nurse Practice Act. What does it say? Are you required to report? What about your school's ethics

  12. How to get use to NCLEX Style Questions

    cursedandblessed replied to POMD01's topic in General Students

    Test Success for Fundamentals: the chapter titles went along with the titles in our potter and perry book (not the same order, but the chapter titles are what you need to go by), and it gives you why...

  13. Gearing up for next semester : )

    cursedandblessed replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    second semester, first seven are peds and OB with clinicals 1 day a week, and two 2-hour lectures (OMG, how am I going to sit still for that long), the last seven are Med-Surg II which is the class...

  14. finished nursing 1 and feel cheated

    cursedandblessed replied to textucker's topic in General Students

    ITA that paying attention to the nurses is sometimes much easier than getting your instructors attention. There were 9 of us, and it seemed like the two slackers got more attention than those of us...

  15. Nursing compared to A and P

    cursedandblessed replied to laurawhisenant00's topic in General Students

    If you're interested, a good book is "Test Taking Skills for Beginning Nursing Students". It has the types of questions, along with the answers and why they're

  16. Don't feel ready!

    cursedandblessed replied to Lindalou76's topic in General Students

    I was a nervous wreck when we started with REAL people. I sweated to where it was literally dripping off, as I was so afraid I was going to hurt one of them, by dropping them during a transfer or...

  17. All this reading!

    cursedandblessed replied to love2barn's topic in General Students

    Are your lectures on Powerpoint? Do they send them to to print out?? My printer will accept 3X5 cards so I print the slides out on those. If they just give you a list of course objectives. I use...

  18. Simulation for appendicitis

    cursedandblessed replied to bookworm1's topic in General Students

    oh and they used a sterile wet saline packing/dressing on the open wound. (sorry I'm only 7 weeks into my nursing program so I might not be using all the technical words

  19. Simulation for appendicitis

    cursedandblessed replied to bookworm1's topic in General Students

    I'm pretty sure I was on Vancomycin and percocet two, 10mg tablets q 4 hours, and heparin injections, post ruptured appendix, but I was septic, left mostly open with jackson-pratt, for the first 7...

  20. (vent) Group projects

    cursedandblessed replied to SoloWytch's topic in General Students

    I'm good at research, I've been researching the topic during the last day, and have found a lot of mixed information. I've never been the weakest link in group projects, I don't like to be the...

  21. (vent) Group projects

    cursedandblessed replied to SoloWytch's topic in General Students

    OMG!! I hate this group project thing. We're doing it with our clinical group. We have the guy who has decided he is in charge, has picked out the flipping topic for us ( I thought we were...

  22. how often do you study?

    cursedandblessed replied to hTx87's topic in General Students

    I've got a B. I study about 7-10 hours a week + 6 hours lecture and 9 of clinical/lab, plus 3 hours of pre-planning and finalizing my paperwork after clinical, unless it's the weekend before a...

  23. I think I'm being treated unfairly...

    cursedandblessed replied to mzattitude's topic in General Students

    I'm old(41) and in my first semester too. I'm sorry for your loss, it has to be a really hard time for you and your family. Does your school have a policy on deaths in the family? Do they have a...

  24. Anyone have any resources on how to develop "critical thinking"?

    cursedandblessed replied to AZO49008's topic in General Students

    I know how the OP feels, I've always been an A student, now I'm pulling a mid-B. I'm grateful though. Our tests seem to have 2 totally wrong answers, one that's close to right and one that's right....

  25. Nursing class notes or sample exams?

    cursedandblessed replied to RNStudentJJC's topic in General Students

    test success for beginning nursing students is a good book to start