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  1. Test without any use?

    cursedandblessed replied to DeLovely's topic in General Students

    ours has started the pax now. perhaps because we're down about 30% of the students from where we started last

  2. Random Thoughts: From a Nursing Student

    cursedandblessed replied to VidaUrbana's topic in General Students

    why do they allow someone with a history of drug abuse and misdirection supervise students giving

  3. How do I write a Critique Paper

    cursedandblessed replied to FuturisticNurse2B's topic in General Students

    LITERATURE CRITIQUES: A critique, by definition, is an act of criticizing: It is a critical discussion/review. Critiques should examine and evaluate the way in which a scientist sets out to solve a...

  4. Attn Commuters: What do you always have in your bag?

    cursedandblessed replied to AriesPanda's topic in General Students

    i think the notes you can download to the ipod are called vango notes. a lot depends on your clinical setting, i was at one with no cafeteria, no soda machine, nothing!! anyway here's my basic...

  5. Starting nursing school in fall 2009...what do I do until then?

    cursedandblessed replied to snkristen3689's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    read fundamentals of nursing. clean the house. put the bills on auto billpay wear your new clinic shoes around the house to break them in. get haircut. get any medical appts out of the way:dentist,...

  6. What is the one thing you wish you were told before starting nursing school

    cursedandblessed replied to CyberVulpine's topic in General Students

    get your house in order before you start. i mean: finances (automatic billpay is wonderful.) laundry(do it all, slipcovers, curtains, etc.) housecleaning (clean everything before you start fall...

  7. Vent - Uniforms!!

    cursedandblessed replied to sh1901's topic in General Students

    if you've got to do the white dress thing for pinning, start scanning your local thrift stores (ours doesn't specify-just the old-timey white dress.) i've had one since i was doing pre-reqs that i...

  8. Rma

    cursedandblessed replied to kellyrp's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    as a cma i feel it was a huge waste of my time. yes, i had the skills to take blood and give injections, but instead my job was precerting for mri's. cma's are not utilized here in my state very...

  9. Common mililiter conversions?

    cursedandblessed replied to kellyhutch's topic in General Students

    best i can tell you is that: 5 mls = 1 teaspoon 15 mls = 1 tablespoon 30 mls = 1 ounce therefore multiply the number of ounces by 30 to get your ml's. i've got no idea about popsicles and jello...

  10. Vent - Uniforms!!

    cursedandblessed replied to sh1901's topic in General Students

    i just wish someone would make up my mind. i swear we've wasted so much time on the undies thing i've just given up. it's in the handbook, flesh or white, i'd think it would be a done deal, but i've...

  11. What's in your clinical book bag?

    cursedandblessed replied to SANART11's topic in General Students

    stethoscope, pocket pal thing with the scissors, penlight, alcohol wipes, pens, my patient rnreport card notebook for my patient's info. single serve crystal light packs-the ones with caffeine in...

  12. Vent - Uniforms!!

    cursedandblessed replied to sh1901's topic in General Students

    consider yourselves lucky!! we're still in whites, in an old timey nursing smock. we're still trying to get over the underpants issue, one instructor says white, one says no--flesh toned, one says...

  13. How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

    cursedandblessed replied to bigmac018's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    with your background you should be able to get into an accelerated bsn program. my step-sister decided to do that (of course after i'd started my adn program). and she'll be finishing the same month...

  14. An interesting policy

    cursedandblessed replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    it's a great idea and it gives the physician's some back up for the ff's. pain is best managed with a combination of therapies from what i learned working for the spine docs. pt, massage, and...

  15. Getting ready for nursing school

    cursedandblessed replied to joeyww12000's topic in General Students

    1. during lecture, please don't decide this is the time to interrupt to discuss your family member who has xyz disease, or if you work as a cna-how you do it at your facility. talk to the instructor...

  16. would love to be nurse, but a bit anti-social

    cursedandblessed replied to Ms Li's topic in General Students

    i'm not much of a joiner, mostly an introvert, though i do actually like people. i like being alone, it keeps me centered and balanced. nurses have to be able to work independently, but they also...

  17. Made Incredibly Easy Books

    cursedandblessed replied to shoebottom's topic in General Students

    i love the magazine, it's bright, colorful and perfect for anyone with adhd. the study guide series i found more helpful is the reviews and rationales series. (i have some of both series)...

  18. I am currently an LPN student in my 2nd quarter and I want to get in the nursing....

    cursedandblessed replied to zoffy1231's topic in General Students

    go to your local hospital's website and find career opportunities or the like. my local hospitals will hire you as a pct after your first semester of fundamentals, and teach you the phlebotomy part...

  19. Overachievers

    cursedandblessed replied to student005's topic in General Students

    i've been called an overachiever. i used to get a's in all my pre-req's now i get mid-high b's. if that's overachieving, i wish someone could smack that into my brain. as for the brown-nosing...

  20. anyone studying while on summer break?

    cursedandblessed replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

    yes, i read lippincott's manual of nursing practice a few minutes each day. i keep it beside the bed. i know this fall i'm doing mental health, renal, muscular, skeletal, and gi disorders, so i'm...

  21. Cardiovascular system - important things to know

    cursedandblessed replied to Zoe*aka*studentnurse's topic in General Students

    hypertension: it effects so many organs of the body. chf-right sided backs up in the periphery, left sided backs up in the lungs (l= left and lungs) mi-mona=morphine, oxygen, nitro, aspirin venous...

  22. Need Encouragement

    cursedandblessed replied to blynn9173's topic in General Students

    worrying doesn't do much, but draw your focus away from what you have to do. fluids and electrolytes can be difficult, so start studying now. i haven't had patho and med-surg on renal yet, but i've...

  23. Getting into nursing but have OCD

    cursedandblessed replied to Guest717002's topic in General Students

    i'm a little different here (though i have been accused of be ocd about cleaning the dynamax) adhd. do some reading on it and on how to work with your ocd to get things done, is the best advice i can...

  24. A Sticky Situation?

    cursedandblessed replied to anon695's topic in General Students

    you don't have to believe the same way as your patients, however, you must always respect their beliefs, as it is an inherent part of their being. just as a christian nurse must refrain from bringing...

  25. NP discusses MJ on national TV ????

    cursedandblessed replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    i don't know in this case, too much is unknown, was she still his nurse, did he ask for drugs after the nurse patient relationship had ended? i just find it easier to keep my mouth shut about my...