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  1. Sounded like a good idea at the time....

    cursedandblessed replied to notthereyet0's topic in General Students

    cc we have a summer class it's 9 clinical days either maymester 3 days/week for 3 weeks, ffi or ii- 2 days a week x 4 + 1 day, or once a week all summer. no preplanning, no med passes, just patient...

  2. They spoiled me and now I'm freaking out !

    cursedandblessed replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    In calculations class it's just calculations. Our pharmacology class wasn't very difficult the 5/6 rights, anaphylaxis, common antibiotics: relationship between a reaction to penicillin and...

  3. Your favorite nursing gadget?

    cursedandblessed replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    OOOIE!! I forgot about that

  4. need help again?

    cursedandblessed replied to mRpeNa's topic in General Students

    I think you're making it harder than it is. Your ultimate answer in this question is drops per minute. Micro gtt tubing is 60 gtt/mL we use the means and extremes method. 40 meq: 200 mL = 10 meq :...

  5. Can I do it?

    cursedandblessed replied to sproeber89's topic in General Students

    let's see i was very ill after cleaning my first bm, i didn't think i'd ever get that smell out of my nose. i can't watch needles go in my own arm to do a blood draw. placenta was gross like liver...

  6. They spoiled me and now I'm freaking out !

    cursedandblessed replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    deep cleansing breath. i have to get a 100 on mine next week. i completed all the questions in calc with conf and henke's med math, all the internet questions i can find, and i'm out of practice...

  7. Metal Penis??

    cursedandblessed replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in General Students

    i def learned something

  8. Scared

    cursedandblessed replied to miksyrak3's topic in General Students

    change is always scary. i was worried that because i'm older, because i have attention deficit, because i'm not an overly outgoing person i couldn't do well. i got almost all a's in prereq's except...

  9. How to wash scrubs at home after caring for MRSA pt?

    cursedandblessed replied to seneyka's topic in Infectious Disease

    on my last rotation every patient i had either had cdiff, mrsa, or vre or some combination of the three. i peeled off the clothes in the restroom and put them in a plastic bag, wiped my shoes down...

  10. alcohol pads and cleaning

    cursedandblessed replied to bebop1's topic in Infectious Disease

    we're taught in school to wipe it with alcohol, the vial top and the patients skin before the fingerstick and the injection. there may be some confusion, as one of my instructors told me that when...

  11. Pre-nursing Students, CNA's, Current Nurses.....

    cursedandblessed replied to Definingmyfuture's topic in General Nursing

    neonates-they scared the heck out of me, until i saw a birth and realized if they could go through that and survive, they could survive my caring for them. i really want er or psych nursing. i'm...

  12. give me a break

    cursedandblessed replied to DanEMT's topic in General Nursing

    okidokie, my 2 cents (did you know there isn't a cents sign on my keyboard?) first post i click on tonight, and i'm flabbergasted. there's only one person at college i've had a problem with, i get...

  13. Any need for PDA or other misc. reference materials?

    cursedandblessed replied to momin96,98,99's topic in General Students

    pda's (check with the school) can be useful, but at home i prefer an oldfashioned book to look up information. i use the test success series for studying for the types of questions on tests.test...

  14. Your favorite nursing gadget?

    cursedandblessed replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    my pens, they're a uniball with a cushy grip thing, click, black, i think it says signo

  15. Please interpret this med order

    cursedandblessed replied to Jennabugs's topic in Patient Medications

    i wish i'd had you guys after my appendectomy(ruptured, septic, open with packing and drain x 4d, iv abx x 7d). i was told i could have 5 or 10 mg q4h. 5 worked great for three hours, then the pain...

  16. Is it worth going to school to be an LPN?

    cursedandblessed replied to Shawn7997's topic in General Nursing

    i'm a pros and cons person. take out a sheet of paper and write out the pros and cons of each. job market, $$$, how long to get into the rn program before you would start both if you applied now to...

  17. IPN Evaluation

    cursedandblessed replied to Cherybaby's topic in General Nursing

    i have no idea what the eval will contain, possibly something similar to a psychiatric eval; you may want to check with some on the recovery board, some of them have had to go through some type of...

  18. Did anyone have a CI who stole from the clinical site?

    cursedandblessed replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    a freaking endoscope?? things like that just make me shake my

  19. essential books for nursing students

    cursedandblessed replied to 2bJoshRN9788's topic in General Students

    first semester : reviews and rationales for fundamentals test success for fundamentals (don't waste money on test success for beginning nursing students-i used an older edition from half.com) i used...

  20. tricks and help from instructors

    cursedandblessed replied to lulu rn's topic in General Students

    1.our instructors would play funny youtube videos before our test. 2. peppermint is also supposed to help you focus, unwrap before the test starts. 3. always use the restroom before the test....

  21. I just got done ordering all my Fall Books

    cursedandblessed replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    super shock to the pocketbook as well. luckily most of our books we use throughout the

  22. Any study tips/advice for Advanced Med/Surg

    cursedandblessed replied to Nancy06's topic in General Students

    cv tips: drugs learn by class and common side effects: a good place for tables on hypertension drugs: http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec07/ch071/ch071a.html#sec07-ch071-ch071a-403 this is the merck...

  23. Organizational paper for clinicals

    cursedandblessed replied to New 2 iceeYouRN's topic in General Students

    thanks, i liked terri's sheet from the minnesota site for my summer clinical starting on monday. we don't pass meds this summer, but we learn how to have four patients at a time doing mostly tech...

  24. Denied employement d/t Adderall????????

    cursedandblessed replied to smstar1996's topic in General Nursing

    you shouldn't have a problem. i use to collect urine drug screens as a cma, and when we collected them we were just to fill out the info on the form. there isn't a place to list medications on the...

  25. Did anyone have a CI who stole from the clinical site?

    cursedandblessed replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    exactly, we're told to get a few alcohol swabs, 2x2's, and bandaids at the beginning of the shift. we've also been warned to get an extra flush, and empty syringe when we're hanging ivpb's or pulling...