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  1. My RN venture ended today.

    justme1972 replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

    I actually came straight home and withdrew from the program. We can do it online. We have two nursing programs in our area, and believe it or not, I'm actually in the "good" one. The other one is at...

  2. Would folks in RN-BSN programs care to share their costs?

    justme1972 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am wondering if some people wouldn't mind listing the program they are attending and the approx cost per semester hour. I am looking for other options and a school by school internet search is...

  3. Have you ever heard of being allergic to mosquito bites?

    justme1972 replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter gets the same thing, but it took me awhile to figure out that it wasn't mosquito bites...it was actually fruit flies...which do bite and if you are allergic, can leave a nasty mark, but...

  4. Nursing preceptor says no to certain abbreviations

    justme1972 replied to cozzy66's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't about if your perceptor is being reasonable or not...this is about picking your battles. As a new employee, if your perceptor says you can't use the abbreviations...then don't use them. It...

  5. It seems cruel to keep him alive!

    justme1972 replied to EscapeTheDungeon's topic in General Students

    Advanced directives can also be written as specific as you want them to be. I have read too many stories about people coming back from alledged "brain death"...whether true (by a miracle) or...

  6. help... i almost passed out!

    justme1972 replied to nolastudent823's topic in General Students

    I don't think you passed out from what you saw. You are like me...blood and gore just doesn't bother me...it may make me whence, but it doesn't make me pass out. However, my first surgery, I gowned,...

  7. My husband wants me to quit

    justme1972 replied to litebrightgirl's topic in General Students

    ....I think you have discovered right here what the real issue is. He wants help on the weekends taking care of the children. It doesn't have a single thing to do with "not seeing enough of you"...

  8. Does anyone ever feel this way?

    justme1972 replied to hTx87's topic in General Students

    I used to feel this way, until about two weeks ago in clinical, I walked into a room to assess a patient. He and I were just chatting and I was just going over his chart, discussing different aspects...

  9. My school does not offer externships

    justme1972 replied to sooperdooper's topic in General Students

    There is another way that can be read. Here we have something similar. If the school does not permit the hospital to come in to do recruiting efforts, the hospital won't accept their externs. They...

  10. My school does not offer externships

    justme1972 replied to sooperdooper's topic in General Students

    No, that isn't true. You are confusing clinicals with externships and they are not the same thing. Clinicals is what you do during school and all nursing schools have clinical time for pre-licensure....

  11. My school does not offer externships

    justme1972 replied to sooperdooper's topic in General Students

    Schools don't offer externships....hospitals

  12. job on the line

    justme1972 replied to nursesneedlovetoo's topic in General Nursing

    This is what you do to set yourself apart: 1. Figure out who the "gossips" and "troublemakers are"...make it a point to stay away from them. Some of them might even be your closest friends...if you...

  13. Poorly Written Exams-Is there any recourse?

    justme1972 replied to jpeters84's topic in General Students

    One thing you'll learn in nursing school is that the instructors will rarely, if ever, admit they made a mistake. They may do something for the students to help make-up points, they may not. Some...

  14. Venting about classmates with families...

    justme1972 replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

    Some things are much harder when you are single than when you are married, and I think sometimes, after people have been married for awhile, or married very young, they forget that. I still remember...

  15. I about cried for a classmate today....

    justme1972 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have had 3 exams in Nursing and 2 return demo's. The way our classes are graded, is each test is worth 25 points. 20 is passing...so as long as you are making above 20, you have a C. One of my...

  16. The Perils of White Pants

    justme1972 replied to DroogieRN's topic in General Students

    I have two suggestions for you, as I have the exact same problem. I started taking birth control pills for this very reason and I just take them straight through on my sugar pills and have Aunt Flo...

  17. Pharmacology Question!

    justme1972 replied to *HaNNaH*'s topic in General Students

    This is also how I do mine. I always, always, no matter what med calculation, start with the

  18. HIPAA Violation???

    justme1972 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it is a HIPPA violation because the nurse alone cannot grant such a request for disclosure. Only the hospital, as an entity can do that and they only will to a signed waiver. It was a nice...

  19. Someone Please Help Me!!!!!!!

    justme1972 replied to skadoosh's topic in General Nursing

    That's a hoot! I guess that makes me "almost" a doctor...after all, all I have to do is go to med school and complete a residency

  20. Parental Obstruction of Care

    justme1972 replied to Mimsy909's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    It's not Munchausen's b/c the parents did not intentionally inflict the illness on the child. The parents are probably both borderline personalities and they are feeding off each other...and the end...

  21. Venting about classmates with families...

    justme1972 replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

    I am married, have children and I agree with you 100%. When I was single, I had about had it up to my eyeballs picking up the slack for co-workers who were constantly out or late because of the...

  22. Freaking out over NCLEX test results

    justme1972 replied to abbynurse28's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations to you both!!!!!!

  23. To those that failed a semester in nursing school...

    justme1972 posted a topic in General Students

    What did you do for plan B? Did you re-apply the next year or finish up at another school? I'm just looking for ideas in case the worst

  24. To those that failed a semester in nursing school...

    justme1972 replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

    See, and that is my situation as well. So far my grades have been very, very good, but the format has been drastically changed for second year students and we really don't get anything that amounts...

  25. My professors are disorganized!

    justme1972 replied to Training2bRN's topic in General Students

    Because of all of this, part of me is seriously, seriously thinking about going into nursing education--if I can ever get my RN degree. We have a couple of brilliant instructors, that put a lot of...