SingDanceRunLife

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  1. How long is clinical prep?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to nianava's topic in General Students

    Our clinical assignment is posted the day before clinical, and we have to fill out what we call a "process guide" (a 22 page packet that is about our pt/clinical experience) with information...

  2. Stethoscopes

    SingDanceRunLife replied to kcmc08's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a Littmann Lightweight, and I absolutely love

  3. Why do some people assume NS is easy?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    I will never have 12 hour clinicals...my school does 5 hour clinicals the first year, and 6 hour clinicals the second. Starting next semester, we will be passing meds and doing complete assessments...

  4. Why do some people assume NS is easy?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    Let me preface this by saying that I by no means think nursing school is easy... I don't think nursing school is nearly as hard as people make it out to be! Honestly, I found A&P to be much harder...

  5. what textbook is everyone using?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to mischief08's topic in General Students

    Textbook (singular)?? We have like 9 books...but our main ones are Potter and Perry (Fundamentals) and Carpenito (nursing

  6. Littmann color question

    SingDanceRunLife replied to Amaranthine's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I understand. I got a lilac scope since purple is my favorite color, I think it's pretty, and it's not one of those colors that everyone has but isn't super out there either. What about navy? I semi...

  7. Littmann color question

    SingDanceRunLife replied to Amaranthine's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    It definitely looks more like the second picture. ...I'm curious though, if your uniform is red and white, why do you want to add

  8. Nclex Pass rate for your school

    SingDanceRunLife replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in General Students

    My school is always in the upper 90s (95%+) with their NCLEX pass rate (like another poster said, that is part of the reason I chose this

  9. Stealing stethescopes

    SingDanceRunLife replied to ICU_RN_BSN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Because it allows they to be more free therefore getting more germs on them by accidentally brushing patients etc. also because then patient's can pull on them or wrap them

  10. what skills do you have to check off on?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

    At my school, generally (but not always), you have to have learned a skill in lab (and often, have to have passed the competency on it) in order to do it in clinical. I'm just about done with my first...

  11. Is chemistry important to become a nurse?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to strawberryluv's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I haven't taken chem since I was in 10th grade, and I'm in my first year of nursing school and doing just fine! I definitely don't think that you need it for nursing... And a lot of chem in A&P??...

  12. Stealing stethescopes

    SingDanceRunLife replied to ICU_RN_BSN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I got a lilac one with my name engraved, and if I'm not using it, it stays in my pocket! (We aren't allowed to wear them around our necks, so I refrain from doing

  13. How long do you study...

    SingDanceRunLife replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Students

    Not everyone needs to study for 30 hours a week! I have not put nearly that much time into studying, and I have a B average so far and it's just about the end of the

  14. Can't be happy with my grades

    SingDanceRunLife replied to pockunit's topic in General Students

    I don't think grades are a good reflection of competency. Some people have test anxiety, some people have outside stressors that affect their performance, some people are not native English speakers...

  15. How long do you study...

    SingDanceRunLife replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Students

    For each particular test? Probably an average about 6 hours, so actually, not that much...but I'm a very auditory learner, so reading over notes and such isn't nearly as effective for me...but what...

  16. online Anatomy and Physiology

    SingDanceRunLife replied to becks77's topic in General Students

    This is false. I go to a very reputable school in NY, and I took my A&P II online during the summer which they both knew and accepted. To the OP: I took it online through Broome Community College...

  17. For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    SingDanceRunLife replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    I got a 92 on the test we took on Monday! Originally it was a 90, but they made the key wrong, so I didn't get credit for a question that I had gotten right, but they fixed it. That's my second...

  18. What's your school's cut-off for passing?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to cobee's topic in General Students

    75=C...74.9=F

  19. Amount of clinicals?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to MissChloe's topic in General Students

    First year we have clinical 2 days/week for 5 hours (or 4 if you have a couple of the clinical instructors who have an hour long pre-conference beforehand), and second year we have clinical 2...

  20. For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    SingDanceRunLife replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    I got a 100 on my second med math

  21. Nursing Students- Were Any of You "B" Students- and Still Got Accepted?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to lifelearningrn's topic in General Students

    I applied to nursing school straight out of high school, but I was definitely a B student! My GPA was only a 2.97...However, I still got into 8(?) out of the 11(?) schools that I applied to (was...

  22. Becoming a Nurse

    SingDanceRunLife replied to havehope's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I wouldn't necessarily say that you need to take AP classes. I think it mostly depends on the school you want to go to. The school I go to doesn't require gen bio or gen chem for nursing majors, so if...

  23. How many hours a week are you in class, lab or clinical?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to Copperismydog's topic in General Students

    I'm a first semester student and each week I have (approximately): 5 hours of class 4 hours of lab 10 hours of clinical I think it stays pretty much the same throughout the program, though in second...

  24. Done with first clinical rotation!

    SingDanceRunLife posted a topic in General Students

    I'm a first semester nursing student, and in my school, the first 6 weeks, you don't have clinical, but you learn skills and practice in the lab, then starting right after that, you go into clinical....

  25. Done with first clinical rotation!

    SingDanceRunLife replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    We don't start passing meds, hanging IVs and catheterizing pts until our second semester. First semester we're responsible for vitals, bed baths, oral care, dressing changes (after we do our...