allthemadmen

allthemadmen

Member

  • Content

    97

  • Visitors

    2,918

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    2

All Content by allthemadmen

  1. How do all the experienced ICU nurses feel about....

    allthemadmen replied to student200977's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm about to start my second year of NS and want nothing more than to work in the ICU. My morning there last year was one of the best days of my life- and other students in my class complained their...

  2. What nursing magazine should I subscribe to?

    allthemadmen replied to kreaglin100's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to continue the off-topic trend, but of my professors, only one advises the "year of med-surg" and all others say that's ridiculous - if you know what you want to do, simply do it. There may be...

  3. I'm 39 and want to become a nurse.

    allthemadmen replied to quinnsite's topic in Male Nursing Students

    You most certainly can do it and probably won't even be alone- there are guys in my class who've lived whole lives before coming to this program, and some are quite a bit older than you- I'm 36 and...

  4. I need help deciding between midwife or FNP!!

    allthemadmen replied to caitiecait's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I would recommend you start by reading Midwifery Today, Birth Gazette, and publications like those. Elizabeth Davis' book is good, as are Ina May Gaskin's books. There's a reason a lot of midwives...

  5. "Hippie" Image

    allthemadmen replied to MUOStudentNurse's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    A chance for education is always worth taking advantage of- a friend of mine was surprised to hear that midwives carry oxygen- "I thought they only carried scissors to cut the cord," she said!

  6. Do you snitch on cheaters?

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

    I haven't seen anyone cheating in nursing classes, as I sit up front and therefore mind my own business. I *did* report some students cheating in an A&P exam. The lab instructor had forgotten to...

  7. new student, not what it seems.

    allthemadmen replied to ddr436's topic in General Students

    I get good grades- high As - and I work very hard. I have children, I homeschool a high-schooler, and my spouse travels. My youngest is a preschooler. I have lots of problems just like everyone else....

  8. Why so Interested????

    allthemadmen replied to Screen name's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am just a lowly nursing student, but the reasons I want to become a CRNA are 1) absolutely insatiable fascination with the chemistry of anesthesia, 2) the continuity of care, and 3) the autonomy....

  9. Instructor caused me to get an answer wrong on my exam, and I'm furious !

    allthemadmen replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    This also goes for those times when the instructor *is* wrong, too, as in a badly-worded question or outright outdated fact. I've been known to wear earplugs to

  10. Warning - excelsior students

    allthemadmen replied to robertjankowski's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Excelsior is not a state school; it is a private

  11. I wanna know a little about nursing school and how hard you found it to be.

    allthemadmen replied to lovelyB's topic in General Students

    I have a traveling spouse, a homeschooling high schooler, 30 acres, a fixer-upper house, a preschooler, and a Saint Bernard, and I am reading lots of stuff other than my nursing textbooks (and unlike...

  12. Do I need to take the lab portion of Organic Chem?

    allthemadmen replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The CRNA program I am looking at does not require the lab; some schools offer lab and lecture separately, and require them together for their own students. As always, check with the programs you are...

  13. Living while in CRNA school?

    allthemadmen replied to SiCubaby's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    A friend of mine has absurd levels of debt from living expenses while in law school years ago, but of course she is a lawyer raking in the chips, so this is not a problem. Unfortunately, as others...

  14. RN to bsn online

    allthemadmen replied to idahogirl99's topic in General Students

    The nice thing, too, about going the Associates-to-RN-to-BSN-online route is, god forbid, you have to quit school for some reason (those of us with families must always be aware that Life and other...

  15. anyone actually get good grades in nursing school?

    allthemadmen replied to moonbunnie's topic in General Students

    Ouch! Our nursing program it's 78 to pass with a C, and above a 90 is an A. Not sure where the B/C line is. The co/prereqs were higher: an A was anything above a 93, but you could get Ds and I think...

  16. This is kinda embarassing and gross: have you ever removed an impaction from yoursel

    allthemadmen replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    Sure I have (though rarely)! It amazes me that nurses, of all people, can be so squeamish, and that so many of us are so afraid of touching our own bodies. It's like picking your nose- we don't...

  17. Do you use your TEXT BOOK?

    allthemadmen replied to bioniclewoman's topic in General Students

    This drives me nuts and we are only in our second month of nursing school. It also makes the lectures terribly, terribly boring, because of all the interruptions - and people even asking the...

  18. Licking One's Fingers When Passing Out Papers

    allthemadmen replied to Karynica, RN's topic in General Nursing

    It sometimes bothers me, when someone is very, uh, deliberate about it (or particular people do it), but in general, no, it doesn't. I'm really not that squeamish, though my husband thinks I'm...

  19. Ridiculous Prereqs!

    allthemadmen replied to MisterSimba's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That usually refers to Research Methods, an upper-level course in research, analysis, and, of course, writing the

  20. Sex of unborn child?

    allthemadmen replied to wcu_nurse's topic in General Students

    There's something about how pretty you look- if you look like a hag, it's a girl, because girls steal their mothers' looks. But you'll look pretty-in-preggers if you've got a boy. Amniocentesis can...

  21. chemistry class

    allthemadmen replied to yvonneren's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm taking General Chem I online this summer; the lab is required and also totally online. I'm doing this through SUNY learning network. The CRNA program I'm interested in requires O-Chem lecture...

  22. Is this path to CRNA accepatble?

    allthemadmen replied to benjaminlox's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If you have a particular CRNA program in mind, why not meet with them to discuss your goals? I met with my local (read: only choice, since I can't move) CRNA school while just taking pre-reqs for my...

  23. hudson valley community college

    allthemadmen replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in New York Nursing

    You could also consider Columbia-Greene's program, half an hour south in Hudson. That's where I've been accepted for fall. I spent this school year doing pre/co-requisities but got in on my first try....

  24. The Future: You Must have a Masters to Apply to a Nurse Anesthesia Program??!!

    allthemadmen replied to papmar's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Some BSN programs require physics, anyway. When I met with a local anesthesia program's director to discuss a future application, I asked about the segue to a doctorate, and was told that when they...

  25. Excelsior RN-to-BSN Question(s)

    allthemadmen posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    How many Gen Ed courses are required to be Upper-Level? I am trying to figure out how much I should take now, while working on my RN at a brick-and-mortar school, that will transfer to Excelsior....