beth66335 BSN, RN

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    My RN venture ended today.

    We have a test bank...every text books for the teaching staff comes with one. Our teachers don't make their own questions. Sometimes we even see questions we have done on the disk from the student...
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    Help!!!!!

    Sorry I couldn't help more, but I actually meant that maybe what you copied down was wrong, not that you copied it wrong, lol! Dr's can write things wrong and it just keeps getting written that...
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    Help!!!!!

    I think that is a misprint or something b/c I can't find that name anywhere either...what kind of drug is it supposed to be...what class? Okay I just went on drugs.com and only looked up metasone. I...
  4. Some of this is confusing b/c it is typed so close together, could you put spaces between the stuff at the bottom so we can tell how many courses there are? You basically know that you can't take...
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    med calculation problems, mg/kg/day

    my answers are in purple hope this helps...the dots are for
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    I flunked and Got back in, now what?

    Yeah we are the only program in my area that only gives one try.There are 4 other schools in my area and they all require a higher grade to pass, but you get at least 2 chances. I had an exit...
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    ultrasound vs nursing?

    You posted in July you got accepted into 4 nursing schools! How many people can say that? Not me that's for sure...I think you need to sit tight, work on Patho more and finish the semester before you...
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    pinning blues

    I like your idea a lot! I was going to suggest splitting the money among the ones who helped; to help pay for their pin...but this idea is even better! As for how to deal with your lazy...
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    My RN venture ended today.

    Before you give up entirely on nursing, check out online programs maybe...there are links at the top of this page or the main page and I know Regents does an online program. You would still do...
  10. Hey, I haven't done critical care yet, but the nurses in the ICU where I worked did ACLS every year, so maybe an ACLS review book would help? I know it doesn't encompass all of critical care but it's...
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    Is nursing the right choice?

    Do you want to be a nurse? Because if you really do, you can't let people discourage you! I had RN's at the hospital I worked at tell me I didn't really want to be a nurse, I was making a mistake, I...
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    Best Way to Learn Skills for Check off

    For our skills final we had a script of things to do and say, so I taped the steps and verbalizations and listened to them over and over. I also got together in our skills lab (after hours) with up to...
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    OB clinicals for males

    In my OB rotation last Spring no men got to work with a pt, we had too few of them to begin with, and they all refused a guy in their room...of course on the last day there was only one lady in labor...
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    Quit nursing school?

    I think you could still get a loan when you decide and quitting with a 4.0 gives you a good base for when you do decide what you want to do. Congrats on you decision...if your happy it's the right...
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    I am OUT!!

    It was probably Pharmacology unless her school has a separate class for math. Ours doesn't...we take the first semester test in Pharm class, the second semester test was in Med/Surg 1, but it was...
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    I am OUT!!

    I'm right with you here! I failed my math comp test by 2 pts and I have to wait until next Fall to start again b/c of the way the classes run. My biggest sorrow was everyone I went to school with is...
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    Need advise on exam question???

    I would go with 1 b/c it is completely wrong (making it the most right answer) the other just has a odd time in it, so it is not completely inaccurate. A Dr might order neuro checks q 8hrs but he...
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    Help my school is crazy

    She meant she didn't answer it it's just a mistype the 2nd time b/c above she says she did not answer
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    Help my school is crazy

    I still don't quite understand...are you saying that you knew there was a question about insulin on the test but you didn't answer it b/c there was no blank for the answer to go in? Please explain a...
  20. When you check out the schools in your area, ask them about their NCLEX pass rates for a least the past 4 yrs. The NCLEX is the state test you take after graduation and you want to go to a school that...
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    Help my school is crazy

    I am not trying to criticize, but did you notice this question had a problem during the test? If so why didn't you point it out to the teacher then? At our school you can't complain after the fact...
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    Help with a math question presented on my quiz

    It's 10 days not mL's, the math is right just not the right
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    How old were you when you began nursing school?

    38 when I started prereq's, 40 when I started nursing classes. I was dropped for this year so I will return next Fall to finish my second year and graduate 1 month before I turn 43. I can't
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    What??
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    The Nursing Math Thread

    here you go my answers are in