beth66335 BSN, RN

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    OB/L&D rotation

    That's really great...unfortunately that was the exception in my OB rotation. I had one patent who had already had her baby and spoke no English, and one day when only one women was on the floor in...
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    Nursing Tuition off the Chain!! Need Help!!

    Yikes is right! I'm glad my school is 93.00 a credit hour with a deferred pymt plan each semester and a 98% NCLEX pass rate. I'm glad you like Drexel, but are the people you want to work for really...
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    HESI is Wrong ! Let's File Suit

    I hate that so many of you have to go through this. We take a test at the end of our Senior year, but it doesn't matter if we pass it. It is just to give us an idea of how we might do on the NCLEX and...
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    High School Grad wants to be a nurse

    I went in person to the red cross near my house to get info and register. What I suggest is to look them up in the phone book to find one local to you and then call them or stop by to see when the...
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    High School Grad wants to be a nurse

    The Red Cross does CNA training where I live so I'm sure they do it everywhere. If your hospital doesn't do the training you can call them. My class was 5 weeks, 800.00, and worth every
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    case scenario

    Your lab manual or textbook should have the answers to
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    I got Accepted!!!!!!

    :clphnds::ancong!:
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    Help, Math Challenged!!!

    I am math challenged as well, I never even took algebra in HS, but nursing math has a purpose so I understand it a lot better than algebra. If I can do it you can do it, you'll be fine. Also, I use...
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    essential books for nursing students

    Yes, I got mine at Borders, but you can get them at B&N, Amazon.com, even Half.com or Ebay. Just be sure to get as current a edition as you can, esp with books related to Pharmacology or any drug...
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    essential books for nursing students

    My stuff all came with study aids, but each chapter had about 14-16 questions total; CD, web, and end of chapter. The chapters are really big so 14-16 questions wasn't nearly enough questions to study...
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    Help!! WIth EBP assignment

    http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/ebp/
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    Scrubs

    Yeah, at my school they didn't care what scrubs we purchased as far as brand, but we couldn't have cuffs on the pants. They also had to be completely white, no colored decorations or
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    going back to school

    I'm not sure how old you are, but I am getting my RN and I will be 43 when I'm done. If you want to be an RN then you are doing the right thing in my
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    eczema and latex allergy

    I can always find a vein in any glove...that is all about experience not gloves. Also,I don't wear gloves to find a vein unless the pt is in isolation. I find the vein with my bare fingers and then...
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    eczema and latex allergy

    A lot of hospitals are starting to do away with latex, and those that haven't yet have made accommodations for patients and nurses with latex allergy. They have non-latex gloves and if I were you I...
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    Why is Nursing School so cut throat and competitive???

    I won't be any help because this has not been my experience. My fellow students have always been there for me and I for them, like a family. I can only answer your question by saying it isn't always...
  17. To all my friends that just graduated without me...I will really miss you next year and I am glad to have gotten to be friends with you. Good luck with your NCLEX test and your new jobs and I hope I...
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    tired of school

    I just have one question...with an 18 and 21 year old still living at home...why are you mowing the
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    What would YOU do..in my situation?

    I'm glad you have decided to wait and finish in March, I am with you here! I just got my letter last week after waiting since last Aug 30th to get back into school for my Senior year of an RN program....
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    Do you snitch on cheaters?

    I haven't experienced this in nursing school, but when I was getting my CNA there was a girl who sat next to me and would try to cheat off me on tests. I just moved to another seat at another table, I...
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    Any Roane State Students

    It has been awhile so I may be remembering wrong about the handbook. I know they go over it with you so it is probably going to be given out at the August orientation. There is a lot more specific...
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    Confused!

    Well, I live in Tennessee and I attend Roane State Community College in Knoxville. I got in to their A.A.S. Nursing program with a 2.75GPA. If you want to know particulars on the prereq's they require...
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    Confused!

    If moving isn't an option we need to know what area you are looking at for
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    Nursing Math----Please help

    The answer is 1.66 tsp, but the OP says the answer is 1 tsp. If there is 300ml/tsp you can't round up to 2tsp or you are giving more than the Dr ordered...you have to round down. In the hospital you...
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    Need encourgement!!!

    Well, if it were me, I would be calling up that hospital and politely demand they let me out of my contract. They had to know they were going to be putting a hold on hiring new grads when they gave...