BrandiBooh

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  1. UCO or OU nursing school?

    BrandiBooh replied to motherofgirls's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I say not to go by feedback from people that are not in a program because how can they truly evaluate? Simply because they know a few new grads from a program, that is not how you base your...

  2. UCO or OU nursing school?

    BrandiBooh replied to motherofgirls's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    You really shouldn't go by what other people say about a program and what nurses on the floor say about programs because these people are unaware. Unless you are going through the program or have gone...

  3. externships in the tulsa area?

    BrandiBooh replied to mistiffy's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    All the major hospitals have externships in Tulsa (St. John, Hillcrest, SF, TRMC, etc) but for the summer you have to have your application in by January--and actually when I went for my interview at...

  4. OU Tulsa BSN TCC Collaborative Program

    BrandiBooh replied to mommy.19's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    OH AND CONGRATULATIONS!!! I KNOW THAT'S A BIG

  5. OU Tulsa BSN TCC Collaborative Program

    BrandiBooh replied to mommy.19's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    ha, I actually like Acute/Chronic...everybody is different

  6. OU Tulsa BSN TCC Collaborative Program

    BrandiBooh replied to mommy.19's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    The scrubs were another area of confusion lol, but basically you can go buy the ones from OU OR wear the TCC/OU CBSN scrubs...I think TCC wanted us to wear the CBSN logo but it wasn't enforced since...

  7. OU Tulsa BSN TCC Collaborative Program

    BrandiBooh replied to mommy.19's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    During my first semester I do remember having to drive to both on SOME days...before clinicals started and that was kinda a bummer but it's not that bad. Most of the time though you only go to one...

  8. OU Tulsa BSN TCC Collaborative Program

    BrandiBooh replied to mommy.19's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    **Oh and I just saw the ? about books, well...hopefully you are sitting down---the books for your jr. fall = $1000. But that's the BIGGEST chunk of the total books for the entire program...crazy huh?...

  9. OU Tulsa BSN TCC Collaborative Program

    BrandiBooh replied to mommy.19's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    OH YEA, and classes are at Metro and SE...so get use to moving around all week long driving back and forth (it's a pain). But know that you also have access to ALL OU facilities--so you can go to the...

  10. OU Tulsa BSN TCC Collaborative Program

    BrandiBooh replied to mommy.19's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I am in the CBSN program and I can explain it for anyone interested...there has only been two classes (including mine) go through this new (and VERY disorganized program).... I will say there are...

  11. Starting FIRST ROTATION EVER IN L&D...HELP!!!!

    BrandiBooh posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    All you L&D nurses/students that love it, I WANT TO LOVE IT TOO! This is an area that I am considering working within in my future and we start our clinical rotation tmr, and I am NERVOUS to say...

  12. Feeling Defeated Already :(

    BrandiBooh replied to I want to be a nurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You know what, we ALL have felt "defeated" at one point or another in nursing school, and you will feel it more than once! I am a 4.0 student, and I know--that this semester, that will change. Is it...

  13. Lack Of Skills Training

    BrandiBooh replied to wonhaeng's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Remember that you are a newbie, and that MANY students graduate feeling the same way you feel right now (that they have not performed a lot of the skills). Don't feel discouraged, YOU WILL GET TO DO...

  14. Pharmacology WEBSITES/HELP NEEDED WITH CNS/PERIPHERAL DRUGS..

    BrandiBooh posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hey guys, I am trying to study for an upcoming pharm exam and it's over the CNS/Peripheral nervous system + drugs and it's kind of hard to memorize beta1 beta 2 alpha 1 and what each does, etc etc..I...

  15. Pharmacology WEBSITES/HELP NEEDED WITH CNS/PERIPHERAL DRUGS..

    BrandiBooh replied to BrandiBooh's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thanks!

  16. Langston in Tulsa.....

    BrandiBooh replied to 2bRnKim's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    You get a "day off" during the week at OU as well, at least the traditional program does...it may be used for community clinicals however, just depends on how you set up your

  17. First semester BSN..is it normal not to do anything in CLINICAL?

    BrandiBooh posted a topic in General Students

    Okay, we didn't start our clinicals until 6 wks into school...so we just recently started clinicals (this week will be our 2nd clinical experience wk). We are on a general med-surg floor and we spend...

  18. First semester BSN..is it normal not to do anything in CLINICAL?

    BrandiBooh replied to BrandiBooh's topic in General Students

    We go the day before also to get the basic info but we have to do an assessment before we start formulating our careplan...that's how we are taught to do..you assess then you form your diagnosis...I...

  19. Hepatic Laceration???

    BrandiBooh posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am trying to find some information on liver lacerations (and its implications). I haven't been too successful so of course I came here for help The client I am caring for has a hepatic laceration...

  20. Hepatic Laceration???

    BrandiBooh replied to BrandiBooh's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks

  21. First semester BSN..is it normal not to do anything in CLINICAL?

    BrandiBooh replied to BrandiBooh's topic in General Students

    Yea, I think that's a big part of the issue...our clinical instructor is being pulled from both sides (floors) so she never stays too long in either just checks in to see if we are "doing...

  22. First semester BSN..is it normal not to do anything in CLINICAL?

    BrandiBooh replied to BrandiBooh's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the encouragement!! It's greatly

  23. First semester BSN..is it normal not to do anything in CLINICAL?

    BrandiBooh replied to BrandiBooh's topic in General Students

    I just didn't want to feel "behind" or like we were at a disadvantage in later clinical semesters if we don't get to do much this semester....my instructor was like "you don't learn that much in...

  24. First semester BSN..is it normal not to do anything in CLINICAL?

    BrandiBooh replied to BrandiBooh's topic in General Students

    Yea, that's true...but you know its easy to get discouraged when you are already feeling down about other stuff related to school, *sighs* thanks for your reponse though! And Wondergirl, no...you...

  25. First semester BSN..is it normal not to do anything in CLINICAL?

    BrandiBooh replied to BrandiBooh's topic in General Students

    Yes we get assigned a patient, our instructor is floating back and forth on two different floors bc we lost one of our instructors right before clinicals started...so we are still waiting to have that...