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Ok, let me start out by saying, where I am now for clinical it has been WONDERFUL! We have nurses there that are soooo greatful for the students and half of them have been CI's in the past so they are sooooo willing to help us learn and even quiz us...

Wow! I am sooooo glad it worked out for you guys!!!! I actually told my clinical instructor what was going on (she is so cool more like a student but still instructs us and is sooooo freaking unbelievably intellegent! I absolutely LOVE her to deat...

$1,450 for my texts, uniforms, and supplies my first semester. I did not have to buy a pda or programs, they didn't implement this until the class right behind me. But I did buy a pocket pc and am loving it! I can't tell you how many times I have use...

Wow Im sorry that you experienced that Fortunately all check off's and competencies in our labs are one on one with the instructors. I have never been in that situation, but I could NOT imagine presenting a skill in front of other classmates to b...

FlyingScot....it is simply my personal opinion. I may not live there anylonger but I grew up there, in the school system, in the neighborhoods and I have family and friends who still live there and have lived there their whole lives and agree with m...

Hey! I do not work for the clinic but i have this summer off (the last summer before graduation yay) and I was interested in the nursing associate program, can anyone tell me how I go about applying for that for this summer? Thanks Tisha

Hi! I have lived in Ohio my whole life minus the years my husband was in the service and I went with him. We moved back to Ohio specifically for me to go to nursing school so that we would have family around us to help with our child. I know that ...

Welcome Michelle. I am sure you will enjoy the site as much as we will enjoy having you around! Good luck making the switch from LPN to RN Im sure you will do wonderfully..... Tisha

We use iggy too...the bad thing is our instructor disagrees with sooooo much out of it, so why the heck do we use it?! Im not too thrilled with the book either..........

Ok, so we are taking a cardiac test on monday. Our instructor gave us the "hint" that this would be a great test to put the heparin protical on. The problem is we really havent had any instruction on this protical. I have looked in our books, and ...

Thank you for your response, I will email my instructor to see what she is looking for on this specific test....thanks again Tisha

Wow I cant tell you how many times I have been "checking off" on skills in the lab and shaking like I had drank three pots off coffee before I came in....it is very intemidating and sooo hard not to be nervous...I have just told the instructor I am v...

CONGRATS!!! Thats not silly at all it is soooooo exciting when you get all the paperwork :) We received our info about graduation and our final semester and it seemed so surreal...there is actually a light at the end of the tunnel!!! Good luck!!! T...

Check your student handbook for what the school suggests. Our handbook specifically states we have to wear full covering white undergarments and we can wear a plain white t-shirt or tank top....good luck with everything! Tisha

I agree with freedom, I would choose C because of the DASH diet...the patient would need more education due to the fact that they think they can consume all the milk they want and it being a dairy product....you will have to update us with what the i...

I have been blessed to have some wonderful clinical instructors I am in my second year of nursing school and have heard some horror stories....I completely understand how you feel they are "picking on you". I had a clinical instructor that once told...

Thanks, but yahoo corrects spelling errors lol and I still didnt find anything, I understood that but was just looking for something a little more in depth and how we as nurses would go about adhearing to the protocol..thanks Tisha

hope they post soon for you! Let us know....I pray you don't get a phone call....Im sure you wont :) HUGS Tisha

Dont waste your money on alcohol swabs, tape stuff like that the hospital will have them and your school will have them for you to practice with....If you are worried about cost you can get things like your stethescope, penlight, scissors in packages...

We have two in our class. LOL we call one "the finger lady" because it seemed like after EVERY topic our instructor talked about her finger went up and she either knew someone who or was someone who.....uggh and she asked the DUMBEST QUESTION EVER t...

I used the book the first semester and will be using it again this semester. It is a very boring read but when its requited what can ya do? I did like the discs that came with it for studying purposes and the nclex review stuff. I used the study ...

I just thought I'd share with all of you! For those that are just starting this is what you may have to look forward to! soooo awesome.... So today was the last day of clinical for maternal/newborn and it was the most AMAZING DAY EVER!!! I got to ...

Try your books too! My books come with cd roms that have skills being done on them (perry and potter fundamentals of nursing)! We are lucky as well because our instructors at school have put skills on Itunes for us to access through our schools web...

HAHAHA how funny is it that my forever memory (besides seeing that baby being born yesterday) will be from my first semester and MRSA! I had a young man who I was d/c ing his packing. He had MRSA on his inner thigh in two places! We had to unpack ...