JKiwi

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1. Upset - sorry so long

   JKiwi replied to JentheRN05's topic in New Nurse

   Would it be at all helpful to talk with your manager? Or maybe write a letter to HR explaining the mistake? I don't have any experience with HR or even big institution (I'm still in school) but it seems like there must be some route for your to advo...

2. Pet Peeve of the Day..

   JKiwi replied to ADONLTC's topic in General Nursing

   Funny you should mention this...I'm a nursing student. I just spent three long and busy clinical days on a med-surg unit (first hospital experience! YAY!) and I felt more comfortable introducing myself to patients as "nursing student." It'll probably...

3. Linfield College--Portland Campus

   JKiwi replied to michellemybelle's topic in Oregon

   I was probably a little quick to post my reply! :imbar I wasn't offended, just feeling a little defensive that day! I had just run into somebody I had in a class at PCC. She just went on and on about how EXPENSIVE Linfield was, and why would ANYO...

4. Linfield College--Portland Campus

   JKiwi replied to michellemybelle's topic in Oregon

   OHSU is not much cheaper if you are out of state! $5200 per term for out of state vs. $2800 in state. I believe they are on the quarter system so that's $15600 per school year at OHSU. Linfield offers good transfer scholarships. My financial aid pa...

5. Linfield College--Portland Campus

   JKiwi replied to michellemybelle's topic in Oregon

   I started Linfield's nursing program in September as junior transfer. So far everything is going well. I really like my professors and have some great classmates. The nursing program is located at the Portland campus. Very central location, easy to g...

6. I had my first test today and.....

   JKiwi replied to ileany11's topic in General Students

   :balloons: I'll do a happy dance for you! Congrats ~ be proud, I'm sure you worked hard for it!

7. Ever dream about school?

   JKiwi replied to sabrn2006's topic in General Students

   Oh gosh, I dream about school all the time. When I've been engrossed in writing an essay, I dream about the essay. If I've been studying for a test, I dream about the test. It's awful! I wake up in the morning feeling like I did't sleep at all! ...

8. Nursing school application question

   JKiwi replied to oregonrene's topic in General Students

   I filled out the electronic version for OHSU and got out my good ol fashion type writter for my Linfield application. Don't think it really mattered though. As long as your writing is legible and your essay is typed. Got in to Linfield, started in Se...

9. PDA "Sony Clie TH55" downloads

   JKiwi replied to icureu's topic in General Students

   You can download archimedes from skyscape for free. It has all kinds of calculators and conversions. If you don't have moral issues with copied software...there are a few people selling nursing software for PDA's on ebay. I bought one with all the ...

10. APA format

    JKiwi replied to altomga's topic in General Students

    http://www.drgwen.com/materials/apa/apa.htm The example paper is helpful. It highlights different formatting bits with page numbers for the info in the APA manual. Yep, my professors have been quite clear that they expect perfect APA format. Just a...

11. Where to buy Word/Powerpoint?

    JKiwi replied to studentnurse74's topic in General Students

    There is a shareware program called Open Office that says it supposed to be fully compatible with Microsoft word, powerpoint and excel. It's free to download (65MB) at http://www.openoffice.org/ . Or you can buy a cd for about $10. I downloaded it...

12. Palms and tape recorders- how helpful?

    JKiwi replied to studentnurse74's topic in General Students

    Some pda's do record. The amount of record time depends on how much memory you have. I have a 256mb memory stick that I use to record lectures, it holds 370 minutes. I plug in my headphones and listen to the lecture on the bus ride home. Works we...