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  1. Any News on a Vaccine Yet?

    ORTech2RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I need to find the link to post, but there is a story breaking on the wire services that the National Biodefense Safety Board is going to recommend "fastracking" the H1N1 vaccine. From what I...

  2. Cases of Multi-Organ Failure

    ORTech2RN replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I read a great article, and I need to find the link, about the 1918 Spanish Flu. Apparently, scientists feel that nearly 90 % of Flu related deaths were attributed to Bacterial Pneumonia, namely...

  3. Cases of Multi-Organ Failure

    ORTech2RN replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Maybe multi organ failure is related to a secondary infection of Streptococcus Pneumonia? From what I've read, deaths in past pandemics (in young,healthy victims) were from Strep infections in virus...

  4. No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    ORTech2RN replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Controversy aside, i think a vaccination program this fall could stop H1N1 from being a killer pandemic much like it's 1918

  5. End of 1st semester: what was the hardest thing?

    ORTech2RN replied to R.NICU's topic in General Students

    I'm elated at finishing up the first semester, but also looking ahead to Med Surg and OB. For me, the hardest thing was getting past Dosage Calculations. The math is not hard, it was the nerves and...

  6. Final Exam Question.....

    ORTech2RN posted a topic in General Students

    OK, here's my deal. I have a 84 % in semester one, my lowest test score was a 72 and my highest was a 96. So the other four exams were in the low to mid eighties. The dreaded Final is on Wednesday...

  7. Final Exam Question.....

    ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Students

    Good news, I kept my B! I have no idea what I made on the Final, but they posted our Final grades online this afternoon. As for the test, most of the information came back to me. In fact, I found...

  8. Final Exam Question.....

    ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Students

    So you studied only on Fri and Saturday? My take on this: If you do mid 80's work, you should be able to get within ten points either way come finals. A lot of people stress over Finals, but then...

  9. Looks Like the End of the Line for Me

    ORTech2RN posted a topic in General Students

    Well, I think the title says it all. I have done great on my first semester exams and check offs, not a worry at all. The Dosage Test, however, is about to become my achilles heel. I understand how...

  10. Looks Like the End of the Line for Me

    ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Students

    Man, I don't want to feel this way. I've spent every night, and I mean every night, studying my butt off for lecture exams and lab exams. I've practiced my skills non stop on the weekends. I take...

  11. Fear of Failure

    ORTech2RN posted a topic in General Students

    Here's the deal, I'm a first semester nursing student who is afraid of falling on his face. I've busted my butt for a year getting in, everybody I work with at the hospital is rooting for me. My...

  12. Admission to EKU's Programs

    ORTech2RN replied to MissGwen's topic in General Nursing

    HI, I'm in the first semester of the ADN program at EKU. The cutoff scare, I've been told, ranges in the 50's to 60's. I believe that my score was in the mid fifties to near 60. Are you applying for...

  13. Need your support guys.........I Feel like a real pansy!!

    ORTech2RN replied to malestudentnurse's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Amen....nursing school aside, you never know what the other guy is going to bring into the fight. There's just too many stories of fights turning into stabbings and or shootings. You deserve a pat...

  14. We've Made It!! Class of 2010 (starting Spring 2009)

    ORTech2RN replied to TeeRN2Be's topic in General Students

    Where: Eastern Kentucky University When: Starts this Monday! Classes: Nursing 112, Nursing 116...Clinicals start in March How I am preparing myself: Enjoying the last few days of not having...

  15. First day of nursing School *unleashed* post yours

    ORTech2RN replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

    My first day is quickly approaching, Monday to be exact. I already have the syllabus for my Nursing lecture and Skills Lab. I still need to finish up a couple of more immunizations, and then I...

  16. KY nurses and students STAND UP. What part of KY are you from.

    ORTech2RN replied to dark10gable's topic in General Nursing

    I'm living in London, grew up in Louisville. I will be starting the first semester of EKU's ADN program in eight

  17. OR Pet peeves

    ORTech2RN replied to MsLeylaBar's topic in Operating Room

    OK...from a tech, soon to be RN..here are my pet peeves. 1. Coming into a room at 0630 AM and finding a table full of suture and supplies that the previous day's tech and RN left for you. 2. Getting...

  18. what are the guys' reasons to become a nurse?

    ORTech2RN replied to joanaRN's topic in Male Nursing Students

    OK..I'll put my ten cents in. I, for the most part, enjoy healthcare..I've been an OR tech for the past seven years, now I'm making the transition to RN. Second, I find anything new to be a...

  19. advice on trying to get into nursing with a low gpa

    ORTech2RN replied to jimbojonesey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    From one Communication major to another...I was in your shoes a year and a half ago. I graduated with a whopping 2.6...hardly the standard for getting into nursing. I busted my tail in all of the...

  20. Spring 09 Hopefuls

    ORTech2RN replied to TeeRN2Be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't post on here much..but I could hardly contain myself...I'm in! I was accepted into Eastern Kentucky's ADN program starting January 09. My GPA was 3.5, but I worried my tail off over some bad...

  21. What exactly does "First Assist" mean?

    ORTech2RN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Operating Room

    A First Assist can often be a Surgical Tech who underwent additional training in order to obtain a CSA (Certified Surgical Assistant) or CFA (Certified First Assistant). Similar to the RNFA, both...

  22. Know it all scrub techs

    ORTech2RN replied to rbs105's topic in Operating Room

    I'm an OR Tech, and I cannot stand these types. RN's are a necessity in the OR, regardless of how experienced a tech is. I agree with everyone here, you will have to put your foot down and assert...

  23. A&P 1 Spring 08

    ORTech2RN replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just took my first exam on Monday night..it was over Cells,Tissues and Integumentary system. I feel pretty good about it, except for a couple of the tissues that I probably misidentified at the end....

  24. EKU Nursing Student

    ORTech2RN replied to chaslynn's topic in General Nursing

    Hey..fellow EKU'er here. I have a few more classes to take then hopefully I will be in the ADN program this time next year. Does anyone know how selective they have been in the past few semesters?...

  25. A&P 1 Spring 08

    ORTech2RN replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We have our first exam in two weeks..covering Cell/Tissues and the Integumentary system. I'm behind in studying, but should be able to close the gap this weekend. Our class has six exams, 500 points...