9livesRN BSN, RN

SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine

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  1. 9livesRN

    My ATI kit came and I'm a bit lost

    I don't like ATI at all, some of their rationales are just not strong enough and leave plenty of room for a second option... I already took my proctor for Pharmacology, Fundamentals, and OB, and got...
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    OK I am officialy getting excited!!!

    can you send some of that positive energy my way please? like.. overnight it for me??? I was just like you when classes started... don't get me wrong... i still am, it is just that i am drained... !!!...
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    Tension and Clinical

    what I do is, I go to the chapel before I even walk into the floorn and pray for a good day. I get there prior to preconference and re assess my patient, recheck chart. then i take 2 excedr. and have...
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    A Good Little Laugh

    lol... you shoulda been reading the book not the receipt lol!!! if you can catch those details, than you will have no problem in
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    To Do List.: Before Fall Semester

    should get tipsy at least once! get that stress
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    I'm old, no money, depressed..

    you have got 2 arms 2 legs, and a brain, that alone is enought to get you wherever you want to go... just remember to do your best, and do good, and you shall enjoy the virtue of your work!!! and...
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    Do you practice your skills on dummies/mannequins

    i just dont like dummies, they don't give you as much feedback, even the expensive ones, they are still too far from the real thing, IMHO i really prefer to just youtube a procedure, or make believe...
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    Easy Recipes for Nursing Students

    I cook rice and beans for a whole week, along with 2 kinds of meat, either peper steak or chicken breast! i went to the dollar store and bought 10 plastic containters that were big enough, but not...
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    immature nursing students

    age is a number, atitude is what differs you from the
  10. well then you just answered your own question full time work 5 fays school 4 and clinicals 2 !!! i feel like a
  11. Hi yall, as I have said before, i will keep you guys informed on what is up! Haven't had much time for posting but here I am as you all know I am taking medsurge and OB together this semester, so i...
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    Help! Memorizing Lab Values

    you are gonna learn by memorizing them, by needing to know for a test, by checking them up on clinicals rember always potassium Sodium Calcium Magnesium Phosphate Cloride Glucose INR PTT BUN CKMB -...
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    WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    look at yall getting so excited!!! I remember when i was in your place... now i just cant wait to finish this thing! lol to be honest with you, i have not used 1/2 of the stuff i had. all i use: 1...
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    Unemployed After Graduation: Remaining Employable

    i'm getting scared... well i won't think about it until i
  15. 9livesRN

    Parents at Orientation

    tell her to go out and enjoy a glass of wine!!! she in not gonna have any fun!!! and the stupid goofys will get on your back.. plus, really... there is no need for her to go, i guess... she in not...
  16. - to the tech that was taking BPs with an extra large burgundy cuff on all the skinny geri pts: listen, how can you chart 102/48 for 18 out of 24 pts and think it is ok, when i checked MY ASSIGNED PT...
  17. i just feel like everyday is my first day of class, so i pay attention, and record, take noted and what not, just as if it was my first day!!! it keeps boring lectures
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    Has anyone heard good or bad on Keiser

    Hello there! I am attending the Orlando FL campus and we had our NLNAC visit with Dr. ******. It went pretty well, and accreditation is to come by july2009, I am on the 1st cohort, and we are going to...
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    Do I have to take off my clothes?

    tell her to be the
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    Clinical Kit supplies????

    a little bottle of vicks vapor
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    Clinical Kit supplies????

    drug book juice packs those you mix with water RNnotes a plain white scrub top in case you get
  22. I see it as: best part = what you are getting ready to become worse = what you are going through LOL nursing school is fun, and everyday it is interesting but it is also freaking
  23. 9livesRN

    Are you a competitive Nursing Student?

    what??? hey 80 and up i am in
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    Would a laptop be helpful for nursing school?

    it does help a whole lot... a lappie and a flash drive, where you store your notes, powerpoints and recorded voice lectures. i use the lappie a lot when i am working on case scenarios researching...
  25. see it varies!!! my first one had about 4 iv calcs even though we did not hang them yet and my second test was like your third! so they will let you