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  1. Acid Base Balance

    Goodmorning! Oh boy. Basically I have been studying or I should say trying to teach myself the basics for two weeks. 4am until 6:30am and all night from 7 unil midnight for three weeks. Can someone please help me get the basics down. I am so overwhel...
  2. Hi ladies, Me too, Im in the full time day program while my daughter is in school and have two other jobs... Not one day off. Ever. It is a lot. But we have to remain positive. This will pay off for us in the end, we just have to keep the faith. I h...
  3. Case Study Help-Tips-Advice

    Thank you so much! These sites are awesome!!!!! I dont think I have gotten away from the computer in two days (with the exception of school and feeding my lil one LOL). Thanks again!
  4. Case Study Help-Tips-Advice

    Hi Everyone :) Well I got my first case study to do. It is a CHF patient w/ the obvious s/s Im doing well with the NANDA's interventions etc. My main issues are CXR: Pleural Effusion in RLL - Can I use this as an AEB in my Nanda or do I use my lung ...
  5. western suffolk boces??

    Oh yeah! I forgot about that LOL! Great advice! I had that summer assignment too...left it until the last minute... BIG MIStAKE!
  6. western suffolk boces??

    OMG yes, I did my first fundamentals clinical in December. I promise it is not as hard as it seems, intimidating YES...... the first time, we actually had partners. So if we had five CNA's in our clinical group and five students who have never even s...
  7. western suffolk boces??

    LOL! It goes quick, it feels like yesterday I was interviewing and now I am heading into level II. Im sure you got in :) If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask and I will do my best to try and help.
  8. western suffolk boces??

    Hey there! Congratulations. If the interview is anything like Eastern Suffolk Boces, it is basically Why do you want to become a nurse? What are the qualities in a good nurse? What would you do if you saw a classmate cheating? good luck :0)
  9. LOL. Ok well today was my first day in a LTC facility. My resident is a doll fortunately but I must say I am not prepared for the nursing notes, paperwork, care plans.... I have every book imaginable on NANDA's but I am having a hard time with all of...
  10. PDA Recommendations

    Hey Everyone! I wanted to add a PDA to my christmas list for meds, assessments, etc. Any recommendations? Thanks
  11. PDA Recommendations

    Awesome thank you guys so much! Its so funny bc last year you would ask me what I wanted for Christmas I would say clothes etc......Now it is nursing books, nursing shoes, nursing everything. LOL
  12. LOL I know and let me tell you I do feel stupid lol. I filled in all the boxes (Im starting to enjoy this..... I feel like a detective lol)....except the main priority LOL! Altered Tissue Perfusion.....can I use this for Hypertension bc I am having ...
  13. am I the only one who feels this way

    I feel EXACTLY the same way. The past two weeks, I have not wanted to go back to school since we changed into new BS groups. I sit in class all day, sleep when I never have before EVER, I learn nothing and I cry on the way home bc I feel my new instr...
  14. Goodmorning! Oh boy. Basically I have been studying or I should say trying to teach myself the basics for two weeks. 4am until 6:30am and all night from 7 unil midnight for three weeks. Can someone please help me get the basics down. I am so overwhel...
  15. Acid Base Balance help..Anyone?

    Im not sure if I thanked you bc I stink at posting on these site, I find I reply to posts in wrong areas etc lol. But thank you so much for this book suggestion; this book and all the other "Made Incredibly Easy" books have changed my world. Thank yo...
  16. Drug Classification Cards

    Hey everyone. Can I buy a flip book for my clinicals?? Any reccomendations??? Also any tips? Sad to say I do not know a thing about meds and I need to start learning them. Clinicals start in December but Pharm class is going by realllllly quickly and...
  17. Drug Classification Cards

    Thank you all so much. Got the cards. Got the drug book and got some new pens (I dunno its motivating lol). I have to tell you that nurses do not get enough credit for their knowledge, its incredible all of the information we need to learn and retain...
  18. Needles/Syringes/Routes?etc

    Hi Everyone! I really need some help with this. I am in a full time LPN program. Missed a day of Pharm I had a beautifully well timed cyst rupture last Thursday evening..... LOL! So I missed my notes on this and I have my very first pharm test on Nee...
  19. rude classmates

    Hi Becky! Well it hasnt gotten any better huh in my group. We are lucky our school is staffed with Instructors! I havent had Lab in three weeks!!!!!!!! Im so frustrated I could scream.
  20. Acid Base Balance

    "You can also remember the acronym ROME. " OMG I loveeeee this. I have to say these little tricks have saved my butt during exams lol.
  21. Acid Base Balance help..Anyone?

    I am so HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!! I got an 88 on the test! (Which to be honest upset me bc I like to get high 90's).......Is every nurse an anal retentive perfectionist? LOL ) I want to be the best at every course, absorb and learn everything. I can not than...
  22. Acid Base Balance help..Anyone?

    I got the book...........THE BEST $40.00 I ever spent LOL! It is still confusing and still scary but I atleast feel like I have some sort of power of this :) Thank you sooooo much!!!
  23. Acid Base Balance

    Thank you sooooo much I have read and re-read this :) Def helpful
  24. Hey there I am currently an LPN student but would really like some detailed infor on the Excelsior College Courses for LPN-RN..... How does this work exactly? I am very overwhelmed on their website. Thanks :) Tara
  25. Anyone take The Excelsior Program

    awesome thank you so much! I am def looking forward to seeing what this is all about! Tara