Faith213

Faith213

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  1. What do you wish you were told on the first day?

    Faith213 replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    They want you to prioritize in these types of questions. What would you do first? What is most important? Think of the A.B.C.'s (Airway, Breathing, Circulation) and Maslow's hierarchy of needs when...

  2. Interesting LPN Program: Thoughts

    Faith213 replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    Many of the clinical groups in my program have to be at their clinical site and ready to take report at 5:15AM to 5:30AM. It's not uncommon to have to be at the clinical site around these times. For...

  3. Stethescope

    Faith213 replied to WeirdNurseKelly's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I just finished my first semester of clinicals in my BSN program, so I haven't had much experience on a floor yet, but I absolutely love my master cardiology. Make sure you get a name tag or have your...

  4. Totally Mortified - Super High Blood Pressure @ Nursing Physical

    Faith213 replied to kk83's topic in General Students

    This is why I went to a cardiologist. I soon was diagnosed with Wolff Parkinson White syndrome. I was repeatedly turned down to give blood because my resting heart rate was 115-130 bpm. I thought I...

  5. How many hours per week do you spend reading your nursing books?

    Faith213 replied to moonredlife's topic in General Students

    We were told that to pass, we needed to be studying three hours per hour spent in the classroom/clinical site. This would have added up to 90 hours outside of class time. This was obviously impossible...

  6. Is it okay to be in the same nursing class as a relative?

    Faith213 replied to happy2learn's topic in General Students

    Don't worry about it. We have a brother and sister in our level. It never presented a

  7. Staying awake to study?

    Faith213 replied to Asira's topic in General Students

    I agree with the previous posters about waking up early the next morning. I could stay up all night but I know I won't remember anything I studied the night before if I do. One of our instructors my...

  8. Any info on cardiac ablation?

    Faith213 replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for posting this reply. I know it's been a year since the last post on this thread but I thought it was interesting to read about the procedure. I had the accessory pathway in my heart ablated...

  9. Question for current nursing students:

    Faith213 replied to jil_'s topic in General Students

    Make sure you have a good grasp of A&P. Review some dosage calculations and basic math. Don't worry with the NCLEX questions because they really won't be much help to you until you start going...

  10. Nudity?

    Faith213 replied to tlp514's topic in General Students

  11. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Faith213 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm from Louisiana and hear "diarrhear" a lot. And a lot of people pronounce it "dy-a-rear". I just think to myself, "If it dyes your rear then you must not be 'cleaning' yourself very

  12. NS Recommended Books Help

    Faith213 replied to Maymie's topic in General Students

    I found Medical Surgical Nursing by Lewis in the single volume for $100 new on amazon. The study guide came with it for free. The study guide is around 600 pages. I'm the type of person that studies...

  13. What to expect first semester/first year of nursing school?

    Faith213 replied to emptyboxcars's topic in General Students

    I forgot the dosage calculation test. We took ours a week after class started. But we had some dosage problems to work in one of our prereq classes so it wasn't completely foreign to us. We also had a...

  14. What to expect first semester/first year of nursing school?

    Faith213 replied to emptyboxcars's topic in General Students

    We took nursing theory (fundamentals), health assessment, computing for nurses, pharmacology, and our clinical class. Health Assessment: We went over the assessment of every organ system including...

  15. HOW do nurses THINK?

    Faith213 replied to Sand_Dollar's topic in General Students

    I'm probably completely off on this but I'll try. I'm thinking that nurses focus on treating the results of the disease, whereas the doctor focuses on diagnosing/curing the disease? I'm curious to see...

  16. Our nursing class grading scale is WAY easy...

    Faith213 replied to klone's topic in General Students

    In my BSN program: A = 93-100 B = 85-92 C = 78-84 I don't mind the grading scale too much but it makes it a lot harder for nursing students to keep scholarships compared to the other majors. All the...

  17. Titers or vaccines?

    Faith213 replied to Barbe's topic in General Students

    We had to show proof of immunization or a titer for most vaccines. If we had the hepatitis b series more than two years prior to starting the program without a positive titer drawn (I had my vaccines...

  18. On vacation..can't stop studying!

    Faith213 replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Students

    You know you're a nursing student when... You feel guilty for not reading 500+ pages a week over the summer break. Corny...I

  19. I feel like I'm "cheating" on nursing for asking this...

    Faith213 replied to StangGang92's topic in General Students

    I think they were referring to the fact that medical schools require biochemistry, calculus, and other classes that often (though might be) are not part of a nursing school curriculum. A nurse who...

  20. For those that didn't get into NS this year

    Faith213 replied to MammaNurse2Be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I applaud you for your positive outlook. I wish you the best of luck on your journey to nursing

  21. Nursing School Must Haves??

    Faith213 replied to Servingshots's topic in General Students

    I have the 13th edition of the Handbook of Nursing Diagnosis by Carpenito (now Carpenito-Moyet) and in the back there is a section with medical conditions and their related nursing diagnoses. I'm not...

  22. Nudity?

    Faith213 replied to tlp514's topic in General Students

    I'm glad it hasn't taken away your enthusiam for nursing school. I wish you the

  23. Nudity?

    Faith213 replied to tlp514's topic in General Students

    Same

  24. Nudity?

    Faith213 replied to tlp514's topic in General Students

    Haha. I realized that's what it sounded like I was talking about. I'd be right there with you. I don't need everyone seeing my stretch marks (I had gained 45 pounds before my catheter ablation - lost...

  25. Nudity?

    Faith213 replied to tlp514's topic in General Students

    I can understand not feeling comfortable. We were allowed to wear tank tops over our sport bras and move them out of the way to do assessments if we felt uncomfortable without them (behind the...