KrisRNwannabe

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  1. I'm FREAKING OUT. Pls help!!!!! My nursing intructors are Drill Sergeants

    KrisRNwannabe replied to titohan's topic in General Students

    Nursing school has to be hard because we hold peoples lives in our hands. schools have to make strict rules regarding missing clinicals because otherwise students would be gone all the time. like...

  2. Vegetarian being asked to dissect a cat !

    KrisRNwannabe replied to roxburin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As a animal lover I had a hard time when we had to do this in school but, in the end i did it because I had no choice. you are not directly responsible for the cat's death. they usually come from...

  3. Will they make her cut her hair?

    KrisRNwannabe replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I think REGARDLESS of how ones hair is styled it should be kept neat and clean. And by regardless, I mean black, white, pink, yellow, whatever. If a white person had hair down to their waist no one...

  4. Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

    KrisRNwannabe replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

    My parents didn't exactly try to talk me out of being a nurse but they did try and talk me out of changing careers an giving up my big fancy (=expensive) Bachelors degree. they weren't against...

  5. Ok, whats the secret 4.0 students???

    KrisRNwannabe replied to FNPhopeful's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I will be graduating in August and have kept a 4.0 all the way through including pre-reqs. I don't really have much advice because I didn't really study that much. To me nursing school was fairly...

  6. Britney demanding background checks for her L&D nurses..

    KrisRNwannabe replied to Peachy720's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess I am confused. granted I don't really know much about her but I am pretty sure she doesn't even live in arizona?? does she have a house in LA and north carolina or something? what is wrong...

  7. OK, so where can us LVN's work??

    KrisRNwannabe replied to caligirl2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well in my area, hospitals pay the least for LPNs. In the county I live in we have 3 hospitals and only hires LPNs and they $14/hr. The next county north is where I went to school. THey have 2...

  8. Nursing PDA

    KrisRNwannabe replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    can't imagine why they would make you get a specific one. Almost all programs come for palms and pocket pc's. I have the dell and I love it. I got a 1 gig expansion card for it. I get all my...

  9. Kadivars and Cats in A&P

    KrisRNwannabe replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I did cats, fetal pig, frogs, and some hearts in high school. in college we did a brain, heart and eye. I don't see why nursing students would need to disect a cadaver. med students

  10. LPN Schools Near Detroit

    KrisRNwannabe replied to cdietrich404's topic in Michigan Nursing

    i know there are several community colleges down that way that have RN programs. most of them allow you to take the LPN boards after the first

  11. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    KrisRNwannabe replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am interested in the LPN to RN ADN program at Excelsior College. I have looked all over their website but I can't find a list of classes that I have to take. I found the nursing classes, ( I...

  12. Crocs Nursing shoes

    KrisRNwannabe posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hi all, i have seen alot of people wearing these shoes at the hospital. I am interested in the highland (no vent holes) or the metro (vents along the bottom). are the vents neccessary?? will my feet...

  13. Stna's driving me insane, I feel like a babysitter.

    KrisRNwannabe replied to nckdl's topic in General Nursing

    I understand how you feel. As a student I am not popular with the aides on my floor. we do 2-12 shifts for clinical. the aides like to go to break at 9:00 am. which i have no problem with unless...

  14. What does this mean for Michigan LPNs??

    KrisRNwannabe posted a topic in General Nursing

    So what does this bill mean for the LPNs in the hospital setting?? Today one of the hospitals north of me anounced they were laying off LPNs. 22 in all. in my area of the 3 hospitals only 1 hires...

  15. comfy shoes

    KrisRNwannabe replied to analiezel's topic in General Nursing

    i love my crocs. But they don't really make it the whole 12 hours. so i bought a pair of quarks podium (sp?) those suckers can make it 12 hours and beyound. love, love, love

  16. Gastric Bypass!!!!!

    KrisRNwannabe replied to HONEYBEAR's topic in General Nursing

    Stitchie~ I think your doc is right. you need to be at least 100 pounds overweight to qualify for weight loss

  17. Gastric Bypass!!!!!

    KrisRNwannabe replied to HONEYBEAR's topic in General Nursing

    I am having the Lap-band procedure in August. try http://www.obesityhelp.com or http://www.delphiforums.com they both have forums where your friend can meet other people. obesity help.com also has...

  18. Keratosis Pilaris

    KrisRNwannabe replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    i have on my arms. nothing i have tried works. plus my constant tanning doesn't help I am told. but, i am not giving up my lifetime tanning

  19. Offered a seat in P.A. school-torn

    KrisRNwannabe replied to Maggie in NC's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow!! Congrats!!! If I had it to do over again, I would have went to PA school. I already had a BS degree so it would have been easier. But I decided to go the nursing route and I am starting over...

  20. Top Ten Things You Don't Want To Hear During Surgery

    KrisRNwannabe replied to J.B.'s topic in Nursing Humor

    14. Will someone please go get me... (insert name of any Surgical Textbook). 15. Wow.... never seen blood spray that high before!! 16. Wait, nobody move, I think i lost my cell phone. 17. Damn, what...

  21. Is Drug Dosage(class) hard?

    KrisRNwannabe replied to JGLPN2BE's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Mandy here is an example of a question that was just on our med test for the semester: You need to give a patient 8ml of medicine. the mec X comes in a vial marked 2ml in 1 cc. How many cc's of med...

  22. Random Acts of Lunacy

    KrisRNwannabe replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I love the immaculate conception one. I always enjoy the women that say I didn't know i was pregnant as she was coming into

  23. No She/he Did Not!!!

    KrisRNwannabe replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    No she did not just ask the patient with guillian-barre (sp?) who is not able to swallow and has a peg tube is she having any problems eating or drinking? Yes that was me. The look on her face shot...

  24. Taking a job in a unit you don't really want

    KrisRNwannabe replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know how you feel. Due to the long waiting list, I ended up in a LPN program. which i was fine with at the time because i could go back to the local community college and finish in 2 semesters for...

  25. Heavily Tättooed: Can I get into nursing???

    KrisRNwannabe replied to YukonDave's topic in General Nursing

    why would he consider having them removed???? it sounds like he likes them. he shouldn't have to have them removed. I have a tat and plan on getting more. it is who i am. i wouldn't mind being...