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  1. Hints on Pharmacology

    gillytook replied to intuition's topic in General Students

    Try making med cards for each classification and drug. Focus on what makes each medication unique from the others such as an adverse effect of photosensitivity or must take on a empty stomach. Learn...

  2. MMR titers came back neg--uh-oh

    gillytook replied to Makinitthough's topic in General Students

    There were even more hoops to job through when I got hired on at the hospital. I had proof of my hep series, but the hospital wanted a pos titer. I have had three additional boosters. However if I...

  3. MMR titers came back neg--uh-oh

    gillytook replied to Makinitthough's topic in General Students

    There was a four year period in the late 60's/early 70's that the vacines were ineffective. I caught German measles because of it. In our state you have to prove immunity or retake the vacinations...

  4. Dismissed from school

    gillytook replied to Nduka's topic in General Students

    As a previous poster mentioned, have tried the appeals process at your school?!?!?! One of my fellow students was dismissedbecause his clinical instructor did not think that men should be nurses and...

  5. Anyone else feel like they haven't praticed enough skills?

    gillytook replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Students

    Our biggest problem is that we have to have the instructor with us to perform most skills. The nurse is not enough. With ten of us sharing the same CI, that got difficult to get the time. Because we...

  6. Anyone else feel like they haven't praticed enough skills?

    gillytook replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Students

    Last semester in clinicals, we had difficulty in finding the skills we had to do to pass to the next level. I have gotten more exposure to these skills as a PCS in the local hospital. The nurses are...

  7. "My Nursing Lab" and supplemental software...

    gillytook replied to uniscore1's topic in General Students

    We did not use it for quizzes or homework, but the videos of the skills and the study helps that went along with each chapter helped for

  8. What is your stress relief during nursing school?

    gillytook replied to mzjennx's topic in General Students

    1) Nature of any sort but in my canoe if I can find someone to join me 2) Dancing at the local club 3) Conversation that doesn't revolve around medicine 4) Mindless

  9. Jobs during Nursing school/ How do you afford this??

    gillytook replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Students

    I went per diem with lo cal hospital. I pays more per hour and the hours are fleixble. I can work anywhere from 4-12 hrs per day. I just tell them what days I want. I also bought a trailer because lot...

  10. Alcohol problem

    gillytook replied to natrgrrl's topic in General Students

    Part of the reason the question of alcohol consumption is being asked is to prevent withdrawal if the patient is hospitalized. Eventhough 1 beer a day isn't much, the body does become dependent on it....

  11. nurse tech skills/job duties?

    gillytook replied to holisticallyminded's topic in General Students

    When I got hired as a tech at my local hospital, part of the orientation was a check off on the skills that they requireds. Then I had to work with another tech and RN getting checked off on the...

  12. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    gillytook replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    That you need to exhale though your nose when the smell is overpowering or you will be still smellling it for 5 minutes after your leave the

  13. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    gillytook replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    I know that being anal rententive is a good quality in a nurse and that all of us nursing students are to one extent or ather. But there is such a thing as being TOO anal! Don't over think the...

  14. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    gillytook replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    When looking at pictures of your friend new baby, you notice he has good nares for the insertion of a NG tube. Being a fellow nursing student, Mom had already made that

  15. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    gillytook replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    You know when you are in nursing school when... your DRV is maxed out with episodes of "Untold Stories of the ER", "Diagnosis X" and "Medical Incredible" that you are waiting to watch during summer...