Marie-SC

I was 100% positive about my decision to become a nurse until I found this web site and now I am on the fence. Although this site is a wonderful place to ask questions and get information, I have been reading a lot of startling comments/experiences a...

I have wondered this for the past 2 years and keep forgetting to ask my doctor... Why did he draw blood out of my baby's cord after he cut it? I did not have it saved and I really don't care if he donated the cord blood, but would he not need my cons...

I have already posted on this thread once before but something that happened today made me come back to it. A girl that I sit beside in Algebra (who is failing Algebra and A&P I) was studying for her A&P test that was after Algebra class. I ...

Thanks! Good to know!

dang! She could have at least waited a week or two before she showed that she "knows it all." I'm assuming she is much older than you.... Her saying that the residents don't say "please" and "thank you" sounds like she is arrogant and is all about "s...

i am also working on my pre-reqs. i was/am required to take the science classes in the following order: chm, ap i, ap ii, micro a&p i covers a little chm but i think you'll be fine with taking it at the same time. chm is pretty easy but a&p...

I wasn't the nurse I was the patient..... I am very good friends with the nurse that delivered my baby in Dec 2006. I met her when I was induced and she was there by my side almost the whole time (I was her only patient). She was such an awesome pers...

Does anyone know what the responsibilities of a Cardiac Monitior Tech are?

Sometimes people say stupid things, so just blow it off. If you make a big deal of it she will think you are too sensitive and probably insist that she was just joking. So I would just let it go. Don't stop asking questions! I ask questions the whole...

At my school, A&P I and II is pre-reqs for Micro. I would think that there is a reason for this. Maybe Micro is easier after taking A&P I and II. Just a thought!

This may sould like a crazy question but do your family members injuries/blood bother you more than a patients? I made it through 2 weeks of clinicals in a LT facility with no problem with any bodily fluids. And have my phlebotomy certification. But ...

I am taking AP I in the summer and am a little worried b/c it is crammed into such a short semester. I will have lecture and lab twice a week. Just a little worried about having my lab report from Monday afternoon finished and turning it in on Wednes...

:bow:Daytonite, you are the bomb! You better stick around for a long time! I have a feeling I will be needing your wisdom! I have noticed that on a lot of post you explain in such detail. You are great!

In your post you write as if you was nice about it so I commend you for that. But I am a very hands on person and if I have only been shown how to do something (even multiple times) I sometimes don't get it until I have done it myself. After readin...

I'm not sure that you all took the right approach but I agree that it is good that your whole class stuck together. I don't know what I would have done in that situation. Then again, I don't think you or a few students going to her would have been a ...

Thank you both for your replies! That is encouraging! Like said before, I really believe that I can get the job if I can just get an interview. Is there anything that you look for on resumes? Should I put something querky on my resume under qualif...

I am a student and am currently working on my pre-reqs as I am on the waitlist for a LPN program (which I will be merging into the RN program). I am very interested in a position at my local hospital, as a ER tech. I completed a nursing assistant pro...

This is my story: My dad bought a lot of land and built a house when I was almost seven years old. Then on my seventh birthday he started building me a building and said it could be either a stable for a horse or a playhouse. And, of course I chose a...

BTW - We have to wear teal green scrub tops, white pants, white jacket and white shoes (but they can have a little color on them).

Or even better wear nude/tan underwear (bra and panties). Someone told me to "Try a tan bra b/c it will match you skin!" I thought to myself, DUH and went and bought me a tan bra and have been wearing tan under white every since and it is less visibl...

All of this talk about 4.0 GPA's and not getting into ADN programs just blows my mind. My school has a waitlist for LPN and RN and no applications/acceptances/denials. Basically if you want to go into the LPN program, you put you name on the waitlist...

Yes, cheaters annoy me! I am not busting my butt until 3am (on top of the weeks that I've been studying) to study for a class and then let someone copy answers. And I don't care who notices me covering up my answers. If you didn't have time to study...

I don't know why you would be expelled for that. In my micro class, as soon as a test was over we were dismissed. I would take a highlighter and highlight everything in my notebook that was on the test. Then make a study guide for the final exam. In ...

First off, Congrats! I think I am understanding you correctly, but correct me if i'm wrong. You have not been in a nursing program before and will be starting nursing school for the first time? If so, this is my two cents . There is no way of knowin...

Thanks for all of your replies! This gives me some relief. I have never had any problems with blood or bodily fliuids except for those two times. I was kind of surprised by my reaction to these two incidences and little down on myself. Then I thought...