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  1. Time of the month in light colored scrubs

    Kringe38 replied to jkmk's topic in General Students

    Oh my goodness, yes they do. You are lucky you have not had these problems! I had terrible periods from the time I was 11 until I was about 32, when I finally had a hysterectomy and am so pleased I...

  2. Can someone please help me answer this question?

    Kringe38 replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

    IMO B should not be the answer because "are you married" is apropos of nothing. They might be happily or unhappily single, happily or unhappily married. So the answer "yes" or "no" is still not...

  3. Please help I cant hear vitals

    Kringe38 replied to sdcb42506's topic in General Students

    Are you getting the cuff on firmly enough? It's not supposed to be too tight, of course, but excessive looseness will definitely not work. I have found that not getting it tight enough gives me a...

  4. Please help I cant hear vitals

    Kringe38 replied to sdcb42506's topic in General Students

    I am not the OP, but personally I find it difficult to palpate the brachial except in the thinnest of people. Is anyone able to feel the brachial on an obese or even normal-weight patient? Funny...

  5. Can someone please help me answer this question?

    Kringe38 replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

    That's just stupid. I believe at my school that question would be thrown out. You definitely have to "read into it" to try to get any correlation at all between the possible answers and the...

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

    Kringe38 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    How about you all just *stop the talking* ??!? You know who you are! You drive me crazy. You talk so much you worry me to death! you talk so much you even worry my pet! You just talk, talk,...

  7. kila stethoscopes?

    Kringe38 replied to want to do good 86's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I would be curious for any reviews, as well. I'm always looking for an interesting stethoscope and by coincidence had been looking at them on the Kila website today. I have a Littmann lightweight...

  8. Maxiscope Experiences?

    Kringe38 replied to j_tay1981's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I am a student and I have a Maxiscope. I have never had the Ultrascope so can't do a fair comparison, though I do have an Adscope Vistascope, which I believe is very similar to the Ultrascope in...

  9. Feeling really REALLY stupid about clinicals

    Kringe38 posted a topic in General Students

    I don't feel that I am up to speed at clinicals and I'm not sure if it's because there's just something inherently "wrong" with me or I just need to learn as I go and it will all be okay eventually....

  10. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    Kringe38 replied to brownhairedgal's topic in General Students

    One of the nurses at my school says they practiced this way. I think it was catheterization. My school does not do this. We practiced vital signs and physical assessment - clothed - on each other...

  11. Extreme anxiety-starting second semester

    Kringe38 replied to Waiting222's topic in General Students

    You're not alone. I started second semester last week and am freaking out nervous. Already this semester seems harder than last. There's a seemingly crazy amount of assignments to get done already...

  12. Need help with gauges/needle lengths for injections

    Kringe38 posted a topic in General Students

    Does anybody know of a good way to memorize the ranges of needle lengths and gauges to use for adults and children of varying builds? I just don't seem to be able to make much sense out of it. It's...

  13. Older Nursing students

    Kringe38 replied to MarieD's topic in General Students

    I'm in a 2-year program and will be 41 when I graduate (hopefully) in 2011. There are definitely a lot of whipper-snappers in my class but also plenty close to my age and a few older. I'm not sure...

  14. Temple College - ADN Info

    Kringe38 replied to hopeful1217's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have not heard of Simpson - have they gotten some new profs? I had Burnside for A&P I and Locklin for II. I think it kind of varies by instructor as to how much studying is needed. I studied...

  15. New Semester ... Psychomotor Skills

    Kringe38 replied to crbetts's topic in General Students

    I'm an ADN student getting ready for my second semester as well. I did one injection (subcu) but no catheters or dressing changes. I think it's just kind of a combination of what your school allows...

  16. Temple College - ADN Info

    Kringe38 replied to hopeful1217's topic in Texas Nursing

    In addition to the prereqs I had Lifespan (psych) and all my general courses (English, electives, etc) done. I still needed A&P II and Micro and was able to get in just on the basis of the A's in...

  17. Temple College - ADN Info

    Kringe38 replied to hopeful1217's topic in Texas Nursing

    I probably can't help you too much. I've been through the first semester of the Temple College ADN program and am getting ready to start second semester on Jan. 11. I guess they have phased out the...

  18. Classmates using you as a pincushion?

    Kringe38 replied to xyra's topic in General Students

    They don't let us do that stuff on each other and I'm rather glad. I wouldn't mind giving and receiving injections with classmates, I guess, but I'm a hard stick and I don't really want someone...

  19. Uniform badges: which sleeve?

    Kringe38 replied to krimicrat's topic in General Students

    Ours are on the left. I'm a total sewing dweeb so I took my badge and jacket to a dry cleaner and had it sewn on there for a nominal

  20. Have you had a bad reaction to the H1N1 vaccine? If so what happened?

    Kringe38 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Tomorrow it will be 3 weeks, I believe, since I had mine and no reaction. I had a small bruise at the injection site and maybe it was a little itchy. That was

  21. Feeling good!!

    Kringe38 replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

    I, too, had a very good clinical instructor this semester (my very first semester). I'm kind of worried about getting chewed up and spit out next semester since I've had it so good this semester!...

  22. Tattoo's and School

    Kringe38 replied to nursingstudent221's topic in General Students

    They don't let us wear long sleeves so I don't know what that poor guy in my class does. Never thought of band-aids. They haven't made the neck-tattoo girls wear them in my class that I know of....

  23. Tattoo's and School

    Kringe38 replied to nursingstudent221's topic in General Students

    We're supposed to have "no visible tattoos." Funny thing I've noticed is that a fair number of females in my class have a tattoo on the back of the neck and long hair must be up in a ponytail, so you...

  24. Nervous about comps

    Kringe38 replied to becky5438's topic in General Students

    What exactly is comps, do you mean final exams? Anyway, if you know your stuff you should be fine. What I have found is just to drill the material for the test or check-off into the GROUND so that...

  25. Totally lost! Anyone else?

    Kringe38 replied to CrunchyMama's topic in General Students

    I feel this way, too. Just finishing first semester of an ADN program. We didn't even TOUCH IVs so you're ahead of me there! I don't expect to know everything since I just finished ONE semester,...