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  1. Students: Prefer morning or evening clinicals?

    I prefer days and here's why. The hospitals we work at are on 7-7 shifts. Our clinicals are on 7-3 or 3-11 shifts. Last semester I was on the 3-11 shift and so halfway into my shift my nurse would...
  2. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    Well, I guess it is at first, but after you have been there for a while and you get acclimated to the weather, it still feels humid. I am from Oklahoma and in mid August when it is like 100 degrees...
  3. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    Hey, it's fun to
  4. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

  5. How is the Nursing School Different form Pre-Reqs?

    I wish you all the best! I work full time and have 2 teenaged daughters and go to nursing school full time so working while in school is possible. It keeps you busy but it can certainly be done....
  6. Got a big reality check yesterday...

    While it is sad that your friend is going through all she is with school, that is the reality of the road you are on. Nursing school is tough to get into. The reason for that is because you will be...
  7. Doing Nursing Care Plans

    I don't know of any websites but you really should get a care plan book. You will use it all the time in your first semester. My care plan book saved my soul last semester. No care plan book =...
  8. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    Ha!!! That is great, takes a strong person to admit their hoarding
  9. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    First, let me say I am glad you are okay from the accident! Next, we all are (or already have been) working so hard while in ns, not to mention all the work we did just to get us into ns. We are...
  10. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    My two girls (teenagers), my husband and myself are going to take an awesome two week vacation somewhere in the U.S. We will stay in nice hotels and have our meals in classy restaurants. It will be...
  11. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    How exciting !! I wish you the best with your new job ! I can't wait until I can say that I am officially an RN, 3 semesters
  12. Bored!!!!

    CONGRATS!!!!! I hope it goes fast for
  13. Nursing School Brain Fog

    YES!!! But mine seems to be overflowing into just regular life. If someone tells me something I forget it about as fast as they say it!! Seriously, I have lists for my lists! I will be in mid...
  14. Bored!!!!

    Unfortunatly no boredom here... My daughter's birthday was Dec. 21st and my hubby's was yesterday, then of course there was Christmas. I work full time on top of everything else but it is nice to go...
  15. Feeling stupid (and a little miffed...)

    Don't doubt yourself. He is your husband and you have his best interest in mind. It may have just been running lower that day than what it has been. I know a lot of nurses or MA's that don't take...
  16. Pharmacology On-line vs In-Class

    I am signed up for an online pharm class in the spring too. I talked to the instructor teaching the course before I signed up. I, too, thought it would be a difficult class online. She told me it...
  17. These Pre-reqs... are making me nuts!

    There is no doubt about it, to get into ns is a big job. I graduated with an AS degree just from my prereqs to get me into ns. The prereqs are very important and do apply to ns once you get in. All...
  18. Finals are coming!

    I took my fundamentals final on Thursday and I take the HESI in a couple of hours and then my first semester is officially over!!!!!! Let me tell you, our fundies final was a nightmare! The highest...
  19. Osu Okc Acceptance!!

    Congrats to you and Mommy2and2!! I just finished my first semester over at Rose. Good luck to both of you, enjoy this time before school starts because you won't have much time for anything but...
  20. I take my last final tomorrow and the HESI on Monday then I'm done til Jan. 20th!!!!! I can't wait until I can go straight home from work without going to class first. I can't wait to just veg in...
  21. So I'm observing in the OR and get accused of stealing Fentyl

    Wow, that's something else! To think of what would have happened to you if that wouldn't have fallen out of his pocket.... Scary . You did the right thing for sure by reporting it . I agree with...
  22. Stool sample for Micro class?????

    We disposed of them in the biohazard trash, just like we did with all the other "bugs" we worked with. My sister-in-law went to that same school more than ten years ago and they made her do the same...
  23. Passing rate for your school?

    75% for this year but they said they have raised it and will continue to raise it each year until it is 80%. Glad I got in
  24. Oklahoma City Community College

    I graduated from O Trip last December. Not with my AAS, just with my AS. I am in nursing school now at another cc in the area. I would love to share with you a couple of good tidbits though... For...
  25. Stool sample for Micro class?????

    Yeah same requirements here. And our prof said we CANNOT use the dog's or cat's. He said he would definatly be able to tell the difference by what it grows... But it was all good. We used our own...