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  1. Students: Prefer morning or evening clinicals?

    tiggerdagibit replied to ashandjune's topic in General Students

    I prefer evenings. I'm more of a night person and that schedule just fits me better. I can't stand getting up at 4:30 to get to clinical by 6:30. This semester I'm on days, but my clinical doesn't...

  2. Is there such a thing as postgrad depression syndrome?

    tiggerdagibit replied to I RN A's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My friend and I were just talking about this! We graduate in May and have been looking forward to that date for so long that once it passes, there will be nothing left to look forward to after...

  3. What kind of Nursing school drama in your school?

    tiggerdagibit replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Students

    I'm a pretty laid back person and I hate drama! There has been some in my class, but I try not to get involved in it. I kind of stayed to myself most of 1st semester because I was so focused on...

  4. First day of nursing School *unleashed* post yours

    tiggerdagibit replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

    We practiced on mannequins and did the non-invasive procedures on each other. I wanted to say this though... I'm a diabetic and have let some people in class give me my insulin shot or check my blood...

  5. acid/base compensation help needed...

    tiggerdagibit replied to timls3674's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That is a great explanation of partially compensated! I never really understood it. That helps alot! Acid base is one of those things that I do ok with when I do them often, but forget really quickly...

  6. acid/base compensation help needed...

    tiggerdagibit replied to timls3674's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One of my clinical instructors told me that if the HCO3 or CO2 is out of whack, but the pH is in normal range, that it is

  7. question about nursing schools

    tiggerdagibit replied to HeatherTN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I go to Forsyth Tech CC now. It's a great program! What would you like to

  8. My fiance doesn't understand!!

    tiggerdagibit replied to Nurseandwife's topic in General Students

    Oh. I didn't realize he wanted you to take all weekend, every weekend off. That's a little more difficult. lol Have you tried showing him how many chapters are assigned for each unit? Try getting him...

  9. Process Recording...

    tiggerdagibit replied to shrimpchips's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm sure Daytonite's info will help a lot, I just wanted to say that I feel your pain. lol I just finished my psych rotation and we had to do process recordings. Ugh! We had to do 16 segments, each...

  10. Financial Aid Reimbursements

    tiggerdagibit replied to Kevin RN08's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Mine takes close to 2 months after the beginning of the semester. I hate it because we can only charge to our financial aid in the bookstore for 2 weeks or so but the bookstore doesn't have all of the...

  11. My fiance doesn't understand!!

    tiggerdagibit replied to Nurseandwife's topic in General Students

    I agree with the above. While I commend your devotion, you NEED to take time off. If I didn't get a night out now and then, I'd be insane! lol Seriously, try to work something out, even if it's just...

  12. any suggestions for a good nursing care plan book??

    tiggerdagibit replied to bnchrose's topic in General Students

    I agree with Ackley and Ladwig. That's the book that my school required and I think it's an excellent

  13. How does your school work??

    tiggerdagibit replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    We were required to be a CNA before starting school. Once in the program, our first lab was basic skills checkoff. We drew 2 (I think) skills and had to perform them. We started clinicals the 2nd week...

  14. Why use LR?

    tiggerdagibit posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was in clinical yesterday with a child that had an NG tube to suction. She had D5 1/2 with 20K and LR running. I had to check her drainage Q4 and replace that amount with LR over 4 hours. My...

  15. Why use LR?

    tiggerdagibit replied to tiggerdagibit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks again! I printed that one out too. It will definitely come in

  16. Why use LR?

    tiggerdagibit replied to tiggerdagibit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you! That is a great

  17. Did/Does your program use a Point System??

    tiggerdagibit replied to Sl1011's topic in General Students

    Mine uses your TEAS test score plus pre-req points.. 4pts for an A, 3 for a B, 2 for a C and multiply that by the credit hours for that class. For example, if you make an A in a 3 credit hour class...

  18. Theory or Clinical?

    tiggerdagibit replied to spuropathy's topic in General Students

    I feel that I'm also better at theory. I've never had any major problems in clinical, but I don't feel like my skills are where they should be. I'm in 4th semester and I still haven't inserted a...

  19. INSULIN NCLEX question

    tiggerdagibit replied to Delta18's topic in General Nursing

    It's because of the peak times. The risk for hypoglycemia is the highest when the insulins

  20. trouble converting to ns study

    tiggerdagibit replied to michigansstudent's topic in General Students

    I also had to change the way I studied when I started NS. I used to pre-read and take notes and study from both of them. Now I mainly use my notes/powerpoints and only read concepts in the book that I...

  21. Scrubs: All solid, or mix and match/prints?

    tiggerdagibit replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    This might sound funny, but one of the first things that appealed to nursing for me was all the cute scrubs I saw the nurses wearing at the restaurant when I was a waitress. They would come in on...

  22. Here is a crazy question

    tiggerdagibit replied to msdeannah's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's funny.. growing up in Montana, I always called it a backpack, but when I moved to NC, backpack and bookbag were used interchangeably. Anyway... I'm 34 and have used a messenger bag, backpack,...

  23. Help!!!! Nursing Essay?

    tiggerdagibit replied to SimbaCat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    lol.. it's on page 1. I have to giggle because that is SO something I would do!

  24. Math Help

    tiggerdagibit replied to Sadie525's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're not alone. Luckily I had taken a math class right out of high school at the college I'm at now and it counted as my math credit when I went back for nursing. I'm sure if I hadn't had that...

  25. Need Help remembering conversions

    tiggerdagibit replied to AmIcrazy2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think flashcards help with things like this. I also like the previous poster's idea of writing them down every day. Some of them, I have no problem remembering, but others still get me everytime....