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  1. Pharmacology & Dosage Calc Tests - What did you have to know?

    newbie08 replied to Gabesmomma's topic in General Students

    I just had a dosage calc test this past Monday. Here's a sample question: The physician ordered Kanamycin 17mg IM. You have available a 2mL vial containing 75mg. How many mL should you give?? We had...

  2. Only a nursing student...

    newbie08 replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    We have our cath check-off the Tuesday before

  3. Could charts be more disorganized?!

    newbie08 posted a topic in General Students

    We were assigned our first patient today and our goal was to go through our patient's chart and find pertinent info. It took about 2 frickin' hours to find all of the info we needed because papers...

  4. How did your clinicals start??

    newbie08 posted a topic in General Students

    Did your instructors throw you into it or did they sort of ease you into it?? I think the first couple of weeks we are pretty much just observing and not getting involved in patient care. Then we will...

  5. Anyone had to miss class??

    newbie08 posted a topic in General Students

    My daughter has been sick all week. She had a fever Tuesday and Wednesday but my mom took off from work to watch her so that I wouldn't have to miss clinicals. Yesterday (Thursday) she seemed to feel...

  6. What kind of grading scale are you on??

    newbie08 posted a topic in General Students

    I am taking 2 nursing courses and 2 non-nursing courses, however the non-nursing classes are required for my degree. The nursing courses are set up on a 7-point grading scale while the non-nursing...

  7. What do you take to clinicals??

    newbie08 posted a topic in General Students

    One of our instructors suggested taking a small bag to hold stuff and not taking any credit cards/wallets. What kinds of things do you take with you to clinicals?? Do you carry cash so you can get...

  8. Does anyone else feel like they were born for this?

    newbie08 replied to keno138's topic in General Students

    I totally feel the same way!! I can't imagine being happier doing anything

  9. Feeling unmotivated

    newbie08 replied to bakingrn2b's topic in General Students

    I would recommend contacting your hospital and seeing if they offer any kind of shadowing experiences. I completed a shadowing experience last week and it reminded me of why I am in NS to start with:)...

  10. How have your skill checkoffs been??

    newbie08 replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    Yikes!! We don't get an actual grade on ours, you're either competent or you're not. If you're not competent, you just have to re-try it on a makeup day. Our next checkoffs will be sometime in...

  11. How have your skill checkoffs been??

    newbie08 posted a topic in General Students

    My class had skill checkoffs today. We arrived at school at 730 and made it through 3 checkoffs per student by the time class ended at 1200(there's 51 of us including 3 audits). There were 7 skills...

  12. [Almost] halfway done with 1st Semester.

    newbie08 replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

    We just hit midterm on 10/9. This semester is going by a lot faster than those first couple of weeks did, for sure!! We are on Fall Break through 10/15 Then start clinicals the following Tuesday....

  13. My fiance doesn't understand!!

    newbie08 replied to Nurseandwife's topic in General Students

    My husband had a hard time adjusting to me being in school too. He still doesn't understand that just because I don't have a test 'tomorrow' doesn't mean that I don't have to study today. One of my...

  14. Am I the only one??

    newbie08 posted a topic in General Students

    One of the girls in my class invited me to be a part of a nursing student 'support group' where she and a few other students basically go out every Friday (or maybe she said every other Friday), have...

  15. How many tests have you taken so far??

    newbie08 posted a topic in General Students

    We started school on August 18 and have already had 2 tests in Assessment and are having our third test this Thursday (9/25) in Fundamentals. On Oct 7, we have a check-off day where we will draw...

  16. How many tests have you taken so far??

    newbie08 replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    Our first test covered 14 chapters, it's definitely not been so bad since then but we still covered 6-7 chapters on the second and this third test coming up. It's

  17. How does your school work??

    newbie08 posted a topic in General Students

    We are supposed to start clinicals on October 7 & 8. The 7th will be more of an orientation than actual patient care. Prior to clinicals, we have several 'check offs' that we must be deemed...

  18. First clinical. Where was yours??

    newbie08 replied to intensity_too's topic in General Students

    I think ours will be Med-Surg to start with (sort of like an orientation) then they will break us up and send us to different departments. The hospital that we are working with doesn't have the...

  19. Stressed student needs guidance

    newbie08 replied to SNstressed's topic in General Students

    I feel like I am having a hard time keeping my head above water, too. I am taking Fundamentals, Assessment, A&P and a math course. We have been in class for almost a month and I have already had...

  20. Do you have to carry all your books??

    newbie08 posted a topic in General Students

    Just curious. I have 5 books for one class (although after reading some of the other posts, 5 is not that many!!). What is the likelyhood that I will have to carry them all with me to class?? BTW, my...

  21. Do you have to carry all your books??

    newbie08 replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    Good to know!!

  22. Do you have to carry all your books??

    newbie08 replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    Wayne CC is in Goldsboro. We're about an hour southeast of Raleigh. I think we will be fine once we get back in 'study mode'. I've been out of HS for 6 years myself (gosh!! has it really been that...

  23. Do you have to carry all your books??

    newbie08 replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    It scares the heck out of me!! Everyone keeps saying how hard A&P is, it's a little discouraging but I think I can handle it I'm going to Wayne CC. Where's RCC??

  24. Class of 2010 (starting nursing school in Fall 2008)

    newbie08 replied to RDH-NrsgStudent's topic in General Students

    I had to take the ACT after being out of school for 6 years and I remember how nervous I was the day before the test!! Good

  25. How old were you when you began nursing school?

    newbie08 replied to smellyacres's topic in General Students

    I'm 24 now but will turn 25 two weeks after the semester starts. I'm going back to school though. I didn't apply for NS straight out of high