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    stuck between nursing and medical school

    smk1 replied to youngEd's topic in General Nursing

    Why not do both? You could look into taking the nursing coursework and taking the medschool prereqs as well. Yes you will be very busy, but at least this way you will have options, or you could take...
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    TEXAS nurse/patient ratios?

    smk1 posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    There seems to be quite a few of us that are interested in moving to TEXAS, myself included (preliminary stages), anyway, I thought it would be a good idea to find out what the patient ratios are like...
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    rules for student nurses

    smk1 replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    1. You are a visitor, don't take over the report room, nurses station, lounge etc... 2. Be assertive, if you are not allowed to do something, say so! 3. Take the initiative to do things that you...
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    Why are Newbies Such Whiners?

    smk1 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    What shocks me is the rudeness. Whether you are a "newbie", or an "oldie", remember the manners your mother taught you. As a student I cringe when I see students using the computers/charts etc......
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    Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    smk1 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    As a student, I don't have enough experience to say really say what I would and wouldn't do. However pain is a vital sign and I would want to treat it as such. If I have a patient with no outward...
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    Husbands or S/O's at routine exam

    smk1 replied to walker shaw's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't speak as a nurse yet, but when I was pregnant and for a short time post-partum, my hubby went to all my OB/GYN appointments, but other than the "perinatal" time, he has no desire to go, nor do...
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    Dog and Pony Show --A Nursing School Rant!!

    smk1 replied to Ohmygosh's topic in General Nursing

    i can feel my blood pressure rising just reading this! leave messages as well as emails at your schools registration offices, financial aid offices, your last semester instructors and your next...
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    100% dosage calculations?

    smk1 replied to Coloradogrl's topic in General Students

    we start at 80% (no calculators allowed though), then move to 85% etc... was reviewing calculations yesterday. I tend to forget obscure conversions (drams
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    mean arterial pressure

    smk1 replied to julie_hills's topic in Emergency

    As a student, I equate the MAP as a measure of relativity. If a person has a baseline B/P that is quite high, and it falls maybe 8-10 points either systolic or diastolic, it may not "seem" to mean...
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    What is the DEAL with all the group projects?

    smk1 replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in General Students

    We had a group project in Microbiology and it drove me nuts. One girl didn't do her part before the rough draft was due, never called us or emailed us. I of course had writted an entire rough draft...
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    What is the DEAL with all the group projects?

    smk1 replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in General Students

    I've said it before and I'll say it again, group projects are ridiculous at this point in nursing school, and they should NEVER be worth 60% of your grade. You already have to work in groups during...
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    This can not possible be true!

    smk1 replied to Coloradogrl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have question. Do you guys go home to sleep or just stay at the hospital and sleep because you would only have 8 hours to get home get to sleep, et up and get showered in the morning and get back...
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    How Did a BSN Help Your Career (Or Not)

    smk1 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Also wanted to add that there are no BSN programs available near me except private colleges (27k per year, no thanks!). There is RN-BSN at the university that i would like to attend so I spent my...
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    How Did a BSN Help Your Career (Or Not)

    smk1 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    I am in an ADN program, but plan to immediately transfer after graduation for my BSN. My reasoning is that I want "all" doors open to me, and I want the edge to get those jobs that say "BSN...
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    What clinical rotations have you done?

    smk1 replied to flygirls2's topic in General Students

    rehab/ltc= basic care ADL's with a few small med passes ( give the noon meds to one patient etc...) gave an SC injection, nail care, assessments etc... Med/surg/ortho= total care for 2 patients...
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    good grades vs. competent nurse

    smk1 replied to natrgrrl's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously though, we all have our strengths and weaknesses. Work diligently to improve the areas that you know need work and that your teachers think you need work on. Getting straight "A's"...
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    good grades vs. competent nurse

    smk1 replied to natrgrrl's topic in General Nursing

    Once you are in the program, you don't need to get all "A's" anymore, so you can let yourself off the 4.0 hook. However, NS is far more time consuming and the tests and work are more subjective (so...
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    "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    smk1 replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    LPN/LVN's ARE nurses
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    Am I the only one that hates clinical?

    smk1 replied to scubadooII's topic in General Students

    I wasn't overly excited about 1st quarter clinicals because we didn't get to do a whole lot and I just didn't know anything really. 2nd quarter was AWESOME! I loved getting to do the whole med pass...
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    Learning Disabled Students

    smk1 replied to dmarie (GA)'s topic in General Nursing

    This is how I feel as well
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    "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    smk1 replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    This may be true, but i don't think that we should assume those that nurses/students who want to work in plastics or etc... don't have the basic skills of assesment and the nursing process that others...
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    "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    smk1 replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    You know, as a student I enjoyed one of the crazy med-surg floors we were on this fall, but I only had 2 patients. Working there with the responsibility and the full patient load may change my mind....
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    What are you sacrificing to go nursing school?

    smk1 replied to BSNtobe2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hmmm, time and energy are the big things, money too, but as we have been a single income household since my daughter was born, any money I make as an RN will seem like extra, so i don't anticipate a...
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    Hate rain. Should I go to Oregon?

    smk1 replied to 777RNThatsMe's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Yep, definitely colder over there, but usually only about 8-10 degrees colder during the day then we are over in the west. See if you can look up some specific cities on the yahoo weather service and...
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    Hate rain. Should I go to Oregon?

    smk1 replied to 777RNThatsMe's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Yep, definitely colder over there, but usually only about 8-10 degrees colder during the day then we are over in the west. See if you can look up some specific cities on the yahoo weather service and...