melmarie23 MSN, RN

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    Pathophysiology v. Pharmacology...which did you feel was harder?

    melmarie23 replied to Seyma's topic in General Students

    I would review your A&P
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    AM I cut out for this?

    melmarie23 replied to mjenk's topic in General Students

    the smells are not that bad. you get used to them, I
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    Mental Health ATI and Leadership ATI

    melmarie23 replied to zimmerduke's topic in General Students

    ask your instructor for codes for practice
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    Easy Recipes for Nursing Students

    melmarie23 replied to Commanderzoom's topic in General Students

    okay, now you all have me hungry! here is a good one from Rachel Ray that my husband and I make all.the.time (sooooooo good): Lemon Rice and Eggplant-Chick Pea Curry Cook Time 18 min Level Easy Yield...
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    Go straight to BSN or do ADN now and BSN later?

    melmarie23 replied to Lbug09's topic in General Students

    here is the layout of our program: Direct Entry Master's in Nursing Program Two-year Accelerated Curriculum Spring 1 Nurs 806 Clinical Inquiry, 4 cr...
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    Go straight to BSN or do ADN now and BSN later?

    melmarie23 replied to Lbug09's topic in General Students

    yeah, its a direct entry, 2nd degree program. Its front loaded though so we can sit for the NCLEX next June. They want us to work part time (i.e. get "experience") as we finish up our last 8 credits...
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    OK I am officialy getting excited!!!

    melmarie23 replied to Sniper RN's topic in General Students

    coffee is my savior! :bowingpur and then during my brief, 2 week breaks in between semesters, :beer: is my friend. Can you tell I am on break? tee hee Good luck to everyone starting their programs...
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    Today's a Big Day

    melmarie23 replied to NatsFan15's topic in General Students

    hope you had a good first
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    Another nurse got fired because of me.

    melmarie23 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry arelle68 that you have this weighing on you. It must be really tough. But I do thank you for sharing. I've learned a lot from this thread that I can take with me once I am licensed and...
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    Another nurse got fired because of me.

    melmarie23 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    ahh thank you for the clarification! This now makes sense to
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    Family Planning around Nursing School

    melmarie23 replied to ProudRN2B's topic in General Students

    My husband and I plan on TTC next summer/fall as I finish up school. I sit for the NCLEX next summer and get my Master's next December. So I am right there with you! :-) But I think this is really...
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    Another nurse got fired because of me.

    melmarie23 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Southernbeegirl, I guess what I am not understanding is why notify the family over the patient themselves? I'd understand it if there was some cognitive impairment on the patient's end and/or a...
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    Did you always want to be a nurse?

    melmarie23 replied to Divest's topic in General Nursing

    No. When I was younger, I wanted to be a teacher. Then in high school, I fell in love with Biology and decided I'd major in that in college (and I did). While in college working towards my...
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    Go straight to BSN or do ADN now and BSN later?

    melmarie23 replied to Lbug09's topic in General Students

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    Another nurse got fired because of me.

    melmarie23 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    I dont understand why the family was notified and not the patient themselves. It should have been up the the patient if they wanted to formally lodge a complaint? this is a weird policy that your...
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    Go straight to BSN or do ADN now and BSN later?

    melmarie23 replied to Lbug09's topic in General Students

    accelerated programs are NOT part time...not even in the slightest. Its balls to the wall, hit the ground running with no time to look back. You don't even have time to breathe! Trust me, I am now...
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    Do you practice your skills on dummies/mannequins

    melmarie23 replied to AusNurse2B's topic in General Students

    yeah we have a lab that has the SIMS dummies in there. It helps even though role playing and talking to something that cant talk back is a bit weird. The only thing we couldnt really practice on the...
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    Pathophysiology v. Pharmacology...which did you feel was harder?

    melmarie23 replied to Seyma's topic in General Students

    We took it together as one course this past spring. Patho just build upon A&P, so if you have a good grasp on that, then you should be okay. This fall we have another pharmacology course. I think...
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    Great Review Book through Nursing School??? PLEASE respond :)

    melmarie23 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Students

    and I just realized that I replied twice to this thread already.
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    Great Review Book through Nursing School??? PLEASE respond :)

    melmarie23 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Students

    Yes, the big blue one! It also comes with a CD with additional practice
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    Great Review Book through Nursing School??? PLEASE respond :)

    melmarie23 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Students

    I too am not a huge fan of the ATI books. They help, but only if you know the patho-phys behind the disease processes and the like because the ATI books are very abbreviated. I just had my ATI...
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    How long does it take to become a surgical nurse?

    melmarie23 replied to carissabest's topic in General Nursing

    When I observed in the CVOR a couple weeks ago I asked those nurses how long their training/orientation was and they said 6-9 months. I was pretty impressed by them. Their hands were in the chest...
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    Affording Nursing School: What did you do?

    melmarie23 replied to DMB_Love's topic in General Students

    I too quit me job to be a full time student. I pretty much had to. I commute over 40mi to get to school, and its also an accelerated program so I dont get much time off (a couple weeks in between...
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    The word NO

    melmarie23 replied to SBehanna's topic in General Nursing

    absence of edema? or just chart by
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    Great Review Book through Nursing School??? PLEASE respond :)

    melmarie23 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Students

    I just had my Med-Surg ATI exam yesterday. Saunders saved my life. I swear by that book. (and I too didnt care much for the ATI books