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Last Thursday I was at the college for the purpose of collecting my Chemistry grade with some classmates. Apparently, there was a graduation ceremony for RN's going on that night as well, and my friends started talking to one student to ask her about...

Yes, I think we (DaddyO & I) were the last people to take the Accuplacer; it is now the HESI, which is more complex. I won't say "harder," because the Accuplacer wasn't easy, just based on subjects of more common knowledge. I used the Kaplan boo...

Congrats, I_See_You_RN....I see you were just recently hired, and surgical ICU to boot! That is wonderful!! :)

As a student in a A.A.S. course, my GPA simply is what it is....for now. I spent alot of time coveting it for my pre-reqs, but decided toTRY not to stress over it while in the program, as that MOST people end up invariably going down. I went from a 3...

I need someone's (Daytonite? :wink2:) help regarding this question. I've seen another thread with a similar pharmacology question asking for "dilution volume" that leads me to believe I know the answer, but my worksheet poses the query in a slightly ...

Thank you! I will be passing this on to classmates, and classmates that I am not acquainted with on allnurses.com can search and find the answer here as well!! I knew Daytonite could help us! :heartbeat

Oh, I have no idea who created the med calculation practice packet...I'm curious to see when/if we review it if the instructor catches on to the misprint. I try really hard to keep my mouth shut, nursing instructors can be....ah, testy folk! :wink2: ...

I'm still a nursing student in Bergen County, NJ (graduate Dec 2010) and I'm worried already! I can only only pray the economy will be in an upswing by the time I graduate....:uhoh21:

Have to keep looking for something about urinary frequency, but these 3 can apply as additional diagnoses: Stress Urinary Incontinence r/t weak pelvic musculature Impaired Tissue Integrity r/t peripheral vascular changes Ineffective Tissue Perfusion ...

Ah, that's good to know. As I said, I've never seen "dilutent" before, but I didn't want to judge it prematurely, "vancromycin" or not! Reminds me of a time when when I was touring nursing colleges, and I saw a sign above the patient simulator manneq...

Thank you for saying "diluent"....my handouts call it "dilutent," which I don't know it it's correct or not; however, in my 17 years as a medical assistent reconstituting meds/giving injections, I've never seen a vial of diluent say "dilutent" on it!...

Sorry, I have no experience with the HESI...wish I could help!

Well, I'm happy to say I made it through Level 1 with flying colors! I have a medical background to fall back on, thank GOODNESS, and I managed to figure out the thinking behind the tests to do well. I'm so happy, I came out with my GPA intact (much ...

Oh, nothing creative or descriptive here.....just looking for people to obssess with until I receive word in the mail, assuming I got in the program.... Anyone else biting their nails?

Yeah, it WAS funny, huh? I mean, all I see is your name on the sign-in and I'm like, "Wait...is that MY Ed??" LOL I'll pm you my address....

Yeah, I'll say! The only time I experience true discomfiture was the first night though; the room was so BITTERLY cold that I couldn't concentrate on anything but the fact that I felt like I was in a meatlocker! Plus, as I told you Saturday in the nu...

I agree - you gave it as ordered, therefore committed no error. Just make sure you document, document, document!

Not to be snotty, but I've encountered plenty of RN's who are plenty unskilled in therapeutic communication, alot of them on this very board (not you personally, Daytonite), unfortunately! In my 17 years in the medical field, I've heard the most emb...

Yup! I sent you a PM, Winnie.... See you in 602!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! That is amazing!! LOL! :chuckle

I have the opposite problem - I speak fluent spanish, but I'm so NOT olive-complexioned that I have trouble convincing people of it! LOL

Wow....did you really type that?! Not only are you insulting and condescending, but the gall to insinuate you're being prosecuted for your faith rather than for what you have posted is so ridiculous it borders on embarrassing. Are you SERIOUS?? I don...

I just have to say, alot of my peers in the RN program are my age and up - a good amount of second-career and second-degree students in my lot! Don't let your disappointment and keen sense of failure get the best of you; I know at the tender age of 2...

I respectfully disagree with this - only because I was raised in an agnostic household, but would follow my friend's families to church as a child! It's funny, because NOW my mother is the proverbial Bible Thumper today.... I consider myself spiritua...

Personally, I think your nuts, LOL! Are you working? If you're not working and have independent children, I think you can do it. It's been done before! It's all a matter of other things that compromise your time, the sciences are extremely time cons...