mkblakley07

mkblakley07

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  1. bookstore = constant PAIN

    mkblakley07 replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

    Amazon.com will be your friend. Bookstores jack up the prices, but you can just take the title and/or ISBN number off the book and look it up on Amazon.com or Ebay (I don't use Ebay though, too many...

  2. Your Favorite Drug Handbook

    mkblakley07 replied to Connie1109's topic in General Students

    I just looked at this one and it looks better than mine. I think I will invest in this one (Mine is from 2009) It looks easier to

  3. Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

    mkblakley07 replied to noyesno's topic in General Students

    We call instructors by their title and last names. As a matter of fact, our instructors this semester made a point to make sure that we did NOT call them by their first names. I've only had one...

  4. How did you cover your tuition costs?

    mkblakley07 replied to CSellers3's topic in General Students

    I applied for scholarships through the college, and got a student loan, but there are other places to look for scholarships, some hospitals will pay for your tuition in exchange for working for a...

  5. Your Favorite Drug Handbook

    mkblakley07 replied to Connie1109's topic in General Students

    I have the Saunders Drug Handbook 2009, which is the one I got for my classes. I've never had a problem with it and I have it as an E Book, so I can search through it on my computer for whatever I...

  6. Best place to buy a penlight?

    mkblakley07 replied to raceman06's topic in General Students

    Our uniform store sells penlights for like $5 a piece and they work fine, but the battery life is poor. Do you have any uniform stores around? I have a friend who bought a pen light from Wal Mart...

  7. For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    mkblakley07 replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    Yay!!! A happy thread! I'm in my final semester in our ADN program and I'm going to graduate soon! (Plus I recently kicked some HESI

  8. Poll: Healthcare Experience Before Nursing School?

    mkblakley07 replied to nursein2012's topic in General Students

    I had no healthcare experience prior to entering nursing school. It has not 'hindered' my studying, but like others have said, I was nervous about applying my knowledge and skills in a clinical...

  9. usually, how long into the program do clinicals start?

    mkblakley07 replied to uglybetty1's topic in General Students

    I'm in an ADN program and our clinicals started about 8 weeks in. We had to take an assessment class and pass it before we could visit a clinical site. I think our LVN program does something

  10. How much time do you *really*spend studying?

    mkblakley07 replied to yesitslaura's topic in General Students

    Well, I actually think I've gotten better about studying over the semesters. That's still not saying much though. I probably average 2-4 hours a week. But I agree with the poster who said that it's...

  11. Easy and Fast Meals

    mkblakley07 replied to yesitslaura's topic in General Students

    http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Artichoke-Chicken/Detail.aspx http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/White-Chili-with-Ground-Turkey/Detail.aspx Tacos and nachos are always easy to make. Chicken and gravy: 1...

  12. has your school done fund raisers? Need ideas to help pay for pinning ceremony

    mkblakley07 replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Students

    Applebee's does pancake breakfasts, you set a date, sell tickets and serve and bus tables. They take a portion of your profits, but it works pretty well. T-shirt sales, raffle off gift baskets,...

  13. Classmates using you as a pincushion?

    mkblakley07 replied to xyra's topic in General Students

    Woops! I phrased that wrong. I mean I don't know why we don't practice on each other like others do in their classes. I know it's a bad idea to practice on people unsupervised (though I know people...

  14. Classmates using you as a pincushion?

    mkblakley07 replied to xyra's topic in General Students

    We were told not to practice on each other and if we did or if we practiced on family/friends, that that was grounds for expulsion from the program. I don't know exactly why

  15. Good templates for Head to Toe Assessment

    mkblakley07 replied to Carrie_MTC's topic in General Students

    do you mean something like this? Assessment

  16. Fast Meal Ideas

    mkblakley07 replied to Rachelsoon2bRN's topic in General Students

    I must agree with the other posters in that a crock pot is fantastic :redbeathe. You can just stick the ingredients in and run. As for recipe ideas, allrecipes.com has a lot of good quick, easy...

  17. Happy Holidays

    mkblakley07 replied to sh1901's topic in General Students

    Merry Christmas!

  18. How much is school costing you?

    mkblakley07 replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

    This semester's about $700 for tuition, and I spent $128 on books, but i only had to buy one this time because we'd already had to buy our Med Surg text last semester. I spent $612 on books last...

  19. Free Concept Map Template

    mkblakley07 replied to studentkj's topic in General Students

    I attached a blank care map.. is this what you need?

  20. Student Nurse tshirts

    mkblakley07 replied to Kilika421's topic in General Students

    The "Peace, love and nursing" shirts are popular, We had one that said "Nursing" and under it, "The hardest job you'll ever love" on it, the shirt with our colleges name on it "CTC Nursing" and the...

  21. Lecture question

    mkblakley07 replied to suni's topic in General Students

    Many students benefit from viewing pictures and diagrams, and I know that the students in my class liked to hear the real life examples of what we were being taught. We also liked to be able to play...

  22. Age you will/were graduated?

    mkblakley07 replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    I'm gonna be 21 when I get my ADN. But I plan on going

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

    mkblakley07 replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

    Yeah, I took OB this summer too, and passed with an 88.9 . I was so upset w/myself. My first B in the program all because I botched the third exam. It sucks too, because they took a lot of questions...

  24. Easy Recipes for Nursing Students

    mkblakley07 replied to Commanderzoom's topic in General Students

    I like to make smoothies in the morning too, but I do mine a little different. I put some non fat vanilla yogurt, some milk, some honey, a banana, and some frozen blueberries and strawberries in mine,...

  25. Easy Recipes for Nursing Students

    mkblakley07 replied to Commanderzoom's topic in General Students

    Well, with your chicken strips, you could throw together a stir fry easy... You don't have to be creative.. HEB sells frozen stir fry veggies and the premade sauces for almost every persons taste, all...