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  1. Missed my clinical day

    matchsticktgt replied to kikwon89's topic in General Students

    I promise you that this is the most obnoxiously loud "alarm clock" that I have ever, in my entire life (and I'm 44) heard.....my brother was one of the 'sleep through ANYTHING" types who could never...

  2. New 2009 part-time jeff state class

    matchsticktgt replied to Lucy G's topic in Alabama Nursing

    From what I understand, it's nights and weekends - clinicals for the most part on weekends...and classes probably Mon -

  3. Missed informed people about LPN profession boils my skin

    matchsticktgt replied to mydee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in AL too - what area are you

  4. New 2009 part-time jeff state class

    matchsticktgt replied to Lucy G's topic in Alabama Nursing

    The MMR shot was cheaper than titers for each, so I went that route. I just walked in and signed in and waited my turn. The $57 is per time. Yes, the JeffCo Health Dept can cover all that (well,...

  5. herzing college rn program

    matchsticktgt replied to Cococure's topic in Florida Nursing

    The 24 months include ALL coursework - in other words, no pre-requisites before being admitted to the nursing program...A&P, etc. are taken once

  6. New 2009 part-time jeff state class

    matchsticktgt replied to Lucy G's topic in Alabama Nursing

    My titer was $25 dollars at my MD, the HepB was $57 at the Health Department in Jefferson County - was $180 at MD! I shopped around and ended up at the County Health Department...still spent $280 for...

  7. herzing college

    matchsticktgt replied to dartiss5's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I'm in the 2nd half of my first term here and it's very fast paced with a lot to cover in a short time frame. There are only 3 semesters, but each semester is broken up into two terms of 8 weeks...

  8. Relocation to Huntsville

    matchsticktgt replied to mmulligan23's topic in Alabama Nursing

    For some reason I guessed that you were moving to Huntsville from outside the region. My brother and sister-in law lived there for years, my in-laws live very near there (it's the largest "city"...

  9. herzing college

    matchsticktgt replied to dartiss5's topic in Alabama Nursing

    dartiss5 - are you currently attending Herzing, or just trying to get info before deciding to

  10. Relocation to Huntsville

    matchsticktgt replied to mmulligan23's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Just curious where you are relocating

  11. New 2009 part-time jeff state class

    matchsticktgt replied to Lucy G's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I'm a current nursing student at another school, and I've already had Patient Assessment (may be called something different there) and we needed our stethoscopes for vital signs. As for the...

  12. ? ...What's HealthSouth like to work in??

    matchsticktgt replied to Sydangle2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Please do not believe that the corporate culture is reflected in Richard Scrushy's actions.....16 of the top executives involved in the wrong doings are convicted criminals now - and Scrushy's is...

  13. Nursing instructor that reads powerpoint word for word

    matchsticktgt replied to mwdw04's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Is this her idea of a lecture? Is it patient assessment by any chance? I had an instructor this past term that wouldn't lecture - said we should read the book and ask if we had questions. Her only...

  14. Rude disruptive classmates (Vent)

    matchsticktgt replied to MattiesMama's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    This thread just further illustrates that there are whiny, annoying classmates to be found in all nursing programs! I truly don't mind the people who ask questions because they are not "getting...

  15. Samford University

    matchsticktgt replied to ecat81's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    a new program? seriously? is there a new program in the nursing department maybe? the nursing program started in 1922..... history when the birmingham baptist association acquired the birmingham...

  16. Need help for A&P Final!

    matchsticktgt posted a topic in General Students

    I have to research 3 conditions and write papers on each of them - due this coming week. All 3 were assigned by my instructor (who is a Chiropractor in real life).....two down with no problem, but I...

  17. Samford University

    matchsticktgt replied to ecat81's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    fairly new??? here's a brief history of the program: history when the birmingham baptist association acquired the birmingham infirmary in 1922, twelve nursing students were enrolled in the nurses...

  18. Need help for A&P Final!

    matchsticktgt replied to matchsticktgt's topic in General Students

    THANKS for the answers - problem solved....apparently has to do with alopecia and worn "pattern" of baldness like a fox trotting through the woods.....yeah,

  19. Rude disruptive classmates (Vent)

    matchsticktgt replied to MattiesMama's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    MattiesMama - are you in my class by chance??? lol.............I'm soo tired of the whiners and complainers and the students that talk/text/sleep! in class, then complain when they flunk a test....

  20. No live chickens in the hospital...

    matchsticktgt posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    From my other favorite website, Fark........"Tips from a neuro nurse: No live chickens in the hospital; don't do coke in your room; and you can't suck more morphine out of the pump"...

  21. Any males out there tired of the drama?

    matchsticktgt replied to HumptyDumpty's topic in Male Nursing Students

    TRUE - another woman here and I HATE the drama! So I avoid it like the plague I got into nursing school by myself, for myself, so I don't mind going through nursing school that way...I'm friendly...

  22. New LPN students to start soon !! Come share your experiences :)

    matchsticktgt replied to Ericad85's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I started my first semester this past Wednesday..... the semesters broken up into part a and part b, so instead of each class being 16 weeks long, they are each 8 weeks - an accelerated schedule....

  23. UAB ER Nurse Rap

    matchsticktgt replied to markuskristian's topic in Alabama Nursing

    From personal experience I've seen more of the sexist attitudes...and that's not pretty either. I'd like to believe that we've come a long way...I know my neighbors are a lot more diverse than the...

  24. UAB ER Nurse Rap

    matchsticktgt replied to markuskristian's topic in Alabama Nursing

    nope, there isn't .....my daughter keeps begging for a miniature cow...I made the mistake of showing her a picture of one, trying to distract her from the begging for the pig...sigh...mission

  25. UAB ER Nurse Rap

    matchsticktgt replied to markuskristian's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I can only answer from my clinicals - I'm not actually a real nurse yet ..... some of my instructors have experienced that, but it was in Alzheimer's patients, so the redirect there doesn't last very...