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  1. Explaining prevention to my dad...he won't listen

    hpygrl01 replied to hpygrl01's topic in Patient Education

    I am knowledgeable about the stages of Death and Dying. THIS IS MY FATHER!!!!!!! I want him around as long as possible so if you don't understand this, then I have no way of explaining this to you...

  2. Reverse "out source" nursing? Can we call it that?????

    hpygrl01 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello. I'm a second term nursing student, and I am truly upset. I don't understand how a hospital can layoff or turn down applicants for nursing jobs and then bring in nurses from other countries who...

  3. Reverse "out source" nursing? Can we call it that?????

    hpygrl01 replied to hpygrl01's topic in General Nursing

    I wish to address Roy because he has some areas that concern me. First of all, the new nurses that are graduating are held to the same standard as the NCLEX many nurses in the past are. And if nurses...

  4. Question to those getting Associates in Nursing

    hpygrl01 replied to MammaNurse2Be's topic in General Students

    Kiss any spare time goodbye. We have girls in our class your age with kids, and their husbands, moms, dads take care of the kids. It takes LOADS of time for study, research, and papers. Med. Surg....

  5. What to read before clinicals start?

    hpygrl01 replied to boat's topic in Michigan Nursing

    get a book on electrolytes, acid base balances, etc. it really helps. Also MEMORIZE your electrolytes, what they do, etc. Get a book on care plans, you will experience that 2nd term, and some in...

  6. What do you think are the best qualities a Nurse should have??

    hpygrl01 replied to Ready2hittheHospital's topic in Michigan Nursing

    hahahaahahha...............AGREED! You taught

  7. What do you think are the best qualities a Nurse should have??

    hpygrl01 replied to Ready2hittheHospital's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Compassion, Competence, Efficiency All of these will come into play if you love people. To me, having a thick skin comes with the job. The best characteristics are for your patients best interest,...

  8. Reverse "out source" nursing? Can we call it that?????

    hpygrl01 replied to hpygrl01's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, but can there or is there a union for nurses country wide? Like what the UAW has? Oh forget it, I just remembered the UAW is now basically

  9. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    hpygrl01 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Using Wikipedia as a valid source for drug information. Why be lazy? Just walk to the pixis

  10. My clinical instructor threw me out of clinical!

    hpygrl01 replied to Nightbloom's topic in General Students

    I can't agree more. My clinical instructor was the same. She said fake it till you make it. When some of us came to clinical being frustrated or ready to cry for some reason, she said, "It's not...

  11. What is the name of the college you will be attending?

    hpygrl01 replied to PCGrad06's topic in General Students

    Baker College of Clinton Township in

  12. Nursing schools

    hpygrl01 replied to nursesail's topic in General Nursing

    Hello. I am a second term nursing student who just had tests on acid base and electrolytes. It is very difficult to understand unless you have had chemistry but not impossible. My nursing school...

  13. Has anyone ever had to repeat a class during NS?

    hpygrl01 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I posted this on the student's board, but no replies as of yet. Maybe here I will get some

  14. Were there any nursing skills that you didn't get to do in nursing school?

    hpygrl01 replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    wow, I am only a 2nd termer, and my instructor made sure we got to do trache care, insert foley's and straight caths, sub-cu injections, start piggy backs and regular I.V.'s, wound care, lots of...

  15. Has anyone ever had to repeat a class during NS?

    hpygrl01 replied to hpygrl01's topic in General Nursing

    hopefully I will be one of the best RN's

  16. Question for students in nursing school, or students taking pre reqs to get in it.

    hpygrl01 replied to TCLA's topic in General Students

    Both are tough courses in college. Still, I would take chem. A&P can be alot easier by understanding chemistry for some areas like bicarb, acidosis, stuff like

  17. Need ideas for easy memorization....

    hpygrl01 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello. Dumb question but I really need to ask because I have memory problems sometimes. How were you guys able to memorize your lytes, what they do, and labs you need to check for certain...

  18. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    hpygrl01 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Can you please stop gloating over your 84% when that is baseline anyway to

  19. Wearing scrubs to nursing school?

    hpygrl01 replied to jpearl119's topic in General Students

    Your school will inform you as to class policy and dress code. At my school, we have to wear scrubs to school and of course to clinicals. Check w/your school first. Welcome to the world of

  20. I'm not going to pass Med-Surg. 1

    hpygrl01 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello all. I'm very happy I found this site. It's a place to relieve stress and find others who understand. Well, my dad fell ill w/pancreatic cancer this past December, the last day of finals. The...

  21. I'm not going to pass Med-Surg. 1

    hpygrl01 replied to hpygrl01's topic in General Students

    Thanks to all of you for your wonderful comments. I feel so much better

  22. Strange experience yesterday, feedback please...

    hpygrl01 replied to LovingLearning's topic in General Students

    Just be careful in the future. As a student nurse myself, I KNOW FOR A FACT my butt would have been chewed out for doing what you did. I cannot pass meds/call docs/etc. w/out my instructor being...

  23. YEY!!! drug calc test done!!!

    hpygrl01 replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

    Great job. Keep going and don't give up. I always think that the days will pass anyway, why not use them to the full? Congrats on your accomplishments so

  24. This kind of irked me !

    hpygrl01 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Lots of preggo women think someone is gonna touch their belly. You're

  25. Compression of which vessel could cause unconsciousness?

    hpygrl01 replied to emilyRNwannabe's topic in General Students

    Carotid--just had that question. You have to palpate each carotid seperately, not at the same