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surgicalbum

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  1. I have a "weak" stomach.

    surgicalbum replied to JeniLyn's topic in General Students

    I think you get used to things. I hated to watch surgeries/blood/needles ect before I started my program as a surgical tech... Now I love any and all of it. You can do

  2. do you type or write your notes?

    surgicalbum replied to Zoe*aka*studentnurse's topic in General Students

    I have to hand write all my notes to get them to sink into my

  3. How do you handle bad odors in a clinic setting?

    surgicalbum replied to Black Jade's topic in General Nursing

    If something stinks... I would wear a mask... and not feel bad about

  4. How do you select your Professors?

    surgicalbum replied to GeekGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    When taking intro to psych, I had the choice to take it with the older teach or the new teach. I went with the older one. In this case it was the best way to go. You can talk with previous students...

  5. Reading before class officially begins

    surgicalbum replied to libnat's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I always do this! It helps me to read

  6. Words of encouragement, please?

    surgicalbum replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A&P is hard but not impossible!!!! If this is the only class your taking, just jump right in and do it!!! I promise it won't be as hard as you have made it out to be.

  7. How long of a commute do you/will you have to your school

    surgicalbum replied to nursing8648's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    When I was in school for my CST, it was a 1 hour drive to school each morning. It is doable but the real hard part is clinicals. I had to be there at 6am, so I had to wake @ 4am to be on the road by...

  8. Nursing Specialties

    surgicalbum replied to futurenurseashley's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have hospital exp. I am a surgical tech, so my end plan is to work in the OR. That being said, I also want to work as a travling nurse, so I hope to work in med-surg for the

  9. Help!! - I need advice

    surgicalbum replied to ccjus123's topic in General Students

    Is there another CC in your area? You might take a math course there and see if it will transfer. You will learn math and if you don't make an A, you could re-take with the college you want to...

  10. How to prevent fainting???

    surgicalbum replied to studentnurse74's topic in General Students

    I am a CST (cert. surgical tech). During my first clinical rotation, we were advised to make sure to: - eat breakfast (if you don't normally, eat dry toast and some juice) - keep breathing - if you...

  11. Senior? Maybe...Maybe not... VENT

    surgicalbum replied to Dr.Nurse2b's topic in General Students

    :flwrhrts: Sending you support and

  12. what are you doing to prepare for the start of school??

    surgicalbum replied to premedturnednursing's topic in General Students

    I start classes in Aug. I went to the doc today, got my MMR, blood drawn for a titer and stared my TB series. We have our clinical orientation the end of this month. I need to get my uniforms and...

  13. Who is still waiting on admissions notifications?

    surgicalbum replied to WHNP715's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Just checkin in on you ncNurse2b... Have you heard anything

  14. Route to PA, has any RN's out there gone this route?

    surgicalbum replied to CT Student's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    PA is medical while RN is nursing.. So they are different in that sense. The income from RN would help with PA school... Not much help, but I wanted to go to PA school also and have decided that RN...

  15. info for new north carolina cna-1?? please answer :)

    surgicalbum replied to bohica's topic in General Students

    I want to think we were on the registry pretty quick, maybe 2 weeks? Just check the website and see. Congrats on becoming a

  16. Questions about applying for job

    surgicalbum replied to McBx3's topic in General Nursing

    From my exp.. If the app is online, it did me no go to send my resume to the nurse manager b/c she just forwarded it to HR. But thats just me. Good

  17. Can't make a decision for the life of me...

    surgicalbum replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in General Nursing

    If I were 20yo I would go into the BSN. Your clinicals will help you figure if you really want to become a MD/NP. With 2 "free" yrs paid for, why not use it to get a job as an RN and you could pay...

  18. NS interview questions?

    surgicalbum replied to butterfly135's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I didn't have a real interview, my NS advisor went over my transcripts/degree/GPA ect. I just spoke about my desire to learn about and my want to be a nurse. You will do great, just be yourself and...

  19. Is anyone else addicted to nursing student vlogs on youtube??

    surgicalbum replied to greeniebean's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I believe that hannah is @ Queens in NC... I love them all too.. rnstyle is always on

  20. TEAS Exam

    surgicalbum replied to HULIYO's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I used an online study tool... www.testprepreview.com-teas_practice.htm if that didn't work, just do testprepreview.com and look for the TEAS exam. Good luck to

  21. Textbooks editions.. the infamous problem.

    surgicalbum replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have done both. I got the older ed of my CNA textbook w/the current ed workbook. It was not a problem. As for sciences, I buy used/up to date books online. It is a rare thing for me to pay my...

  22. Who is still waiting on admissions notifications?

    surgicalbum replied to WHNP715's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Are you still

  23. Ok I am trying to keep tabs, all starting this fall say I

    surgicalbum replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I start my program, ADN, in August. We have orientation on April 27th. I am super excited!!!! I'll be going to Mitchell CC in Statesville,

  24. Anyone still waiting on a letter?

    surgicalbum replied to WHNP715's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    ncNurse, I understand how you're feeling... I have all my fingers and toes crossed that your letter comes

  25. Concern about the teas

    surgicalbum replied to finnelzki's topic in General Nursing

    I took my TEAS test back in Feb. I only went over things on this website. www.testprepreview.com Also a review of "simple" math functions.. fractions, multi, percentages et all. If you are a good...