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    You Know You're A Nurse If...

    colta replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not a nurse yet, just a student but.... When you're watching an abdominal surgery being performed around lunch-time and all you and your fellow student/nurse can think of is how much different pieces...
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    For those going to 2nd semester--what will u do differently?

    colta replied to UumiNurseX's topic in General Students

    What I had done last semester seemed to work out fairly well for me. That being said... there are a few things I would do a bit differently. -start studying earlier than 2-3 days before the...
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    First Clinical - Feel totally lost.

    colta replied to colta's topic in General Students

    Thanks for all of the kind words everyone. I did speak with my clinical instructor, and she was really great in helping me set goals and answering questions that I had about how things work and what...
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    First Clinical - Feel totally lost.

    colta posted a topic in General Students

    Hey all, this is somewhat of a vent, but more of a plea for guidance. My class is currently in our first clinical. We're in nursing homes caring for geriatric patients and this is our first time out...
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    Yay! First Semester is over!!

    colta posted a topic in General Students

    Hi all! I just wanted to celebrate a bit... I've finally made it through my first semester of nursing school! ... My exams are all done and over with and now we're on to two weeks of clinical! The...
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    Yay! First Semester is over!!

    colta replied to colta's topic in General Students

    Well, as far as this semester goes we were slammed with courses. We had six different classes a week, 8:30am to 4pm, plus lab... where we went over all the skills necessary for our clinical. So, I...
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    What's your school's cut-off for passing?

    colta replied to cobee's topic in General Students

    I'm in an LPN course and it's 75% to
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    Nursing school requires projects, writing, research, speech???

    colta replied to Darkpk55's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi... I'm a current nursing student. I don't really know anything about the TEAS, as my school didn't require it. But as far as research, writing papers, speeches and doing projects go... yeah, you...
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    For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    colta replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    This is probably going to sound banana's but....... So far I've made 102% and 108% on the first two A&P test of my lpn program! (after bonus marks of course).... I've never, ever, ever, ever made...
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    colta replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Something I would love to say to a fellow student would be to stop grabbing my notes and knocking me out of my seat when you want to see what I've written... if you can't even make the effort to pay...
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    Two Days in... and Overwhelmed

    colta posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hey all... I've been lurking around for a while now, and finally got to get a start on my end goal of becoming a nurse. My 18 month LPN program just started this past Tuesday.... and I'm already...
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    First Day Jitters

    colta replied to alwayschanging's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I managed to fix up my student loan issues... so now, I'll be able to get my books before class starts on Monday (tomorrow!!). I'm starting to get nervous and excited and jumpy and all those other...
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    usually, how long into the program do clinicals start?

    colta replied to uglybetty1's topic in General Students

    I'm in an 18 month LPN course starting tomorrow... We start skills labs the first week of school and then our clinicals start the last 4 weeks of the
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    First Day Jitters

    colta replied to alwayschanging's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I start the same day as you do. I've been having first day jitters for the past week or so... It's been aggravated by the fact that my student loan won't be coming in until 3-5 days AFTER school...
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    The Wait!!

    colta posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    So... I start the first day of my LPN program on September 7th. The day is fast approaching and I'm losing my mind! Pulling my hair-out, dancing around the kitchen kind of losing my mind. I found...
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    What books did you have to get?

    colta replied to Kaychell's topic in General Students

    For my LPN course, these are the books we have to have for first semester. Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques - 7th Edition - Text and DVD Skills Performance Checklists Manual of Nursing...
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    The Wait!!

    colta replied to colta's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Thanks everyone for the replies. I went to my school and registered today, so I got to at least do that. It's nice to know I'm actually in the system, I am for sure a student (got my shiny new...
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    Fall 2010 Classes!!

    colta replied to MzRN2B's topic in General Students

    It's so interesting to see what everyone is going to be taking this upcoming semester. I can't wait to start. Classes for me start on Sept 7th. I'm going through a 20 month (with summers off) LPN...
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    Blue Scrubs vs Green Scrubs at my school book store

    colta replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had the option!! haha, we have to wear white scrubs, but we luckily get to wear whatever color we want when we do labs in the
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    How many uniforms should I buy?

    colta replied to Rnstudent2011's topic in General Students

    The program I'm attending requires us to to wear scrubs during class/labs, and then we have class 5 days a week. So I plan on getting at least 3 colored pairs of scrubs for class. After that, we have...
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    Fall 2010 Starts

    colta posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Just thought I'd get a thread going for all of us that have received or are waiting on letters of acceptance for fall, 2010. I sent in my application in November of 2009 for my program and was...
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    At what age did you decide on nursing?

    colta replied to Wan2BRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am starting Nursing school for my lpn this fall... I'll be 21. I had originally never even considered nursing or anything in the medical field for that matter, as a career. I was in and out of...
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    How long is your LPN Program??

    colta replied to purplefetish's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    My program is 18 months long, with summers off. 830 am to 430 pm m-f.... oi, that's going to be
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    A Typical Week at Nursing School?

    colta replied to iwanttobeanurse33's topic in General Students

    I haven't started my classes just yet (not until Sept), but I do know what classes I'll be taking. I'm in an 18 month LPN program... so it's not the same as an RN course, but I figure every little bit...
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    The retro nurse's outfit has returned

    colta replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    I think nursemike meant that it was a backwards idea that if patients can't tell difference, to up and change the nurses uniforms and not the housekeepers. Don't take my word for it though, thats just...