tracyd77

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  1. Maternity scrubs? Help!

    tracyd77 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I am having the toughest time finding maternity scrubs that I can wear to work! I need solid royal blue. The only Royal blue tops I can find have a black panel on the side and these don't meet our...

  2. I am completely freaked.

    tracyd77 replied to AllThingsPink's topic in General Students

    Great! Good luck on your last semester. First day was fine, mainly hospital orientation, kind of boring. But I have started ancillary rounds since then (rounding through a lot of different departments...

  3. New Grad catch up

    tracyd77 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm glad things are going well for you guys and Mi Vida Loca, it's nice to have an update from you... I remember sharing some things with you throughout nursing school! I start orientation TOMORROW!!...

  4. I can't believe it!!!!

    tracyd77 posted a topic in General Students

    I GOT A 93 ON MY FIRST TEST IN NS!!!! I'm so excited! I'm lovin it!! NCLEX here I

  5. I am completely freaked.

    tracyd77 replied to AllThingsPink's topic in General Students

    How about an update, AllThingsPink? I graduated in May, passed boards in June and start my first RN job TOMORROW!!! Hope you're doing

  6. I can't believe it!!!!

    tracyd77 replied to tracyd77's topic in General Students

    I did not see your question until now... but I actually start my first RN job TOMORROW!! I start orientation tomorrow, I'm soooo excited! I was hired on a med/surg floor and through a new grad program...

  7. Freaking out a bit......

    tracyd77 replied to tracyd77's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks... well orientation starts TOMORROW! Three other new grads were hired on my floor, all girls I went through nursing school together and altogether about 20 of us got jobs at this hospital, so...

  8. Freaking out a bit......

    tracyd77 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated from nursing school in May and will be starting my first RN job on a med/surg floor at my local hospital in about 5 wks. I'm starting to get REALLY nervous and I feel like I'm forgetting...

  9. Nursing Communication: How to Make Sure Patients Feel Our Caring

    tracyd77 replied to Wendy Leebov Ed.D.'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is sooooo very important! Thanks for laying it all

  10. First job as a nurse; proud but nervous!

    tracyd77 replied to CameoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats guys! I'm a new grad as well and just accepted my RN job offer yesterday!! I don't start until Aug 22nd b/c they are starting 20 new grads at the same time. I got a job on the med/surg...

  11. Tips for New Graduate Nurse Starting a job

    tracyd77 replied to debragail105's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the tips! I just got THE CALL yesterday, I have a job on our hospital's med/surg floor! I start Aug 22nd! They have a good orientation/precepting program but I'm so nervous. I'm afraid...

  12. GN moving to Savannah

    tracyd77 replied to atrevino02's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hi, I live just south of Savannah and am a GN as well. Unfortunately, a lot of the residency programs are already filled or are in the last steps of the process. Memorial only had about 14 slots and...

  13. I can't believe it!!!!

    tracyd77 replied to tracyd77's topic in General Students

    Update: I just took my last section test of nursing school (all we have left are two standardized finals) and I made a 96! I haven't made As through the whole program, been many Bs and even a handful...

  14. I am completely freaked.

    tracyd77 replied to AllThingsPink's topic in General Students

    Just breathe! If you want this bad enough and work hard enough, you will succeed and you won't be weeded out. It is a lot of work and I felt the same way as you a while back. I have been out of...

  15. nursing student confused

    tracyd77 replied to G2o14's topic in General Students

    I agree, apply to both. That way if you aren't accepted into the RN program, you can start the LPN program... but I wouldn't "choose" that over the RN program. We have a few LPNs in our RN program and...

  16. ADN students in NH

    tracyd77 replied to amy874's topic in General Students

    Our program requires A & P 1, Engl and math before you can apply to the 2 year program... acceptance is also on a point system, since nearly 400 apply and about 80 get in each year. The more...

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

    tracyd77 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Love this thread! 1. Stop clarifying "so you will know you're on the right page", when all you are really doing is trying to look smart... BROWN NOSER! 2. Stop telling us all about your sister who is...

  18. I can't believe it!!!!

    tracyd77 replied to tracyd77's topic in General Students

    Congrats guys!!! I had my first med calc test today and I think I aced it, we'll

  19. Advice to Students: say "thank you"

    tracyd77 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the simple reminder. I consider myself a pretty polite and grateful person and do try to thank anyone who has helped me in any way... but I am starting my first round of clinicals in less...

  20. I can't believe it!!!!

    tracyd77 replied to tracyd77's topic in General Students

    Thanks guys! I was stoked when I got my test results! Yeah, I'm happy as long as I pass... they say C=RN, but the way I look at it, I wanna be an A+ nurse not a C nurse. Hopefully this does set the...

  21. Does anyone else get extremely tired while reading textbooks?

    tracyd77 replied to Sarah Hay's topic in General Students

    You're welcome! That's what allnurses is all about, supporting and helping each other! :lvan: I was thinking about it as I was reading someone else's post about reading in bed... I think I have set...

  22. I can't believe it!!!!

    tracyd77 replied to tracyd77's topic in General Students

    No, we don't do that... no extra points here.

  23. I can't believe it!!!!

    tracyd77 replied to tracyd77's topic in General Students

    Awesome job! Thanks! Yeah, I looked at our test statistics too and of 80+ students only 11 of us made a 93-100... I feel pretty good about

  24. taking out a loan for school am I wrong

    tracyd77 replied to Unique87's topic in General Students

    I look at student loans as an investment into your career... just think about it this way: If, God forbid, you didn't take out the loans and tried to work your way through school and then realized...

  25. Question for everyone who started this fall

    tracyd77 replied to Adams_Mama_07's topic in General Students

    We got our acceptance letters in June, which told us the date of orientation. Orientation was the friday before the first day of class (a monday). We were given a schedule for the whole semester, on...