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No, you cannot have my phone number. No, really, you can't. I've already told you that's inappropriate. And what the heck makes you think I'm attracted to you in any way? I promise you I'm not. Oh, you're getting discharged in a couple of days? Good ...

Did you really just lay there and crap on yourself? You're perfectly capable of going to the bathroom on your own. Saying that "the sheets have to be changed anyway" is not a valid excuse. And did you just say, "Wait. I'm not done yet," and begin gru...

Party like a nurse... Hmm... Eating chocolate cake out of a bedpan (Poop!) Drinking beer or apple juice out of urine specimen cups. Drinking sangria out of test tubes (Blood!). Jello shots out of med cups. Party games would include seeing who could g...

It doesn't mean that people think they're "too cool for school" or attention seekers just because they don't want to go to pinning. They're not going for the exact reasons they've stated. Some people don't feel that pinning is anything special. Comp...

I think lots of us have gotten the "Why don't you become a doctor?" thing from people. They don't understand that it's something totally different, and they have no idea of what nurses really do. Please don't do what one person suggested and conside...

I took my final 2 days ago, and pinning is in a week. Congratulations to everyone!

Aw, gee. Thanks! :) I'm sure that if we agree on those things, we'd get along great as classmates. I've always found it odd that the ones who stick up for themselves have been called "aggressive" or much worse things. It's good that you don't take ...

There are so many irritating people in class. 1. The guy who has 1,528,362,983 questions to ask about everything. Of course you should ask questions if you don't understand something, but when you spend 25 minutes asking questions and prolonging the...

I'm sorry, Moogie. I honestly did not mean to be offensive, and I didn't mean to imply that your feelings are invalid. Calling your opinion "ridiculous" was a bit mean. I should have simply said that I don't agree with it. I didn't say the instructor...

I can't believe that some people are saying you can't have empathy if you don't experience things such as bed baths, assessments, and, even worse, IVs, catheters, enemas, etc. Some are even saying that students should have to have these things practi...

The thermometers never worked on the VS machines. What is it about the thermometer? I remember all of us waiting for the only one that worked. It would usually be something like this: "Well, she has it now. It's my turn after she's done. He asked for...

You'll have to check your school's dress code. We can wear whatever we want to class, but at clinicals we can only wear one pair of studs in our lobes. I don't have pierced lobes, but I have other piercings. My nose piercing closed after a few hours...

The part about the Foley is too funny! :roll:roll

Don't be mad about not passing the BP part of your check-off. It's ok. It takes some people more than one try to pass a check-off. You'll pass, and you won't be thrown out of nursing school. :icon_hug: Good luck on your next try! I did my vital signs...

I'm glad you had a good first week, Mi Vida Loca. My first week was good, too. The first day was the 17th. In my first week, we had a couple of lectures each day in basics, and we met our clinical instructors and our Pharmacology instructor. This p...

I've got a Prestige. I was able to hear well with it when I listened to my own heart, but I guess I'll really know how good it is next week when we do vital signs. When I was buying supplies, the lady working at the shop told me that a Prestige would...

Orientation is all day tomorrow, then I have to go for a couple of hours on Friday. Classes start on the 17th! I've done everything. I have my health insurance, student liability insurance, CPR card, background check, all of my shots (except my last ...

I remember the first time I saw those pictures on rotten. :chuckle I just went back to the site to see if it was a Kroger grape jelly jar in the photos, and it was! I wonder if that's the guy...

Are you saying that a nursing student should have procedures practiced on them instead of a mannequin just so they can experience what the patient experiences and empathize more, or am I misunderstanding you? If that is what you're saying, then I ha...

That's not weird at all. I love to cook and it's a great way to relax, so I've been thinking about buying some new kitchen gadgets so that I can do more cooking when school starts.

Those are super cute! I will definitely be buying some. I think they'd be awesome gifts. I've got a weird sense of humor, so I think it would be funny to "give" someone a cold or herpes as a gift. And I know a few people who could certainly use a fe...

I just can't understand how parents can ignore the subject of sex and hope that everything turns out OK. The school's responsibility?? Your child is your responsibility and you should be the ones teaching your child these things. My mom was very open...

Dissections really aren't that bad. The worst part was probably the smell, but you'll get over it pretty quickly. Dissections were fun for me. We dissected rats in general biology, a sheep brain, heart, and eye in A&P I, and we did a sheep heart ...

My A&P II Lab final was yesterday. I made an A on the practical! My last two finals (A&P II Lecture and Sociology) are Friday. After that, I get to relax and enjoy the summer before nursing school starts!

I'm starting nursing school this fall, and I'm super excited and a little nervous. Congratulations and good luck to all of you! :)