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    ATI TEAS V Study Guide Bundle - worth it?

    SentimentalGeek posted a topic in TEAS Exam Help

    For anyone who has used the ATI guide for the TEAS, is it worth the money? I am considering asking for it for Christmas (the one that includes the two practice tests) but wanted to see if anyone who...
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    Pearson Vue trick 2014 -still works!

    SentimentalGeek replied to terri8's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks! :) Study resources I used included the HESI review, which was included with our school tuition and NCLEX 4000. I also had a Mosby Review book/CD, but I had the most success doing practice...
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    Pearson Vue trick 2014 -still works!

    SentimentalGeek replied to terri8's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What I meant to say was drug calculation.
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    Pearson Vue trick 2014 -still works!

    SentimentalGeek replied to terri8's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took NCLEX-RN today and finished with 75 questions. Tons of SATA and prioritizing questions; not a single drug, lab, ABG, I was starting to panic because I thought it was too easy. I got the good...
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    Job market for graduates of UK nursing schools.

    SentimentalGeek replied to kwonggab's topic in United Kingdom

    Glad to be of some help, even if it's not the response you'd hoped for. It has been some time since I went through the immigration process and so much has changed I'm afraid I can't give you much...
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    Job market for graduates of UK nursing schools.

    SentimentalGeek replied to kwonggab's topic in United Kingdom

    Unfortunately a student visa does not grant rights to stay on as a resident in the UK after graduation. They have really tightened up on immigration rules in the past 2 years. Check out UK Border...
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    Great at care plans, suck at concept maps.

    SentimentalGeek posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just looking for any pieces of advice to make concept maps click for me. I've gotten decent grades (only missing a point or two here and there) on the care plans I've turned in, which are just...
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    Great at care plans, suck at concept maps.

    SentimentalGeek replied to SentimentalGeek's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for those comments explaining them a bit more in depth. Your descriptions and reasoning make sense to me and just might be what I have needed to hear all along to make it click. We haven't...
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    Great at care plans, suck at concept maps.

    SentimentalGeek replied to SentimentalGeek's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is exactly how I feel. My brain doesn't work this way (OCD and anal-retentive very much describes my brain too!) and I'd never do this in real life - it seems like such a mess and I'm spending...
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    Great at care plans, suck at concept maps.

    SentimentalGeek replied to SentimentalGeek's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's helpful, thank
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    Practices tests vs the real thing

    SentimentalGeek replied to proudtobehismommy's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    Same
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    Objective/ Subjective data

    SentimentalGeek replied to Nflower's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree with all of your choices. The itching/scratching one: The patient reporting itchiness would be subjective data. Observing the patient scratching would be
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    I really dislike Blackboard...

    SentimentalGeek replied to Always_Learning's topic in Ohio University

    Yep. I've had awesome Blackboard content, and terrible waste of time Blackboard content. Just kind of depends on what/how much time the instructor is willing to put into it, I suppose. MTA: Most...
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    Patient with the bowel problem...

    SentimentalGeek replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Makes me think of the pt with diarrhea who, having been able to hold in BM while waiting for the call light to be answered to get help to the bathroom, would start pooping the second the "pull up"...
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    Uniforms

    SentimentalGeek replied to Crazed's topic in General Students

    Never thought of that, makes sense though! You don't want to go picking up all kinds of other stuff on your coat and bringing it back into the lab. I'm guessing the lab coats are more about putting...
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    Uniforms

    SentimentalGeek replied to Crazed's topic in General Students

    Interesting that you wear knee length lab coats. Ours are to be hip length and no longer. I've heard stories of docs getting crabby about non-docs in long lab
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    Uniforms

    SentimentalGeek replied to Crazed's topic in General Students

    Ours are a plain v-neck scrub top in hunter green (Cherokee brand) and any white pants without cargo pockets. I'm going to miss my cargo pockets! Not terrible, but not looking forward to having...
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    Can you take NCLEX in a different state?

    SentimentalGeek replied to Britmum's topic in General Students

    Someone said when registering for NCLEX it asks to which state the results will be sent. Is it possible to put more than one state? I will be taking it in Nebraska but am considering the...
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    Fall 2012 new nursing students roll call!!!

    SentimentalGeek replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    I finally get to reply! I'll be starting this August and can't wait! Called the Health Occupations office at the school last week and found out I'd been accpted (letters were sent out that...
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    Enter your TEAS V Scores here!!

    SentimentalGeek replied to Future Nurse's Wife's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    Program Type: ADN Adjusted Individual Total Score: 81.3% ATI Academic Preparedness Level: Advanced Mean - National: 64.3% Mean - Program: 64.9% Percentile Rank - National - 90 Percentile Rank -...
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    What SHOES do YOU wear?

    SentimentalGeek replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've been going back and forth between a pair of Crocs (Bistro) and my trusty Asics running shoes. No foot pain at all. I've also heard it's better to rotate shoes instead of wearing the same pair...
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    Hip pain after first shift...shoes??

    SentimentalGeek posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    So Thursday I worked my first ever 12 hour shift at the hospital, and the next morning my hip hurt so bad it made walking unpleasant. The first day I was wearing a pair of Crocs (Bistro) and it felt...
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    This has been bothering me...

    SentimentalGeek replied to tss2507's topic in Men in Nursing

    My male OB/GYN always has a female nurse with him in the room when performing my pelvic or breast
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    need help on this calculation problem please

    SentimentalGeek replied to lovelylady42's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I got the same answers too. If we're all getting it wrong it must be something ridiculously easy to
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    Just got my first CNA job!

    SentimentalGeek replied to Weezy24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oh, and for weekends the differentials usually start at some point on Friday night until the end of day shift on Sunday, I