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  1. Tips on Choosing First Patient

    bigsick_littlesick replied to zTracks's topic in General Students

    In the first couple of semesters, I tried to find a balance of complicated so I can get good practice (you're not always going to get those "walkie talkie" pts!) and ones without pages and pages of...

  2. Pre-nursing and the requirements

    bigsick_littlesick replied to ray11kay's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I first got a job as a housekeeper and later moved up to being a CNA. Will graduate from nsg school this December (w00t w00t). Hopefully my "foot in the door" will work out and I will have a job after...

  3. Overworked nursing student - How do I look?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I gained as well :/ I eat when I'm stressed, boooooo... Back to my muay thai training after NCLEX in

  4. You're going to think I'm nuts

    bigsick_littlesick replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    Say whaa?!? You "love," LOVE doing careplans??? And I thought I'd heard everything by now! heheh They're not difficult but boy are they time consuming, especially if you are anal and try to think of...

  5. You're going to think I'm nuts

    bigsick_littlesick replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    hahah I share your sentiments! I love nursing school as well. As hard as I have worked to get here, it has been everything I thought it would be and more. I have made some awesome lifelong friends...

  6. Time you spend for homework and studying?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to OBplease's topic in General Students

    hahah We must be in the same part of the program! I have a BAD case of senioritis. It's 10 weeks till pinning and I am ready for it to all be over! Keeping that in mind, I do the bulk of my studying...

  7. What kind of money does a nurse REALLY make?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to oldeddieboy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sounds like you should go to school to be CPA j/k I think I'd be lying if I said I would still do this job for free but only because I want to have kids soon and want to provide for them the very...

  8. Simulation

    bigsick_littlesick replied to charlene_52's topic in General Students

    I hate sim lab days because they are SO long but I feel they are a vital part of learning while in nursing school. It's a safe place to make mistakes and hopefully learn from them. I'd much rather...

  9. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    bigsick_littlesick replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    They should bring those back, I'd use them on my

  10. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    bigsick_littlesick replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    There are some very good points being made! I do remember hearing about the basins being an infection control risk but when I have to give a bed bath, I just grab new supplies. I have no idea what the...

  11. Do you make friends with others in your nursing program?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to EP10's topic in General Students

    I certainly have! One girl in class I am really close with and I love her to death. I'm 28 and she's 33. Somehow we've managed to be in the same clinical group throughout the entire course of the...

  12. Smoking and the Nursing Student

    bigsick_littlesick replied to RainbowDash's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I quit pretty much because I physically couldn't. I used to get really, reallybad bronchitis infections and one year, I just couldn't smoke while I was sick. It hurt SO much to just to take in a drag,...

  13. A.A. straight into BSN - can I completely skip the RN program?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to Future-Male-RN's topic in General Students

    I don't know your whole situation but did you ever see an academic counselor before you started taking classes? If you haven't, it is a great idea to do so and try seeing someone who is more familiar...

  14. What do you pick for breakfast?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to smily11's topic in General Nursing

    Been stuck on this one for the past week! And I'm a person that has to force myself to eat breakfast, I'm usually not hungry right when I wake up but I know I need to eat something or else I'll be...

  15. Nursing Kits???

    bigsick_littlesick replied to HopefulLPN83's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I compiled all my supplies one by one. I am one of those that wear the hip pack and I love it. Our school's uniform requires us to wear a horridly ugly blue vest with lots of pockets but I found that...

  16. Financial aid at community colleges as second degree student

    bigsick_littlesick replied to sweetstrwbrry1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As previous posters have said, try to apply for a Stafford loan. That's what I've done throughout my whole time in nursing school. I already have an AA and am over 90 units. I work as a CNA as well....

  17. How many tries did it take you to get in to Nursing school?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to spindash's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was rejected eight times at the program I am currently in right now. I applied to countless other programs throughout California multiple times as well. They were all lottery so although I had all...

  18. Advice please!

    bigsick_littlesick replied to HisTiming's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's not an impossibility but just make sure you know what you're getting yourself into. Make sure you have enough time to study and of course, this goes without saying but take these classes...

  19. How clean is a "bathed" patient?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to tiredtech's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I completely agree with you that we are watching too many patients but I try to do the best that I can. I work on a tele monitored med/surg floor and sometimes, the nurse doesn't feel comfortable with...

  20. What specialty are you considering?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to daisygarten's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'll be happy to get A job after graduating this December but I would LOVE to work in the ED. Then I would love to become a flight nurse! That will be the pinnacle of my career :) Can you imagine the...

  21. Confused between school and preganacy

    bigsick_littlesick replied to sabita143's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was wondering when god would come up in this thread. How do the above posters know she even believes in god, the same god you have in mind, or is religious at all? So far, we don't. If she is...

  22. How do I get experience while in pre-nursing?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to LaceElaine's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm a fourth semester ADN student and a med/surg CNA. It may depend on if you want to work in a hospital or in LTC. You could apply to be a volunteer at a hospital at the very least. I think our...

  23. Who all is waiting to apply/hear back for Fall 2012?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to CRNBSN18's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yay! Congrats!!! It's ok to freak out, I know I did when I learned I got in. I cried like a little ***** lol I started babbling like a baby and my fiancee couldn't understand me. I had to get it...

  24. Who all is waiting to apply/hear back for Fall 2012?

    bigsick_littlesick replied to CRNBSN18's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I empathize with you all because I, too, was once in your shoes. Feel lucky that you have made it this far and DO NOT GIVE UP. If this is your dream, you will find a way. The JC's I applied to...

  25. Junior in high school, interested in becoming a nurse but confused!

    bigsick_littlesick replied to lwang's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Couldn't have said this any better myself! It's going on eight years for me to get where I'm at right now in my third semester of nursing school. I am hungry for it, I WANT to be a nurse, I genuinely...