avidhunter3

avidhunter3

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  1. orientation. check. Computer training. check. First day..TOMORROW

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Nursing

    oh yes, I have no problem asking questions and really listening to the answers~! Here are some of the things I am the most scared of. You can tell me if they are justified or not! 1. of course being...

  2. orientation. check. Computer training. check. First day..TOMORROW

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Nursing

    thank you so much!!! I am very excited, I guess its normal to have fears over the unknown! I just hate to be a burden and I know as a new nurse in training, you are going to burden the one training...

  3. Please help! Can I be a nurse if I have vasovagal syncope??

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in General Students

    Please help me! I have been crying my eyes out and dont know what to do. I am currently in the nursing program making excellent grades. I LOVE it! But I am so worried. Today, I went with my best...

  4. Please help! Can I be a nurse if I have vasovagal syncope??

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Students

    thanks ) I made it, I graduated as a nurse on December 11,2010 and took my state boards yesterday! Now when I am in a stressful situation such as surgery, I just kinda rock from one foot to the

  5. recieved my ATT today, how long until temp license shows up on website?

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I dont know if this is the right area or not, but I received my testing authorization today and scheduled my NCLEX for January 3rd. I was wondering how long it takes to get your temp. license? Is it...

  6. recieved my ATT today, how long until temp license shows up on website?

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I guess its a permit, I am from Texas, and they said we would get a temporary work permit that was good for like 45 days, that you could use to work as a GVN until you take the NCLEX and

  7. Took the HESI Mock NCLEX today

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Well I took the HESI mock NCLEX LVN today and made a 1032, scored in th e95th percentile. I am just wondering is this really any indicator at all of how the nclex will be? I thought it was really...

  8. how do I CLEP out of classes??

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Getting ready to graduate in a few days from LVN school. I am planning on going the Excelsior route, and I have signed up with them but not sent in the 75.00 application fee yet. I am going to do that...

  9. I am a LVN student getting ready to graduate. What can I expect on a Med Surg floor?

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in Medical-Surgical

    thank you so much classicdame! I just know even as a student trying to read the DRS orders is terrible! And even a lot of the DRS accents are hard to understand. I really think that will be my biggest...

  10. I am a LVN student getting ready to graduate. What can I expect on a Med Surg floor?

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Just wondering what it is REALLY like to work as a brand new nurse on a med surg floor? I graduate in 15 days and I will be working on med surg. I have no idea what to expect really. We worked an...

  11. Any Nursing students for January '10 ?? Need some friends!

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi all! I love it here, just to let you know :redpinkhe. I am (hopefully) going to be starting LVN program in January (6 months YIPPEE!!) After a year of really hard work on prereqs and everything...

  12. going in to third/last semester for LVN tomorrow...what can I expect??

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    So tomorrow I start my third and final semester for LVN program. I am so scared! Our instructors are almost being secretive about what we will be doing ect. How does the last semester compare to all...

  13. going in to third/last semester for LVN tomorrow...what can I expect??

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    we will be taking med surg 2, pedi, professional development, mental illness, and finishing up dosage calculations, along with clinicals, and graduate December

  14. Any Nursing students for January '10 ?? Need some friends!

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Students

    start studying pharmacology

  15. Any Nursing students for January '10 ?? Need some friends!

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Students

    I got into both programs, and I went with AC, because I live in Angelina County. My sister went to Tyler County, and that was my original FIRST destination. Either way, a nurse is a nurse! I love my...

  16. online lvn transition program? besides excesior

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I wondered if there are any more fully online transition programs for LVN to RN, not bachlors, just ADN. I know about excelsior but it is so expensive! I am graduation the first week in december and...

  17. online lvn transition program? besides excesior

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in Online Distance Learning

    thank you so much! how do you go directly through excelsior? everything I look up keeps saying college

  18. Question about study groups...

    avidhunter3 replied to ziggysgal,RN's topic in General Students

    I'll be honest, we have had a study group since I started school. but with that said, it is now down to THREE versus thirteen. We realized first sememster that there were those who were there just to...

  19. I need help with a care plan for a patient with CAD!

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in General Students

    Pt had surgery, so she has a large chest incision, but it doing very very well. shes an older patient (over 80). She is already ambulating on her own, and doing great. I can't really think of where to...

  20. Finished my first week, took my first exam, got an 80, how bad is that??

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello! I just finished my first week of the LVN program today. I took my first exam in Basic Skills over 4 chapters. THere were only 50 questions, and I made an 80. I am glad that I passed. HOWEVER, I...

  21. regarding patient identifiers in a nursing home

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in General Students

    hello! I have a question. My patient for my next rotation is incoherent, and in the nursing home, so they do not wear armbands. I am to administer g-tube meds, so my instructor will be up my butt and...

  22. has your school done fund raisers? Need ideas to help pay for pinning ceremony

    avidhunter3 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello! I was just wondering if you guys had ever had a fundraiser in your nursing program. I am the president of our graduating class and I am responsible for coming up with ideas for fundraisers to...

  23. has your school done fund raisers? Need ideas to help pay for pinning ceremony

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Students

    is the school name on the jackets or the nursing program

  24. has your school done fund raisers? Need ideas to help pay for pinning ceremony

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Students

    it just costs a lot for eveyrthing, the hats, the pins, the invitations, decorations, food........im not much for walking across the stage in front of people, but i can guarentee you as hard as i have...

  25. has your school done fund raisers? Need ideas to help pay for pinning ceremony

    avidhunter3 replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Students

    thank you maria, thats a great idea! We dont have any choice but to have fundraisers as are school doesnt pay for anything. SO we are all really trying to think of things that will WORK. we dont want...