LuckyinKY

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  1. Unemployment Benefits when you are a student?

    LuckyinKY replied to LuckyinKY's topic in General Nursing

    I think the current unemployment system is ridiculous in the way that it discourages people form taking part time or lower paying job or attending school. If anything the government should encourage...

  2. Unemployment Benefits when you are a student?

    LuckyinKY replied to LuckyinKY's topic in General Nursing

    I am not quitting, it is just that there is no money left to fund my research work and my boss is facing personal issues requiring him to downsize his research obligations. I am working until they...

  3. Part time Students working Full Time

    LuckyinKY replied to happylagirl's topic in General Students

    I am working full time while attending and ADN program full time. It has been rough, but my grades are still pretty good. As and Bs. You have to be a very organized and disciplined person to make it...

  4. Are Certified Nurse Midwives needed in ky?

    LuckyinKY replied to jaredsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    If you mean Kentucky, yes we could use them. the University of Kentucky is the only hospital in Lexington not using them and they are finally caving in and starting to use them. They are hiring CNMs...

  5. What do you guys do to wake up in the morning?

    LuckyinKY replied to wannabeanRN90's topic in General Students

    Coffee in one hand, Mountain Dew in the

  6. what's the best nursing pharmacology book u've ever used?

    LuckyinKY replied to purpletouch's topic in General Students

    We used the Karch pharmacology book as well and I really liked it. It has been the only book that I actually found helpful so far as my other "required" textbooks are collecting

  7. students who don't seem to study and do so well

    LuckyinKY replied to italy's topic in General Students

    I don't skip class, but frequently doze off during class. I work full time and have kids, so I am pretty much exhausted in the morning. I may sleep through alot of class, but I study my rear off...

  8. Prentice Hall Reviews & Rationales vs Davis' Success Series

    LuckyinKY replied to mangopeach's topic in General Students

    I love the Davis Success series, many questions from those books would appear on exam and the rationales are thorough and well written. I think it is important to review NCLEX style questions since...

  9. Study Guides & GPA's-Do you get any Guides in Nursing Program?

    LuckyinKY replied to proudmommy's topic in General Students

    I make my own. They have become wildly popular among my classmates, I should start charging, lol. I do very detailed outlines complete with tables, diagrams and pictures. Our Powerpoint lectures...

  10. Block 1 HESI - books to study and study aids

    LuckyinKY replied to AZ_LPN_8_26_13's topic in General Students

    The book I posted was not about test taking strategies as much as it is full of practice questions with nicely written rationales divided up by different subjects. The questions were very similar to...

  11. One Born Every Minute

    LuckyinKY replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was unsure of why the naturally birthing couple were admitted either. They said that she was 2 weeks past her due date, but she refused Pitocin, so what did they start her labor with? I thought...

  12. Block 1 HESI - books to study and study aids

    LuckyinKY replied to AZ_LPN_8_26_13's topic in General Students

    HESI was easy for me, I scored a 92%. I think the best study guide for me was Fundamentals Success:...

  13. Master's in nursing with low GPA of 2.4

    LuckyinKY replied to savotina's topic in General Nursing

    You can't judge a person by their GPA alone. I was in the top 10% and Honor Society in high school taking AP classes. I hit college became sick and depressed and scored mediocre grades my first year...

  14. Fundamentals of Nursing

    LuckyinKY replied to EVLGNUS's topic in General Students

    Ditto on the Fundamentals Success book, it was very helpful, some of the questions from the book would even show up on our nursing exams. I am using the Maternal Newborn book from the same series...

  15. Older Editions

    LuckyinKY replied to Sandra_NS's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am using older editions and getting along fine. I tend to use my lecture notes more than the book, along with reading up on topics not fully explained in

  16. Maternal/Newborn Teaching Topic Ideas

    LuckyinKY replied to Miley22's topic in General Students

    SIDS - Recommended Newborn Positioning, could be another

  17. HESI disaster!

    LuckyinKY replied to Jaysie1's topic in General Students

    It is nice to not have to fight other students for a computer in the library. The school-issued laptops sound cool

  18. tell me about L&D/PP clinicals

    LuckyinKY replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

    Maternity will be our second semester clinical, we did one semester split between LTC and Med-Surg already. I can't wait, since NICU is one area I am really interested in. I spent my first semester...

  19. HESI disaster!

    LuckyinKY replied to Jaysie1's topic in General Students

    We were on a wired network in the dedicated nursing student computer

  20. HESI disaster!

    LuckyinKY replied to Jaysie1's topic in General Students

    Our exam kept locking up too, very

  21. Pharmacology for Bipolar Dxo

    LuckyinKY replied to epijunky's topic in General Students

    I live with a bipolar husband and child and have been through heck pharmacologically with them. Thankfully we have a very supportive Psych NP who respects my input. My NP is fond of anti-seizure...

  22. tell me about L&D/PP clinicals

    LuckyinKY replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

    I am so thankful that one of our instructors is a certified nurse midwife, and seems to be pretty supportive on natural birthing and definitely was pro-breastfeeding in our fundamentals lectures....

  23. RN to BSN (with a prior BA)

    LuckyinKY replied to dawadall's topic in General Nursing

    University of Kentucky's RN-BSN program can be done in 1 year if done full time: RN-BSN Plan of Study - UK College of

  24. Pharmacology online?

    LuckyinKY replied to mamacashew's topic in General Students

    Bluegrass Community and Technical College - Bluegrass Home They have not released the summer schedule of classes yet, so I don't know if it will be offered. I also don't know if they let visiting...

  25. Pharmacology online?

    LuckyinKY replied to mamacashew's topic in General Students

    My school offers a summer online pharmacology class, though it is on the down low, lol. I took it the summer before starting the nursing program, I just enrolled without asking since the only pre-req...