strawberryluv BSN, RN

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    Which area would you go in after graduation and boards?

    strawberryluv replied to ChooSoul's topic in General Students

    I was dead set on LTC facility but now I'm leaning towards med-surg in a teaching hospital
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    Working while in nursing program?

    strawberryluv replied to dopestethoscope's topic in General Students

    I don't work..I feel like I should but its just too much for me. My mom says I should stay home and study because she would be upset if my grades started to slip because I wanted some pocket money :/...
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    Anticipation

    strawberryluv replied to jazzm2252's topic in General Students

    You can expect to be thrown assigned readings you can't possibly finish. You will be agitated because your nursing exams are going to be all about selecting the "best" answer out of all really good...
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    waiting to find out if i failed or not

    strawberryluv replied to yvonne131321's topic in General Students

    Congrats!
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    How do you listen to respirations on newborn?

    strawberryluv posted a topic in General Students

    I did my assessment yesterday on my patient and her newborn but while doing respiration I couldn't hear it well or the heart sounds made is hard to hear respiration. I'm kind of worried about my...
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    How do you listen to respirations on newborn?

    strawberryluv replied to strawberryluv's topic in General Students

    Thats what I was doing too! I was palpating the abdomen but my instructor insisted I listen to the breath sounds. Needless to say we had a difference of opinion due to my poor hearing. I wonder if I...
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    I have an idea of a PICO question for my EBP paper but don't know if its good

    strawberryluv posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I hope its okay if I ask people for help on this. I'm not really too keen about research in general, I've had several bad research papers in the past that made me have a bad feeling about it. I know...
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    1st day clinical. I know nothing? is this normal?

    strawberryluv replied to Courtcatt's topic in General Students

    My first day of clinical which happened like 2 weeks ago I was the biggest idiot ever. I am pretty sure my instructor thinks I'm stupid. First off, I was paired with my classmate for 1 pt. She was...
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    Whats so Hard about Nursing School and the profession?

    strawberryluv replied to whipwreck82's topic in General Students

    I think the reason why its so hard is because there are so much information to cover in such a short amount of time. Also, imagine learning over 500 pages of stuff and having to sit down for an exam...
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    Why do I still feel crappy when I know I made the right call?

    strawberryluv replied to laurie0313's topic in General Students

    You probably feel crappy because its your daughter's friends. I would too. Your actions might put your daughter and her friend's relationship in jeopardy. However, you did the right thing by calling...
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    Cranial Nerve Assesment

    strawberryluv replied to Born2Care4All's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I remember it as Old Oliver Often Traveled Through Arches For Very Good Vacations and
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    Will I fail clinical for an unexcused absence?

    strawberryluv posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yesterday, I was told that the schedule changed and I haven't thoroughly looked at the schedule myself but I did see that I had two evening clinical days. Needless to say, I mistook that I had day...
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    Question about the 6 rights of medication administration?

    strawberryluv replied to Lucidity's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'd choose right documentation, all the others present a real and actual risk for fatality. Right documentation affects the nurses more than they do the
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    Help :'( I'm lost on the steps I need to take to go into med school.

    strawberryluv replied to brie_1994's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Why are you posting this here? Just WHY, go to a doctor forum and ask this silly
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    Studying help! Best way to study fundamentals?

    strawberryluv replied to FDW630's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Buy Fundamentals Success by Patricia Nuget. Its really good, lots of application
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    [Blank] Made Incredibly Easy! - book series

    strawberryluv replied to GracyMae's topic in General Students

    I loved Dosage Calculations made incredibly easy. It helped me a lot in my dosage calculation skills. Actually, I passed my med math quiz because of it. Oh and if we got below an 80% on that quiz we...
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    Mnemonics and Memory Aids

    strawberryluv replied to VickyRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Cranial Nerves: Old Oliver Often Traveled Through Arches For Very Good Vacation And
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    New grad...first major screw-up!

    strawberryluv replied to pecanpies's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Esme12- You are so amazing! Thank you for these, I will use them well when I start maternity nursing in the fall. Gosh, you are a life
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    19 days until my first day So Excited!!!!

    strawberryluv replied to LadyLeo75's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I have approximately 20 days of summer left! But for the past month I was reviewing some nursing stuff to get ready haha
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    Desperate (old) new graduate. Please review my resume and cover letter. Thank you!

    strawberryluv replied to iliketosneeze's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Are you sure you want to reveal your information on a public website? I think you should really edit your post so nobody identifies
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    Good study method or too OCD?

    strawberryluv replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Students

    I used to read chapters thoroughly but I learned it wasted so much of my time. I talked to one of my nursing friends who was in the same class as me but was pulling A's and she said she only read from...
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    Happy I can stand on my soap box and give myself kudos... anonymously

    strawberryluv replied to SweetPEI's topic in General Students

    Congrats!!! I'm taking pathophysiology at my uni this fall and I'm sooo
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    What are some tips for Microbiology?

    strawberryluv replied to EMT89's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My microbiology class was seriously a joke. We
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    Done done done and done

    strawberryluv replied to Anoetos's topic in General Students

    Congrats
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    Uniforms

    strawberryluv replied to Crazed's topic in General Students

    We wear a red scrub top and black scrub pants because those are our school colors. I personally hate it that we have to wear these colors to clinical because red is NOT easy on the eyes plus it is...