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    For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    starmickey03 replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    Got a 90% on my first Concepts exam last week. 8 weeks in and I have an A average in each of my 3 nursing courses so far and my 1 non nursing course as well. Im praying that I can finish off the...
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    Diploma vs Associates degree?

    starmickey03 replied to antajshalakiag's topic in General Students

    Im going to have to ditto the previous posters. It may be different in your state but where Im from LPN's dont get degrees, they either get diplomas or certificates. To be a nurse with a degree you...
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    For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    starmickey03 replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    Okay so I took my 2nd Foundations exam this morning, missed two questions and got a 96%. I was really excited about that, but I also couldve slapped myself for missing one of the easy questions. But...
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    How does cognitive function and renal functional influence pressure ulcers?

    starmickey03 replied to swansonplace's topic in General Students

    YES! Lol...I took Pathophys over the summer and was really interested in how EVERY system related to another in some type of way. Too bad I couldnt retain all the info I learned
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    How does cognitive function and renal functional influence pressure ulcers?

    starmickey03 replied to swansonplace's topic in General Students

    Protein is composed of Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. Nitrogen is excreted by the kidneys, so a person who has chronic renal failure cannot have a lot of protein in their diet if any because...
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    so we are one month into this. How is it going?

    starmickey03 replied to cjungen's topic in General Students

    So far so good. I agree, its not hard like I thought it would be. I prepared myself for the worst (because of the posts I see on here) and Im doing really well. I actually dont find all the readings...
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    Does anyone know how flexible Chamberlain Jacksonville camp. is with financial aid???

    starmickey03 replied to KSPAZ's topic in Chamberlain College

    I may be wrong but if I remember correctly you could always ask that they increase your loan amount. All student loans are regulated by the govt now and every student has a max loan amount of...
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    Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

    starmickey03 replied to noyesno's topic in General Students

    LOL...Why would anyone want to do that anyway? That seems way beyond the student-teacher boundary to me, but Im sure there are those that do it. I even refuse to friend my momma on facebook, all of...
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    Nursing fundamentals - Activity and Exercise Question

    starmickey03 replied to swansonplace's topic in General Students

    Yup! Same thing with my textbook. I believe it said something along the lines of calling for help isnt necessary because they didnt actually fall down, which doesnt make it an emergency. If the person...
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    CARE PLAN- Low socioeconomic status HELP

    starmickey03 replied to radioradio's topic in General Students

    In addition to this you could look at health plans for low income individuals. If he doesnt have enough money to afford his medications maybe he qualifies for Medicaid. Most county health departments...
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    Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

    starmickey03 replied to noyesno's topic in General Students

    We go by first names at my school. All of my instructors told us to call them whatever we wanted, but first names are preferred. I actually have an instructor who hates it when she's called Mrs or...
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    Washtenaw Community College Nursing Program

    starmickey03 replied to Emt05's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Are you in Washtenaw county? If so that means you're close to Toledo and they have a really good nursing program there. Both ADN and BSN. Its a really good program and you may want to look into it....
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    Becoming A LPN While In RN Program

    starmickey03 replied to Ccutie515's topic in General Students

    I would love to be able to do that! Im going to check with Ohio's BON on Monday to see if its allowed. My school has an LPN-RN transition program and the LPN's start at the second year, so Im assuming...
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    Blood Pressure Blues

    starmickey03 replied to metricalpound's topic in General Students

    No, thats not correct. You use the diaphragm for BP. As a matter of fact all of my instructors keep saying that nurse generalists usually do not use the bell at all. They say that cardiac and ICU...
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    For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    starmickey03 replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    From someone who took Pathophysiology over the summer, I just want to say Congrats on your score! Im not even in Med-Surg yet but since I already took Pathophys I know how hard F&E and Acid Base...
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    For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    starmickey03 replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    My turn! LOL Well, I had my first foundations exam last Thursday and got a 92! I was really excited about that. I also had a Health Assessment quiz and a Concepts quiz and got a 90 on both... And...
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    Books that help you learn how to take nursing tests?!?!

    starmickey03 replied to Nightingale11's topic in General Students

    And it also has a lot of fundamentals info/practice questions in it as well. So that should really help you out a
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    Books that help you learn how to take nursing tests?!?!

    starmickey03 replied to Nightingale11's topic in General Students

    Im gonna have to say "Test Success". I read that over the summer before starting my program, and I think it helped out a
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    Physical restraint on uncooperative children

    starmickey03 replied to Aleccandra's topic in General Nursing

    The "incredible hulk" comment made me LOL... But seriously OP, this is very true. Unfortunately, I have to help restrain my kids when they get their injections and it is HARD. Kids are extremely...
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    Question about student nurses working at your facility

    starmickey03 replied to karenbear's topic in General Nursing

    Im in NS now and we have full access to computer charting. But then again, my program is hospital based so this may have something to do with it. Im not sure about the access that the other nursing...
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    How did you do on your first test

    starmickey03 replied to cjungen's topic in General Students

    I got a 92 on my first exam and I think my study method worked for me. I read the chapter and create an outline as I read. So basically I take notes on the entire chapter, it worked for me. If your...
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    Critical Thinking Skills

    starmickey03 replied to living on faith's topic in General Students

    Does this class have a textbook? If so, there should be NCLEX type questions at the end of each chapter. I would recommend doing those questions and if there is a supplemental study guide for the text...
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    Fundamentals test

    starmickey03 replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    Agreed! Its much better than having to wait days upon days to find out your score. Our instructor just posts all the answers on the wall with the rationales for each. We cant talk to any of our...
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    First day of nursing School *unleashed* post yours

    starmickey03 replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

    Okay, so my first day was August 23rd and it started off really slow (I already posted about that day), but it picked up QUICKLY! I swear my head has been spinning from all the assigned readings but...
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    Do you actually READ your nursing books or just skim?

    starmickey03 posted a topic in General Students

    Tomorrow starts my second week in the nursing program. The reading assignments havent been too much since the first week basically went over the syllabi and everything. So far I have read all the...