shrtygrlash

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1. L&D Nurses...a comment and a question.

   shrtygrlash replied to Java_Wench's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm so glad you had a wonderful experience! Well, Im a NICU RN but I know we love to get pictures and cards! It keeps us going! It's great to get good news, I'm sure the nurses would love to hear that you and your daughter are doing well and that the...

2. learning ABG's

   shrtygrlash replied to lder0426's topic in Student Assist

   how our instructor taught us to determine if it was respiratory or metabolic: if the ph goes down the paco2 goes up. if the ph goes up the paco2 goes down. like a see-saw its respiratory. if the ph goes down and the hco3 goes down. if the ph goes up...

3. PBCC-palm beach comm. college

   shrtygrlash replied to Nurse-One's topic in Florida

   I completely agree. The peds instructors were great at explaining a topic if asked a question directly. Reading ahead (if there is such a thing in nursing school with all those pages assigned!) definately helps! The tests are taken directly from lect...

4. Beginning Nursing Question

   shrtygrlash replied to Johnny B's topic in General Nursing

   Someone with a BSN can go on directly for their MSN and so on to nurse practitioner if they wanted. Someone with an RN would need to take more classes to first get their BSN then MSN. Although, they play the same role in patient care and medication a...

5. PBCC-palm beach comm. college

   shrtygrlash replied to Nurse-One's topic in Florida

   by the way...morning clinical isn't so bad. I know it early but you get a lot more opprotunities to do skills. I heard the night clinicals there is not as much to do since most medications and procedures are done in the AM. You might get the opprotun...

6. PBCC-palm beach comm. college

   shrtygrlash replied to Nurse-One's topic in Florida

   I know the teachers have changed so maybe first semester online is better! thats good news to all the new incoming students! Unfortunately you do need all the books. I know there is a huge list of them. But the first semester you buy your nursing dia...

7. PBCC-palm beach comm. college

   shrtygrlash replied to Nurse-One's topic in Florida

   For everyone feeling very confused in first semester (im in third)...i understand it is SOOOO stressful at the beginning especially just getting yourself organized (with three different classes that correlate- I used to panic over "which folder do I ...

8. PBCC-palm beach comm. college

   shrtygrlash replied to Nurse-One's topic in Florida

   Hi everyone! About taking lecture online...I heard lecture online for the first semester is terrible! since you miss alot of the annoucements that they say at the beginning of class you are lost. Since first semester is stressful enough as it is I do...

9. Witch Hazel

   shrtygrlash posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi everyone, I'm in my third semester of nursing school and I'm so excited to graduate in May 2010! Anyways...I have to fill out med forms for school (I'm sure you all have filled out many!) and I need the mechanism of action for Tucks pads (witch ha...