Aberdeen

Aberdeen has 7 years experience and specializes in Emergency Department.

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1. Discharge Lounge

   Aberdeen replied to gaykurtz's topic in Emergency

   The last place I worked had one for a short period of time. It didn't work well and everyone hated it. It took longer to move the patients to the lounge than it did to discharge them from the room they were in, so the flow of the department actually ...

2. New RN student thinking of which path to follow

   Aberdeen replied to mustlovemars's topic in General Students

   I have known a few people who have worked as nurses in correctional facilities. Some of them loved it and some of them hated it. I think it all comes down to the individual person. I work in an ED at a hospital that has a contract with the state DOC ...

3. New Male Nursing Student. Any Pointers?

   Aberdeen replied to AudiGuy, RN, BSN's topic in Male Students

   The classes will be different. With other classes it is mostly about learning new information and being tested on it. With nursing it is more about learning new information that transforms the way you think and approach problems and then being tested...

4. New Male Nursing Student. Any Pointers?

   Aberdeen replied to AudiGuy, RN, BSN's topic in Male Students

   It’s hard to say what to expect overall. The biggest thing to expect is a lack of free time. The work load can be pretty intense at times and you have to make sacrifices in order to stay ahead. Get organized early and always try to stay ahead. As far...

5. What is Nursing school really like?

   Aberdeen replied to futurenurse16's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Probably the biggest challenge is learning to think in a new way. I am not sure how to explain that in a way that would make sense, but nursing school changes the way you think about problems and also changes the way you react to those problems. The ...

6. What is Nursing school really like?

   Aberdeen replied to futurenurse16's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Is nursing school hard? It depends on who you are. I personally don't think it is "hard". Is it challenging? Yes. Does it take up more time than most classes? Yes. I have a very good background in A&P, which I think is the reason it has been much...

7. What is Nursing school really like?

   Aberdeen replied to futurenurse16's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Is nursing school hard? It depends on who you are. I personally don’t think it is “hard”. Is it challenging? Yes. Does it take up more time than most classes? Yes. I have a very good background in A&P, which I think is the reason it has been much...

8. Feeling lost and discouraged in clinical....

   Aberdeen replied to aweldon001's topic in General Students

   You are not alone. Everyone feels that way at some point. I am in my last semester of nursing school with about 75 days left to go and I still feel the same way you do at times. Skills take time to learn. By definition, to learn a new skill it takes,...

9. Favorite websites for A&P

   Aberdeen replied to girlswcurls's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Here are two sites that I used when I took A&P. I found them to be helpful. Good Luck! http://www.midlandstech.edu/science/kelleherk/210/ http://www.midlandstech.edu/science/kelleherk/211/

10. Nursing School Full-Time & Working Full-Time...Is it possible?

    Aberdeen replied to jlynaeleslie's topic in General Students

    I work full time and I am also in nursing school full time. I don’t have kids, but I can think of at least 8 or 10 people in my class who have kids, work and attend school full time. It can be done, you just have to manage your time wisely.

11. Hours of Nursing school?

    Aberdeen replied to Amanda1105's topic in General Students

    It will depend a lot on the program you are in, since they are all a little different. My first semester we were in class 4 days a week for about 4 hours a day, give or take an hour. When clinicals started we were 2 days of class, and 2 days of clini...

12. Dosage!

    Aberdeen replied to HeiseC's topic in General Students

    i admire your eagerness, but i wouldn’t worry about it right now. like anonymousstudent said it is just basic algebra. one thing that i do is underline the important parts of the question when taking dosage tests. more often than not, the questions w...

13. Just got accepted and nervous about the program!

    Aberdeen replied to mrsb04's topic in General Students

    I agree with Katherine112, find a buddy and get organized. Once you get into a routine it's not that bad. About half of my classmates (maybe more) have children and work also. Some of them are single parents and some of them are military with deploye...

14. Guidance.....

    Aberdeen replied to bladerunner32262's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Don't worry about ranting. In my opinion it can be quite therapeutic. I can understand not wanting to walk away from the job. I was in a similar situation and it took me almost two years to make up my mind to pursue nursing and now I'm 8 months away ...

15. Guidance.....

    Aberdeen replied to bladerunner32262's topic in Pre-Nursing

    The program that I am in is a full time program that doesn't have a part time option, so I can't comment directly on going part time. What I can say is in my opinion it would probably be hard to do both, as there are times where the job and the requi...