Making sure this is correct...your friend did not pass nursing school, correct? Then yeah, she shouldn't challenge the boards. You get psych patients everywhere. Had a peds pt who was a cutter, but...
I love Winston-Salem? You going to work for Baptist? HUGE, but loved the time I spent there (was in high school). I LOVE the mall! My whole paycheck would go there! Alas, I love the beach too (moved...
Ditto on what everyone else said. CBC will show nothing. The stress you're putting yourself through is doing your immune system a disservice. You need to be tested! If you are positive, you need to...
Second that...maybe that's why I didn't really care. When I lived in the dorms, after a month it was the norm to walk down the hall with a towel on my head and one around my body, passing someones...
What med was it? The absorption rate could depend on if there is food in the stomach or not, and he could have absorbed this med way too quick b/c he didn't have food. Look at the insulin and food...
I believe ours is like that too. We were told we would never make an error in nursing school, because our instructor would be there to witness our meds every single time. Most check our meds, make...
We have a woman in our class who is Menninite (don't think I spelled it right, but similar to Amish, but def. more liberal). My school has been so understanding with her. She was in a different lab...
Oh! I forgot. Our instructor also put bedpans with water underneath us when were laying on the beds. Made it a whole lot more realistic when getting partner on/off bedpan!
Ummm...what are you going to do if you're ever the patient that needs a bath? It's a great way for you to experience what your patient does. When we did it, we were instructed to wear shorts and a...
New Bern is very pretty, great if you lvoe history or just looking at the water. For entertainment, it sucks. Greenville is 45 minutes-1 hour away, and Jacksonville is only one hour. I recommend...
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As a SN working her way thru nursing school by delivering pizza's for the hut, I hate to say we DELIVER to the ED! At Golden Corral yesterday for lunch (mother's day...what a dumb idea for lunch) we...
Check out The labor of Love and I Dream of Baby(you'll need to look them us as I don't remember the websites). When I was married to ex, we tried for a year to conceive, had one positive home test,...
Pitt judges admission by points, rather than GPA. Example...A&P is worth 40 points for an A, 32 points for a B, 25 for a C (don't remember exact numbers, pulling #'s out the a** there!) and that's...
Currently at PCC, went to ECU for a while. ECU used to go by GPA, pretty sure they still go by it. I know folks with a 3.3 who didn't get in. At Pitt, we have a point system. I got in my FIRST try...
Nursing IS hard, but if you work hard enough for it, you'll do fine. There are so many options for extra help here in greenville. At ECU, you have the nursing association. We have supplemental...
Live in Greenville now, thinking of going to work for Craven, go thru there all the time to get to beach (guess who's a beach bum!) and used to live in Havelock when married....I think I was meant to...
HA! I tried to get into ECU...did the typical ECU deal and partied too much my earlier years (also quit going to classes when I got married...learned my lesson there). My GPA was too low to get into...
Ok...Peds clinical is through! I had a positive experience, had so many chances to learn and do procedures. We were on the peds floor for three works, and at Howell's Child Ctr for one week. I had...
I'm scheduled to do my first clinical rotation this semester with peds (first year, second semester ADN student). I am SO nervous, and was looking for some words of wisdom. I don't feel I am good with...
Student nurse here. We actually just went over sickle cell disease, test on it tomorrow. :uhoh21: One of the main things they've drilled into our heads is just how fast a sickle cell pt can change...
The school I used to go to did have an awesome SNA. They allowed pre-nursing folks in, which was awesome for me. It was nice to go to conferences and such and see what it was like before I got in. I'm...
Thanks guys. Had my first day of peds clinical today. They paired us up with a partner, thank goodness. First pt was a 3 mo. preemie, 3.48kg, hydrocephalus. This poor child. My maternal instinct...