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1. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

   studentab replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

   1. I can not stand you two. I really don't understand how you two made it past the first semester. Every day you show up and ask "what are we doing today", "I don't get this - did you do yours...

2. Wet to Dry Dressing Steps

   studentab replied to silverhalide's topic in General Students

   Yes, our instructors often tell us how things are done differently in the local hospitals but tell us to do it the way we're being taught. What's done in nursing school does not = what's done in the...

3. Wet to Dry Dressing Steps

   studentab replied to silverhalide's topic in General Students

   Just did this lab in our class a few weeks ago - they made it very clear to use sterile gloves when actually putting more gauze into the wound. Clean gloves are used when removing the old dressing but...

4. Schools with Good Financial Aid Packages

   studentab replied to jiwonkim89's topic in General Students

   I'm not sure where you got the idea that you must go to a "prestigious" school for your BSN in order to become a NP - a lot is about your grades and if the school is accredited by either the NLN or...

5. Hairline fracture?

   studentab replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

   Yes. It's a hairline fracture - they're very fine. You can have a hairline fracture for a long time and not know it - sometimes the only way you find out is when you do something that makes the...

6. rotator cuff surgery

   studentab replied to cannoli's topic in General Nursing

   My dad had rotator cuff surgery about 3 years ago. He's still able to do almost everything he did at work before the surgery (he did all the physical therapy that he was told to do and of course there...

7. low gpa any programs that will accept me in indianapolis in

   studentab replied to emgreen1986's topic in General Students

   I'm currently attending one of the BSN programs at one of the Indiana Universities and they do go by GPA. They take your "nursing" GPA into account to see if you qualify compared to the other students...