crb613 BSN, RN

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    NLN Question....

    crb613 replied to Jessica123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    National League of Nursing. It is a test that some schools use for their entrance exam. It is also used by schools to measure progress of students already in the nursing program. If you are a senior...
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    Case study: Timentin & Tobramycin IV

    crb613 replied to AussieKylie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What about posting this in the intervenous therapy
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    Does anyone need the Taber's Medical Dictionary?

    crb613 replied to mrod's topic in General Students

    I have Stedman's & Taber's I love'em
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    dead people or dead animals??

    crb613 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We used cats, pigs, sheep, & cows. I learned a lot more this way vs looking at it in a book. I do wish we had cadavers.I love animals but ya gotta do what ya gotta
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    Preceptorship hours how is this handled by your school?

    crb613 posted a topic in General Students

    We were told during orientation that when we graduated we would be given a permit to work. We would need to complete 120 hours before taking the NCLEX. How is your school taking care of the new...
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    Preceptorship hours how is this handled by your school?

    crb613 replied to crb613's topic in General Students

    No I don't work & I don't have any experience in health care (except for my schooling).I did have a clinical instructor in med surg that offered me a job when I graduate....I thought I would...
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    Preceptorship hours how is this handled by your school?

    crb613 replied to crb613's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the reply. I wished ours was to be completed before we graduate. We do 120 clinical hours while in school but the other is up to us.Our director was a little worried about this also it...
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    I have blood in my urine

    crb613 replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have been having the same problem for a couple of weeks.Long story made short...had intense flank pain, sudden onset, went to doctor, had x rays (results ok) & pushed fluids. It went away &...
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    Dosage Calculations - pt Factor ?

    crb613 replied to mauser's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Beats the heck outta me! I worked it several times like you & did/could not get their answer. I also thought they meant flow rate. So mauser are you saying you figured out how to get the 0.59 for...
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    How many credit hours are you taking fall semester?

    crb613 replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    12.... all nsg except for one Biomedical ethics
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    should this girl pass nursing school?

    crb613 replied to mommymandy's topic in General Students

    I think a young infant does this....something about gas exchange when they suck a bottle.... Later could be an
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    Hard/Easy

    crb613 replied to CoconutNurse's topic in International Nursing

    For me College Algebra was the hardest. The easiest were all my nursing classes (so far). I will be starting my 3rd semester so I have a feeling things are fixing to get a lot harder. Study tips.......
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    Love it or rather die?

    crb613 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Loved A&P I & II Great Instructor Hated Micro Instructor was horrible. I would rather eat worms than take this class
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    Got chewed out by a doc, grrrr

    crb613 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am still in school (3rd semester ADN) & I would like to know is this the way to handle physicians that go off on you?? I am really going to have to work on this kind of stuff I know...I am not a...
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    How early did you wake up to register for fall classes

    crb613 replied to TRINI_RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    At my school our director of nursing came in before summer break & pre-register all of us.Any non-nursing classes that you need you are put into them at this time too.In my first year we all met...
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    You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    crb613 replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    I can't stop laughing!!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: This is the funniest thing I have ever heard. It is 6am here & I am laughing so hard that I have scared my dog to
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    1a.m. and about to have a nervous breakdown

    crb613 replied to hooray.for.nerds's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes nursing school is survivable!! I went back to school after being out a long time.......(graduated high school in 1974!). I am thinking you are young & have not been out of school that long so...
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    MCQ test FOR 1ST YR.NURSING STUDENT

    crb613 replied to HanHan's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I disagree. I have used Saunders from day one in my nsg program & it has helped tremendously! I guess every school is different but we started immediately w/NCLEX style questions. I did as...
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    VERY NERVOUS ABOUT A&P 1

    crb613 replied to brandyl123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Try to relax! A&P I & II are just not that hard! I did have a great instructor & that is half the battle. I am not a brain by any stretch of the imagination & it is alot of studying...
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    Books

    crb613 replied to danbranham_2000's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I bought my books early.....end of May for this year. Got them used & saved alot of money NOW the school has decided we need to use a diff. issue of the same books!!!
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    Is taking Eng 102 alongside Nursing classes "doable"?

    crb613 replied to Saved_by_Grace's topic in General Students

    I took micro, pharm & religion with my nsg classes. I am just an average student, I had to work hard but I made it fine.Would it be possible to do the other 3 pre reqs in the summer?? That way you...
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    Suzanne the best

    crb613 replied to starbin's topic in International Nursing

    DITTO!!!
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    Abrasive Strips for the Bathtub????

    crb613 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have looked at Lowe's/Wal-Mart/Online & cannot find them. My mother-in-law has Parkinson's & has fell twice this week in the bathtub. She has the non-skid rubber mat but the suction does not...
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    Abrasive Strips for the Bathtub????

    crb613 replied to crb613's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks everybody, she has not been hurt yet........its just so sad she loves to take a bath & now of course is scared to death of falling again. I have suggested everything you all have...
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    Abrasive Strips for the Bathtub????

    crb613 replied to crb613's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks she does have the grab bars but the coordination is just not there to use them very effectively. I have also suggested the chair.......but you know how it is when its not your Mother. I thought...