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    What was your final like?

    CrazierThanYou replied to yesitslaura's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have finals in two weeks. I don't really know exactly what to expect but we have a few students who were in the class before and flunked out. They said the entire test is old questions from our...
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    I want the answer

    CrazierThanYou replied to pansyrose's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't think it's being impolite. I think its a bit of a language
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    Hesi Fundamentals Test Help

    CrazierThanYou replied to srosie's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I asked my instructor last week how to study for it and she says we shouldn't have to study, that we should have learned what we need to know in the duration of the semester. I take it next week....
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    question

    CrazierThanYou replied to allacoval's topic in General Nursing

    Get some NCLEX study guides. Reading the questions and the rationales for the answers will help you to understand the questions a little
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    Am I over-thinking, or are these just bad test questions?

    CrazierThanYou replied to chicken1's topic in General Students

    I guess one's eating habits would be the lifestyle. But, either way, the book listed BOTH of them as lifestyle risk factors in the SAME
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    Am I over-thinking, or are these just bad test questions?

    CrazierThanYou replied to chicken1's topic in General Students

    I do the same thing. I suspect these questions came from the Potter and Perry test bank because I've had the exact same questions. But, I don't really think they were bad test questions. Here is one...
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    Skin Prep- waste of time?

    CrazierThanYou replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    I had a pt on wednesday who had orders for "skin prep to both heels BID". She wasn't diabetic but she was bedbound. But yeah, I don't see how it prevents
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    Non-pitting edema and rating

    CrazierThanYou replied to clearblue3's topic in General Nursing

    We only rate pitting edema. My patient at clinical last week had edema but non-pitting. I charted "Patient has non-pitting edema bilaterally in lower
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    Student Moms

    CrazierThanYou replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in General Students

    My kids are in elementary school and I'm just finishing up my first semester. If I could do it again, I would have went to school FIRST, then had
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    Do you keep all of your textbooks? To rent or not to rent?

    CrazierThanYou replied to mangopeach's topic in General Students

    Next semester I have med-surg and we of course have a book for that but we also have a book on contemporary nursing. I am strongly considering buying the older version because I suspect it might be...
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    Do you keep all of your textbooks? To rent or not to rent?

    CrazierThanYou replied to mangopeach's topic in General Students

    I'm just finishing up my fundamentals class. We have been told to keep our fund books because there will be readings from it in the
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    HESI Tips?

    CrazierThanYou replied to pandorasbox's topic in General Students

    Yes, I agree with the above poster. I asked my instructor about ways to prepare for the HESI, which we are taking on Tuesday, and she basically said that we should have learned what we need to know in...
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    Prioritizing Nursing Dx's

    CrazierThanYou replied to aphillipi's topic in General Students

    So far, we have only had to do 3 nursing diagnoses on our patients. But, we have been told that pain will almost always come
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    nursing diagnosis help please

    CrazierThanYou replied to jxoxo's topic in General Students

    We aren't allowed to use medical diagnoses in our care plans, which can cause us to have to get creative but otherwise this sounds good. Perhaps your school does allow you to use the
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    can you apply for nursing school before pre req

    CrazierThanYou replied to lovelikeamber's topic in General Students

    Yes that will depend on your school. At mine, you can apply after taking algebra, biology, and chemistry. The rest of the pre-reqs can be taken DURING the nursing program although it isn't...
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    Hessi Exam

    CrazierThanYou replied to JaimeC's topic in General Students

    We are taking the HESI next week in Fundamentals. Ours counts as 5% of our
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    CrazierThanYou replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    This is what I want to know. Every time I open my mouth to say ANYTHING to one of my classmates, everyone on the opposite side of the room swivels around and stares. Their ears are practically...
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    CrazierThanYou replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Uh yeah. We have 3 girls in our class that are always bragging about how well they did on the tests but hello! This isn't their first rodeo. They were all in the program
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    Underwear and patients

    CrazierThanYou replied to twinkerrs's topic in General Nursing

    That's pretty much what I was saying. Now that I re-read what I wrote, I see that my meaning was
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    Underwear and patients

    CrazierThanYou replied to twinkerrs's topic in General Nursing

    This is beyond ridiculous. How old is the boy? How do his parents feel? I'm speechless at the idiocy of this
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    Should you buy new or used books for your program?

    CrazierThanYou replied to TurtleLittle's topic in General Students

    Me too. Older editions and international editions. I'm getting ready to begin my second semester of nursing school and they just changed all our books to the very newest editions. I will be sticking...
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    What's your school's cut-off for passing?

    CrazierThanYou replied to cobee's topic in General Students

    I'm in ADN, we have to have a 78 to
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    When to start applying for jobs?

    CrazierThanYou replied to Kelber's topic in General Students

    That is going to depend. In my area, hospitals won't even look at your application unless you are fully licensed. But, I have a friend who got a job at Duke University before she even
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    Haven't taken a class yet and I am starting to freak.....

    CrazierThanYou replied to Scrub2Nurse's topic in General Students

    We also have to get 100% with 3 attempts. Interestingly enough, the calculations get harder with each
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    booted from program 3 weeks before graduation.

    CrazierThanYou replied to upset student's topic in General Students

    I'm curious about the exact reasons. It would be easier to give advice on where to go from here with that