Despareux

Despareux

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  1. Question About "Senioritis"

    Despareux replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

    It gets WORSE??? Oh my! I better work on alleviating this issue pronto. I feel like having a temper

  2. LOST Accreditation

    Despareux replied to d419's topic in General Students

    This is true!! Great

  3. Five more weeks left in last semester....

    Despareux replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Yeah, I'm feeling that same vibe. I'm done with this quarter Dec. 9th. This quarter's instructors seem so disorganized; coupled with my lack of motivation, I'm surprised I'm even

  4. Did you find Med-Surg class much harder than fundamentals?

    Despareux replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    Hated Fundamentals; thought it was difficult in many aspects. Med/surg was where everything started to make sense a heck of a lot more--I found it much easier than

  5. Have you made good friends while in Nursing School?

    Despareux replied to PreStudent101's topic in General Students

    Surprisingly, yes! I'm cautious when it comes to making friends, but I've met a few people whose company I really enjoy and I may even tell them more about my personal life one

  6. New Graduation Requirements, Can They Do This?

    Despareux replied to Jen D's topic in General Students

    Our program does the same and uses Kaplan, as well. As long as we are at or above the national average, then we pass. I don't know of anyone who has not passed their Kaplan. Our school has had...

  7. Physical books versus digital copy

    Despareux replied to kntdoneyet's topic in General Students

    I have an electronic copy and a hard copy. It's called Evovle or Pageburst. I cannot use it on my phone, but I can use it on my laptop. It's a library of all my books that I have used since the...

  8. Working with student nurses

    Despareux replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

    I graduate in March and I can't recall, beyond fundamentals, the last time I worked with a nurse. We are required to do ALL patient care, unless it's something we've never done, which at that point,...

  9. Suplemental reading suggestions?

    Despareux replied to aachavez's topic in General Students

    I preferred the Easy A's series. Of course, they were not as in-depth as our books, but for a slow reader like me, those books were a God-send, especially during a time

  10. How many credit hours did you take during your pre-admission semesters? (pre-req's)

    Despareux replied to AaronsMommyxx's topic in General Students

    Wow, we had 56 credit hours worth of classes to take before we could even apply. Sounds like a fair program you're going into. I think I would split it up evenly or even spread it out an extra...

  11. discouraged with my critcal thinking

    Despareux replied to patty554's topic in General Students

    You're only in fundamentals. Don't be so hard on yourself. Even when you graduate, you'll still have a ways to go before those critical thinking skills become top notch. I like to think of critical...

  12. most troubling trend in healthcare

    Despareux replied to sophie09's topic in General Nursing

    For the sake of budget, safety is compromised and blame is placed on staff. I'll give you an example. I read an evidence based practice article related to tubing misconnections. The fix is simple...

  13. Obama's Student Loan Relief Plan

    Despareux replied to KareBear0609's topic in General Students

    Or just make the cost of a college education realistically attainable. Maybe, instead of student loan forgiveness, college costs would be based on a fee scale WITH the stipulation of so many...

  14. Having a dog during nursing school

    Despareux replied to jiwonkim89's topic in General Students

    I just thought of an idea that may work for my dog. We used to crate him until he figured out how to unlock his crate, so we used a pad lock with a key, but he managed to loosen the sides and metal...

  15. How do you study with a baby?!?

    Despareux replied to mrsb04's topic in General Students

    Time management is one of the most difficult aspects of nursing school and a critical aspect of being a nurse (according to all the nurses we've spoken with). It seems like in each quarter of nursing...

  16. Having a dog during nursing school

    Despareux replied to jiwonkim89's topic in General Students

    My dog temporarily runs away as the intensity picks up during each quarter. He usually returns within a few hours. My dog unlocks our door, removes the board from the sliding glass door, and lets...

  17. Male Nurse Midwife

    Despareux replied to Sowhat105's topic in General Students

    I would have loved to have had a male perspective on my childbirth experiences and I know of a lot of other women who feel the same as I do. Men are always an equal asset to nursing care in all...

  18. freaking out about skills checkoffs...

    Despareux replied to maxcat's topic in General Students

    So, SO glad we're done with check-offs. Those were a major source of anxiety for me. I would literally shake, turn pale, and sometimes would "cry" involuntarily. Boy oh boy, I would be a mess....

  19. pathophysiology vs fundamentals

    Despareux replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    Fundamentals, because it incorporates the disease process along with the nursing process, which was a challenge for me to integrate, initially. We had to know our patho before we could go into...

  20. Suggestions for supplies :)

    Despareux replied to JulieVN:)'s topic in General Students

    I carry a pencil case with sticky colored tabs, couple of highlighters, pencil, erasers for my pencil, pencil grips, fine point pens, staples and stapler, white-out. I have folders for each...

  21. How to pretend you have the confidence when you don't

    Despareux replied to Java Mama's topic in General Students

    I want to believe that most experienced, and new, nurses understand what fundamental students go through. They may even giggle silently while reminiscing about their fundamentals experience. I...

  22. Soon to graduate and still don't know what I'm doing

    Despareux replied to greyL's topic in General Students

    I graduate in March and feel the same--not enough clinical experience. But we probably have a decent foundation, enough so, where we would require little instruction; as opposed to someone with zero...

  23. writing papers during school?

    Despareux replied to aachavez's topic in General Students

    I'm in an ADN program and we have 2-3 big papers due each quarter. The minimum amount for these larger papers is 8-10 text pages. Last quarter, my peds paper was 37 pages. Even though the minimum...

  24. Can see the light- One more class to go!

    Despareux replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Wow! How exciting is that?!?! An early congratulations for all the dedication and hard work you put into accomplishing your

  25. Who actually ENJOYS clinical?

    Despareux replied to foreverLaur's topic in General Students

    Love clinicals. Hate most charting systems; they take up too much time--precious time that could be spent with a