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  1. Obtaining/verifying consent

    aegirl replied to Gampopa's topic in General Nursing

    I just covered this yesterday in lecture and my instructor said that we are only witnesses to the signature. He also said that next to witness he always puts "signature

  2. Is LPN school easier than RN?

    aegirl replied to DebbieLynne's topic in General Students

    I'm in an LPN program now. I will say this...the first semester RN students are learning the skills in the lab that I learned in 1st semester plus they are doing atleast one of the skills i'm...

  3. Cna 1st or go straight to lvn/rn

    aegirl replied to carlaann12's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have no medical experience whatsover and i'm going into my last semester of PN school and most of the students in my class aren't CNAs. I think the ones who were CNAs had an advantage at first,...

  4. Which is better?

    aegirl replied to jillybean2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I think the best thing to do is talk to each school and see which one seems better for you. At my CC you have a lot of clinical experience...and not just in LTC. You have a lot of clinicals in the...

  5. Questions About Vocational Schools

    aegirl replied to Kriscocho's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    You may want to ask where they do there clinicals; long term care facilities, acute care, etc. I go to a community college...but the vocational school in my area mainly just does long term care....

  6. Stethoscope lights

    aegirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know where you can get stethoscope lights? I'm a student nurse and one of the nurses at my clinical site has one. I asked her where she got it and she said one of the other nurses gave...

  7. How long does it take you

    aegirl replied to blee1's topic in General Students

    Our concept map consists of clustering the abnormals...then focusing on the 2 main clusters and writing a nursing diagnosis on that....like the R/T, AEB...etc. Then we have to write goals. Takes...

  8. artifical nails off..angry nurse

    aegirl replied to Lady Sapphire's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm in PN school and we were told NO artificial nails. My instructor said that some places they are even

  9. Are You Gonna Go ALL The Way?

    aegirl replied to NoDayButToday's topic in General Nursing

    I look at it this way...we as nurses care for and make the patient get well. The doctor just gives a diagnosis and tells the nurse what to do. Not that i'm looking down on physicians...they do a...

  10. Why do you want to be a nurse?

    aegirl replied to e_pigpig's topic in General Nursing

    I decided to go into nursing (LPN student at the moment) because I wanted to help people and care for them, I didn't want to sit on my butt all day (been there done that), there is a lot of...

  11. If you could do it all over again.....

    aegirl replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    At my CC...you'd be lucky to become an ultrasound tech is 4 or 5 years. They only have 8 slots into the clinical portion of the program. I thought about doing that but I'd never get

  12. Clinical Uniforms - Any students from Our Lady of Lourdes

    aegirl replied to einsteinsboi's topic in General Students

    At my school we wear white polyester pants and a white tunic. You do have a choice of wearing a dress. All white shoes or sneakers, no clogs. WHITE underwear...no thongs. lol They specifically...

  13. how does your nursing school deal with pregnant nursing students?

    aegirl replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Students

    We don't have anyone that is pregnant in my class. I'm sure the reason they want a note is so they have it documented. Plus i'm sure you have some kind of weight restriction and they need that...

  14. Clinical Bag?

    aegirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need to get some kind of bag to take with me to clinicals. Anyone have some ideas on what to get or some links to nice ones?

  15. Clinical Bag?

    aegirl replied to aegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I had orientation today and they told us we should keep a separate clinical bag and told us some things we should bring. Like certain paperwork, med & diagnosis cards, etc. So i'm assuming we...

  16. nursing school really FULL TIME???

    aegirl replied to brandy119's topic in General Nursing

    Here's my schedule for my lpn program MWF: Clinicals 7:30-2:30 Tues: Lecture 9-12; Basic micro 1-2:30 Thurs: Lecture 9-12 The nursing director said there really is no way you can work 40 hours and do...

  17. books

    aegirl replied to stephera's topic in General Nursing

    Why not just get your books from the bookstore? They usually are about the same price as amazon. 1 or 2 might end up being a little more but you'll make up for that on shipping from amazon unless...

  18. Insoles?

    aegirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Are there a certain kind of insoles you would recommend? I know i'm going to need something to help keep my feet from hurting. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

  19. Ultrascopes?

    aegirl replied to manna's topic in General Students

    I got my nursing books today at the bookstore and guess what they had? Ultrascopes! So I broke down and got one! It was $90. It's yellow and has ladybugs. It's really cute! I tried it out on my...

  20. Ultrascopes?

    aegirl replied to manna's topic in General Students

    I'd like to get one as well, but I think we have to have a scope with a dual head at my school. I dunno how well i'd like using just a single headed one either. You may want to try out the...

  21. Underwear question

    aegirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    What kind of underwear do you guys wear under your scrubs? I just got into clinicals and was wondering what brand and style you guys where that stay put and don't ride up!

  22. Help....tried out Littman Classic II

    aegirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I went and tried out the Littman Classic II stethoscope this evening and the first one I couldn't hear anything. So the guy checked it out and he really couldn't hear anything either...so he said it...

  23. Question about Littman Classic II

    aegirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you have to rotate the chestpiece to turn the side on you want to use? I bought a sprague stethoscope and you have to turn it like that. But I had been trying a Littman Classic II and couldn't...

  24. Help....tried out Littman Classic II

    aegirl replied to aegirl's topic in General Nursing

    How much would you be willing to sell it

  25. Help....tried out Littman Classic II

    aegirl replied to aegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Try selling it on ebay if nobody on here wants