PatMac10,RN RN

Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool

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    Any benefits with joining Phi Theta Kappa?

    PatMac10,RN replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Students

    I am a member and it seems to impress people. It can't hurt.
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    ADN class of 2013

    PatMac10,RN replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    If we can just make it to May 2013. We actually might have a shot a being a Registered Nurse! Lolz! Jk! Oh what a glorious time that will
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    ADN class of 2013

    PatMac10,RN replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    I'm sitting in our lecture room now. Waiting for the first day of summer semester to start! We have LD/OB, Community Health, and New Born Nursery This summer!!!!!! Ready to get started! Class of 2013!...
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    ADN class of 2013

    PatMac10,RN replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    Well we officially pinned our graduates today! We are now officially finished either the first year of nursing school! One more year to
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    Experienced Student Nurses...advice?

    PatMac10,RN replied to cchesney's topic in General Students

    Now when it comes to books outside the required. The demystified nursing series was awesome. However I only had the med surg version! I read the fundamentals made incredibly easy the summer before I...
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    Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    PatMac10,RN replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    If only I could say a few words. However, it seems like our faculty has a uncanny psychic connection wit hour cyber lives and post and by some whim of luck what is said here would end up on a desk at...
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    Made it Through My First Semester in NS

    PatMac10,RN replied to lifelearningrn's topic in General Students

    Sounds good Jenniferasch! I wish all the hope in the world for
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    Attitudes in healthcare (possible rant sorry)

    PatMac10,RN replied to white8tiger6's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ryan, I'm sorry to hear you've had such an experience. I hope you can find a facility that is more tailored to your work ethic soon! I am 19 year old second year male nursing student. I have worked...
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    Made it Through My First Semester in NS

    PatMac10,RN replied to lifelearningrn's topic in General Students

    Holla on that one! I'm guessing you guys are in a program where you start in the spring. Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am in am ADN program (5 Semesters) fall entry program and just finished my second...
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    Getting a C in Nursing

    PatMac10,RN replied to Annachu512's topic in General Students

    The key note speaker for the pinning for our 2012 graduating class on Tuesday is an RN who graduated from Our program some time ago. He didn't have the perfect grade stretch during nursing school, but...
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    ABG's acid/base balance

    PatMac10,RN replied to daisyfleur70's topic in General Students

    The ROME technique worked excellent for me and my classmates. Respiratory Opposite, Metabolic
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    Getting a C in Nursing

    PatMac10,RN replied to Annachu512's topic in General Students

    I agree with you. I wish and 80 was a b for us too, but it's not and I've learned to live with it now. I think our programs have the same grading scale. We had a very nice lady fail this past...
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    Getting a C in Nursing

    PatMac10,RN replied to Annachu512's topic in General Students

    Wow. What point scale is your school on. I am in a local CC's ADN program and here an 80 is a C, a B- starts at 85 or so. We have to keep a testing average of at least 80 just to take our final exam,...
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    Getting a C in Nursing

    PatMac10,RN replied to Annachu512's topic in General Students

    I agree with the OP. Before Nursing school, I was a strong A & B student throughout my college prereq's and graduated Magna Cum Laude from high school. My first semester of nursing school I made a...
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    Experienced Student Nurses...advice?

    PatMac10,RN replied to cchesney's topic in General Students

    As far as the dosage calculations go, I am a horrible math student, and I mean horrible. I'm talking about I struggled to get C and sometimes B's. However the math require for most, notice I said...
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    Experienced Student Nurses...advice?

    PatMac10,RN replied to cchesney's topic in General Students

    As some have posted, Looking at your fluid and electrolytes and basic lab values could be very helpful! I am a second year nursing student and I remember feeling the same way about summer when I first...
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    What is the first thing you are going to buy once you are a nurse?

    PatMac10,RN replied to Living4Peace's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I don't want to go crazy, but I do want to spurge that first check. I'll be freshly 20, single, with no kids when I graduate May 2013! I will probably just bask in that fact that I''l be licensed to...
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    Countdown to Pinning

    PatMac10,RN replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in General Students

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    ADN class of 2013

    PatMac10,RN replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    Our faculty stopped care plans for the remainde of the semester. Woohoo! We'eve got 2 more clinical days. 2 more tests, 2 finals, 2 ATI tests and pinning practice for our second year students. We also...
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    Some advice for a new Student Nurse!!!!

    PatMac10,RN replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in General Students

    We have gotten to clnicals. We started clinicals after 4 weeks of class during our first semester and started them this semester after one week if returning. I am actually caring for two patients now...
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    What was your FIRST semester?

    PatMac10,RN replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in General Students

    It was amazingly mind blowing, exciting, and overwhelming at the same time! Second semester, which is almost over, has been just as challenging! But I've found myself getting more and more excited...
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    Just Passed NCLEX-RN...

    PatMac10,RN replied to GingerRoot's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Omg! Congrats! Hopefully that will be me and my classmates around this time next
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    Some advice for a new Student Nurse!!!!

    PatMac10,RN replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in General Students

    Just wanted let you guys know I made it through the notorious first semester and Am finishing my second. It is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, but I love
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    Just Amazed

    PatMac10,RN replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    I agree that I have said much, much, much worse things about people and patients in generals hole venting, does it make it acceptable for me to say and do such things, no its not, according to my...
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    Where do LVNs work?

    PatMac10,RN replied to DBall's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In the hospital system I work for they are hired in offices, Ltc, and home health. We even have about 6 or 8 that work on the hospital units to fill in some