gpatry

gpatry

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About gpatry

Starting Nursing School at Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec in August 2010!

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  1. Medical words that make you cringe.

    Fistula also gets to me, crepitation (I can just hear bones grinding together when I hear the word)... I'm sure there's more. I'm going to reflect upon this and come back. I like this topic.
  2. What did you do on your MedSurg I clinical?

    I'll let you know, I start this week :)
  3. Yup :)
  4. What do you guys do to wake up in the morning?

    As long as I get to bed at a decent time, I don't have that much trouble on most days. I do have 3 alarms set at 15 minute intervals, the last one being a really obnoxious sound that I've gotten my brain to realize means "get the heck up now or you'r...
  5. Ugh

    When I attempt to put myself in that situation, as being one of the people in the room watching you, I think I would just find it a funny freak occurence, rather than think less of you as an aspiring nurse. Don't sweat it, stuff like that happens to ...
  6. How to retain it? Apply it.
  7. Like everyone said, it's really practice. I hated doing BP at first. I was never sure of what I was hearing. I had no problem with diastolic, but systolic killed me for a long time. Just remember it's the first really clear, loud beat you hear, after...
  8. test question!

    We had a similar question and the answer for us was to alert the physician
  9. What are your clinical times ???

    I have it 7:30am-3:30pm every Wednesday. It's always the same time for us, either Tuesday or Wednesday and we find out a month or two before classes which day it will be.
  10. Is it just me or......

    I just finished my first semester and found it way easier than expected as well. I think one of the reasons is because my expectations were so high. I started NS thinking it would be EXTREMELY difficult. I'm sure if I had gone in in a different minds...
  11. how far do you drive for school

    I live in a big city and take public transport. If I'm traveling during rush hour, the metros come more frequently so it takes me 20 mins to get to school. Non-rush hour, 35 mins tops. I lucked out.
  12. Nursing School Pen Pal

    I'm interested too :monkeydance:
  13. I'm in nursing school now and have a large dog. I've had his since he was a puppy, and he's now three. I go to school 5 days a week and work 15-20 hours also. I don't find it so bad, you just have to find the time for it. I come home on Tuesdays and ...
  14. Nursing school is too easy!

    I actually feel the same way about my school so far. But I'm in my first semester. I just find it sooo basic right now and that they're not trying to weed anyone out at all. But I don't know, I'm only 6 weeks in... so I guess I can't really judge tha...
  15. What do your study spaces look like?

    haha, he's my study buddy