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  1. anyone here NOT take an NCLEX review class and still passed? how did you do it?

    mavnurse replied to Liz21's topic in General Nursing

    I did not attend a review class, and passed at 75 questions (or whatever the minimum was - I don't remember!) I had a Saunders book because it was on the required reading list for a class, but I...

  2. Scared to start an IV

    mavnurse replied to shortsteph12's topic in General Students

    I know! She really did need a new IV, but geez...and I wasn't the only person practicing on her since we rotate in partners. She kept saying "it doesn't matter to her," but I felt bad after a few...

  3. Scared to start an IV

    mavnurse replied to shortsteph12's topic in General Students

    My very last clinical rotation this semester was to the ICU and much to my horror my professor was there working as a nurse!!! So of course she went around looking for all the scary stuff for me to...

  4. what are your goals for next semester?

    mavnurse replied to cingulargirl21's topic in General Students

    My goals are to actually pay attention in class and to not cram!!! (Yeah,

  5. HESI question

    mavnurse replied to aruray's topic in General Students

    ^^^Wow, you did great. I think the lowest number missed was 9 or 10 questions. Nooooo one made a 99 in our

  6. HESI question

    mavnurse replied to aruray's topic in General Students

    ^^^Wow, you did great. I think the lowest number missed was 9 or 10 questions. Nooooo one made a 99 in our

  7. HESI question

    mavnurse replied to aruray's topic in General Students

    Yeah, not to scare you but we took the Fundamentals HESI this semester and it killed us. Our instructor worked wo hard with the HESI people to raise our grades as much as possible. This was the...

  8. HESI question

    mavnurse replied to aruray's topic in General Students

    Yeah, not to scare you but we took the Fundamentals HESI this semester and it killed us. Our instructor worked wo hard with the HESI people to raise our grades as much as possible. This was the...

  9. Stumped on Nursing Diagnosis for Episiotomy

    mavnurse replied to shel_wny's topic in General Students

    Just change it all together and use the cop-out diagnosis we do in my group when we can't think of anything else: Risk for Falls. I think there were some people who used that every

  10. Describing Skin Turgor

    mavnurse replied to snwflknurse's topic in General Students

    We write "instant recoil at clavicle" (or wherever) or "skin

  11. nursing school presentations

    mavnurse replied to BlaineCM's topic in General Students

    I think the "rule" at my school is something like 1 project per class per

  12. nursing school presentations

    mavnurse replied to BlaineCM's topic in General Students

    I think the "rule" at my school is something like 1 project per class per

  13. nursing school presentations

    mavnurse replied to BlaineCM's topic in General Students

    Yes, I have one on Tuesday. It's a group project, and I have one more group project in the works for a different class. :angryfire Sorry, I don't like group projects or presentations...especially...

  14. nursing school presentations

    mavnurse replied to BlaineCM's topic in General Students

    Yes, I have one on Tuesday. It's a group project, and I have one more group project in the works for a different class. :angryfire Sorry, I don't like group projects or presentations...especially...

  15. A & P 2 and Nursing I at the same time, am I that CRAZY?????

    mavnurse replied to dream8's topic in General Students

    At my school you have to take those two classes at the same time. We all survived!! (And half of us were taking chem and micro along with those classes...I took 19 hours that semester and had 3...

  16. A & P 2 and Nursing I at the same time, am I that CRAZY?????

    mavnurse replied to dream8's topic in General Students

    At my school you have to take those two classes at the same time. We all survived!! (And half of us were taking chem and micro along with those classes...I took 19 hours that semester and had 3...

  17. ? about giving shots

    mavnurse replied to PCGrad06's topic in General Students

    ^^This was on a mannequin and he was slippery after I wiped him off with alcohol, so my hand kinda...slid. It hurts just thinking about the webbing thing.

  18. ? about giving shots

    mavnurse replied to PCGrad06's topic in General Students

    We learned 90 degree angles for all types of shots. I guess everyone learns it differently. Oh, but DON'T stick yourself accidentally during check offs like I

  19. before clinical breakfast ideas?

    mavnurse replied to kimhaw's topic in General Students

    I have the same problem going a long time without food. For clinical mornings, I have a cup of yogurt and coffee before I leave and then I take either juice or a yogurt smoothie thing and a PowerBar...

  20. How do you do in skill lab check offs?

    mavnurse replied to lisamc1RN's topic in General Students

    Ummm well we had injection check offs today and I stuck myself with the needle. :imbar It was an IM and I was doing the z track thing and the plastic leg was slippery from cleaning it with...

  21. Scared of gross things!

    mavnurse replied to LilStudent's topic in General Students

    LOL, I have two sets and I've used them up!!! I have to do something with them before next Wednesday.

  22. Scared of gross things!

    mavnurse replied to LilStudent's topic in General Students

    I'm the exact same way - or thought I was. I can't even look at my dog's business without gagging, and the same goes for vomit or anything else. Yesterday I had my second clinical. So far I've...

  23. Stethoscope Cost

    mavnurse replied to Rivs's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I ordered a Littman Master Classic II at orientation...I don't get it until the

  24. What is the name of the college you will be attending?

    mavnurse replied to PCGrad06's topic in General Students

    Univ. of Texas @

  25. A&P I.........Love it or hate it??

    mavnurse replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

    I took a&p 1 along with chemistry and my first nursing class, plus 3 other classes at the same time. It was a lot of work (20 hours!), but not impossible. A&p ended up being my favorite...