JROregon

JROregon ASN, BSN, RN

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  1. New CNA grad, Hospital & Smells!!!

    JROregon replied to Noob_to_Nursing's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I still can't stand the smell of the plastic food trays with food older than a couple of minutes. I totally understand why my nauseous patients want those trays out of their rooms. Can't get away...

  2. did anyone fail any of their nursing classes? (i'm going for RN)

    JROregon replied to codyiscool's topic in General Students

    We have 3 terms/year and have lost about 3 people per term for low test scores or "life" issues. Out of 50-something, that's not too bad. If you fail out, you can apply and come back the following...

  3. whats nursing fundamentals class like? cna type class?

    JROregon replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    We had Potter & Perry and Perry & Potter. Two expensive books with plenty of incomprehensible material and yes, with misspellings and grammatical errors-a-plenty. Was so elated to move onto...

  4. Answer this question please...

    JROregon replied to forgop's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well, when said daughter is a little older and in college and making decisions (good or bad) for herself, she will have some protection against HPV which is nasty all by itself. Here's the deal, you...

  5. Definition please? OR, PACU, Scrub, Circulating, Perioperative?

    JROregon replied to Lilbit's topic in General Students

    I have only done a morning in orthopedic surgery and another in obstetrics. I think the circulation nurse has the best job. Although, it would be a great gig to be the surgeon's first assist. Usually...

  6. Definition please? OR, PACU, Scrub, Circulating, Perioperative?

    JROregon replied to Lilbit's topic in General Students

    I believe that the scrub nurse handles all the sterile supplies and hands them to the surgeon. This person maintains the sterile field and is "scrubbed up" in surgical scrubs along with the surgeon...

  7. Definition please? OR, PACU, Scrub, Circulating, Perioperative?

    JROregon replied to Lilbit's topic in General Students

    OR/Circulating nurse is in charge of everything that happens in the operating room. He/she gets sterile supplies for scrub nurse/tech, gets patient prepped (betadine scrub, positioning on the table),...

  8. is this a good idea?

    JROregon replied to memphis2000's topic in General Students

    Thatguy is right on..... I happen to like my A&P book because it gives really easy to digest information. That would be the best reading. As you study each system, try to come up with the...

  9. is this a good idea?

    JROregon replied to memphis2000's topic in General Students

    In short, no. It would be helpful to go over patient assessments - head to toe. However, to read about it is only slightly helpful. You just won't retain the information. If you have a friend going...

  10. Advise for upcoming clinical

    JROregon replied to nethmzd's topic in General Students

    Many nurses are not going to want to deal with you when you are new so make yourself useful for the first few weeks by doing your patient assessments, answering those call lights and any help you can...

  11. What makes med-surg class seem hard to you?

    JROregon replied to northmississippi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm with ImThatGuy. We have different instructors teaching each chunk of material. When I started thinking like the instructor, I started getting A's. It made it a lot easier to study. I would take...

  12. Medical Dosage Calculations Class

    JROregon replied to studentgolfer's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah, I don't understand why you would have to take a class on this. See if your school has a test bank in the library for old med calculation tests. Besides conversions from lbs to kgs, and mg to...

  13. Im thinking of getting my BSN, and I already have my B.A. in Sociology

    JROregon replied to LAURA128's topic in General Students

    Get on it. You will absolutely have more options open to you in the nursing field. A BSN is does not automatically equal a job but once you get about a year of med-surg experience under your belt,...

  14. Is this academic dishonesty?

    JROregon replied to Jessicias85's topic in General Students

    No way. The only downside is that the reading will put you to sleep since you can't put a lot of it to use right

  15. How many people here HAVE NOT become CNA certified before applying to Nursing school?

    JROregon replied to kagi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am an older student and when I compare my younger (20-something) classmates who are CNAs to those who are not CNAs, there is a huge difference in the level of confidence the experienced ones have...

  16. How many people here HAVE NOT become CNA certified before applying to Nursing school?

    JROregon replied to kagi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Streamline2010 - Most nursing schools in Oregon require a CNA prior to applying. During the first several months of clinicals, most of the work we did was CNA type work. Even when we were allowed to...

  17. how far ahead should I get?

    JROregon replied to Jessicias85's topic in General Students

    Never knew there was a dosage calculation book. Good to know. The math is likely one of the easier parts of nursing school. Do you have a class that covers only medication

  18. I would like an idea of what nursing school is going to be like

    JROregon replied to clclc4444's topic in General Students

    Mondays - morning class for 2-1/2 hours, skills lab for 1 hour (not every week) Tuesday - morning class for 2-1/2 hours, pharm for 1 hour (not every week), then off to the hospital to pick patients...

  19. Time commitment for ADN program??

    JROregon replied to FLhusker's topic in General Students

    I am almost done with my first year, 2 more weeks. You might want to find out how much out of class time you'll need to prepare for clinicals (I spend about 3-4 hours prepping and writing up care...

  20. Overwhelmed....will it always be like this?

    JROregon replied to FLhusker's topic in General Students

    I'm not in a BSN program but it sounds like the first two weeks of our nursing program. I would call it "immersive". You will have so many terms thrown at you, so many acronyms, too many chapters,...

  21. Pathophysiology?

    JROregon replied to mursetudent25's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Pay attention to Clinical Manifestations, the most common treatments and how you would interact with a patient who has the diagnosis if you are tested in the NCLEX style. If you know what your patient...

  22. online nursing school

    JROregon replied to Louisiana's topic in General Students

    You might be able to take some online classes to get through some of the pre-requisites to get into nursing school. I can't think of any nursing schools where you could do all the work on-line...

  23. Do I need this for nursing school?

    JROregon replied to StangGang92's topic in General Students

    Clipboard? for what? Might be helpful for writing down patient data (we do patient data preps the night or morning before clinicals). You'll want a pocket calculator, something cheap, you'll only be...

  24. What if I fail again?

    JROregon replied to GirlDotson's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The U. of Phoenix is an awfully expensive way to get a AA degree in something that has no value and the classes can't be transferred to a CC or university. Why not take a placement test at your local...

  25. career boost: would a bachelors in human resources help?

    JROregon replied to northmississippi's topic in Nursing Career

    Probably not. Having past work experience in human resources might be a plus for getting hired. A number of hospitals in my state will only hire BSNs, they likely won't look at any other bachelors...