BacktotheBeach

BacktotheBeach ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. Giving Thank you gifts

    Our clinical group went in together and got a restaurant gift card for our instructor. I felt kind of weird about it, but no one else seemed to. The teacher seemed to really appreciate
  2. What was your final like?

    Wow, mine is on Tuesday and I would be so excited if ANY questions were reused from the previous exams but I don't think it will happen. I am doing tons of NCLEX style questions and re reading all the...
  3. When Does Your Semester End?

    Quarters here not semesters. Today was the last day of lecture, Monday and Tuesday are the lab practical and the final exam. YAY! 1 quarter of nursing school down, 6 to go. I cannot wait for my break...
  4. NS Wish List

    A good stethoscope, like a Littman. An Ipod touch for nursing apps. Yea, and lots of
  5. Best makeup for clinicals?

  6. Recent Hondros Cols grads having problems finding a job as RN?

    check out Marion Technical College, just north of Columbus. I think it takes 1 year to bridge, lots of people come from Columbus. Cheap in state tuition, around $100 a credit
  7. Depression and Nursing School

    Welcome and I love your nic. I am an addict, too. Please hang in there! I would definitely go talk to someone at your school, ASAP, and I would also get back to the doctor ASAP and get the meds...
  8. Reading Nursing Fundamentals prior to NS?

    I read and did the practice questions in Prentice Hall's Reviews and Rationales, Foundations of Nursing. I am finishing up my first quarter of NS and it was very closely aligned with what we studied....
  9. Best makeup for clinicals?

    I would get Bare Minerals, mineral makeup. It does cost about $60 for the starter kit, but it lasts forever!! I think if you don't want the whole kit you can get the foundation only for about $20....
  10. What's your school's cut-off for passing?

    I'm ADN, we have to score 75% to
  11. Amount of clinicals?

    We do 2-6 hour days a week for the entire 2 year/7 quarter
  12. How did *you* rock it today?

    I rocked it again today! I passed my first dosage test with a 96%. This is the first time in my entire life to get an A on a math test. No calculators allowed. Next quarter we are allowed to use...
  13. How did *you* rock it today?

    I passed my tube feed check off in
  14. Dansko Sizing

    I was told they are supposed to not touch in the back. They should fit like a backless clog. If they are at all tight, it is not good! So you might think they are too big, but probably just right. I...
  15. Pharmacology advice!!

    I was in the same boat! Get a good dosage calculation book. Get yourself ready knowing conversions and being able to do simple problems. My school uses Janney and Flahive, Calculation of Drug Dosages....
  16. What is your vision for redecorating an alzheimers/locked unit?

    I am a first year nursing student, and I just observed the most beautiful AZ unit. All along the walls, beautiful trees, vines, flowers were painted. Occasionally there was a garden gate. They had a...
  17. priority nursing questions

    Get this book, amazon or half.com are pretty cheap. It is great! Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment by Linda LaCharity isbn
  18. REALLY, really silly question

    We practice non invasive things on each other in lab, like head-to -toe assesments, BP, apical pulse. And I hear some practice bed baths in bathing
  19. Drug Handbook

    One of our required books was the Pearson Drug Guide. But I have Davis Drug Guide on my Ipod and online access through Nursing Central and I think it is much better. If you are using online sources,...
  20. Ideas for community nursing clinicals

    Observe an Alzheimers unit or a senior citizens
  21. lectures on fundamentals

    Do you have an Ipod? I'm not sure what all is there, but on Ipod University, there are tons of lectures on many different subjects. There is a whole Health and Medicine section and i know there are...
  22. we cannot have acrylic fingernails

    Welcome to the forum! I was at my first clinical assignment at a nursing home on Friday and we noticed the nurse had acrylic nails. We were all horrified, as was our instructor. We did that experiment...
  23. pink stethoscopes

    Just don't get the breast cancer pink one. I just got it and it is ugly, chalky, skin colored and I am so disappointed!!! It doesn't look like the picture, it is
  24. Any good sites for practice NCLEX questions?

    I am in Fundamentals, too, and am always looking for more questions!! Does your book have an online component or CD? I can find a few more questions in these places. Then I go to Saunders and Kaplan...
  25. Ok, weird story, and I am just a nursing student, BTW. This summer at my neighborhood swimming pool where my son is a lifeguard, 2 guards turned up with MRSA. They were females, with sores on the...