BacktotheBeach

BacktotheBeach ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. Giving Thank you gifts

    BacktotheBeach replied to Hopeful3's topic in General Students

    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?

    BacktotheBeach replied to yesitslaura's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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?

    BacktotheBeach replied to princsheather's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    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

    BacktotheBeach replied to Kyla.ann's topic in General Students

    A good stethoscope, like a Littman. An Ipod touch for nursing apps. Yea, and lots of

  5. Best makeup for clinicals?

    BacktotheBeach replied to chinacatSN's topic in General Students

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

    BacktotheBeach replied to wonderyearsgirl's topic in Ohio Nursing

    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

    BacktotheBeach replied to chapstickaddict's topic in General Students

    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?

    BacktotheBeach replied to Strwbrywne's topic in General Students

    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?

    BacktotheBeach replied to chinacatSN's topic in General Students

    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?

    BacktotheBeach replied to cobee's topic in General Students

    I'm ADN, we have to score 75% to

  11. Amount of clinicals?

    BacktotheBeach replied to MissChloe's topic in General Students

    We do 2-6 hour days a week for the entire 2 year/7 quarter

  12. How did *you* rock it today?

    BacktotheBeach replied to pockunit's topic in General Students

    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?

    BacktotheBeach replied to pockunit's topic in General Students

    I passed my tube feed check off in

  14. Dansko Sizing

    BacktotheBeach replied to FutureUofARN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    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!!

    BacktotheBeach replied to clucito01's topic in General Students

    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?

    BacktotheBeach replied to wiley6coyote's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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

    BacktotheBeach replied to Amber0515's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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

    BacktotheBeach replied to Sugar-Phosphate's topic in General Students

    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

    BacktotheBeach replied to bippityboo's topic in General Students

    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

    BacktotheBeach replied to sparklegirl_007's topic in General Students

    Observe an Alzheimers unit or a senior citizens

  21. lectures on fundamentals

    BacktotheBeach replied to swansonplace's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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

    BacktotheBeach replied to jh56031's topic in General Students

    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

    BacktotheBeach replied to amanda.j's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    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?

    BacktotheBeach replied to kk83's topic in General Students

    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. For a patient with MRSA, what do you wear into their room?

    BacktotheBeach replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

    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...