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    Win $100! February 2013 Caption Contest

    Skips replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    It won't hurt, they said. It will be fun, they
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    I'm not going to lie...

    Skips replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    I understand where you're coming from! I agree, it isn't necessarily faster doing the ADN
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    Having a difficult time with my Practicum Experience:

    Skips replied to mistymae22's topic in General Students

    I hate to say this, but it sounds like your attitude needs some work. Good luck with everything.
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    Jealous much?

    Skips replied to jakefromstatefarm's topic in General Students

    I'm not in nursing school to make friends. I'm there to get a degree. If I make friends, great. If not, it doesn't hurt my feelings. People in my school tend to be competitive, because we had to...
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    I'm not going to lie...

    Skips replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    You sound like you're trying to defend your decision to go to a community college. Why do you feel the need to defend it if you see nothing wrong with it? Nobody said anything negative about getting...
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    How in debt were you after Nursing school?

    Skips replied to lilwonder's topic in General Students

    Welllll. I'm in my 3rd semester. I have four more to go. I've been paying for school via grants, out-of-pocket, and subsidized student loans. So far, I have accumulated $6,750 worth of debt. I'm...
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    Jealous much?

    Skips replied to jakefromstatefarm's topic in General Students

    HA. Yeah. That happened to me, too. People would literally frown at me whenever I told them my grades. I stopped telling people. By the way, I love your username, jakefromstatefarm. Made me
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    I'm getting terminated from my first nursing job

    Skips replied to Nurseadam's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Okay, so what I want to know is....how charming/good-looking are you? 'cause like...you weren't dating this person before, I'm assuming. To get a co-worker you aren't in a relationship with to do it...
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    Pls HELP!! Confused, Am I understanding this right?

    Skips replied to scrlet's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, you are right. A-fib is a problem with the SA node being dysfunctional, so the electrical impulse doesn't begin there...it begins somewhere else, causing the atria to contract. The AV node is...
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    Anxiety in the Clinical Setting

    Skips replied to BlueChocolateCat's topic in General Students

    I definitely think I'm at a huge disadvantage to my peers that already have tech experience in the hospital. I do my best and try to stick to doing good work,
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    Is Nursing Really for me? I think I hate it...

    Skips replied to Emily Star's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Please, please, PLEASE get help. Just saying you want to commit suicide makes me think there's a lot more to it than just
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    Nursing as Second Career for Mature Professional w/Full-Time Job?

    Skips replied to journeyhope's topic in Nursing Career

    Why leave a good job that you like and spend money and time in something that makes less? It doesn't make sense. Nursing isn't all about helping people. A lot of it is task-oriented. Also, jobs may be...
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    I cracked under pressure.

    Skips replied to 9#n's topic in General Students

    Yeah, it's normal to be scared at first. Remember, you are never alone on the floor. You have other nurses that work there, your instructor, your classmates, and your primary nurse and the aides. You...
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    How do clinicals work?

    Skips replied to beccaleigh72's topic in General Students

    My second semester of my BSN program was exactly like that. We had clinical one day per week from 7 a.m. to 12:50 p.m., but we didn't have observation days until this semester. Our clinicals now are 7...
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    Insane Course Load ?

    Skips replied to mms97's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your course load? wow...............that's tough. D: Honestly, I took one science course at a time before nursing
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    Fundamentals

    Skips replied to Nicole1354's topic in General Students

    It's the "basics". We learned how to assess a patient, and what abnormal and normal assessments looked like. We reviewed IVs and care of IVs, vital signs, prevention of pressure ulcers, basic nursing...
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    Med/Surg vs Fundamentals

    Skips replied to RNdreams7's topic in General Students

    I think Med/Surg has been harder. It's not necessarily difficult. Fundamentals helped prepare us for answering the NCLEX style questions and thinking in terms of the nursing process. Other than that,...
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    How do you learn nursing skills at your school?

    Skips replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Students

    In my first semester, we had a theory portion of fundamentals twice per week, and we have a "clinical" portion once per week from 7 a.m. until 12:50 p.m. During this time, we would be in skills lab....
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    High divorce rate among nurses? Why?

    Skips replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely think it's easier to be married to another nurse/person who works in healthcare with weird hours. My husband is a nurse and I'm in nursing school, and we know full well that both of us...
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    Is it ever too early to study?!

    Skips replied to RosaleiMae's topic in General Students

    I think that's a great
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    Has anyone had the first exam yet? EEEEK!

    Skips replied to KimmyKat45's topic in General Students

    Well, my very first nursing test in fundamentals, I got a B on it. (: That was a year ago! I guess I should add more about it. It was harder than I expected. Lots of details to remember that I seemed...
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    Nurse with Disdain

    Skips replied to StuckInTheMiddle's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The neediness of patients INFURIATES you?! Whoa, buddy. That's a little wild. You are definitely not in the right career, and I will not go on any further than that. You already know
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    My BEST clinical day SO FAR.

    Skips replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    Glad you had a good day! My absolute best day of clinical so far was actually today. I went to the OR, and it was pretty much an amazing
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    Whats your favorite montra or saying?

    Skips replied to Kimynurse's topic in General Students

    Stay
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    Typical Clinical Day

    Skips replied to vintagemother's topic in General Students

    That's really odd that you're not allowed to observe or talk to the nurses. You're there to learn how to be a nurse, not a CNA. We are not given a list of tasks to complete during clinical. We're...