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  1. Is anyone a nurse extern in huntington wv?

    I was just wanting some information on it. I plan on doing it after my first semester, or after my first year if i can. Thanks
  2. Has anyone else had this problem?

    I just recently gotten married, and I am in the process of getting my social security card. My application for graduation is due on Jan 20th and I havent gotten all of my information changed at my school because I need my social security card. My car...
  3. When to specialize?

    Hi. I dont know if I can help you but I am half way through nursing school and at the hospital I am at they hired 4 student nurses and train them as scrub techs and when we graduate we will be training to be a circulating nurses. So when we graduate ...
  4. ACT and/or NET Score

    23 on the ACT...Well when I took it the first time I thought I had bombed it to..But I came out with a 20 and the second time a 23....I think with any test as big as that one you may feel like you bombed it..But when you get your score back I bet it ...
  5. I got an extern job in the OR!

    I am just so happy about getting an extern job in the OR! We start May 23rd. Anyone who works in the OR have any suggestions? Example: what kind of shoe is good for all that standing, etc. Or any words of advice. I have always wanted to work in the...
  6. I got an extern job in the OR!

    Thanks...I had one clinical day there and I loved it. We have had clinicals everywhere and this is the one place that I know I will like. I just cant wait! Im nervous about starting but the good thing is that my friend got a job externing down there ...
  7. No more careplans!

    I am so happy for you..I wish they would come and talk to our school..lol..but thats great..They are helpful but when a person is staying up until 2am to finish it and they have to be at the hospital at 7am that is not good...I wish that our teachers...
  8. Constipation nursing diagnosis

    My Nusing Diagnosis is constipation. I know some interventions but the problem is my pt. is NPO. So i cant say increase her fiber intake or anything like that. She is on no laxatives and stool softeners. She had a colon resection. Sorry if this is va...
  9. Interventions for constipation

    My Nusing Diagnosis is constipation. I know some interventions but the problem is my pt. is NPO. So i cant say increase her fiber intake or anything like that. She is on no laxatives and stool softeners. She had a colon resection. Sorry if this is v...
  10. Constipation nursing diagnosis

    Well I changed my number one to Nausea My number 1 was Nausea 2. Balanced Nutrition Less than 3. Excess fluid volume (IV osmol was low and so was H&H) The reason I thought of nausea was because that was why she wasnt eating and b/c of her not eat...
  11. Constipation nursing diagnosis

    true..oh well i guess i will reorder them thanks
  12. Constipation nursing diagnosis

    Thats ok trust me I am so confused right now also..This teacher grades these so hard and I cant come up with anything.
  13. Constipation nursing diagnosis

    She has been post op for 10 days that is why I put it also she has not passed gas...I also have others I have to put Like imbalanced nutrition, Excess fluid volume (overhydration from IV fluid), etc Thanks
  14. Wedding planning while in nursing school

    Congratulations to you!!! Im getting married in September.(it will be my last year of school) I know school will be in but I know I can do it. I have the mind set that I am not going to put my life on hold because of school. But hey that is just m...
  15. Your test taking strategy-what works for you

    My test taking depends on what mood I am in. Before this semester every test I took in high school or college I would start on the last answer and work my way to the first. Then I would start on the first and work my way toward the last on the ones...
  16. What is Considered Passing at Your School??

    At our school a 76 is passing. We also have to pass a Final Skills test get three tries or we are out, get a satisfactory in clinical, and pass math exam about medications. Last semester we lost 12. Last semester one boy had a 75.3 and they failed...
  17. so, are ya studying this weekend?

    Ive got some major studying..I have a urinary test monday, 20 page case study due friday..and I have a quiz in micro monday and tuesday(short answer quizes)..clinical tuesday and ER rotation thursday (Im looking forward to) If i can get through this ...
  18. OR Rotation!

    I absolutely loved it!!!It was awesome. I didnt get to see any big cases but it was great. I loved the exploaratory laparscopy. Seeing the insides of someone is way different than the book..I wish we had more than one rotation..I learned so much t...
  19. OR Rotation!

    Yeah the personalility is so much different...They joke around and actually want to help you learn..The two nurses I was with was like come over here and look and was helping me with everything..when i left they asked if I enjoyed it and they were ha...
  20. OR Rotation!

    I think I liked it because it was way different than being on the floor. To me every clinical seems to be the same. Which I guess if it was my job everyday would feel like that. I would like to be in OR but I would love L&D, ICU or something l...
  21. OR Rotation!

    The OB doctor that did the laparscopy with was great. He was like "get closer so you can see" and so on. The person I was with was a scrub tech and not a nurse. I liked it..Maybe because it was a different experience...To me every clinical seems t...
  22. OR Rotation!

    RNKittyKat, thats sad that you dont have a rotation for OR i wish that everyone would get to because it is a wonderful experience and shows a different area of nursing. Oh yeah I was supposed to watch a hysterectomy today but it was cancelled:o. I wi...
  23. Gave my First Shot!

    I gave my first injection. It was a Sub-Q lovenox injection. It was pretty neat. Not as hard a I thought. It helped that my instructor was talking to the guy while I gave it.
  24. Accepted to BScN now what?

    Great Job!!Nothing is better than getting the aceptance letter. The only thing I can say is try to get your books early unless like me you have to wait for fin. aid to come in (It takes forever!). At orientation for me in july they gave us reading ...
  25. Did I make the right decision??

    I go to St. Marys School of Nursing in huntington WV.......I was just curious to where you are going..