IndyElmer

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1. I feel afraid and discouraged :( Just checked my grades.......

   IndyElmer replied to Elkay's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   It's my relatively inexperienced opinion that really stellar reference letters and work experience can help make up for a GPA that is closer to the minimum requirement GPA for a school (and not all...

2. New Grad trolling for advice...please

   IndyElmer replied to chiromed0's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Some of my classmates have already declared that they will NOT be working nights (which suprised me as I thought it was a lucky new grad who managed to get a day shift job while many new grads "pay...

3. Great at care plans, suck at concept maps.

   IndyElmer replied to SentimentalGeek's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Whether or not it's "mess of boxes & circles" depends on how your instructor requires you to do the concept map. The ones required by my instructors are not as crazy looking as some that I've...

4. Best care plan book?

   IndyElmer replied to Tonks57's topic in General Students

   My instructor REQUIRES Carpenito for some portions of a care plan / concept map but allows us to use other nursing diagnosis books for other parts. Most people ahead of me seem to really like...

5. What studying routine works for you?

   IndyElmer replied to Rayray13's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   However you keep track of important things that you'd never miss --- doctor appointments, shifts at work, a kid's music recital, dinner with friends --- whether that's a paper calendar/planner, a...

6. Is it "5 rights" or "6 rights"?

   IndyElmer replied to CRNBSN18's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I've actually seen up to 10 rights, but as others have said, the "official" 5 are the five listed plus documentation as the most common additional right. There's a list of the "10" rights in this...

7. I need your help to find a meaning behind two words

   IndyElmer replied to itk3838's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Are you 100% sure of the spelling of the

8. Are nurses really vulnerable?

   IndyElmer replied to Dinma123's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   One way that I think nurses have to be (or at least feel) vulnerable is when you have to admit a mistake or near miss. While it is absolutely the right thing to do, admitting a mistake or near miss...

9. Anatomy Flashcards: YES OR NO?

   IndyElmer replied to peachshan's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I had access to both Netter and Kaplan anatomy flashcards. I thought the Kaplan cards were adequate for the job at hand, though I didn't really think they were necessary. I liked the cards for bones...

10. Formatting Software - recommend any certain one?

    IndyElmer replied to MiaLyse's topic in General Students

    What do you want to format? A hard drive? A

11. Care Plan Hell

    IndyElmer replied to Nolli's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I just got a 2011 IV drug guide for $1! If I end up refering to it a lot, I'll get the 2012. In case they might be useful to you, these are some of the sites that my pharm instructor suggested (some...

12. Potter and Perry 7th and 8th Editions

    IndyElmer replied to BrittRN2B14's topic in General Students

    Try to talk to people ahead of you in the program before you buy the 8th edition. People in the cohorts ahead of me keep telling me that they SELDOM looked at their textbooks, except for occasional...

13. Care Plan Hell

    IndyElmer replied to Nolli's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm also able to find that information in Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (though some drugs appear to not have antidotes

14. Obamacare and Mark of Beast... wrong time to be a nurse?

    IndyElmer replied to tarotale's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You can even form opinions based on speculation! You have the right to think that Obamacare is going to be a wildly expensive, poorly managed disaster, but you must state that as an opinion, not...

15. Obamacare and Mark of Beast... wrong time to be a nurse?

    IndyElmer replied to tarotale's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Tarotale, to say that we are going to be required to have chips implanted in us is not an OPINION, that is a FACT. Facts should be verifiable by documentation or observation. Before getting up-in-arms...