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  1. Best Drug Manual??!

    IndyElmer replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in General Students

    I found that I preferred the drug guides that were arranged alphabetically by generic, but it really is a personal preference. I liked Pearson and Davis and ended up going with Davis. I haven't...

  2. Experienced Student Nurses...advice?

    IndyElmer replied to cchesney's topic in General Students

    Agree completely with superV! Call or e-mail the nursing department to find out which book they use (if they use one). My school required Pickar's and it's pretty decent (in fact, I like it quite a...

  3. Experienced Student Nurses...advice?

    IndyElmer replied to cchesney's topic in General Students

    I really like the F&E book from the Pearson (formerly Prentice Hall) Reviews & Rationales series (by Mary Ann Hogan), but I've also heard that the one from the "Made Incredibly Easy" series is...

  4. General things you want your students to know before hand

    IndyElmer replied to Dezy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    All the schools that I was applying to required A&P before you could start the nursing school program. Some med-term might help you, but you're probably on the right track reviewing any anatomy...

  5. General things you want your students to know before hand

    IndyElmer replied to Dezy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So you haven't taken A&P

  6. classroom strategies - anyone using digital versions of texts on an ipad/tablet?

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

    I can't find the post in my nursing FB group, but I know that there are apps that will let you annotate & highlight your textbooks. There's a guy in the cohort ahead of me who was raving about...

  7. General things you want your students to know before hand

    IndyElmer replied to Dezy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Have you already had orientation for your program? At our orientation, we learned that they recommend that (1) we learn some medical terminology / medical abbreviations (suggesting a specific book)....

  8. Wise to purchase an old edition?

    IndyElmer replied to HeyYogaGirl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For those purposes, I think you'd be fine with one edition older med-term book. But I'm biased. I believe that one-edition-older is OK for a lot of classes (dependent on the specific...

  9. Is taking Intro To Pharmacology online a bad idea?

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

    I would add one other thing... all of the people that I know who took the online course thought they had the discipline to follow-through, but most ended up finding that they didn't have quite enough...

  10. Change major? Major decision! Is nursing a bust for me?

    IndyElmer replied to lotus180's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I know people who work in hospitals where there are no CNAs. The nurses do ALL of the direct patient care, including the so-called "grunt-work." Are there any experienced nurses reading this thread...

  11. Is taking Intro To Pharmacology online a bad idea?

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

    It depends on your learning style and the specific instructor/university. Here are a few things to consider: Lecture Audio or "read-it" only? Some university online courses include audio lectures...

  12. Any tips about memorizing drugs for Pharm?

    IndyElmer replied to SarahIN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know if you're having trouble remember just the names or also the random-appearing LISTS of stuff -- lists of side/adverse effects, lists of nursing interventions, lists of patient teachings,...

  13. The War On Fat

    IndyElmer replied to Crazed's topic in General Nursing

    You may need to do a little more studying on current obesity research that is finding that it may be considerably more complex than

  14. The War On Fat

    IndyElmer replied to Crazed's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be interested in the study that found this, particularly what other factors were controlled for when making the comparison? Did it control for days of missed work? How did it control for the...

  15. Books to help first semester studies.

    IndyElmer replied to Mama_Cashew's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think it truly depends on the student/program whether the supplemental books are helpful or not. In addition to the Davis Success series, there's also the Pearson (formerly Prentice Hall) Reviews...

  16. Textbooks?

    IndyElmer replied to Julesmama28's topic in General Students

    I agree with Clovery that with some professors, it would be at best, a lot more work to have one edition older and could at worst, be a total disaster from missing/different info. On the other hand,...

  17. Textbooks?

    IndyElmer replied to Julesmama28's topic in General Students

    A friend of mine has completed half of her accelerated BSN program using almost exclusively texts that are one edition older. However, she seldom does any of the readings and instead uses her texts as...

  18. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    IndyElmer replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    I know it's been five years since SuzieeQ first posted this so she might not be following the board anymore, but I'm curious if there are any specific handbooks / pocket-guides that were especially...

  19. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    IndyElmer replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    Interesting. Seems like the world is divided half and half on whether or not it's a wise investment to purchase the study guides for every textbook. I think I'll get in touch with some of the folks in...

  20. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    IndyElmer replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    I've heard from others that it's very NICE to have a smartphone, PDA or iPod Touch, but is NOT *crucial* for nursing school. I've also heard that some nursing clinical sites/instructors don't want...

  21. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    IndyElmer replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    Thanks for posting the compiled list SandanRN -- VERY

  22. Drug Guide

    IndyElmer replied to Jimmah555's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I'm curious... A year later, which of the three do you prefer? If you have time, I'd love to know what you feel are the pro's and con's of each.

  23. Oakland University Accelerated program Fall 2012

    IndyElmer replied to scorpion1102's topic in Michigan Nursing

    The Fall 2012 cohort doesn't have orientation until June and we don't start until the end of August, so there's not a lot to report just yet As far as I know, nutrition is no longer a pre-req...

  24. Lab Skeletons/ "fishbone"

    IndyElmer replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    Here are the fishbone images from the PDF referenced in the other thread. Note: in the "short" fishbone (middle row of this set) sometimes the bottom middle is CO2 sometimes bicarbonate, which as you...

  25. Lab Skeletons/ "fishbone"

    IndyElmer replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    No worries on my part. I just happen to be looking for discussions on the topic and came across this thread after those other two,