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...

  16. How did you save on textbooks? Ebooks or not?

    IndyElmer replied to CinDRnyc's topic in General Students

    I'm curious about this too. There are plenty of students in the cohorts ahead of me who are selling their books as soon as (or even a few days before) their classes end. Since I bought one-edition...

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

    IndyElmer replied to tarotale's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Although others have addressed the OP's misunderstanding of this passage, I'm not sure that anyone has explained it simply enough for the OP to understand, so first, an analogy... You know how from...

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

    IndyElmer replied to tarotale's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you! While the first post did have ridiculous misinformation, some responses have seemed just barely shy of being

  19. Study Tips, Please?

    IndyElmer replied to LunaPuma's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Are you struggling more with the physiology part of anatomy and physiology? (Not so much the identification of parts and positional relationships of said parts which I would consider the anatomy...

  20. Online Courses vs. In Class Courses

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

    Although my previous post detailed the reasons I've found online courses to be subpar, I'm not actually the kind of person who needs/prefers to go sit in a classroom every week. Ironically, I loved my...

  21. Uniforms

    IndyElmer replied to Crazed's topic in General Students

    That rigid "white" requirement seems funny considering that flesh-toned underclothing is generally less obtrusive under white. [i had a colored classmate in CNA training many years ago and the...

  22. Uniforms

    IndyElmer replied to Crazed's topic in General Students

    I have to admit that I"m glad that if I must wear all white, then at least they gave us freedom in choosing brand/style of white scrubs. Some of the ones that I tried on where much better than others!...

  23. I Sure Could Use Some Help in Psyc.

    IndyElmer replied to Java Mama's topic in General Students

    If you pick up the Reviews & Rationales book used, make sure it comes with the CD. Each chapter has 50 questions with 20 of them in the book and on the CD and another 30 "CD only" questions, so...

  24. New college student!!! Help!

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

    At my school, anatomy and physiology were separate and an intro biology course (either general intro or human bio) was not a pre-requisite. For some of my classmates, this created quite a struggle the...

  25. C plus on micro bio

    IndyElmer replied to Theguest2012's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Micro and pharmacology were my two least favorite courses. They seemed really heavy on memorization of lists of facts rather than needing to understand concepts. Don't get me wrong, there certainly...