truckinusa

truckinusa BSN, LPN, RN

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  1. Preparing for 1st semester...

    truckinusa replied to QueenAnnissa's topic in General Students

    Learn dimensional analysis. You'll need it for

  2. Drug screening anxiety

    truckinusa replied to littlebear23's topic in General Students

    for reference. This is what they test for

  3. Starting nursing school in 20 days..

    truckinusa replied to vebb's topic in General Students

    Diploma program? There aren't many of those. Where is that if you don't mind me

  4. question about how to respond to rude family members

    truckinusa posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    What is the accepted way to respond to rude and demanding family member when working in a nursing home? My employer seems to just accept it as is. I had a family member tell me that they had someone...

  5. Becoming an LPN

    truckinusa replied to blanca0622's topic in General Students

    I think the RN route might be less enjoyable than the LPN to RN route. There is a lot more hands on practice time. I'm told 750 hours here in Oklahoma. I would ask about specific schools and make...

  6. Drug screening anxiety

    truckinusa replied to littlebear23's topic in General Students

    The way it works is they do a basic screen for "Illegal" drugs. Some of these screens show a false positive for drugs when you take a prescription drug. If there is a positive your sample is split...

  7. Psychiatric & Community Nursing Semester

    truckinusa replied to chelbelle's topic in General Students

    I just wanted to clarify. I read some of the BSN psychiatric textbooks for extra clarification and they are much more in depth. The most irritating thing for me is my teachers used the old textbook....

  8. Can you get a CNA job without attending a formal CNA program?

    truckinusa replied to nrod's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't think there is any rule or law saying that a hospital has to employ a CNA. If you have the certification noboby is going to know the difference unless you point it out. I don't think there...

  9. Psychiatric & Community Nursing Semester

    truckinusa replied to chelbelle's topic in General Students

    Can you tell me if this is a BSN program? I have done the quickie Mental Health course in my ADN program. Lots of twisted questions on tests dealing with mental health. To me it didn't seem to...

  10. New Student Loans Rules

    truckinusa replied to TNT365's topic in General Students

    Why is that? I guess I should start a new thread, but I don't understand why a college would want people to stick around forever completing prerequisites, get into the nursing program, then possible...

  11. Unbinding books?

    truckinusa replied to Jaynie_Marie's topic in General Students

    Buy the ebook access and you can do the same thing by printing it? Maybe not worth the extra expense? I use to unbind because ebooks were not available and scan the books so I could carry a small...

  12. 20 Patients for 1 CNA??

    truckinusa replied to Mell101's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've had 20 residents under my care at limited times and situations, but it is usually 15:1 or under(state law says 7:1 here, but that inlcudes nurses). The worst situation is to have 20 residents...

  13. Having issues with not being allowed to print nursing program material

    truckinusa posted a topic in General Students

    My last reprimand was about copying my material at school. While this is the proprietary material given to us by our teachers, it is not copyrighted and it is never specifically mentioned anywhere...

  14. Paying for Course syllabus?

    truckinusa replied to QueenAnnissa's topic in General Students

    My school charges $55 for a fancy binder that says nursing on it and 200 pages or so of lecture notes. I'd rather not have it in paper format. Wasting paper and making money off us is the goal I...

  15. How should I go about becoming an RN?

    truckinusa replied to Tinkk's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I would go whatever is the cheapest route. If the cheaper program takes 6 months to a year longer it is still going to be much cheaper than a private school. The program I am in takes 3 years...

  16. experiences with ebooks?

    truckinusa replied to douxmusique's topic in General Students

    Personally I would acquire a cheap used copy of the main textbook and read from that since paper is much better for me. I hate ebooks, but I enjoy saving money. The coursesmart software can be...

  17. Backpack for nursing school?

    truckinusa replied to Lollipops's topic in General Students

    The cool people have big bags on wheels. I never read any books so I just bring my laptop and/or tablet with a notebook for lecture. I never read their lecture outlines either. I'd get a leather...

  18. "Back to School" Sales

    truckinusa replied to twss2323's topic in General Students

    Ordering from elsevier.com? Coupon code 54426 saves 20%. Usually they have 30%, but not at the

  19. How many people are in your nursing class?

    truckinusa replied to Kskar91's topic in General Students

    Not enough men. Just me. 30 I believe including

  20. ATI 2013

    truckinusa replied to Iamaboyandanurse2b's topic in General Students

    I just logged in to my ATI account. Of course things may change since school hasn't started and I haven't entered a new code, but it still says ATI 2010. What a ripoff if it doesn't update to the...

  21. First Day of Nursing School

    truckinusa replied to sealford's topic in General Students

    The first math tests are a piece of cake. I recommend dimensional analysis because that is what you will need for chemistry. Makes it a whole lot easier if you learn it now. I can do most of the...

  22. I am very disappointed

    truckinusa replied to ChooSoul's topic in General Students

    If you got off track on your scantron I would think that that could be explained to someone? Maybe not? My teachers are pretty stubborn. I'm not sure what they would say if someone did that. I was...

  23. First 5 weeks of nursing school

    truckinusa replied to katrinad's topic in General Students

    I'm not certain, but I believe it took a while before my first clinical. Maybe I had one at a nursing home by the end of 5 weeks. We had tests every two weeks so maybe two tests were completed....

  24. Diabetic and nursing school

    truckinusa replied to amberdawn85's topic in General Students

    I would think Nursing school would be the most accommodating for someone with a health issue like diabetes? Nothing I did was terribly stressful like my job in a nursing home. I think most girls...

  25. Buy or Rent Nursing Textbooks

    truckinusa replied to Meeh619's topic in General Students

    I buy ebook editions whenever possible. I hate paying for textbooks. I think I saved $500 for the upcoming semester. I use a book comparison site called allbookstores.com It searches ebay too...