ImThatGuy BSN, RN

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    Are your nursing school tests timed?

    ImThatGuy replied to tlc2u's topic in General Students

    I think we get something like an hour. In some courses it's been 50 minutes, and in others it's been 70. I usually finish in
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    Did you find Med-Surg class much harder than fundamentals?

    ImThatGuy replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    I thought it was a lot easier for a couple of reasons. Foundations was a bit ambiguous making that "harder," and acute care was more grounded in pathophysiology making it easier. Foundations taught...
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    Nurses eat their Young

    ImThatGuy replied to NYLiz's topic in General Nursing

    Precisely, my friend.
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    Nurses eat their Young

    ImThatGuy replied to NYLiz's topic in General Nursing

    Try eating me and I'm going to chew and claw from the inside out. Have fun. I go well with
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    Is a double major possible?

    ImThatGuy replied to nursegirl333's topic in General Students

    Yeah, you could probably minor without a lot of problem. Math or something especially time consuming would be obviously harder. A double major in something like that would take some serious time....
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    For anyone who has taken MAT exam, please HELP...

    ImThatGuy replied to RNewbie's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The MAT is not difficult. I took it in 2005 and did really well on it. I took no prep course, and I didn't study anything. I actually arrived to take the test and someone was conducting a study that...
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    First Year Dillema

    ImThatGuy replied to msAnneRN11's topic in General Students

    Starting off in the foundations course I think we all had the same problem. Nursing school doesn't really teach things that you see done in the workplace or would be inclined to do yourself. I'm not...
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    Whether to do Nurse Assistant or EMT training while doing pre-reqs?

    ImThatGuy replied to runawayjim's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You could still get a job as an ER tech or patient care technician with the EMT training. You learn vitals, basic assessment, and CPR which are the only "skills" any of those tech positions perform....
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    How to deal with negative classmates when you're stressed in nursing school?

    ImThatGuy replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Students

    Negativity is a reaction - a coping mechanism. It's not right, but it is what it is. The more stressed I am, or the more I deal with the public, the more negative I become. Before that it's sarcasm...
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    Rude interviews - Common?

    ImThatGuy replied to gnursjr2's topic in Psychiatric

    It's not normal, and I'd quickly tell the interviewers that although their demeanor might be an attempt at hazing I have no interest in working with or for people like
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    Career Path

    ImThatGuy replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Nurse Management

    Did you leave corporate and thus enter nursing with the immediate desire/plan to move
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    Well that was fun!

    ImThatGuy replied to SunshineDaisy's topic in General Students

    Yes. There are certainly tests AND
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    Drugs used on adult critical care unit

    ImThatGuy replied to rn_yogi's topic in Critical Care

    I read your question and had to Google. https://apps.aahs.org/CriticalCare/Critical%20Care%20Med.%20Manual%20-%20Table%20of%20Contents%20and%20Preface.pdf...
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    Should I be a [Psych] Nurse? Requirements?

    ImThatGuy replied to chedfredson's topic in Psychiatric

    med/surg isn't really preparation for
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    Seizures Real vs Fake

    ImThatGuy replied to princess pickles's topic in Correctional

    I walked back into the jail once to see an inmate that was having a "seizure" after "falling" off his bunk onto the floor. I radioed to the deputy room and had one of the guys come back with his K9....
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    how did you get your job??

    ImThatGuy replied to nursingstudent_88's topic in General Students

    First job: hardware store in H.S. > Connections Second job: hunting supply store in H.S./College > Right time, Right place Third job: teacher (one spring semester) > Right time, Right place...
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    IV therapy skills in nursing school...do they still exist?

    ImThatGuy replied to IvnurseAmanda's topic in General Students

    We did it. It was in the book, and we had lab time for it with supplies, arms, and classmate volunteers. I would look down on any program that did not include that. Still, paramedic school was better...
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    Studying for OB class?

    ImThatGuy replied to adewitt06's topic in General Students

    I have a 90% right now and haven't done anything to prepare. Really, it is not a class I would have ever electively taken. I have learned things in lecture I sincerely did not want to know....
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    What's the best area of nursing to start?

    ImThatGuy replied to esunada's topic in Nursing Career

    I've been thinking I want to extern in a hospital chemical dependency unit. I've lost literally all interest in medical and surgical work. Mental health of any kind seems a better career fit for me,...
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    Nursing Diagnosis or Care Plan books that are useful?

    ImThatGuy replied to Kdavina's topic in General Students

    What is a nurse life care
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    Interview for ER/ school conflict

    ImThatGuy replied to JessiekRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, bring it up in the interview. You may be asked about your current schooling anyway. I used to hire people independently and be on panel interviews. That's something I/we would have liked to have...
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    Did anyone else have a bad 1st day of clinicals??

    ImThatGuy replied to allsmilez's topic in General Students

    I can tell you the times we did clinical in a nursing home we weren't allowed to do anything but were expected to care for patients or residents or whatever they were called then. I opted instead to...
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    Nursing Diagnosis or Care Plan books that are useful?

    ImThatGuy replied to Kdavina's topic in General Students

    I want one, if it exists, where you look up a disease in normal, medical terms and get then referred to a page number that lists the made up NANDA diagnosis and related nursing interventions. That'd...
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    Second Degree options.. oppinions needed!

    ImThatGuy replied to LeXxBelieve1's topic in General Students

    The accelerated programs probably are "that" competitive because there are so few of them. The BSN is the way to go for a career track, but if you need the RN license now and the associate's degree...
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    Should i start my masters degree?

    ImThatGuy replied to katielam616's topic in Post Graduate Students

    What is "general nursing," and why would you get a master's degree in it? Pick something you can get a better income and hours