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  1. What color

    PghRN30 replied to vianna's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Get the color you want, not try to match your scrubs. Not sure if those are your school scrub colors, or job, but what happens when you graduate, or change jobs, or job decides on new colors? A...

  2. Inexpensive Stethoscope for Student

    PghRN30 replied to mamayogibear's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I just got a Prestige Clinical I for school....it costs about $40 It the same design as the Littmann Classic except for no tunable diaphragm. I tryed both out at the store and couldnt tell a...

  3. Online CPR Cert

    PghRN30 replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    AHA BLS for healthcare providers is listed on the AHA site as estimated to be 4.5-5 hours......most testing sites I have seen list it as 4-4.5 hours. Mine actually took about 3 hours since only 2...

  4. Silly question about white scrub pants

    PghRN30 replied to rainbowbrite85's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I was soooo hoping someone said this. Use diva cup and will never never never use tampons or pads again. Insteads are a one size fits all so are prone to leaking if they dont fit you right.....which...

  5. Where to buy cheat sheet/reference cards that fit on lanyard behind badge?

    PghRN30 replied to angelicious05's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    You can buy packs of things meant to make name tags (so will be the same size as your name tag), and have the hole for the name tag clip. Some are meant to be put through a machine that laminates...

  6. Online CPR Cert

    PghRN30 replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Honestly that doesn't say much. That could mean you are completely confident in your CPR skills and the online test and then in person skills assesment to verify you know your stuff is all you need,...

  7. Where do you put your stethoscope?

    PghRN30 replied to newbiepnp's topic in General Students

    Do you clean it between every single room you go in or between patients you use it on. I think the germ argument is that around your neck you may lean over a patient doing something and the...

  8. Online CPR Cert

    PghRN30 replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most places/schools require BLS with AED through American Heart Association. There are some that you can do the read thourgh the material and written test online and then get your skills checked off...

  9. Is it smart to take Physio and microbio at the same time?

    PghRN30 replied to toinks's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You just have to know yourself and how you learn sciences. I took A&P 1 same time as micro, during 8 week summer term and got As in both. But I am someone that picks up sciences very easily,...

  10. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    PghRN30 replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    If you are considering applying elsewhere for fall, there is also Shadysides sister schools, Mercy and St Margaret. I dont know about Mercy, but I will be starting at St Margaret in Feb. They start...

  11. Shadyside School of Nursing Prereqs??

    PghRN30 replied to Only6moremonths's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I didn't mean to sound as if you HAD to take those 3 at shadyside. Really those would be the best 3 to get out of the way early if only getting some classes done early, as they are the most time...

  12. Pharmacology for Bipolar Dxo

    PghRN30 replied to epijunky's topic in General Students

    Medications are constant. If you take a antidepressant because you are depressed, and do not have a mood stabalizer (lithium,anticonvolsant.....the ones that treat mania) you will shoot to manic....

  13. Discouraged by family that doesn't understand

    PghRN30 replied to tmow86's topic in General Students

    Try to relax and block them out. You have your husbands understanding and support and that is going to be the most important since he is the one who you will need supporting you day in and day out...

  14. Where do you put your stethoscope?

    PghRN30 replied to newbiepnp's topic in General Students

    I know one solution to that, that I saw someone that used to be an EMT post on here, that was taught to her after she WAS choked by a hostile patient with her stethoscope, is to if that that is a...

  15. tattoos?

    PghRN30 replied to cgravier's topic in General Students

    Thats true, likely no patients would care, but you are being held to the standards of the school, and they aim to surpass the standards of the hospital. More likely then not, you will find the...

  16. tattoos?

    PghRN30 replied to cgravier's topic in General Students

    I know I asked about long sleeves at my meeting and she said no. I think THAT is more of a heath issue. Long sleeves can recieve transfer of bacteria from one patient, and you will not be disposing...

  17. MALE NURSES

    PghRN30 replied to ugoboss's topic in General Students

    Guys in any uniform are hot.....nurse, cop......though i think military dress uniforms top the list :heartbeat (though I'm biased growing up as an military

  18. MALE NURSES

    PghRN30 replied to ugoboss's topic in General Students

    It is a gender stereotype that is still perpetuated. You take a boy and girl playing hospital, boy will be Dr, girl will be nurse. I know talking to my son telling him that we were going to a friends...

  19. Shadyside School of Nursing Prereqs??

    PghRN30 replied to Only6moremonths's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    They do. You need to have Micro, and A&P 1 and 2 WITH labs, so those you pretty much have to take in person. The rest you can take online. If take them through CCAC, which I am assuming you...

  20. tattoos?

    PghRN30 replied to cgravier's topic in General Students

    http://www.mehron.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=tattoo I got this to try out, and tryed to use it to cover a buise i got on my face, and trust me it took me forever to get it off.....would not just...

  21. How long are classes good for?

    PghRN30 replied to clearblue3's topic in General Students

    Check with your nursing program, but i know with my program, if you take a leave of absence, you MUST return to the program within one year from when you left. Nursing is not like other programs...

  22. usually how much is pair school nursing uniform !!??

    PghRN30 replied to eric jo's topic in General Students

    I just got the order form for mine....starting in Feb. Scrubs, tops $18, bottoms $19 , so $37 a set, and they recomend getting 2 sets....then labcoat is $18, and warm-up coat is optional, but...

  23. : ) questions about excelsior college

    PghRN30 replied to sarah505's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I've not done excelsior, but my understanding of it you get your study materials and then take your test at the testing center when you feel ready to, however long it takes you. No actual classes,...

  24. Is it fair to have a take home mutiple choice exam for A&P1?

    PghRN30 replied to Copperismydog's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Fair, maybe not, and yes many will compare/copy/colaborate. However what it comes down to with each and every class is did YOU learn it and can you apply it. Yes that may bump them up up to an A,...

  25. St Margaret SON Feb 2011 start?

    PghRN30 replied to PghRN30's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Oh I cant wait to start. We had our meet and greet yesterday. That was very interesting, well worth going to. Did find out we can have whatever kind/color stethoscopes we want.....so going to order...