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  1. "Students with good grades = not good clinical nurses"

    cgravier replied to cogath's topic in General Students

    Well I have all As and I suck with patients. I almost passed out changing an amputees dressings. The good news is that the older ladies love

  2. How many credit hours...

    cgravier replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    we have 1 class for every 8 week semester. (10 total I think) around 40 credits not including pre reqs. I took all my pre and co reqs so I only have nursing classes. (thank

  3. New nursing student (questions)

    cgravier replied to Selfrespectforwomen's topic in General Students

    Its

  4. What do you wish you'd studied better in prereqs?

    cgravier replied to SkiMama's topic in General Students

    nothing really. In fact I wish I could go back and not study for some classes, Medical Terminology for example was pretty much a useless class. Save for sphygmomanometer pretty much all the words we...

  5. Need ideas ONLY for controversial problems or issues on today's college campuses

    cgravier replied to MadpeysRN's topic in General Students

    muffin

  6. What to do when you literally HATE your classmates?

    cgravier replied to MamaSquared's topic in General Students

    "I am going into nursing not for the paycheck or the little letters after my name. I'm going into nursing because I want to be out in the field, helping people who need it most. I want to work at a...

  7. how far is your clinical?

    cgravier replied to cgravier's topic in General Students

    screw that. This hospital was in the boonies, driving home I almost hit a big ass tree branch in the road one time, then you have to pass the rednecks with their homes on wheels taking up half the...

  8. BUY TEXTBOOK ONLINE?

    cgravier replied to fro425's topic in General Students

    If its the same author, publisher, and edition you're golden. The constant new editions is the racket. I have a drug handbook from 1999 lol if somethings not in it I look at someone elses or just...

  9. Does your nursing school/hospital provide scrubs/uniforms?

    cgravier replied to Certifiable's topic in General Students

    hospitals will provide scrubs for you in emergency situations like if a pt throws up all over you or if you get urine all over you

  10. Taken advantage of...

    cgravier replied to Seth O Scope's topic in General Students

    foolish is the correct

  11. rounding up grades

    cgravier replied to ro2878's topic in General Students

    nope. you get a question wrong you lose 3 points. Even if its mulitple choice and you get 2 out of 3 right you still lose 3 points. The only thing they did to help was immediately after each test we...

  12. A&P gaps-Will it hurt in Nursing School?

    cgravier replied to zbb13's topic in General Students

    Our fundementals book has a&p review but I have yet to look t it. I took a&p 3-4 years ago. You learn what you need as you go eg diffusion, oxygenation etc; the test questions are nothing as...

  13. Does your nursing school/hospital provide scrubs/uniforms?

    cgravier replied to Certifiable's topic in General Students

    I have 1 pair that I wear and wash, but my clinicals are seperated by 1 day so I just wash them between each wear. The good thing is I have washed the bright newbie white color out. But yeah white is...

  14. Curious about your class schedule

    cgravier replied to windmill182's topic in General Students

    the problem is that each 8 week semester it changes. Last semester we had M T W TH 8:30-2:30 for 4 weeks then T TH were clinicals 6:45-12:30 and M T 8:30-2:30, this semester we have class TWTH 12-6pm...

  15. What to do when you literally HATE your classmates?

    cgravier replied to MamaSquared's topic in General Students

    you sound like one of the students I would

  16. How much reading is required?

    cgravier replied to RedChair's topic in General Students

    a lot but its manageable. I usually read everything in 2-3 days. For me I take my time when I read, make some flashcards as I go of things that seem like they will be on a test, and reflect. As Victor...

  17. Fearful, excited, and nervous about starting nursing school need some advice.

    cgravier replied to RNinthemaking1986's topic in General Students

    Its not that hard. When someone doesnt do well on a test and I ask them about it they usually say something stupid like, "I didnt really read the chapters" or "I didnt even look at the notes" Its as...

  18. Possible to get straight A's in nursing school?

    cgravier replied to kaiasunshine's topic in General Students

    Its probably easier to pull your bottom lip over your head than to get 'straight As' in NS People make way too much out of the whole C=RN, the idea is to try and get As but a B or C on a test here and...

  19. Choice of stethoscope is too big, what do you recommend

    cgravier replied to rachelr's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I use a prestige medical $17 one. If you wanna geek out read this:

  20. what are the expired science credit policies in different states?

    cgravier replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    I think in VA its 5

  21. How to organize school stuff??

    cgravier replied to Rosiegirl0820's topic in General Students

    2 words: trapper

  22. Friends cheating.. what to do?

    cgravier replied to ajeanpants's topic in General Students

    they didnt know stealing a test and copying it was cheating? *** thats even more stupid than the actual cheating. Im calling shenanigins on that

  23. Do you have your clinicals in the hospital?

    cgravier replied to SummitRN's topic in General Students

    we went to some dudes barn. Other than that all

  24. Foley Catheters

    cgravier replied to EssaQ502's topic in General Students

    just do it ya wimp. Im a guy and I had one done to me and it was nothing. A bit uncomfortble and weird but not really a big deal. Kinda fun actually...Ok just kidding but seriously its not a big deal....

  25. Nursing vs. Medicine paper

    cgravier replied to AmberLB's topic in General Students

    for me to do your homework for you would take hours, replying in this thread how silly it would be for me to do your homework took like 30