pockunit ADN, RN

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    Second-year ADN students

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Students

    We can apply for graduation and get a diploma, so I'd assume we can also sit for the boards. I know they don't recommend people take a year off between years, but I think working EOW would be really...
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    Pretty sure I'm the only nursing student ever

    pockunit replied to HCollier's topic in General Students

    Don't know, but I start
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    Single-room ICUs may cut infection rates

    pockunit posted a topic in General Nursing

    Interesting. Switching to private rooms in the intensive care unit may help reduce healthcare-associated infections, researchers found. After a single ICU changed from multibed rooms to single...
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    What kind of BAG do I carry all this stuff in?

    pockunit replied to pedneurornhopeful's topic in General Students

    What?
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    What kind of BAG do I carry all this stuff in?

    pockunit replied to pedneurornhopeful's topic in General Students

    I was never going to drive a minivan, either. Meh. I have a rolling backpack and it's saving my back like whoa. If I'm going to wreck it, I plan on getting workman's comp for
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    Who else is starting their 2nd semester tomorrow..

    pockunit replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    We have orientation Wednesday, then back to class Thursday. I've been doing mad crazy amounts of work around the house so I can go back and not complain about not getting stuff done while I was
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    Where can I find cheap scrubs?

    pockunit replied to swtchariot's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Savers, if you have one. I get them there for super
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    Is it just me or......

    pockunit replied to MickeysMom's topic in General Students

    Way easier than I expected. From reading here and talking to a few friends, I was expecting it to be like the Bataan death march, but really it was pretty easy. I go back in a few weeks, so we'll see...
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    Is it normal after graduating to be nervous about being on your own?

    pockunit replied to spacy224's topic in General Nursing

    No. If you're nervous, you're a failure. OF COURSE IT'S NORMAL. :redbeathe I freaked out about my first day of clinicals, where I wasn't even allowed to look at a chart by myself, let alone do patient...
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    Failing barely

    pockunit replied to Amber0515's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I never, EVER think about the minimum score I need. I concentrate on the maximum score I think I can achieve. So far, I've got a great gpa. I read the whole test before I answer a single question,...
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    % of people failing your program?

    pockunit replied to woahmelly's topic in General Students

    We lost eight (two drops, the rest fails). We'll pick new people up and do it all over
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    Grade Appeals

    pockunit replied to frustrated SN's topic in General Students

    Getting a 76% in the class suggests you didn't do all that well on the other tests. Did you spend as much time asking questions about those tests and what you got wrong as you are on this
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    What are the "private forums" you get...

    pockunit replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    As I understand it, changing your name does not create any type of privacy. All previous posts are still available under that new id. There are a couple members who have changed their names (Carlos!...
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    Just looking for some other opinions on a topic that came up on Oprah

    pockunit replied to mentalhealthRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am interested in the fact that she jumped to the conclusion (although apparently correct) that her ex-husband had been having MTM sex. Why couldn't he have been a former IV drug user? Maybe he had...
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    Nurse with Body Odor

    pockunit replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

    I use a product called Bi-O-Kleen Bac-Out on diapers and it's fantastic. It even got tomcat urine out of some fabric (we have a stray who is setting up shop at our place,
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    1st semester down!!

    pockunit replied to Bhebe55's topic in General Students

    We lost 7 (two dropped, the rest didn't pass fundamentals). I think we pick up a few next semester who had to repeat fundamentals already, but I'm not sure. I can't figure out how this whole thing...
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    What is Med/Surge?

    pockunit replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

    I know our M/S book is scary/fun (Lewis, Heitkemmper, et al). We read a bit for fundamentals but the meat of it will be for
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    nursing pins - yay or nay?

    pockunit replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Students

    I'll get mine because I *earned it*, but I won't wear it past pinning
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    What to expect for your Fundamentals & your first clinicals!

    pockunit replied to NICURN2013's topic in General Students

    I kind of wonder what label his classmates have given
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    Rank these classes by how hard they are

    pockunit replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in General Students

    Why? Psych is hard for some, science is hard for others. Kinda hard to get an accurate idea of the difficulty of a class if it's someone else's idea of hard,
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    Student Loan Debt. Where do you draw the line?

    pockunit replied to tothepointeLVN's topic in General Students

    I draw the line at taking loans out, period. I'm still paying for my BA, I don't need more loans for a 2-year program. We're cash flowing it or I don't go. I'll probably be sitting for the LPN and...
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    Prioritizing my dx

    pockunit posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I came up with 10 nursing dx, and have managed to wrestle them into priority order. I think. Can anyone give me good reason to switch things around, or does it look okay? the PT is s/p bilat PE. 1....
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    Prioritizing my dx

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We have to pick 5-10, so I just came up with 10. We have to do two dx with interventions (5 per dx), and come up with at least one modification. What about the rest of his health status besides the...
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    Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    pockunit replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    Bring a change of clothes and put them on before you leave work? Other than showering at work if you can, I got
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    Stethoscopes

    pockunit replied to kcmc08's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Ultrascope ftw! I hear better with it than my Littmann. Plus? I picked the tubing color and diaphragm design. NO ONE will accidentally walk off with my