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    labeling stethoscopes

    Cowboys_RN replied to Golden_Clover's topic in General Students

    Things Remembered wouldn't engrave my Littman. The Sear's at my mall had an engraver and glass etcher. They engraved it for around
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    watches - best for nurses?

    Cowboys_RN replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Students

    I bought a Timex plastic waterproof one at Walmart, I think it was like $15. It's digital but has a digital second
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    2\3 of the class failing a test... WHAT CAN WE DO?

    Cowboys_RN replied to RNinJune2007's topic in General Students

    We had a horrible test like that last quarter. Our class did extremely well on the F&E test (was supposed to be the hardest), only 6 people failed it. Then we took the GI test and 27/50 failed it....
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    gratitude for staff at clinical site

    Cowboys_RN replied to all4schwa's topic in General Nursing

    We bought bagels for the main unit we were in. We also bought boxes of See's candy for the OR, GI lab, Cath lab, and ACU for letting us send students in
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    Class Average in Nursing School

    Cowboys_RN replied to hercsp's topic in General Students

    They don't tell us our average. We did extremely well on our fluid and electrolyte test as a whole, only 6 people didn't pass it. They said it was the highest grades they've had in 10 years. Then on...
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    North Orange County ROP LVN Program

    Cowboys_RN replied to WaltzJmp's topic in California Nursing

    I was considering getting my LVN through there then going on to a CC to save time on the waiting list. I took their math/English exam then received a letter saying I was accepted. They explained that...
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    how many (nursing students) are sick?

    Cowboys_RN replied to Maisie's topic in General Students

    I lost weight and lost hair in handfuls my first quarter. My second quarter I gained the weight back and my hair stopped falling out as much but I started getting chest pain almost daily. My doctor...
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    lemmon swabs

    Cowboys_RN replied to juliette's topic in General Nursing

    My grandpa is on hospice care and has horrible dry mouth. His hospice nurse left about 20 of them for
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    how to pick a pt. for clinicals?

    Cowboys_RN replied to sonja77's topic in General Students

    Go for the pt that will let you practice as many skills as possible. Make sure you talk to the nurses to make sure that pt will still be there on your clinical day. I also ask the nurses to recommend...
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    Gifts for clinical instructors?

    Cowboys_RN posted a topic in General Students

    My school splits our semesters in half. We just finished our first half and three of the instructors are moving on to different courses for the second half. I'm in one of the groups with an instructor...
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    Gifts for clinical instructors?

    Cowboys_RN replied to Cowboys_RN's topic in General Students

    Thanks for all the responses! I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought it was inappropriate. I think our group has settled on a massage certificate for around $50. I'll find out on Monday how it...
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    Math for Meds

    Cowboys_RN replied to Atlanta Kellie's topic in General Nursing

    We're doing it in my Pharm class right now and it's pretty easy. She only lectured on it for an hour and our test is on Monday. Like another poster said, there are a couple of ways to set it up. You...
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    do you read everything?

    Cowboys_RN replied to guest64485's topic in General Students

    I don't read everything, there's no way I could. I re-write my notes after class and add in things from the book that I think are important. I make sure that my notes cover everything in the...
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    Heeeellllppp????

    Cowboys_RN replied to msteka's topic in California Nursing

    The private schools that have LVN programs are starting RN programs in the near future. The LVN programs are $18k for one year, I'm sure it will be double for RN. That's probably the only way to not...
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    Arnold Schwartzneiger says "We need to create more nurses"

    Cowboys_RN replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    In 2002 Davis started the "Nurse Workforce Initiative" to increase the supply of Nurses in CA. From what I can tell, there hasn't been any changes to the wait lists or number of new grads. Now the...
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    Poll: About your RN program...

    Cowboys_RN replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    For the first three weeks we were at school 24 hours a week. Now that clinicals started, it's two 6 hour days at clinical and two 6 hour days at school. I studying between 3-4 hours every night and...
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    White Pants

    Cowboys_RN replied to sandslady02's topic in General Nursing

    I tried every brand of white pants I could get my hands on and they were all see-through. I ended up getting a longer uniform top that covers almost all of my underwear. A few people recommended these...
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    Stethescope recommendation

    Cowboys_RN replied to Aprilfool's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I started NS on Monday. I bought a traditional sprague at orientation but was having a tough time hearing. I took it with me to the uniform store and compared it to the Littmans and Ultrascope. I...
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    Grumpy Charge Nurse!!!!

    Cowboys_RN replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I live in OC and start school on Monday. At our orientation they kept saying how big of a shortage there is and that we can pretty much write our own tickets right now. It sounds like you're...
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    CPR Certification

    Cowboys_RN replied to Krystal_loves_babies's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just took the healthcare provider class on Tuesday. I think there were only four things they taught us that were different than the regular class. You should be able to find the class through local...
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    Where can I purchase scrub pants with 2 side and 2 cargo pockets?

    Cowboys_RN replied to PBAJS's topic in General Nursing

    I tried these on at the uniform shop and really liked them. They are elastic waist.
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    What are your favorite "school supplies"

    Cowboys_RN replied to SDNurseWannabe's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I love the highlighters that have the post it tabs built it. I also like pens that don't have caps, I'm always loosing caps. I bought some retractable highlighters and sharpies today for that reason....
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    Tips for NEW nursing students on staying organized and taking notes:

    Cowboys_RN replied to Nrs_angie's topic in General Students

    :yeahthat: Great info. I was looking at the school supplies at Target today trying to figure out what would be best for Nursing. I ended up buying the standard portfolios and spiral notebooks that I...
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    shoes recommendation

    Cowboys_RN replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    I was in Colorado last week and everyone was wearing Crocs and the Payless version. Adults and kids were wearing them everywhere. I have never seen anyone in California wearing them. I tried them on...
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    How Long Did You Have To Wait To Get Into NS?

    Cowboys_RN replied to Poohsdw's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I decided to go to Nursing school in the middle of the Spring '03 semester. None of the prerequisites were offered in summer so I took speech and math. That was two years ago and I start NS next...