blonde mommy2

blonde mommy2 has 4 years experience.

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1. CCP vs Roxborough Memorial Question

   blonde mommy2 replied to gouranga's topic in Pennsylvania

   Roxborough is a associated with their hospital and from what I heard from other students that went to CCP, Roxborough has more hands on clinical hours. Which will benefit you when the program is finished. CCP also has a longer waitlist than Roxboroug...

2. How many semesters of nursing classes do you have?

   blonde mommy2 replied to prime11214's topic in General Students

   Ours is 8 semesters each being 10 wks.long.

3. Prentice Hall Reviews & Rationales vs Davis' Success Series

   blonde mommy2 replied to mangopeach's topic in General Students

   I use them both they are great books. The reviews and rationales have more outline setup and few questions. The sucess series are all questions. I think they are both study tools.They are available in med-surg, psych,and ob. Definitely worth the mone...

4. Irritating Classmates

   blonde mommy2 replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

   Yes, I thinks some eof those classmates in every program. One classmate was out of control with the questions and relating to every disease process. The instructor politely to save her questions for after class. There were about 20 pairs of eyes roll...

5. Students with young kids...how are you handling it?

   blonde mommy2 replied to brittanywatson's topic in General Students

   I am a mother of 2 boys ages 2 & 6. It's hard for me to find the balance betwwen school and kids. I only get a chance to study after 8pm and before 6am. I'm actually taking a study break now. We have our 2nd med/surg test on Friday. This is going...

6. IV push administration

   blonde mommy2 replied to Gottago's topic in General Students

   Wow we aren't allowed to do IVP until we are licensed.I guess every state is different. We were taught to flush before and after.

7. Have to repeat a course, in a year!

   blonde mommy2 replied to EarthhAngel2013's topic in General Students

   There were a few people in my class that were taking Fundamentals over for various reasons. They fit right in with the class. Don't worry things will turn out fine don't let them bother you.

8. Getting married between semesters!

   blonde mommy2 replied to beach_bride514's topic in General Students

   There were a few people in my class that got married last semester. That got married over the weekend and was back @ school on Monday. Good Luck!

9. Fundamental's Success Book Question

   blonde mommy2 replied to EMEddie's topic in General Students

   The book is great, I love the fact that that you have the rationale for each question. I use it as a studt guide. I read my chapters and lecture powerpoint and then attempt to do the review questions. There is a whole series med-surg, psch, and ob et...

10. Oh my gosh! Last semester starts tomorrow.

    blonde mommy2 replied to DolceVita's topic in General Students

    Congrats!!Can't wait to be there we have 5 more semesters to go. Good Luck!

11. How do you prepare for class?

    blonde mommy2 replied to mell260's topic in General Students

    I usually skim through the chapter with the powerpoint along hand and highlight the important topics. After class I read the chapter and go over notes from class.

12. What will YOU do with your first "real" paycheck!?

    blonde mommy2 replied to DZcarrie's topic in General Students

    Hmmm.. go on a shopping spree for myself and take my family out for a nice dinner to thank them for sticking it out with me. We all made sacrifices for me to get through school.

13. Made Incredibly Easy vs Reviews & Rationales

    blonde mommy2 replied to EHardman's topic in General Students

    The books that were are using are the Success series. There is one for fundamentals, med-surg etc. They give the rationale for each answer they are similar to the NCLEX questions.

14. going back to nursing school in 2 weeks is like going into the dreaded pit of ****

    blonde mommy2 replied to fleurafor's topic in General Students

    I started my third semester (med/surg) on Monday. It's a lilttle overwhelming looking @ the schedule for the next 10 weeks. We have clinical every week now and no more skills days. We've been off for 3 wks, it's going to take a few days to get back i...

15. Skills Lab kit

    blonde mommy2 replied to Yummy Chocolate's topic in General Students

    Yes, it was mandatory for us to purchase one. We used them in fundamentals for skills such as vitals, IV therapy, injections,wound care, foley cath.,trach care,and sterile fields. All the supplies for those skills were in the bag along with scissors,...