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I have the summer off and have some syringes and sterile water to practice with so here is the problem I seem to have. How does a person hold a vial or an ampule in one hand (the nondominant hand) while pulling down on the syringe (without touching t...

I am doing a paper for a presentation that is due Monday. My topic is the Community Health nurse. What two areas do you find are the biggest challenge? ....if anyone can help me out, I would appreciate your input. Thanks.

I have decided to change my career and have chosen to do the LPN course throught Distant Learning. I have just applied and am awaiting to see if I am accepted into the program. I will do all the courses using the internet and home study with my final...

I didn't want to lose my groove, so I read, prepared, practiced and read some more. Starting last week was a breeze because I just picked up where I left off. It shouldn't take you long to get back your groove. It is good that you took a break.

That is absolutely insane!!. When will you sleep? study? There is no way in heck that I would take on that schedule. You are setting yourself up for major burnout. Just my thots.

I am dreading going back to school next week.....not so much because the things I will be learning will be far harder than first year but because I am an older student and found last year that my classmates were the nastiest, uncooperative, jealous, ...

I start second year on Wednesday......and trust me when I say this...I am ready to KICK BUTT...(figuratively speaking that is lol):rotfl: .....Very pumped about all the extra studying I did over the summer and I did a TON....and as much as I hate wri...

Ha!!...RNLisa....that is way too funny that your instructor would stand up and yell Shut up!!!! Now I would have loved to see that lol...and so she should if her class is being rude...Ya well, my instructor used to show up for important classes in te...

Thanks Daytonite....you have been a blessing for me in your unwavering support and help with all my questions. I know I can count on you and the others on this board to see me through. Thanks again!!

You're right Suzy!! Thanks for the kind words and support

It is a hard course. But do-able. And it is quite an interesting course. The only way I managed to get through it was review, review, review...the bones are okay, I found the muscles the hardest part. You will get thru it. One day at a time.

Bala do you mind if I ask you how old you are?

How about Osteorporosis Prevention? Substance Abuse? Sexual health issues and STD's? Smoking, Lung Cancer? Hepatitis C? An hour is a long time for a presentation. Make some handouts. Involve the inmates. Question and Answer period. Good luck

Our school used this book as well. It is not all that user friendly but with practice you can learn to navigate through it. If your college is suggesting it then they are likely going to mark your papers using it. In our school we could not follow an...

Ha ha ha or get this, you are on your way to clinical, with the flu and you have no idea where your teenager spent the night...LOL...yep get used to it, School comes first regardless of LIFE.

:yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: even my nursing instructor came to class sick. You cannot miss a day being sick, that was my point. Get used to it.

I stand by my comments.

With pulse you start at zero. Resps you start at one. Check out this site: It is a favourite of mine: http://cal.fmc.flinders.edu.au/gemp/ClinicalSkills/clinskil/default.htm Hope that helps.

1. Be prepared mentally for all the "reading" you will be required to do. It is mind blowing all that is required. 2. Be prepared mentally for competition and cliques in the classroom. Unfortunately this happens. 3. Be prepared mentally for "Group" w...

43: You totally forget to make breakfast, lunch and dinner....get groceries, feed the cats..... 44: Anyone knocking on your front door annoys the heck out of you and you stand there tapping your foot while you talk to them because you have to get bac...

What I do when copying good information that I find on threads is....I highlight the message and then copy paste it to a Word document...then I print it off. That is the only way I have found to avoid getting all the extraneous information like adver...

Just curious as to what a student might do or not do to warrant being failed during a clinical rotation. If a student comes to clinical prepared, on time and eager to learn what things are the instructors looking for to fail them on? And why are coll...

Well, I am terrified of math and was very surprised when we got our first math test. It was easy but daunting as we could not use calculators...needless to say..the math for nursing is not all that hard and that is coming from someone who cannot do m...

Oh I thought you meant in the patient's bedside drawers. Sorry my bad. I wonder why such a huge turnover in staff? Sure sounds strange that meds would be found back in the drawers eh? Makes me wonder as a student how on earth a person can prove they ...

Dimensional analysis (and thank goodness we are not asked to use this)...confuses the life out of me. I love ratio/proportion and I also LOVE Pickars doseage calculations book. If someone on this board posts a calc question and the answers all come i...