xonursej

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1. Official nursing student fall 2011 stand up!!!

   xonursej replied to adorable42181's topic in General Students

   You do not really get to pick which time you major nursing class is. I am in my first year, took some nur classes over summer and this is my schedule: Monday Lecture 8AM-12 NOON Wednesday LAB 9-4 PM...

2. I have a question about Nursing!

   xonursej replied to stratus93's topic in General Students

   I would keep the EMT class. It can be valuable for getting a job, experience. I got mine in high school while taking 3 other courses so I know how it feels and the EMT was a 4 month course in case...

3. What do I do? Flunked my first exam

   xonursej replied to studentrnnurse's topic in General Students

   Dont be discouraged! Your scores should get better as you go through the program and become more accustomed to the design of the exam. As you develop critical thinking skills it will become easier...

4. Doubts about Nursing

   xonursej replied to LostEMT's topic in General Students

   EMS and nursing have a lot of differences. I am in nursing school right now, but I received my EMT-B in high school. I loved it! EMS is more life saving interventions and more fast paced and YOU...

5. Second Week

   xonursej replied to studentrnnurse's topic in General Students

   One thing that I do for each chapter is make an outline of the chapter. I make sure to write down important terms and any important info I need to know so that I can easily study. I also highlight...

6. Anyone Been Pregnant or IS Pregnant During Nursing School?

   xonursej replied to Sl1011's topic in General Students

   I would say its physically possible to go back a week after birth, but you are not going to want to. You will want to spend time with your new child and bond. You could even get postpartum...

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

   xonursej replied to prime11214's topic in General Students

   I start this summer and for ASN we have 4 semesters. I chose to start early in the summer, we did not have to start until the fall. I am taking 3 classes this summer, one this fall and spring 2012....

8. Door To Doc, Team Triage, Rapid Medical Evaluation . ..

   xonursej replied to Michele1377's topic in Emergency

   I wish urgent care centers were affiliated with hospitals so that the ER could deal with real emergencies. Any toothaches, colds, etc could go there while the ER can do its job. When there is a real...

9. Door To Doc, Team Triage, Rapid Medical Evaluation . ..

   xonursej replied to Michele1377's topic in Emergency

   We usually have a triage nurse asses and assign an acuity before they are assigned a bed so we can determine how serious the matter is. If there is a chest pain, we have to do an EKG within 15...

10. Door To Doc, Team Triage, Rapid Medical Evaluation . ..

    xonursej replied to Michele1377's topic in Emergency

    Also, in cases where there are NO rooms available for EMS/ambulance patients, we triage them and put them in the waiting room as well if they are low acuity. If they need to be moved immediatly to...

11. Door To Doc, Team Triage, Rapid Medical Evaluation . ..

    xonursej replied to Michele1377's topic in Emergency

    I work in a hospital where the first contact is a tech and they get the pt info, why they are here, and then they get vitals. They then call the triage nurse and they come out and triage them near...

12. VCU Traditional BSN Fall 2011

    xonursej replied to alex189's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Yea we had the lab thing to. We used cats for ours and she put tooth picks in them and we had to identify what it was. I remember that but I think you will do fine this time. I am just waiting to...

13. VCU Traditional BSN Fall 2011

    xonursej replied to alex189's topic in Virginia Nursing

    And taking once will help you I think. You will have most of it down any way. Just make sure you remember it because you use it a lot in nursing. I know for where I work I have to use it, just not...

14. VCU Traditional BSN Fall 2011

    xonursej replied to alex189's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Yea thats true. When are you applying to reynolds, for spring? I think I might apply for fall for Reynolds but IDK, I am tired of applying ugh I thought I would be done with this in high

15. VCU Traditional BSN Fall 2011

    xonursej replied to alex189's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I had to take anatomy like three times in high school lol. the first time was the regular course just for fun, then I had some of it for my emt class, then i took it as dual enrollment for college...