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    Nursing school schedule

    Exhaustipated replied to Gottawanna's topic in General Students

    I'm in a lock-step program. Our first semester, we had one day of 8:30-4 lecture, one day of 9-5 lab, and one day of 7-3 clinicals. Most of us spent the other two days a week in open lab preparing for...
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    What kind of Stethoscope?

    Exhaustipated replied to rls927's topic in General Students

    I suggest you go to a scrub shop and try them out! When I was preparing to start my program, I stopped in to a local scrub shop and they let me try a couple different stethoscopes. Not only was I able...
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    Study habits!

    Exhaustipated replied to 2016New's topic in General Students

    I agree with the PP -- stop changing your answers! I know that's tough. One of my instructors tells a story of one of the students in the class ahead of me who had the same issue. She started wearing...
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    What are you doing summer break?

    Exhaustipated replied to missmollie's topic in General Students

    My summer break will be all about recovering from my first year of nursing school. That will probably include catching up on sleep, reading a book for pleasure, reviewing meds (my Achilles' heel),...
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    Best Resource for Pharmacology

    Exhaustipated replied to RubberDuckieLove's topic in General Students

    I like Pharmacology Made Insanely Easy. Some of the pictures and little mnemonics have helped me. I'm still struggling with meds, too. That's part of what I'll be reviewing during my summer
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    What to do pre-pre-Nursing School?

    Exhaustipated replied to hmowry's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    DEFINITELY get those cranial nerves down -- what they are, what they do, what they cover. I just finished the first year of my program, and we use that information quite a
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    What to do pre-pre-Nursing School?

    Exhaustipated replied to hmowry's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you don't know exactly what your A&P I course will cover, I would caution against buying the text and starting your reading ahead of time, simply because you will have no direction. Even after...
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    Kaplan Nursing Entrance Exam!

    Exhaustipated replied to jess216's topic in School, College Programs

    If you check the Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exam Study Guide, it says that it is a study guide for many different nursing school entrance exams. Oddly enough, the Kaplan Entrance Exam is not one...
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    Trying for Gwinnett Tech 2014

    Exhaustipated replied to NeoNatMom's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hey, incoming GTC nursing program juniors! You should have received an email about this, but just in case you hadn't, I wanted to put this out there. The senior class officers are hosting an informal...
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    Trying for Gwinnett Tech 2014

    Exhaustipated replied to NeoNatMom's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Sorry -- hadn't been back in a few days. These finals are going to kill me! To answer blessedjoy's question, I actually ordered one of each top. I started out wearing the zippered one, but I have...
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    Trying for Gwinnett Tech 2014

    Exhaustipated replied to NeoNatMom's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Meridy's is very good about returns and exchanges, and I believe your first one is free. If you order a size that doesn't work for you, call them immediately and they'll tell you what to do. I had to...
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    Trying for Gwinnett Tech 2014

    Exhaustipated replied to NeoNatMom's topic in Georgia Nursing

    FYI: The current junior class officers are planning an informal meet & greet for all the incoming juniors at the end of the semester. At that point, you can all ask questions to your hearts'...
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    how long for clinicals?

    Exhaustipated replied to bayli1's topic in General Students

    I think you would have to contact your school directly to answer that question; different schools do things
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    How far do you travel?

    Exhaustipated replied to JayCimone's topic in General Students

    My commute is about 45 minutes. While I do sometimes wish I lived closer, I like to use that commute time as additional study time -- I have often relistened to lectures or other school-related...
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    Dual Head Stethoscope & Sphygmomanometer??

    Exhaustipated replied to kimmie24's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My program didn't list the dual-head steth as required, but during our physical assessment checkoffs, we were required to demonstrate use of the dual head. As for Littmann vs. cheaper, I recommend...
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    Thinking Like a Nurse (Long...sorry!)

    Exhaustipated replied to Exhaustipated's topic in General Students

    Very good point, GrnTea. Very good point. I actually did do a search for those threads. Since they were mostly older threads, I suppose a small part of me was hoping somebody might have a new idea. I...
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    Thinking Like a Nurse (Long...sorry!)

    Exhaustipated posted a topic in General Students

    It's so difficult! I'm a second semester nursing student struggling with how to answer test questions. I came into nursing school knowing it was going to be tough. I knew I was going to have to learn...
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    How to be excused from clinicals

    Exhaustipated replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    I only liked the post because of the Snickers Pie recipe. That is the low-cal version, right? All joking aside, I'm a nursing student right now, and clinicals are the highlight of my week. Why one...
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    Accelerated School= Accelerated depression?

    Exhaustipated replied to stephen1219's topic in General Students

    I can't speak to your age or gender since I'm the complete opposite, but I will say this: I was given a bit of advice by a nurse when I expressed a fear of being unprepared when I graduate. She told...
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    Sim Chart

    Exhaustipated replied to mytwoboysmom's topic in General Students

    We use SimChart in my program. As far as liking it -- it is what it is. It can be a bit confusing, and almost counter-intuitive. My program was kind enough to set up a "Student Playground" where...
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    Palpations, physical exams on genitals?

    Exhaustipated replied to lissart's topic in General Students

    When we did our physical assessment checkoffs, we had a breast model we used to demonstrate our breast exam technique. For the male/female genitalia assessment, we were expected to be able to describe...
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    Stressed out student

    Exhaustipated replied to Beaks1981's topic in General Students

    I just started my second semester. Looking back at what I've accomplished so far and at all that I learned in my first semester makes me prouder of myself than I've ever been. And that feels really,...
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    Which stethoscope do you like?

    Exhaustipated replied to ElanaJ's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    If you have a scrub shop nearby, you might want to stop by and try the steths out. I tried both the Littmann and the MDF and preferred the Littmann. My friend did the same and ended up with the
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    Low GPA in High school

    Exhaustipated replied to Terahmrtnz's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    https://www.khanacademy.org/ is a GREAT
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    What does your username mean?

    Exhaustipated replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Mine relates to a character in an unfinished story I wrote for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) a few years ago. I love the story, love the character, and now I love my