MN-Nurse

MN-Nurse ASN, RN

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  1. Incorrect information in NCLEX study materials.... ever notice it?

    MN-Nurse replied to justjohnthomas's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I bought the "Exam Cram Practice Questions" book on a whim the other day. It looks good, has 1200 practice questions and is easy to carry around. However, it's riddled with errors. By question 50...

  2. How long to get ATT?

    MN-Nurse replied to akita_mommy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Same here; about a week. Not all schools are the same though. I just talked to coworker going through some nightmare where her school is not releasing grades until after completion AND remediation...

  3. Is making friends in school important?

    MN-Nurse replied to CourtneyLR's topic in General Students

    It depends. Is making friends in general important to you? It is to me and the friendships I made helped make nursing school far more fulfilling and enjoyable. Some of these people will be in my...

  4. Career Switch Update

    MN-Nurse replied to CareRx's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Actually, I would think bank tellers have more stability than nurses these days. No one doubted you could support a family with a nursing degree. People did ask why you want to get a nursing degree...

  5. What makes med-surg class seem hard to you?

    MN-Nurse replied to northmississippi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In my program it was the pace. A LOT of topics and information to cover in a short time. I spent more time studying for M/S than any other class - and I'm glad I

  6. Using alcohol to clean newborns' umbilical cord stumps?

    MN-Nurse replied to BellsRNBSN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I believe they told us to leave it alone. No water or alcohol as long as everything is looking all

  7. Career Switch Update

    MN-Nurse replied to CareRx's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Am I reading your post correctly in that you might want to get a nursing degree so you can support yourself while you go to school for

  8. Is a tablet a good investment for nursing school

    MN-Nurse replied to clclc4444's topic in Nursing News

    Tablets look cool but I never saw anyone really use them for anything you wouldn't do with a small laptop or netbook. I used a Toshiba NB305 Netbook during nursing school the last two years and it...

  9. Chance of ADN to get a Hospital Job?

    MN-Nurse replied to nalaa83's topic in General Students

    Depends on where you are. One of my instructors put it this way. "The hospitals take the BSNs first. Then they move on/don't work out or whatever and then they look at the ADNs." I know a few...

  10. is oxygen considered a medication?.. what do you think?

    MN-Nurse replied to lvnnars1's topic in General Students

    The real "debate" here seems to be people using false analogies. The fact that divers are trained to use compressed gases doesn't have anything to do with the fact that in a medical setting where...

  11. Drug Calculations class before Nursing School

    MN-Nurse replied to studentrnnurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Get a used Dosage Calculations book and start going through it. We used the one by Pickar and it has lots of great practice problems. Good explanations too. We had to do like the first 5 chapters...

  12. is oxygen considered a medication?.. what do you think?

    MN-Nurse replied to lvnnars1's topic in General Students

    Not really a volley, more of a mishit. You could compare water to atmospheric air, but you cannot compare it to 02 delivered from a concentrated source at all. Water (or steam, or ice) is simply...

  13. is oxygen considered a medication?.. what do you think?

    MN-Nurse replied to lvnnars1's topic in General Students

    Lithium is naturally found on the earth you walk

  14. is oxygen considered a medication?.. what do you think?

    MN-Nurse replied to lvnnars1's topic in General Students

    Depends on the situation. Anyone trained in CPR for Professional Rescuers can give O2 in an emergency (this includes nurses). It's a

  15. Taking Micro, Stats and Nutrition AT THE SAME TIME...TOO MUCH?

    MN-Nurse replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You will probably have to cut back on the working if you want to do well in all these classes. (Unless you have a job that allows you to study for many hours during work.) If getting Cs in these...

  16. Nurse/Student ratio at clinicals

    MN-Nurse replied to ggmugsy's topic in General Students

    Yes, it's safe. In your second year clinicals you will (probably) be working with higher acuity patients and will be far too busy to be counting

  17. Good HESI review books?

    MN-Nurse replied to Chicchic630's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The NCLEX books are about as good as you can get. A lot of people bomb their first HESI tests and get better as time goes on. I am one of those. I was scoring in the 600-800s at first but got over...

  18. Is it worth it?

    MN-Nurse replied to sbostonRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm in the same boat. I know a few grads from last year who took a job at a SNF and left a couple months later for hospital jobs. If I don't get some nibbles on new grad jobs very soon after passing...

  19. No longer a "2ndyearstudent"!!

    MN-Nurse posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone, I am officially a Graduate Nurse! My ASN program ended on a very high note. After tallying up my score, I missed an A this semseter by 0.78 points (out of 671). As I was racking my...