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    ADN class of 2013

    Twinmom06 replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    Thursday was a "Survival Skills" orientation - most of which was useless - they had a speaker on how to "critically read" and another one that was supposed to be on time management and all he wound up...
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    ATI Testing

    Twinmom06 replied to mamayogibear's topic in General Students

    ugh we had orientation yesterday and the rep from ATI was there - it was like a business lecture - she was flying through some stuff about making customized lessons for yourself and stuff...she was...
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    your gpa

    Twinmom06 replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    2.96 - going to a large state university... funny thing is I didn't think I'd get accepted (I got wait listed for spring grades because I took Micro and Physiology) - there was a guy that transferred...
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    5 new admissions...on my face!

    Twinmom06 replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    I can't say enough good things about ProActiv - I had cystic acne from my CPAP mask (where the straps were on my face) and I've been using ProActiv now for months and I finally have skin worth showing...
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    another new grad that can't find work.

    Twinmom06 replied to missLissRn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    are you in Bucks County? The reason I'm asking is because closer to NE PA (Luzerne, Lackawanna counties and carbon county Geisinger Danville) have TONS of jobs posted...if you're closer up here you...
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    I have the Stink Gag

    Twinmom06 replied to uRN4it's topic in General Students

    just bought a little pot of vicks today to take to clinicals with
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    What are your nursing school uniform colors?

    Twinmom06 replied to RNinthemaking1986's topic in General Students

    we've got Navy blue pants with either white or navy blue scrub tops - Cherokee Workwear with all the nifty pockets in them...we had our choice of straight unisex tops or the girls could get the mock...
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    baby friendly questions

    Twinmom06 replied to Rhee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    sorry - I was just wondering if you required the father of the baby or other family member to stay and care for the baby(ies) - I didn't mean to sound stupid to
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    baby friendly questions

    Twinmom06 replied to Rhee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    so then what do you do in the case of sick moms? I was on magnesium sulfate and had a rough c-section - I was hallucinating when I came out of surgery and recovery more than 5 hours later - I don't...
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    What are your other degrees in?

    Twinmom06 replied to nurse2b013's topic in General Students

    I have a BA in Communications/Advertising...start the ADN program on 8/22 and would like to get into L/D or diabetes
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    You paid HOW MUCH for nursing school??!!

    Twinmom06 replied to NSGstudent12's topic in General Students

    I marginally take offense to this - my BA degree is in communications - and yes I did work call center, but I also have a property and casualty insurance license and 3 insurance designations and...
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    What procedure/situation are you most nervous about encountering?

    Twinmom06 replied to studentsara's topic in General Students

    from what I hear Vicks vaporub under your nostrils works very well for smelly
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    Best Review/Study Guide for MED-SURG?

    Twinmom06 replied to SN:CPC727's topic in General Students

    our med-math instructor recommended Fundamentals success by
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    Two-minus-one pregnancy

    Twinmom06 replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the 6 months is if the birth parents take no action upon the petiton for adoption filed, if the birth parents take action then it is 30 days - kind of like (for lack of a better comparison) no-fault...
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    Two-minus-one pregnancy

    Twinmom06 replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think (and I could be wrong maybe the legislation never really got through) that the finalization takes longer but that the birth parents could only contest within the first 60 days......
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    Two-minus-one pregnancy

    Twinmom06 replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    its only in the last 6 or so years that the state of PA has reduced the amount of time the birth mom can change her mind from 6 months to either 30 or 60 days (can't remember now)... as my best friend...
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    baby friendly questions

    Twinmom06 replied to Rhee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the hospital I delivered in 5 years ago would not allow you to room in with your baby at night - if you were breastfeeding they'd bring you the baby every 2-3 hours to nurse and then take the baby...
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    Two-minus-one pregnancy

    Twinmom06 replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    here's the thing - even if the RE only transferred one embryo it could still split to become identical twins - which you can't predict... I went through infertility treatments, fortunately we were...
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    Favorite formulas for drug and IV calculations

    Twinmom06 replied to Java Mama's topic in General Students

    I just took my final for my med math class today and they taught us dimentional analysis - which I found very easy to understand and
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    ATTENTION MOMMIES!

    Twinmom06 replied to mommy_5's topic in General Students

    I have 5 year old twins that are starting full day K on 9/6 - I start school on 8/22, so for the first week my hubs is taking MW and F off to keep them (I don't have school on Tuesday at all and...
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    Any good sites that sell used textbooks?

    Twinmom06 replied to loulou55's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I also was going to suggest half.com - got brand new books with the shrink wrap still on them for $80 (med/surg book - $175 brand
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    What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    Twinmom06 replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    I have a Toshiba and love
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    Which way do I round?

    Twinmom06 replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    our med math instructor told us that if the tenth's (or hundreths) is 5 or greater round up, but if it is 4 or less to round
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    My dream wrist watch - can't find it

    Twinmom06 replied to tag2007's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I just bought a Timex Ironman watch today - it is fully digital with date, 24 hour (military) time and it counts the seconds continuously...it is gray, dark gray and light purple and the band is...
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    Use of cell phone apps on the job?

    Twinmom06 replied to SanDiegoCaliRN's topic in General Nursing

    its funny, the one local college requires the nursing students to purchase an iPod Touch with all the apps pre-loaded (to the tune of $400) and none of the hospitals around here allow their