DawnJ

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  1. What is happening?

    DawnJ replied to Mrs.Priss's topic in General Students

    We get questions that are related to the topic, but never covered. So unless you are really lucky, or happen to know from random life, you are out of luck. For example we are studying general...

  2. How to fail clinical

    DawnJ replied to cnmbfa's topic in General Students

    And don't show up hungover and smelling like a well used bar

  3. Patient requests

    DawnJ replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ahhhh! No no no. Shaving legs seems reasonable by

  4. Pima Medical Institute

    DawnJ replied to AZMOMO2's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I'm in first semester now. I got 95% on HESI and had a 3.9 GPA, but there are a lot of people in my class who were high C students and passed HESI with numbers in the

  5. Is my clinical instructor picking on me or am I overreacting?

    DawnJ replied to crunchytaco's topic in General Students

    I'd approach her privately and say I felt that I may not be doing as well this semester as in prior clinicals and ask what her suggestions are. Then I'd set followup times to meet privately to just...

  6. Healthcare for inmates...

    DawnJ replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is an interesting related idea here too: healthcare is not a basic right provided to free citizens, but we are obligated to provide it for those who have acted against society? Is that...

  7. Where to go from here

    DawnJ replied to dhibler's topic in General Nursing

    I'm at Pima, which is private and costly. You may get in sooner with a lower GPA, but that may not be truly of benefit to you. Be really honest with yourself as to why your GPA is low. If it is...

  8. They make nursing school much harder than it needs to be

    DawnJ replied to Anoetos's topic in General Students

    I've decided it is kind of a tradition to micromanage nursing students, it was worse in days past, but I still feel like I'm in a 3rd grade classroom some times. I was scolded in front of the class...

  9. The "Nursing Games" claims it's first victims...

    DawnJ replied to Klimpys's topic in General Students

    Class started July 1st with 33 students. This week, we lost another one and are down to 15 students. Dramatic attrition! I have to wonder if all of my graduating class will be able to carpool...

  10. Overweight issues; uncomfortable with being practiced on by another student

    DawnJ replied to molybdenum's topic in General Students

    My school mostly does lab practice with the mannequins. We do BP, Pulse, Resps, Temp on each other, but bed baths, skin assessments, etc. are done on our plastic patients. We are not allowed by...

  11. How to control nerves

    DawnJ replied to unicoRNurse's topic in General Students

    I can't tell you how many students in my class either have crushing anxiety or are medicated for it. Zoloft can be your

  12. A few thoughts on Nursing School.

    DawnJ replied to ShineyNickelRN's topic in General Students

    I'm really interested in medicine, so studying doesn't feel like a chore for me. I also read a lot of things medical on my own for my own entertainment? pleasure? I'm very curious, so I'm always...

  13. Any nurses working in a community health care clinic?

    DawnJ replied to joyfullpn's topic in Public, Community Health

    Huh...you volunteer. That is cool, I didn't know they let you do that with malpractice insurance and such. Are you covered by your personal policy or do they cover you

  14. What is the best path into PH nursing?

    DawnJ posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    I've spent 20 years in finance, with a BS in business. I then got an MPH and am now in the first year of nursing school (2 year program). I will work and get my BSN after I'm licensed. What is the...

  15. What is the best path into PH nursing?

    DawnJ replied to DawnJ's topic in Public, Community Health

    My MPH specialty was Community Health Education. The only kind of PH the RN program does is a semester at Healthcare for the Homeless. And, if I request a PH practicum assignment for my last...

  16. Part II: "Nurses Eat Their Young"

    DawnJ replied to adrikf's topic in General Students

    Wow, I'm sorry you had the experience of hearing the sniping. I'd approach a couple of them 1-1 and tell them that the break was recorded along with the lecture and I'd like to discuss the comment...

  17. Mandatory Reporting

    DawnJ posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nursing student here, and there is some disagreement in our class regarding mandatory reporting. I know suspected child or elder abuse must be reported. But if an adult presents with injuries and...

  18. How to acquire nursing school skills

    DawnJ replied to margritamix's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Get an NCLEX app on your iPad/Phone and do practice questions. Best if they give a justification of the correct answers like Davis Mobile does. Even if you get them wrong, you are learning from it...

  19. Totally overwhelmed

    DawnJ replied to nerfnurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    To add balance, I will say that I was in a tough financial, personal, career situation when I found I was pregnant. I always have been pro-choice, with the operative word being CHOICE. After much...

  20. IV Solumedrol Calculation Problem

    DawnJ replied to ainster's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's the answer I got

  21. Nursing students learn how to toughen up

    DawnJ replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Don't fall behind--you'll never catch up---what true words those are. I think you have to be committed to the point of exclusion of much of what you used to do in life, especially if you aren't a...

  22. Desparate for advice...or just give up?

    DawnJ replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The only caution I would have about doing your pre-reqs slowly....schools here in my area are starting to place time limits on the classes. Science classes have to have been taken within the last 5...

  23. negativity in nursing school

    DawnJ replied to honey bell's topic in General Students

    I'm also in school after a business career and I also view this as a transaction whereby I'm paying my dollars for an education. Most of the class is in their early 30's, and there are the Negative...

  24. Mandatory Reporting

    DawnJ replied to DawnJ's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I'm sure my friend is deceased. The police and FBI have been looking for her for

  25. Arrrgghhh, get the smell off!!

    DawnJ replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    The smell from the cadaver lab. Even after showering I can still smell it for a day--the formadalyde and subtle decomp. Our cadavers weren't well embalmed, they had to remove pieces every couple...