DawnJ

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  1. Is the first semester really the hardest?

    DawnJ replied to leekaye's topic in General Students

    You obviously do NOT have a bad attitude. You are in a challenging situation and have added pressure while at the same time your body is busy fighting an infection. Nursing school gets harder as...

  2. Nursing Diagnosis for Breastfeeding twins

    DawnJ replied to Laurlaur09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    GrnTea, thanks so much! I have NANDA on it's way. We are just starting in on nursing diagnosises and your post is a great

  3. nursing 1 paper

    DawnJ replied to yvonne131321's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    scholar.google.com This will give you more scholary journal articles than a standard Google search. Some sites that come up require membership or for you to pay for an article. But if you keep...

  4. SFCC or CNM?Accepted at both where do I go?

    DawnJ replied to corizrf's topic in General Nursing

    They are both great schools. CNM may be the better choice because it is in the population center of the state where you are going to find lower rents than in the state capitol/tourism center of...

  5. Confessions Of A Nurse With Poor Interpersonal Skills

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

    High functioning Aspie here too, and what you describe are many Asperger signature traits. Maybe someday it will be considered less an "issue" and more of a disability that can be

  6. Is My Nursing License At Risk?

    DawnJ replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thanks for the link, it is a good learning tool for us

  7. Allowing Corpsman to Become Nurses

    DawnJ replied to Asystole RN's topic in Government, Military

    This isn't a secret and as a doctor with 3 college degrees I can honestly say nurses are not impressed with anyone's education or credentials outside of nursing. Well, now isn't that true of any...

  8. Nursing Games is taking its toll

    DawnJ replied to ImKosher's topic in General Students

    33 down to 15 in one

  9. Just need to talk to someone

    DawnJ replied to nonnocere1988's topic in General Students

    Try some meditation, lots of different types and info online or at your

  10. Anyone make into nursing school with a B or C in A&P I

    DawnJ replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    Generally you should get a B, not just because of entrance requirements, but because you REALLY need to know this stuff once you get in. If you don't you will be re-learning A&P while trying to...

  11. Clinical significance help

    DawnJ replied to everydaytr's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    S. marcesens is your gram neg rod

  12. New Customer Service Initiative

    DawnJ replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    Just put a candy bowl full of drugs on the triage desk and the patients can pick what they want. As long as they fill out a survey

  13. At scene of fatal accident yesterday...

    DawnJ replied to jamieslovingmom's topic in General Nursing

    This is a timely discussion for me. I witnessed the immediate aftermath of a motorcycle accident on my way to school this morning. I'm a second semester student, but CERT trained for triage and...

  14. Is the first semester the hardest?

    DawnJ replied to countrygirl1234's topic in General Students

    The inital adjustment is hard in first semester, but the course topics are generally easier. My second semester coming up has pharm and patho and our first clinical assignments. Third semester is...

  15. Do you know of anyone who has been thrown of of nursing school/program? And why?

    DawnJ replied to Laurenslovely's topic in General Students

    We had one who was dismissed for posting nasty names/stories about her classmates and teachers on

  16. Please help - should I just quit Nursing school?

    DawnJ replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in General Students

    This is the first time I saw this thread and am glad I did. I've already heard something similar from a fellow student: that because I'm booksmart that I will do poorly in clinical. We haven't even...

  17. starting a nursing career in late 30's

    DawnJ replied to kkroczek1976's topic in Nursing Career

    42 years old and in my first semester of nursing school. I feel my last 20 years in other areas will make me a better

  18. rhabdomyolysis question

    DawnJ replied to aachavez's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know, but my logical puzzling of the question says: could the clot have caused muscle to die and then cascaded to rhabdo? Could be genetic or viral/bacterial too, I think. So maybe unrelated...

  19. A quiz to help you choose your nursing specialty...

    DawnJ replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

    Preventative, Geriatrics & internal medicine. Just what I had been

  20. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    DawnJ replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    Great

  21. What to do?!?

    DawnJ replied to kspencer4310's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Can you go to the other prospective hospital and ask some of the nurses what their patient load is

  22. How much extra time do you spend in the Nursing Lab?

    DawnJ replied to edatri's topic in General Students

    We are required to be in lab for 10 extra hours a semester on top of the 2 hours of formal lab time per week. I think that is reasonable and I expect to be spending even more time than that in lab...

  23. Failed my final by 4 points

    DawnJ replied to Hopestobe's topic in General Students

    4 points--you were close. I'd keep

  24. Down to the nitty gritty...

    DawnJ replied to mrspolly's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a foster parent to homeless dogs for 10 years. That's a lot of poop, urine, vomit, mucus and hair. I feel it has been a good lead in to nursing

  25. Can someone please help me:/

    DawnJ replied to braxtonsmommy112311's topic in General Nursing

    Anatomy & Physiology, especially if you haven't taken it yet. Get a Med Math book like Davis's Basic Math Review for Nurses and practice medicine calc questions like on DosageHelp.com - Helping...