AmberHopefulRN

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1. New Grad starting in SDU, any tips?

   AmberHopefulRN posted a topic in Critical Care

   I start my first job as a GN on a step-down unit June 1st. Any tips for what I should be doing to prepare, content to brush up on, advice in general for a new

2. Dreams/nightmares about nursing school?

   AmberHopefulRN replied to mrsboots87's topic in General Students

   Before I started my first semester, I had a dream that we were placed in a clinical setting and the nurses on the floor expected us to do everything from changing wound dressings to inserting Foleys...

3. How much of your cohort did you "lose"?

   AmberHopefulRN replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

   We're about to finish up our first semester (final is tomorrow!). We started with 61, lost 2 (one dropped the 2nd day of classes) and added 1, so we are currently at 60. After talking with the...

4. Best shift for raising young children?

   AmberHopefulRN replied to cherubhipster's topic in Nursing Career

   I have a friend who works weekends only so that she can be with her kids during the week. It seems to work out well for her family. Her husband is a firefighter, so when they both have to work on...

5. What date do you start?

   AmberHopefulRN replied to MommaTy's topic in General Students

   We had orientation May 4th and classes start June 10th. It is getting so

6. How many of you are in your 20's?

   AmberHopefulRN replied to kstrac13's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I'm 29, married, with 2 kids 6 & 4. I start this summer and will be 31 when I graduate with my BSN, and if all goes well will be 34 when I earn my DNP. There are several people in my cohort...

7. Just bought my textbooks - a mini-grumbling session

   AmberHopefulRN replied to NightNerd's topic in General Students

   For my first semester, my books weren't that bad. There were about 17 I bought (including the "recommended" supplements), and it cost me about $610 after I shopped around. It's still a lot of money,...

8. Shoes for clinical rotation!

   AmberHopefulRN replied to mandi_91's topic in General Students

   I bought a couple pairs from Shoes for Crews. I haven't started clinical or anything yet, but when I tried them on at home they were super comfy and they have slip resistant soles....

9. Recipes and snack ideas for school and clinicals

   AmberHopefulRN replied to hunnybunches's topic in General Students

   My big plan before starting nursing school was to get a freezer full of meals I had prepared, but my big chest freezer went out on me and now I only have the little freezer in my refrigerator One...

10. Confused! Dosage calculations

    AmberHopefulRN replied to lclopez86's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Shouldn't this be (16,545.45 mg/day) / (6 doses/1 day) = 2757.58 mg/dose? The way I am reading it here, you would be giving 595,636.38 mg per day to the patient. Or am I missing

11. Nursing Math Class

    AmberHopefulRN replied to 7237dallas's topic in General Students

    I would ask them about being able to test out. My school uses the Calculate with Confidence book, but we don't actually have a class for it. It is self-study and we will have 3 tests over the summer...

12. First Semester Clinicals

    AmberHopefulRN replied to rocababy119's topic in General Students

    My first semester (which will be summer, so 8 weeks) we will be in an LTC for the last 4 weeks. After that, we will be in the hospital or community settings (health departments, schools, prisons,...

13. Orientation

    AmberHopefulRN replied to lcraig0011's topic in General Students

    I had my orientation yesterday, and our classes start on June 10th. The first half of the day was going over policies and procedures, services on campus, and getting to know each other and the...

14. Orientation

    AmberHopefulRN replied to lcraig0011's topic in General Students

    My orientation is tomorrow! Can't

15. To buy or to rent?

    AmberHopefulRN replied to JS88's topic in General Students

    I'm starting this summer and I plan on buying mine as well. I have been comparing prices between Barnes and Noble, Chegg, textbooks.com, bookbyte.com, Amazon, and half.com. Surprisingly, Barnes and...