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...

  16. Waiting on acceptance/rejection letters

    AmberHopefulRN replied to tortia1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congratulations to everyone who has gotten in so far and good luck to everyone who is still

  17. Summer semester

    AmberHopefulRN replied to zoe92's topic in General Students

    I get to start my nursing program in June! I will be taking Concepts in Nursing and Art and Science of Nursing I. Not sure how the workload will be, but I won't be working so should have time to...

  18. Waiting on acceptance/rejection letters

    AmberHopefulRN replied to tortia1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congratulations AccelBSN12 and

  19. Missouri State University

    AmberHopefulRN replied to AmberHopefulRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks again for posting! I'm very excited and nervous about getting started

  20. Missouri State University

    AmberHopefulRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone here been accepted to the MSU nursing program starting this summer? I just got accepted and was wondering if any of my fellow classmates are on here

  21. OMG Say it correctly!

    AmberHopefulRN replied to seanynjboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ideal or idear for idea. I also used to transcribe for a doctor who said sontimeter instead of centimeter and it drove me

  22. school,work,child

    AmberHopefulRN replied to aperry05's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Like the other posters said, it really comes down to what you think you can handle and/or your support system. Last spring, I was working about 20 hours a week, had a 5 year old and a 3 year old, and...

  23. Keep trying, or give up :(

    AmberHopefulRN replied to andreaslick50's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would be very careful taking this advice as a lot of nursing programs/BSN programs will ask for ALL previous transcripts and if you only give them the transcript from the school you did well at and...

  24. Health Insurance rates...

    AmberHopefulRN replied to HippyDippyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on what each plan covers. The private plans may cost less per month but have a higher deductible and/or co-pay and may not cover the same things as the plan through the

  25. Anyone else have schoolwork due DURING break?

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

    At the community college I did my pre-reqs at, the school's policy was that online courses couldn't have any assignments due when the campus had breaks. So if there were holidays or during spring...