ScrappytheCoco

ScrappytheCoco

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  1. Length of orientation or preceptorship for new RN grad

    ScrappytheCoco replied to funkyRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Holy crap I'd be running from that job like I was on fire. Protect your

  2. Can't afford nursing school

    ScrappytheCoco replied to zhightower's topic in General Students

    Ohemgee! I don't think my whole tech college ASN cost even $6,000 start to finish. I would definitely keep looking

  3. I dropped out. Please console me

    ScrappytheCoco replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    No advice...just wanted to send you a big

  4. Accused of Cheating...How do I get past this?

    ScrappytheCoco replied to Kendel.G's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Please take this in the spirit in which it is meant...when you're a nurse you're going to have doctors chewing your tail, family members all up in your face, and even rude patients. You really need...

  5. End of Semester HESI

    ScrappytheCoco replied to CrystalHendrik's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    The HESI book really isn't helpful for these two. It doesn't really start to be relevant until Med/Surg and such. If you google you can find flash cards that people have made with practice...

  6. problem during clinical

    ScrappytheCoco replied to inutero161's topic in General Students

    Honestly I don't think you're going to fail clinicals over this. Just learn from it and make improvements next time! Anytime you give a pain med, you should always reassess within 30 min or so and...

  7. Life...NS

    ScrappytheCoco replied to RM27's topic in General Students

    I'm currently 30 weeks and just finished my last semester of nursing school...all I have left is my Exit Exam in 3 weeks! I had awful morning sickness, SPD, and just generally feel like crap, but I...

  8. HESI Every SINGLE Semester?

    ScrappytheCoco replied to EarthhAngel2013's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    @alunchik...it's hard to find study stuff for the midcurricular because it is tailored to the classes your school requires before the cutoff...ie, our midcurricular did not have pediatrics on it...

  9. Just a quick question about your clinical schedule????

    ScrappytheCoco replied to OB-nurse2013's topic in General Students

    We don't get a choice of time or location...usually during the first week of class we just get handed a

  10. 1 week until HESI and just now studying... HELP!!!!

    ScrappytheCoco replied to Jennie.K's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The a2 is not bad. The math is insanely easy and I'm horrible at math. It's mostly ratios and proportions because that's how you learn drug calc. I think the most challenging parts were vocab &...

  11. Midcurricular Hesi...Advice?

    ScrappytheCoco replied to ScrappytheCoco's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Thanks for all the advice everyone...I took the test yesterday and I PASSED!!! Now on to Med Surg 2 &

  12. Midcurricular Hesi...Advice?

    ScrappytheCoco posted a topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Ok so back in May I took the Midcurricular HESI twice and failed both times...scores of 846 & 751 respectively...We need an 850 to pass. I am an A/B student with 100's in clinicals but if I fail...

  13. Top 10 tips for nursing school

    ScrappytheCoco replied to ames86's topic in General Students

    My biggest tip would be LEARN the lab values/first actions/patho of major stuff/med s/e & med administration no no's...the first time. If you don't learn them in fundamentals/pharmacology/med...

  14. Interview question

    ScrappytheCoco replied to ScrappytheCoco's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well that makes me feel a lot better. Hopefully it works out because I really need a job and hearing them say if I come to work there I would basically have a guaranteed RN job upon graduation is a...

  15. Interview question

    ScrappytheCoco posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Ok...to start off I'm not a nurse (two more semesters of school, yay!). I am trying to get my foot in the door of the local hospital and have had no luck getting PCT/CNA jobs. I was interviewed for...

  16. Midcurricular Hesi...Advice?

    ScrappytheCoco replied to ScrappytheCoco's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Thank you so much for the encouragement. I have been doing the heck out of some Saunders questions. The HESI remediation is a little confusing...just because a lot of times it will say something...

  17. What is the average of a nursing student?

    ScrappytheCoco replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    I am 24 but I would say out of a class of about 40 at the beginning (19 left!) most of the people in my class are mid-thirties/pushing forty. One lady is

  18. She got fired...

    ScrappytheCoco replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    Is there no Rapid Response Team at her

  19. FAILED Hesi----Bummed out

    ScrappytheCoco replied to DreeBSSN's topic in General Students

    I know how you feel! We take HESIs after every class and after 6 classes (Assessment, Fundamentals, Pharm, OB, Psych & M/S 1) I have passed every single HESI with over 900, some more than 1000....

  20. List your school if you use HESI exit exam.

    ScrappytheCoco replied to djsolji's topic in General Students

    Southwest Georgia Technical College-we take one at the end of each course and must make an 850 to pass, same for Midcurricular & Exit! Doesn't matter your grade in the class...if you don't make an...

  21. HESI Every SINGLE Semester?

    ScrappytheCoco replied to EarthhAngel2013's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Get the HESI Nclex book!! Our lecture tests come from HESI materials...I study from that book only. I usually just glance over my lecture textbooks. I make B's on lecture tests and have passed 4 of...

  22. New RN, what kind of makeup can I use to cover a tattoo?

    ScrappytheCoco replied to lilybug12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Kat Von D has a line of makeup at Sephora...some of it is made specifically to cover tattoos. I know some girls in my class who use it and I would never know they had tattoos if I didn't see them on...

  23. Im 24 and I want to be a nurse badly but my age discourages me!

    ScrappytheCoco replied to M.C.P's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In my cohort we have every age ranging from 19 year olds all the way up to a lady who is 57 and this is her first degree. I'm 23 but I'd say the majority of people in my cohort are over 30. You're...

  24. "If they really cared about their mom, they wouldn't of put her in a nursing home"

    ScrappytheCoco replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So sad to see so much judgment....we tried everything to keep my grandmother at home after her sister (who was her caretaker) died suddenly. She came to live with us, and was verbally abusive to my...

  25. Practical Hairstyle?

    ScrappytheCoco replied to Betmig's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everyone....I was always a short hair girl but I grew my hair out over the summer before starting nursing school. Short hair is a ton more work than a quick bun or