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  1. Any peri operative nursing book recommendations?

    chyna016 replied to caughtbuckinoff's topic in Operating Room

    A student membership in AORN is only $20. You will have access to most their site, and get a subscription to the AORN journal. It is worth

  2. How long for ATT, test date, license.

    chyna016 replied to Southern Magnolia's topic in Colorado Nursing

    It all worked out! I was worried when I saw your timeframe, I have heard the U pretty firm about having your license by the start date. Mine just posted also, and took 9 business

  3. How long for ATT, test date, license.

    chyna016 replied to Southern Magnolia's topic in Colorado Nursing

    What about North Platte or Casper? I looked at moving up mine, and Casper had some closer dates, but I decided to stick with my original

  4. How long for ATT, test date, license.

    chyna016 replied to Southern Magnolia's topic in Colorado Nursing

    That is such great news! I told everyone graduating in December ruined the holidays, but we have gotten our ATTs much faster than the May grads

  5. Houston Area?

    chyna016 replied to Nurse216's topic in Texas Nursing

    You actually have 90 days now to get a Texas license if you have a compact license. It changed in April 2013.

  6. I failed my Blood pressure assessment

    chyna016 replied to Bluebrown's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If they have a training double stethoscope try listening with an instructor (we used one of these for our test). You might not have it in the right

  7. Questions about Seton Versant RN Residency in Austin

    chyna016 replied to miami1981's topic in Texas Nursing

    It is open now, you might have just been a little to early. I would try a different browser if you still can not get into the

  8. How much do they let you customize your program/select your clinicals at your school?

    chyna016 replied to priorities2's topic in General Students

    We submit a wish list, and you can rank what is most important to you such as, specific hospital, location or type of hospital. I have gotten my first choice for every rotation but one so far. For...

  9. Ebooks

    chyna016 replied to BBB<3's topic in General Students

    I tried the ebook using pageburst for one class on the recommendation of the professor, and I HATED it. The search function sounded great, but it would often give me to many results, and I would have...

  10. LOR Clinical Scholar Vs Clinical Instructor

    chyna016 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I am a senior nursing student in Colorado, and I am trying to everything organized to start applying for jobs. Some of the hospitals I look at want letters from clinical instructors, is this the...

  11. LOR Clinical Scholar Vs Clinical Instructor

    chyna016 replied to chyna016's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thanks! I have a friend that was having trouble with an out of state app because her clinical scholar was not part of the university faculty, (I guess they are at some schools?), but was employed by...

  12. How can I prepare for Pharm I and Pathophysiology?

    chyna016 replied to Nursing2102's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Study A&P! It all starts there, and if you can picture how everything works normally you can better understand the

  13. Favorite things you bought during RN school to help your studies?

    chyna016 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    They both have merits. The iPad has that app that you can use to take notes right on the powerpoint slides, and it is small and light, but my apple only classmates run into problems with online...

  14. What other books do you use

    chyna016 replied to Kimynurse's topic in General Students

    I tried a lot of study guides, but the only ones I ever really used are Med Surg Success and the Saunders NCLEX review. I really liked Med Surg Success because it has rationales for the correct and...

  15. Where to find Accelerated BSN with good clinicals

    chyna016 replied to Kisskaos's topic in General Students

    They all have the classes you are talking about, they have just given them different names. Maternal nursing at my school is called "Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family" and Med Surg is "Adult...

  16. What in the world happened to CU Denver's College of Nursing??? Unbelievable...

    chyna016 replied to SummitRN's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Actually they did not increase enrollment that much, while the summer 2012 group was huge, the winter 2013 group was 24 people, so for the year I believe the enrollment is about the

  17. What in the world happened to CU Denver's College of Nursing??? Unbelievable...

    chyna016 replied to SummitRN's topic in Colorado Nursing

    That is interesting since I am currently enrolled in UC Denver's traditional program, and I have had 2 placements at the VA and 1 at University... I also know for a fact that the VA has groups for...

  18. Please tell me what worked for you in MED SURG?

    chyna016 replied to NurseKis's topic in General Students

    I used the same book, and it has a clinical companion book that accompanies it, I read that more than the text, much more concise. If they are testing heavily from the book there is also a study...

  19. Hardest thing about nursing school?

    chyna016 replied to mariaberry19's topic in General Students

    That there is only 24 hours in a day, and you still need to sleep! Having to stay up late to do clinical prep, then getting up early for

  20. Wet Hair Don't Care?

    chyna016 replied to 2BRN123's topic in General Students

    I am a 3b with long hair, and my 2nd day hair routine is to make it a little damp, use a little leave in conditioner, and then some gel. My mom has short hair and uses the same routine. Your hair...

  21. Wet Hair Don't Care?

    chyna016 replied to 2BRN123's topic in General Students

    Another curly girl here. I wash and gel my hair the afternoon before, so that it is dry before bed. Then just get it a little damp in the morning, and put some good hard hold hair gel (Biosilk Rock...

  22. Yes I did just buy the book "new"

    chyna016 replied to LCinTraining's topic in General Students

    For text books I have bought almost all new, when I do buy a used one I get one in "like new" condition that still has the supplemtal materials. I like having the CD or access codes for extra study...

  23. HELP!!!! (First Semester Nursing School)

    chyna016 replied to Shandra2008's topic in General Students

    I love the "Success" series of books, they give you rationals for both right and wrong answers. Many critical thinking questions have more than one correct option, but one is more correct. There are...

  24. Med Surg Advice

    chyna016 replied to athomas2340's topic in General Students

    I just finished med surg, and I really enjoyed it. You get to take all of the theory you have been learning and actually apply it. Just remeber you can learn from everyone on your unit during...

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

    chyna016 replied to OB-nurse2013's topic in General Students

    Anywhere between three weeks to days before the block