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  1. Background Check for Nursing Program

    jerryh55 replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in General Nursing

    I might be wrong, but I dont think a background check is for an employment history. It is to find out if you have any questionable areas in your past that might prevent you from being able to sit for...

  2. Correctional nursing hmmmm....

    jerryh55 replied to aprilleverett's topic in Correctional

    Just wanted to add a little different perspective on this thread. In aug. I start my second year of a two year ADN program. My job that supports my nursing school is as a CO in high security of a...

  3. Exams so disappointing

    jerryh55 replied to AussieKylie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think everyone has had the problem your talking about. Tests in nursing school are unlike anything most of us have seen. Instead of the straight forward one plus one equals 2, you have something...

  4. RN refresher course needed in NYC

    jerryh55 replied to nursetali's topic in General Nursing

    Not to sure about NYC, but our community college offers a refresher course every summer. It's meant for RN's wwho have been out of nursing a while and for those that waited like you did to take your...

  5. What Do I Need To Pass! Help!

    jerryh55 replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Students

    Not being overly concerned with how much those tests count, with those 2 grades you have a 69 average. You need to get at least an 82 on the last test, which would give you a passing average of 75.5...

  6. Careplan Assessment Help

    jerryh55 replied to abundantjoy07's topic in General Nursing

    I would rate them as such 1) pain 2) diarrhea 3) impaired mobility 4)anxiety Pain first because we have always been taught that a person in pain is very rarely interested in what you think he/she...

  7. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

    jerryh55 replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

    I think that as a student, we need to be able to tell when is a good time to ask questions and when we need to leave someone alone. I think we need to be respectfull of the staff we are working with...

  8. my head is messed up!

    jerryh55 replied to yoo jin's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No matter where you live or where you go to school. Those things are perfectly normal. We all go through those days when we just cant get in a study mode, and every little distraction seems so...

  9. Breaking Contract - Scholarship Payback Length of Time

    jerryh55 replied to KristinWW's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a very good thread, since it sounds as if it happens a lot. Not that this will help you any, but should be good advice for those who go this route in the future. Sometimes breaking of...

  10. Patients Who Are Prisoners

    jerryh55 replied to Cameelrn's topic in General Nursing

    I work as a correctional officer at a maximum security prison in Texas, and also a second semester RN student. Most of the things mentioned about restraints really only apply to the free world...

  11. Web sites for medical information?

    jerryh55 replied to luv4nursing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One day closer,,, Looking good Jennifer Be Safe

  12. Ever done a clinical rotation in a prison?

    jerryh55 replied to mariedoreen's topic in General Students

    Find this series interesting since I work as a correctional officer in the state of texas. I have started an AND program since I have been there, and when it comes to delivering meds, it's so scarry...

  13. CPR and DNR Orders

    jerryh55 replied to suprnurs40's topic in General Nursing

    First semester ADN student here, and we have brought this up in our legal/ethics class. Our instrutor has her MSN, and also has a law degree. It seems perfectly OK for the patient to rescend a DNR at...

  14. Q about "risk for" diagnosis

    jerryh55 replied to wonderbee's topic in General Students

    Hey Kat, can't direct you somewhere to help, but did have my care plan bled on for having used as evidence by. Was told by 2 insturctors that a Risk For does not have the AEB part in it. Know this...

  15. In search of.... Viable Test taking strategies

    jerryh55 replied to masai39's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am also a first semester ADN student, and male. I was told by some friends I had in the program that standard test taking was no longer valid LOL The questions were in the form that you would see on...

  16. How far/long is your drive to school/clinicals?

    jerryh55 replied to Lisa Michelle's topic in General Students

    I am in my first semester of nursing school, and my clinicals and school are also an hour away. But it's only for the first semester in clincals. After that, my clinicals will be done at a hosptital...

  17. Exam Errors/Curved Grades

    jerryh55 replied to cb0027's topic in General Students

    I can really relate to your problem LOL Our instructor for intro is young, and after a test, she will go over it. If we can present enough of a logical reason for the question being bad, she will...