Michaela, RN

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  1. Staging pressure ulcers

    Michaela, RN replied to OKNurse2be's topic in General Students

    You should always document what you see. If you don't it will come back to haunt you. If the condition is worsening at any time, document it and report it to the pt's

  2. Hybrid Nursing School?

    Michaela, RN replied to Michaela, RN's topic in General Students

    Sweet-wild-rose, what makes my school hybrid is that the class time they took away from us has been replaced by online learning. We do much more online learning than in class learning. Maybe I wasn't...

  3. Hybrid Nursing School?

    Michaela, RN posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone, I am really just looking for others experiences with this question... I attend one of the "top nursing schools" in my area, and I am kind of thrown as to why it is considered to be...

  4. Hybrid Nursing School?

    Michaela, RN replied to Michaela, RN's topic in General Students

    Sorry, I made a typo in the original post. We have one hour in lab every other week. The weeks we are not in lab, we are in clinical. I just don't feel that I get enough hands on time in either...

  5. What classes are you taking in spring

    Michaela, RN replied to Kimynurse's topic in General Students

    2nd semester here! I'm taking: Adult Health aka Med/Surg Adult Health Clinical Adult Health Lab Patho/Pharm 2 Aspects of Ethical Care Evidenced Based Practice The first semester flew by! I hope the...

  6. Hybrid Nursing School?

    Michaela, RN replied to Michaela, RN's topic in General Students

    I'm not upset at all about the half class/ half lab time. It's completely the opposite actually. The complaint is that I don't feel we have ENOUGH time in lab and class to competently learn skills we...

  7. Hybrid Nursing School?

    Michaela, RN replied to Michaela, RN's topic in General Students

    bump:)

  8. Looking for nurses or nurse students to help me with this

    Michaela, RN replied to Amber215's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thank you! Good luck to you. And remember, even if you're 31 or 50 when your done, you're going to age either way. Might as well still pursue your

  9. Looking for nurses or nurse students to help me with this

    Michaela, RN replied to Amber215's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was in your position when I started. I was 22 and absolutely horrible at math! I started in elementary/intermediate algebra then went to college algebra then the dreaded statistics (which,...

  10. Advice for a new nursing student?

    Michaela, RN replied to lunardreams's topic in General Students

    My biggest tip is DO NOT get behind. There will be some much information thrown at you so quickly, it is almost impossible to catch up. Know that you WILL feel overwhelmed, and know that EVERYONE...

  11. New Grad interested in Trauma

    Michaela, RN replied to BlueSunRise's topic in Critical Care

    That is the forum I was originally looking for, but when I went to post (and when I just re-checked) the forums I can see go from correctional nursing straight to developmental

  12. New Grad interested in Trauma

    Michaela, RN replied to BlueSunRise's topic in Critical Care

    I'm not sure where to post this, because there is not a forum devoted to ICU I was just wondering, can someone give me an idea of what a day in the ICU is like? I have always been very intrested in...

  13. Student Nurse = Medical Assistant??

    Michaela, RN posted a topic in General Students

    Hey, Has anyone ever heard of a nursing student being hired for a medical assistant position? Just a thought, because they seem to be in high demand here,

  14. Student Nurse = Medical Assistant??

    Michaela, RN replied to Michaela, RN's topic in General Students

    Great! Thanks for all your help,

  15. Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences - Kansas City

    Michaela, RN replied to Michaela, RN's topic in General Nursing

    What number are you guys? I know at least 5-7 people got brought in off the wait list this semester. You still have a chance!!! Good

  16. Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences - Kansas City

    Michaela, RN replied to Michaela, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I know the average accepted gpa at St. Lukes is 3.7 I had a 3.9, but my class did not require TEAS for admission. That is new to St.

  17. Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences - Kansas City

    Michaela, RN replied to Michaela, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I know how difficult it is to get straight answers from schools, thats why I offered to help :) You will take Foundations during your first semester. After that class is completed (the end of the 1st...

  18. Concerns about admissions

    Michaela, RN replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am about to finish my first semester of a BSN program, and I was in the same boat as you. I had 5 F's from moving suddenly and missing the withdrawal date at my first college. I was so afraid I had...

  19. Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences - Kansas City

    Michaela, RN replied to Michaela, RN's topic in General Nursing

    For the Fall semester they had over 500 applicants and only accepted 96. I don't think they've changed anything drastic for this Spring semester. If any of you have questions about the school, etc I...

  20. Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences - Kansas City

    Michaela, RN replied to Michaela, RN's topic in General Nursing

    When my class started, Fall 2012, we all received both a phone call and a letter. I have not heard anything regarding when your letters will be going out, but know, things at St. Luke's tend to run a...

  21. Passing meds after day 4?

    Michaela, RN replied to meghan91's topic in General Students

    We just learned to pass PO and enteric meds today. We are in week 7. We still cannot do it in a clinical setting until after our med calc test on 10/1. We will do SubQ and IM meds next week, and IVPB...

  22. What was your when you applied into the BSN program?

    Michaela, RN replied to Anthony BSN,RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was admitted to a BSN program with a 3.9 overall GPA and a 4.0 Science GPA. My school's average accepted GPA is a

  23. Pre reqs for nursing !!! HELP

    Michaela, RN replied to Agreen911's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It took me 2 years, every summer semester included to finish the pre reqs for a

  24. No life?? Really? I need advice, please.

    Michaela, RN replied to acceptmealready's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have only been in nursing school for two weeks now, and I will say the first 2 days were extremely overwhelming. However, now that I am in the swing of things and caught up (actually, ahead) with...

  25. What courses did you take in conjunction with A & P?

    Michaela, RN replied to hellonewyear's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took Elementary Algebra, Intermediate Algebra ( I was bit mathmatically challenged! ), American History from 1865 and Business Communications. It was a 17 credit hour semester... I got all A's and...