Fruit Sucker

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  1. how to apply for new grad pos out of state

    Fruit Sucker posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm graduating school this December, and I am eager to move away from NYC. Ideally I would like to move further south, like Baltimore or lower. Someplace with nice outdoors and nature and not too much...

  2. Piggy Back IV order with no fluid order?

    Fruit Sucker posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I have a question, and please bear with me as I'm a student. I had a patient who had a PB order, but no order for fluids. My instructor asked if I was ready to give the med, and I said, "I can't give...

  3. Nursing Student Shoes for Talls?

    Fruit Sucker replied to ThirdGen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm curious to know if there is some kind of spray, too. I think you will like the Birkenstocks. I even liked mine so much that I bought a pair of Birkenstock non-nursing shoes to wear when I'm not at...

  4. Nursing Student Shoes for Talls?

    Fruit Sucker replied to ThirdGen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wonder if the difference in price might indicate something about the quality of the insoles/footbed. I have the first pair, so I can vouch for those. I bought a size 9 womens and I thought I...

  5. Piggy Back IV order with no fluid order?

    Fruit Sucker replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Patient Medications

    Thanks guys! This is really helpful. Unfortunately, our instructors often do not have time to explain things, so sometimes we're left looking through textbooks and googling to try to understand...

  6. Piggy Back IV order with no fluid order?

    Fruit Sucker replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Patient Medications

    Okay, yes, it was given with a pump. I was confused about this because like you mentioned, giving it without any fluids would mean that the medication just sits there in the line. I wondered if it was...

  7. Nursing Student Shoes for Talls?

    Fruit Sucker replied to ThirdGen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Also, these pants are awesome- I bought the regular not the tall, and they're perfect length. If you're 6 feet or taller, the tall would be plenty long enough- I had to send the tall size back and get...

  8. Nursing Student Shoes for Talls?

    Fruit Sucker replied to ThirdGen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Birkenstocks! I'm almost six feet and don't like shoes with a heel. These are so comfortable and will help you with leg tiredness and back pain. The footbed cradles your heel and distributes the...

  9. worried about dissection

    Fruit Sucker posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm taking Anatomy & Physiology next semester, and I've heard people mention having to dissect cats in the lab. I don't eat meat or dairy, for moral reasons, and I would have extreme difficulty...

  10. worried about dissection

    Fruit Sucker replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi Tall4. Thanks for your post, but I think you missed the point I was making. I don't have any emotional problem doing dissection, it doesn't gross me out or shock me. My problem is with doing animal...

  11. worried about dissection

    Fruit Sucker replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hm...I took my prereqs at Hostos, and I'll bet the course at BMCC will be similar. Let me dig around in my email and see if I can find those documents. I'll get back to

  12. worried about dissection

    Fruit Sucker replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi malaz! I have one semester left! :) No, I didn't have to do dissection. I showed up to class with all this documentation, prepared for a big battle, and the professor simply said, "okay." We didn't...

  13. skills new graduates must know?

    Fruit Sucker posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a question particularly for those of you who hire new grads or precept them. Is there a specific list of skills you look for when hiring new grads? What are the standards? Basically what I'm...

  14. What's in Your Backpack?

    Fruit Sucker replied to LaceElaine's topic in General Students

    Congratulations! I have two bags, one for class days and one for clinical days. In the clinical bag: reusable water bottle a couple of healthy snacks WhiteCoat clipboard with clinical forms,...

  15. skills new graduates must know?

    Fruit Sucker replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, guys. This is good to hear. I try to stay on top of skills opportunities, but at school clinical I'm known as being the friendly person, not the person who knows everything all the time. (That...

  16. Calculate With Confidence- HELP!

    Fruit Sucker posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I need 'Calculate With Confidence' by Morris for pharm class on Monday. The UPS guy screwed up my delivery and now it's being returned to sender. Does anyone have it in pdf form? Or at least the...

  17. SUNY Empire State course list?

    Fruit Sucker posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have another year to go before I've completed my associate's, and I plan to do an online RN-BSN bridge program. I would like to take the general ed courses for the BSN program now, so I'll only have...

  18. Wearing scrubs at the gym??

    Fruit Sucker replied to phieud's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I think you are right. If you have to stop off at the supermarket in your scrubs, that's bad enough but understandable. He's probably just trying to get attention, and they might be clean scrubs, but...

  19. Is it easy to get into nursing school anywhere???

    Fruit Sucker replied to NorCalKid's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My suggestion: take as many transferrable (pre-requisite) courses at a city or state college, then transfer to a private college. The waiting lists where I am are too crazy. It seems like the...

  20. Recommendations: Long sleeve shirt to cover tattoos

    Fruit Sucker replied to mmills63's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I think it's crap that people are so easily offended by tattoos. People should be able to say, "yes, I used to be in the Army and I have tattoos" and that should be fine. People act like any tattoo is...

  21. accepted! also nervous.

    Fruit Sucker posted a topic in General Students

    I got accepted for clinicals in January, and I'm very happy that I did. I'm also nervous though. Here are my main concerns- if anyone can help with advice or personal experience I'd really appreciate...

  22. missed the pax

    Fruit Sucker posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just found out that all the seats are taken for the pax exam in April. I feel devastated. It says on my school's website that the exam is only offered twice a year. I'm just completing all my...

  23. missed the pax

    Fruit Sucker replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It looks like they won't budge, so I'll have to figure something else out. The problem with my school is that they didn't make an announcement, they just sent out this weird email that went to my spam...

  24. missed the pax

    Fruit Sucker replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It says on my school's website that it has to be taken at their campus. I emailed the head of the nursing department to ask if there's any way to remedy the situation- if I can take it at another...

  25. associates degree school

    Fruit Sucker replied to Toyodax's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    2.5 years is for the clinical portion. Before you can do clinicals, you have to finish the prerequisite courses- English, math, biology, chemistry, etc. Then you do the nursing