Klimpys

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1. Is it legal to give a friend insulin before meals?

   Klimpys replied to mommasgirls's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

   Run screaming in the other direction! I say this as a mother of a Type 1 son who diagnosed at age 13. I agree with everyone else. The kid should be doing his own injections. My son took command...

2. I think I want out, end semester 1

   Klimpys replied to Katyvent7's topic in General Students

   Glad to see I am not alone! I envision a committee sitting around with thesauruses coming up with a bunch of BS. My favorite from the Ackley Nursing Diagnosis book is Disturbed Energy

3. The "Nursing Games" claims it's first victims...

   Klimpys replied to Klimpys's topic in General Students

   My teacher taught us the desired over have formula. Once you got it is a piece of cake! Everything is metric, which is a breeze as well. If the desired is in grams, and what you have from the...

4. Must-have gadgets for the nursing student

   Klimpys replied to FDW630's topic in General Students

   I am in my first semester and in fundamentals as well. The only thing I have found useful so far is my recorder. I find it easiest to print the power points and take notes on it during class. I...

5. Parents of diabetic students

   Klimpys replied to Spidey's mom's topic in School

   Thanks for sharing more info. I am sorry I came across rather cranky. Parents of a CWD tend to circle the wagons when care for our kids is being questioned, and it doesn't take much to make us feel...

6. Parents of diabetic students

   Klimpys replied to Spidey's mom's topic in School

   Interesting timing of this post. My son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two years ago at age 13. I homeschool my children. Always have, and always will. But sometimes it is not easy, since I am...

7. Holder vs. Neck Draping for Littmann Cardio III?

   Klimpys replied to CCMNursingStudent's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I bought mine on

8. The "Nursing Games" claims it's first victims...

   Klimpys replied to Klimpys's topic in General Students

   I agree with a math prerequisite. An idea could be to have potential nursing students attend a workshop and learn how to read drug labels, do metric conversions, and how to do the "desired over have"...

9. The "Nursing Games" claims it's first victims...

   Klimpys replied to Klimpys's topic in General Students

   Believe me, I am not underestimating the importance of the drug calculations test! I guess what is really bothering me is that so many students I know can't survive nursing school, but I know they...

10. The "Nursing Games" claims it's first victims...

    Klimpys posted a topic in General Students

    I posted on another thread recently how nursing school is like "The Hunger Games." Today was a particularly rough day. I heard the cannon sound for several of my fellow classmates. They failed the...

11. The Hunger Games and Nursing School!

    Klimpys replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in General Students

    YESSS!!!!!! The reason I found this thread is that I googled something like "The Hunger Games is like nursing school" to see if anyone else made the connection! I am in my first semester of a...

12. Holder vs. Neck Draping for Littmann Cardio III?

    Klimpys replied to CCMNursingStudent's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I bought a Batclip to use with my Littman classic II SE. I haven't used it yet because I just started classes. I liked the concept of it and that it is well

13. Nursing program starts Aug 27th and I'm not prepared!!!

    Klimpys replied to its_meee's topic in General Students

    I start in two weeks as well. I agree with the others regarding getting your house in order. I plan on doing a thorough cleaning of my house so we can just work on maintaining it. I am also trying...

14. Stethoscope for fall 2012

    Klimpys replied to Mrs.Priss's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i just got a littman classic s.e. ii with the rainbow finish chest piece. it is awesome! my previous stethoscope was a cheap prestige brand from the college bookstore that came with a blood pressure...

15. How To Get a Job As a New Grad Nurse

    Klimpys replied to hakunamatata's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thanks for posting this! I have printed it and put it in my helpful hints file. I start nursing school this fall and I will definitely use some of these