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  1. I need tips on how to study lots of material in a short time span

    cndn_grl08 replied to EmilyEmily's topic in General Students

    I don't know what your books are like but some have learning objectives at the start of each chapter, read those and look through the chapters until you know those things, they're often the important...

  2. I need some advice from Nurses

    cndn_grl08 replied to Ivgotsunshine22's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I live in Canada, I got a job before I even finished school. Nurses in my region start at 34.50 Canadian, so I'd say the pay and job situation are good. However, that shouldnt make you choose to do...

  3. Resume help for new grad

    cndn_grl08 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I will be finished school in a month and a half and am trying to prepare a resume for when the time comes. I will be applying for a grad nurse position, as I don't write the licensing exam until...

  4. 1st 5 weeks- will I always feel this way

    cndn_grl08 replied to kay0324's topic in General Students

    You will ALWAYS feel that way lol. It will get better at times and worse at other times, but nursing school is stressful. HOWEVER, take it from someone who is 5 weeks away from being done, IT IS SO...

  5. Tip for Nursing Student: Study whenever you can

    cndn_grl08 replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I found I didn't have time to study and work out especially during exam time. I have a Wii with Wii Fit, and theres one work out on there that's called Step Up (stepping up and down on the Wii board)...

  6. College Roadblock?

    cndn_grl08 replied to Kaylab's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Student loans is not an option for you? I did not have the money to complete a four year degree either, but with student loans I was able to do it. Now when I start paying them back I will hopefully...

  7. Med Surg: What Works For You?

    cndn_grl08 replied to maccheese's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had some trouble understanding Med Surg when I just used the power points, and the text book readings were WAY to much to go through it all. I found it made way more sense to me when I did my patho...

  8. Three quick questions

    cndn_grl08 replied to sKris's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have glasses and I often wonder if I should wear my contacts instead. I don't find my contacts comfortable so I think it would bother me, but at the same time I hate when my glasses slip when I'm...

  9. Nursing School Realistically

    cndn_grl08 replied to Tutz926's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My comment is off topic in a way, but it has to do with the reality of nursing school. I have a week left of my LAST nursing class EVER, and then 3 months of practicum to finish of my degree, which I...

  10. Pulmonary Medicine Experience?

    cndn_grl08 replied to cbrite's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Definitely will see a lot of COPD, pneumonia, possibly chest tubes but that depends on the type of unit (this is medicine, not surgery so some places will not). Know different chest sounds and what...

  11. Nurses are the unsung heroes of the medical profession.

    cndn_grl08 replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I first decided I wanted to be a nurse, I was too young to know what money even was or how much nurses made. I wanted to be a nurse, I didn't want to make a lot of money. When I told people in...

  12. Nursing diagnosis for CHF pt

    cndn_grl08 replied to lacl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    in this example, your diagnosis would be excess fluid volume r/t impaired excretion of sodium and water. everything after the exhibited part would be your evidence, which on a concept map would go...

  13. Lab Values HELP!!!!!!!!

    cndn_grl08 replied to Lechelebelle's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's how I learned them too, by looking at them in charts and determining (without looking at what the chart says) if they are high, low, or normal on your

  14. Difference between Sterile and Aseptic technique?

    cndn_grl08 replied to katelg03's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In this question, B is more sterile than D is. D doesn't say anything about sterile gloves, it just says gloves in general, which doesn't mean sterile. Scrubbing into the OR is sterile, not

  15. Something that has been bothering me

    cndn_grl08 replied to Griffin123's topic in MICU, SICU

  16. Something that has been bothering me

    cndn_grl08 replied to Griffin123's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm sorry but I take offence to this. I don't think EVERY nurse is a jackass. I definitely don't think I am a jackass. Some nurses are rude, that doesn't mean we all

  17. Pretty sure my clinical instructor HATES me.

    cndn_grl08 replied to kmartin906's topic in General Students

    I had some problems in my first clinical rotation in the hospital. My teaching caught me not transferring a patient properly (I was on ortho) on the first day, and she totally blew up on me in front...

  18. Top Five diagnoses

    cndn_grl08 replied to kc90's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Also think about which ones may affect the others. For example, activity intolerance and ineffective tissue perfusion may effect impaired skin integrity. Also look at what the patient is in the...

  19. Labeling syringes?

    cndn_grl08 replied to bri2012's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In my hospital, it's a HUGE thing to label syringes, it's a big no no to not label them. I know what's in the syringe but if another nurse comes by they might not know. For example, if another nurse...

  20. I hate ignorant people...

    cndn_grl08 replied to sarah620's topic in General Nursing

    I get that ALL the time. When I was finishing high school and planning to go to Nursing School, everyone said "If you're gonna be a nurse, why not just be a doctor, they make more money!". That's...

  21. Labeling syringes?

    cndn_grl08 replied to bri2012's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It may be different in different Regions, but for me, we label what is in the syringe. Patient name, name of medication, dose of medication, and date and time it was

  22. Risk for Impaired Nutrition Less

    cndn_grl08 replied to swimmin4fun247's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your goal needs to fit the patient, it's hard to say without knowing more information. To use another situation as an example, if you had a diabetic patient who has very uncontrolled sugars and...

  23. HELP, an RN exam review question

    cndn_grl08 replied to coldviva204's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My choice was 3 as well. I see everyones point about physiological needs first following Maslow, but if you look up Maslow's hierarchy, the description of physiological needs includes air, water,...

  24. Charting Bloopers

    cndn_grl08 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was taught in school to chart "pleasantly confused", that's not a blooper. Opposed to confused and hitting and screaming, she is pleasant and

  25. Is it normal for them to just let us take care of the pt's on our own??

    cndn_grl08 replied to Brannray's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't know how it goes for you guys, but before we were even in the care homes, we spent time in the lab learning how to do vitals and AM care and transfers and what not. So when we went to the...