SarahIN

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  1. Preceptor woes

    SarahIN posted a topic in General Nursing

    WWYD if through your training you had nine different preceptors? If sometimes you got a new preceptor mid-shift? If you weren't on the upcoming schedule, though you're scheduled to be off orientation...

  2. american student nurses and irish student nurses-differences?

    SarahIN replied to butterfly134's topic in General Students

    I would agree with 4boysmama: that sounds a lot like my ASN program. We do what you do, minus the phoning physicians. I've never done an arterial blood draw, but I have started an IV. And we have 8...

  3. End-Stage Senioritis!

    SarahIN replied to Birry's topic in General Students

    Wish I had some advice, but I don't. I don't think I can read one more assignment, complete one more online tutorial - ugh. A classmate & I were just talking about how we all look "fluffy" because...

  4. Pregnancy: Before or After Nursing School

    SarahIN replied to Justabitoff's topic in General Students

    There is never a perfect time to have a baby, and there will always be reasons to delay. Just do it. (Says the mom of 5 who had a baby right before entering the

  5. Nursing school with newborn?

    SarahIN replied to hazel20's topic in General Students

    I had my 5th child the semester before I entered the nursing program. He was born in March, and I entered the program in August - he was 5 months old. My husband works nights, so he watched (watches)...

  6. Need a resource for OB/ L&D pharmacology

    SarahIN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is my last semester (WOOT!) and I'm working on a med list for OB that's due 1/25. I have the drug books & references I used for Med Surg and I have my OB book. I'm using Medscape and...

  7. Need a resource for OB/ L&D pharmacology

    SarahIN replied to SarahIN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hmmm... I'm stuck on Bicitra. I know that it's given to reduce the acidity of stomach secretions prior to c/s, as an aspiration precaution. But I'm stuck on the nursing implications for it. Am I on...

  8. Need a resource for OB/ L&D pharmacology

    SarahIN replied to SarahIN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's helpful Esme, thanks! No, I haven't taken the NRP cert yet. I don't think I will - when I graduate, I hope to be a cardiac nurse (adult) so I'll probably end up ACLS

  9. Head injury and hyperglycemia

    SarahIN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm studying for a neuro test that I have Thursday, trying to figure out why patients who have head injuries (or really, any pathology that causes increased ICP) would have hyperglycemia. Is it...

  10. Head injury and hyperglycemia

    SarahIN replied to SarahIN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks! That makes the picture clearer. I get it,

  11. Calling all moms

    SarahIN replied to Lolita34's topic in General Students

    I have five children (ages 12, 9, 6, 4, and 1), I'm in an ASN program, and I work as a student nurse extern one day a week. It's a lot! I have a husband who works nights, and that helps. On days that...

  12. Acclerated BSN IUPUI

    SarahIN replied to yesterdayschild's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Before I went back to school, I looked at IUPUI, Ivy Tech, and Marian. Marian was my first choice, but money was a huge factor. When I compared the credits I had at IUPUI already (my first degree is...

  13. Any tips about memorizing drugs for Pharm?

    SarahIN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have no problem remembering drug classes and what they do, but when I'm asked about a specific drug, I go blank. I am a very good student (GPA 3.8), but can't seem to wrap my brain around the simple...

  14. Any tips about memorizing drugs for Pharm?

    SarahIN replied to SarahIN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for the tips everyone! I'll be using

  15. Advice on managing full-time nursing school?

    SarahIN replied to Fenway1's topic in General Students

    I'm a 37-year-old mother of five children aged 1-11. We homeschool. I go to school full time. My first semester I got my 4.0. My second semester, I have one B (Med Surg II, missed the A by 8 points.)...

  16. Countdown to Pinning

    SarahIN replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in General Students

    56

  17. Really, this is the dumbest question ever, but...

    SarahIN posted a topic in General Students

    Everyone assumes that we know how to call a code. Instructors, both in theory and in clinical, the other nurses on the floor, classmates - but I have NO idea. So help me out so that I don't have to...

  18. Ivy Tech - Indy

    SarahIN replied to butterfli325's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Skittles, I'd call the other campuses at which you want to apply and ask them. Call the nursing offices specifically, of course. I can't answer your question, since I only applied at Indy. (I'm set to...

  19. Really, this is the dumbest question ever, but...

    SarahIN replied to SarahIN's topic in General Students

    Thanks, everyone! Now I don't feel like such an idiot!