ARCTX85

ARCTX85

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About ARCTX85

I'm currently a pre clinical student at CCBC Essex. I plan on pursuing a BSN and obtaining my RN certification from the University of Maryland School of Nursing beginning next year. I would like to specialize in trauma and aspects of pre-hospital care with a paramedic certification.

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  1. Am I wasting my time going for my ADN?

    An established RN friend of mine advised me that I wise in pursuing my BSN because a healthcare system in my current state (Maryland) is having their ADN RNs go back for their BSNs or get let go. Why...
  2. Worried about my nursing supplies!?

    First of all, congratu-freaking-lations! haha That is just so exciting. Secondly, those people are going to realize sooner or later what is important and that they can't isolate someone for having...
  3. "Why does a nurse have to go to college?"

    Sounds like he needs to come out of the
  4. Pre reqs for nursing !!! HELP

    Are you by any chance attending CCBC
  5. Pre reqs for nursing !!! HELP

    My first round, I wasn't majoring in nursing either. It was actually criminal justice. That's a shame it's taking you another semester longer
  6. Pre reqs for nursing !!! HELP

    Hey there, it's taking me two. I've already completed my first year and I'll be applying for the program and taking my TEAS this upcoming spring semester. I'm in Maryland and starting at a community...
  7. Hey there, I have a couple of questions for you- 1) Are you in the BSN program? Or are you RN-BSN? 2) What's the typical cost per semester (provided you're not a campus resident)? I'm trying to get...
  8. Handling rude or dishonest patients

    I agree with Nurseclm and MahzieLPN- I'm pretty sure that any other nurse/physician/tech that goes in there will pick up on the pt's behavior. Especially when they work with you all the time and know...
  9. Can you imagine having Spiderman as a patient?

    Seems like just trying to assess and chart Spiderman could end up leaving you with getting scheduled for a psych-eval.
  10. "No nurses of color....."

    It seems that any patient request that could potentially hamper the administration of effective patient care should be deemed
  11. Using a white (dry erase) board to study

    Something else that I did for a pharmacology research article, was to take those transparent sheet slip covers, use one for each paper, and then put it all in a binder. It works great to highlight and...
  12. Using a white (dry erase) board to study

    I love using white boards, especially for diagraming different aspects of a topic. It's been really useful for my 12-Lead EKG course in diagraming the hexoaxial plane. There are so many different...
  13. Mission accomplished..... RN CEN CCRN status

    So awesome! Congratulations Ryan. Man, I can't wait to get my certs for
  14. Ages of male nursing students?

    I'm 27 this month. Going into U of Maryland to start the program this next spring. (Currently working out the pre reqs at a
  15. Same here, bro. I'd like a house too. I currently live in a row home right by Johns Hopkins, one of the shadier areas of Baltimore. It'll be nice to have a yard again. I'm from the south originally...