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I am currently a student at COD. We only purchase caps for the Pinning ceremony now. It has one maroon and one gold stripe. Also, we now wear solid maroon scrubs from Aviator. No more white except for graduation. Yay!

I am usually sleeping while my friends are working. Its great because I get together with them and I am refreshed and ready to go and they are exhausted from a days work. By the way, I work 12 hour shifts and only three or four per week (full time ...

44 years old here and starting my 3rd semester. I am not the oldest in my class and definitely not the youngest. I have so much camaraderie with my fellow classmates that I feel 20 something when I hang with them. It has really given me a perspect...

I am absolutely in love with Aviator Uniforms. The best fit and the best fabric that I have ever owned. The pockets on the pants they sell are to die for and they have a million custom options for pockets. http://www.aviatoruniforms.com

It is neither a step forward or a step backward. Its just different.

This is EXACTLY what I did. It made my life so much better to just open up that little calendar with all the information stuffed into it. I even put my reading assignments into it. It was by FAR less confusing than the syllabus and gave me a MUCH ...

I am a student nurse assistant on telemetry. We actually have 4 telemetry units, each one is 30 beds and each has a completely different focus, though all of them monitor cardiac rhythms. . .

The problem is that now a days it is perfectly acceptable to sleep with someone before marrying them. That is why people only date one at a time. I mean if you sleep with more than one at a time you are considered a "slut or loose, etc".

My favorite scrubs are Aviator Scrubs. They are more expensive than most but are by far much more superior in quality than most. Definitely worth the money. http://www.aviatorscrubs.com

STRESS RELIEF. . . The party after the semester is over. LOL. After first semester ended we had maybe 10 people at the end of semester blow-out. After this 2nd semester we were maybe lacking 2 people out of the entire class (31). I guess the stre...

Just finished my second semester. Discovered I really do not care for pediatric nursing, also discovered that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE trauma ER nursing. Didn't think that going in so it was an interesting learn. My first patient of the semester was a ma...

That was some really great info. They were giving dobutamine in the cardiac stepdown the other night on a guy waiting for a pacemaker. They didn't want to make him tachy but did want to get the rate up into the 50s. . .someone suggested dopamine an...

Your post cracked me up. I did a one day ER rotation where I was up to my ears in phlegm, blood, pus, etc. The cake was the guy with the severed small artery. . .it was shooting blood like a fountain, just like a cartoon. . . Hate the hacking sound...

Started out waitressing (great tips), then after the first semester of nursing school decided to work as a student nursing assistant. Definitely hard work but I work 3 to 4 12's a pay period (2 weeks) and make enough money to cover the bills with di...

ROFLMAO. . . The reason I laugh is that I flirt and am flirted with a lot. It is innocent as I am married and very happily I must say. It cracks me up when the young ones (nursing students and doctors alike) start asking me questions like "how is h...

Wow, I hear better with my cheap $9 stethescope than with my $89 Littman. I think it is more because it seals my ears better than the littman. Someone told me I should put the hard earpieces back on my littman and try it again. Maybe I should just ...

I think that it has been an issue for a while. I have been very open with my skills lab fellows (i.e.; feel free to listen to my heart sounds, I have a murmur can you hear it?, yes, my peripheral pulses bound, you can use me to find them). All my f...

I don't know much about Group One. However, California hospitals do use background checks. In California, however, you are allowed to receive a copy of the information that is obtained on you and to dispute it if the information appears incorrect. ...

Thanks, its been a tough semester. The funny thing about this semester is - last semester we had an after finals gathering and 10 people showed up. This semester, 22 people came to the after finals gathering. . .pretty huge difference. . .just goes...

See, the nursing approach is to affect the patient's response to the medical side. We take care of the patient. We are their advocate, their teacher, their mentor, etc. . .its what a nurse does. . .

Girl, I just finished second semester and I have already secured a job with my favorite local hospital. I would suggest contacting the nurse recruiter at the local hospitals you are interested in and having a face to face. They may want to wait a l...

First of all I will tell you that while nursing has a scientific approach, the solid base of nursing is "touchy/feely". Yep, you have mechanical and technical stuff to do but you cannot survive without the other aspect. That is what was so appealin...

This is a HUGE issue here in the Desert where I live. There are only three hospitals and there are 50+ students at different levels. It is absolutely crazy most of the time but the RNs, techs and NAs have been fabulous. They are definitely stresse...

I am absolutely ecstatic to be on break right now. It was much needed. This was a tough semester. The learning curve was VERY steep but I managed it. We had several people drop out this semester and on Monday, the 5th, after the cardiovascular ex...

I know that the state boards of nursing determine the minimum number of hours that you are required to have in clinicals. The schools set their own schedules. Currently my program uses a 2 day a week clinical schedule, with the clinical days gettin...