Alternator81

Alternator81

5th Semester - Graduation Dec '09!

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  1. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    Alternator81 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    I'm so glad there is only a few days left of class--then I won't have to deal with any of you for 3 whole months!!

  2. No She/he Did Not!!!

    Alternator81 replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    No she did not ask the lesbian couple if they played rock, paper, scissors to decide who would carry the

  3. BSN to practice ethical dilemma - where do you stand?

    Alternator81 replied to sowelu88's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    No, they don't take the same amount of time. Our nursing program has 61 credits by itself. This is not counting the prerequisite work, which is roughly around 70 credits. For any Bachelors degree you...

  4. BSN to practice ethical dilemma - where do you stand?

    Alternator81 replied to sowelu88's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    This is always a great way to start contraversy on this forum. Just as a previous poster wrote, I believe that the entry for an RN should be a bachelors degree because it is important for the...

  5. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    Alternator81 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Hey.. thats me.. if you only knew all the interesting things we discuss in the

  6. :confused: Ahhh... Waiting for Application Results :confused:

    Alternator81 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It is going to be a long few application process. I applied to a BSN program for the fall. It is a really long application process--I will probably find out in July. I'm so nervous! Anybody else...

  7. What can a nursing student do in clinicals???

    Alternator81 replied to mbb21's topic in General Students

    In my program we do everything that a nurse does with a few exceptions, like giving blood products to a patient, we can't take telephone orders or verbal orders from a doctor, and the nurse has to...

  8. 50 out of 100 Nursing students failed program

    Alternator81 replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    I totally agree. If you fail the class by 1 point, then you didn't meet the class standards. That's just the way it goes--you need to draw the line somewhere. In my program, grading is very objective....

  9. Just got my Littmann Master Cardiology Stethoscope..

    Alternator81 replied to Scrubz's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love my master cardiology, too! Yay! I am going to get mine engraved now! Thanks for the

  10. Depressed failed my first test in nursing school

    Alternator81 replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    You can not focus on failing. You do not have time to cry over spilt milk! There is nothing you can do about that test score! You need to put it behind you and start focusing on your next test! You...

  11. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    Alternator81 replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    This semester, I would say "HEY! Just because a woman chooses not to breast feed, DOES NOT mean that she is evil, and that her baby will be overweight, sickly, and have a lower IQ. If it were my...

  12. LVN's vs. The rest of the class...

    Alternator81 replied to phoenixfire's topic in General Students

    SO

  13. I need your help, please....I might fail ):

    Alternator81 replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Students

    You should make an appointment with you instructor. Explain to her that although it may not show, you are trying very hard. Ask her if there is any advice or feedback that she can share with you to...

  14. LVN's vs. The rest of the class...

    Alternator81 replied to phoenixfire's topic in General Students

    Well, she has a lot of hutspah for saying such a thing in front of ANYONE, especially an instructor. I don't even know what my instructors would do if they heard a student say that--I wouldn't want...

  15. Having a boyfriend while in nursing school....

    Alternator81 replied to sheridan3456's topic in General Students

    Ok, if she said I go to nursing school and take care of 3 orphan children, or I go to nursing school and am an indentured servant on the side, I would say "ok, you really don't have time to have a...

  16. LPN students have to give bed bath to classmates

    Alternator81 replied to vina2550's topic in General Students

    Well, better hope that "it's done

  17. LPN students have to give bed bath to classmates

    Alternator81 replied to vina2550's topic in General Students

    maybe I should clarify my response. At first we were all very uncomfortable. We really didn't know eachother Women more gym shorts and a bra. Me and the other guy in my class just wore shorts. I...

  18. LPN students have to give bed bath to classmates

    Alternator81 replied to vina2550's topic in General Students

    My class never stripped-down to do bed baths, but I guarantee the full body assessment is way more personal! Try checking AP with a classmate who wears a double D! But-- by the end of our first...

  19. "Too smart" to be a nurse

    Alternator81 replied to may8755's topic in General Students

    I get the same thing and it is so irritating! My family says "you should be a doctor"-- well, I don't want to be a doctor! It really passive aggressive and rude. I don't appreciate when people...

  20. 50 out of 100 Nursing students failed program

    Alternator81 replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    I totally agree with this post. I took A&P at a local community college. To be placed on the waiting list for NS at that college, you had to have B's in Intro Bio and and average of a B in...

  21. Becoming more assertive

    Alternator81 replied to dorselm's topic in General Students

    I'm really not hostile. It's true for my program. Group work is like The Apprentice

  22. Becoming more assertive

    Alternator81 replied to dorselm's topic in General Students

    Don't worry about the nurses-- they will just ignore you! Worry about your fellow students... nursing students are the most assertive, pushy, over-bearing, and competitive people on

  23. Rounding up grades

    Alternator81 replied to kakalika's topic in General Students

    My school uses points method. For instance, there will be a total of 800 points worth of material given out t--400 points for clinical and 400 points for theory (4 tests of 100 points). If you want...

  24. Patients whose gf/bf sleep with them in the hospital bed

    Alternator81 replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Students

    ah.. welcome to the world of BSN education.. These are the kind of things we get tested on. We learn to try to find another bed, join them together with the side rails down in the middle. Not very...

  25. Stethoscope troubles...

    Alternator81 replied to ErinRena's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    sorry.. would have to disagree. diastolic murmurs from lets say mitral stenosis are very very hard to hear. if you can't get a blood pressure, your not going to pick up