springchick1 ADN, RN

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    Give Me Hope

    springchick1 replied to smoup's topic in General Students

    I work 40-50 hours a week. It is doable you just have to make time to study. Your social life won't be what it used to be but it is only temporary. I do still make time for friends and family. You can...
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    "cutesy" printed scrubs - staff response?

    springchick1 replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    We have a dress code. I've worn ceil blue every single day for the past 3 years. I'm sick of
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    Ebooks

    springchick1 replied to BBB<3's topic in General Students

    Personally, I'm not a fan of ebooks. Yes, they are a lot lighter and it's easier to search for things but I like the hard copy. I like to e able to write notes and highlight what I want. And yes, I...
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    Fresh from Orientation: iPads are required equipment!

    springchick1 replied to daisygarten's topic in General Students

    All of our text books come with an erect copy of the book and I hate them. Call me old fashioned by I like the hard copy f the text and I like to be able to high lite quickly. Ido have an iPad mini...
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    Scared of NS

    springchick1 replied to Mandy0728's topic in General Students

    It's amazing how well you can do when you want to. I was a C student in high school then went to a state university and never graduated. Started per read for nursing when I was 29 and made all A's and...
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    HESI Question

    springchick1 posted a topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    What exactly is the HESI exam? I got an email from one of my instructors and she said we would be taking it at the end of the summer semester.
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    HESI Question

    springchick1 replied to springchick1's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Cardiacqueen, thank you so much! All our school has told us is that we will start taking it next semester and every semester from here on out. No one said what it was or what it was for. Thanks...
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    Should i buy an iPad?

    springchick1 replied to ~Melissa~'s topic in General Students

    I bought an iPad Mini andLOVE it. I use it all the
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    Ebooks Required

    springchick1 replied to i♥words's topic in General Students

    Ebooks comes with our bundle of textbooks but it isn't my favorite. I like the ability to hilight, which can be done on Ebooks but it is much to time consuming. I like the hard copies
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    Safety for Nurses and Nursing students

    springchick1 replied to Butterfly6890's topic in General Students

    I work at a hospital and we aren't allowed to have tasers on property along with a list of other
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    Tips on Saving Money

    springchick1 replied to zoe92's topic in General Students

    I will say about the cell phones that I use my iPhone all the time for school. If you have a smart phone, I would recommend keeping it. I have my drug guide and all sorts of other stuff on it. I take...
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    OR Staffing

    springchick1 replied to wmynroots's topic in Operating Room

    16 rooms, 50 cases average a day an it's all Orthopedics. Rooms have 1 circulator and depending on the case 1 or 2 scrubs. We have floaters who give breaks and lunches but most of them cannot scrub....
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    Physical Exam required for Nursing program....questions!

    springchick1 replied to doxielover304's topic in General Students

    I had one of the docs I work with day in and day out sign my for. No
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    Calling all Dec 2014 grads

    springchick1 replied to Julesmama28's topic in General Students

    I'll be right there with you! Just keeps getting closer doesn't
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    Want to quit nursing school.

    springchick1 replied to dpf112's topic in General Students

    That's how it works in my program too. If you fail a class or decide to take a break for whatever reason, you don't automatically get to start back when you want to. You have to reapply to the program...
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    Sense of Entitlement or Right to "Sample"

    springchick1 replied to Tait's topic in General Students

    If you read to the end of the article you will see that none of that really
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    Taking time off

    springchick1 replied to springchick1's topic in General Students

    Thank you guys for the advice and input. I'm still looking into things and thinking through everything. I have 3 weeks left in this semester and then have a few weeks of before the summer semester...
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    Taking time off

    springchick1 posted a topic in General Students

    Have any of you ever taken a yer off from Nursing School? I've been thinking about it and because of my program I would have to sit out a year. I have had some unexpected expenses come up and my boss...
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    Nursing Program Length

    springchick1 replied to FutureNursing's topic in General Students

    I'm in a part time program so it is 7
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    Top 10 Nursing Supplies

    springchick1 replied to JenLahaye's topic in General Students

    Liquor! Just kidding! One of my favorite things I bought was laser print that prints on both sides of the paper. It also has a scanner and a printer built in. My school won't allow nursing students...
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    How many tries do you get?

    springchick1 replied to Skips's topic in General Students

    We have to have a 75% or higher or we fail and are out. We can apply to be readmitted but we also have to do remediation before we are accepted back in. Plus, our program only admits once a year so...
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    OR Sharps safest practice

    springchick1 replied to NurseNicky's topic in Operating Room

    As a scrub tech, I like the foam ones better! The ones we use are magnetic on one side and foam on the other. The foam side is numbered which I like because it helps keep them more organized which...
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    Jeff State Shelby Campus 1st semester nursing

    springchick1 replied to BillieP's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Nights and weekends at Shelby is majority self study and it is hard. We lost 3 this semester because of dosage calculation. It is different instructors but it is only one class this
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    Jefferson State Community College Summer 2013 Hopefuls

    springchick1 replied to VikeAdelik'sWife'11's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Aheart, I am at the Shelby campus. I use that book all the time! It has great test and gives the rationales which is EXTREMELY helpful! Good
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    Jefferson State - Jefferson Campus - summer 2013

    springchick1 replied to jle922's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Aheart, I am at the Shelby campus. I use that book all the time! It has great test and gives the rationales which is EXTREMELY helpful! Good