Bouncyball

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  1. Drop rate

    Bouncyball replied to LaurenRay1983's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

  2. 2nd week and cliques already?

    Bouncyball replied to Scorpio8932's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I wouldn't bother trying to fit in with them. Be nice and make small talk occasionally. You dont have to be best friends with them, but You never know if you will need them to take notes if you miss...

  3. Class of 2013 stand up:-)

    Bouncyball replied to BBRANRN2013's topic in General Students

    Yep, I graduate in may 2013 and am counting the

  4. Embarrassing? (Ladies opinion)

    Bouncyball replied to msnursecp's topic in General Students

    Keep plenty of pads/tampons in your clinical bag at all times. My period likes to randomly start a week early, or come back for a few days after my period ends. I got caught off guard once, and it...

  5. anyone know how to work out this equation

    Bouncyball replied to jmoro's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was really confused by these problems until I found a D over H formula. Here it is Ord dose (mcg per min) X pt wt in kg X 60 min --------------------------------------------- Amount...

  6. How Much Free Time Do You Have?

    Bouncyball replied to Okapi's topic in General Students

    I spend 34 hours a week between lecture, clinicals, and driving time. At home I spend about 6-8 combined hours working on prep sheets for my 2 clinical days. On non clinical days I spend 2-3 hours a...

  7. HELP advancing to LPN & RN!

    Bouncyball replied to JenLynn721's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am terrible at math!!! I had a counselor tell me that I was at a middle school level of math. The only thing you need to do for nursing is add, subtract, multiply, and divide. I'm doing ok, and...

  8. My school doesn't certify private loans (??)

    Bouncyball replied to applered's topic in General Students

    I think the op said the school will only certify federal loans. Isn't that the same thing as government

  9. My school doesn't certify private loans (??)

    Bouncyball replied to applered's topic in General Students

    If your school will not certify the loan, then you will not get the money. You should talk to the financial aid office to find out if you have other options. It's expensive, but you can apply for a...

  10. Pregnant during last semester of nursing school, waiting to graduate or after a job?

    Bouncyball replied to SSNS07's topic in General Students

    We had a pregnant classmate last semester. The classmate kept on telling the instructor that she could not take isolation rooms and the instructor told her she could and will. It is not...

  11. Nursing Students: What do you think of your instructors?

    Bouncyball replied to KBICU's topic in General Students

    Hmm, The good instructors: they do more than just read off the power points. They are good at explaining things in a different way if you don't understand something the first way they explained it....

  12. Sleep Mask

    Bouncyball replied to Emilynn09's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My boyfriends snoring has been keeping me awake lately, so I have been experimenting with earplugs. The foam ones really hurt my ears and seem to fall out after a couple of hours. I tried Mack's...

  13. Who were you in high school

    Bouncyball replied to Dezy's topic in General Students

    I was the stoner weirdo who always skipped class. I was always doing crazy things but was lucky enough to have never been caught. So glad I got that out of my system while I was a minor. Now I am the...

  14. What was the hardest course youve taken?

    Bouncyball replied to MeekaNichole's topic in General Students

    I'm in my last semester of nursing school, but by far the hardest class I have ever taken was chemistry. I honestly have no idea how I passed that class. By my calculations, I should have failed with...

  15. Waiting for final grades to post

    Bouncyball replied to Cuteypie504's topic in General Students

    I finally got my grade and am so happy to say I passed everything!!! Did anyone else get any news

  16. How to prepare for nursing school??!

    Bouncyball replied to mariaberry19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You can start reading about physical assessment and start practicing. And maybe make flash cards for some basic labs like WBC, rbc, platelets, hemoglobin, hematocrit, bun, creatinine, ast, alt. I...

  17. Waiting for final grades to post

    Bouncyball replied to Cuteypie504's topic in General Students

    Yes, I am waiting and the suspense is killing me!!!! I took my finals on Thursday and won't get the results until Monday. I can get a 60% on the final and still pass the class, but that final was...

  18. Student Loans to finance my CC tuition, basic living expenses all the way through BSN

    Bouncyball replied to ccstudentpsychnurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I may be wrong on this, but I thought in California that you were unable to take loans out that we're above the cost of school if you were going to a community college. I am pretty sure I have read...

  19. How many people in your class?

    Bouncyball replied to Dezy's topic in General Students

    This 3rd semester nursing class started with about 60 people and so far we are down to 30 ish. We will get our final grades on Monday and see how many more failed

  20. Final exam on thursday!

    Bouncyball replied to amandahopedel's topic in General Students

    I don't have any advice, but wanted to say good luck! I'm taking my final this morning

  21. Patient Picking At Clothing/Bed Linens

    Bouncyball replied to 84RN's topic in Home Health

    I'm still a nursing student, but just had my death and dying and hospice lecture. Our instructor said that she frequently sees patients near death start picking at the sheets, clothes, or themselves....

  22. What makes you want to vomit?

    Bouncyball replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Vomit and dentures. I'm good with everything

  23. Have dress codes changed for clinical prep?

    Bouncyball replied to DoeRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Our dress code for getting pt info for clinicals is no open toe shoes, no jeans, and we have to wear a lab coat over our

  24. A clean room. A clean home. A clean person.

    Bouncyball replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    Buggie, cart, I can't figure out what you are talking about. I assume its something on wheels that the nurse pushes around? I have never seen anything that is push able. All of the supply and...

  25. Winter Break

    Bouncyball replied to NICUmiiki's topic in General Students

    I'm going to catch up on sleep, de junk my house (it seems to have built up during school) and enjoy the holidays. It's my favorite time of the