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I am at one of the state colleges in CA and my program has what is called fast track where students who are done with GEs can graduate a semester earlier (so a total of 5 semesters). The nursing cirriculum allows students to add GE classes if needed....

In my nursing program, someone from the last graduating class (spring 06) will be starting out with $37/hr as a new grad. I was talking to one of my instructors about this thinking wow, I want to work where she works haha! My instructor then told me...

:welcome: We usually have a few drug calc tests thrown into each semester. We were allowed to use calculators on each of our tests.

I personally don't think it's just med students. I'm a nursing student and there are quite a few times where I run into nurses who pick on either me and/or my fellow students to the point where we feel like complete idiots. At the end of our day we w...

Colon & rectal surgery :roll

:rotfl: I do that too!

When we did our peds clinical rotation at a children's hospital in the city, we didn't have to wear all white scrubs (ha we were all excited about that). Also, I noticed quite a few nurses wore scrub pants, but wore whatever shirt they wanted... not ...

So it's the first day of spring break and the last thing I wanted to do was think about nursing. It's my break and I want to relax and de-stress. This morning I woke up in a cold sweat after having a nightmare. In my dream I went to visit an old f...

This is probably a stupid question, but I'm writing up a literature review for one of my nursing classes and I'm getting frustrated with the APA format. In my paragraph, I had written two sentences which came from the same source. Now do I cite aft...

When I got out of high school, I had absolutely no clue what I wanted to do. I had never thought about becoming a nurse until around my 2nd year of college. Over the summer I had wanted to get a job so I wouldn't be bored out of my mind. I found ou...

I think it depends on where you apply and what they are asking for. When I applied to the school I'm at now, we had to have a B or better in all our prereqs. On the application we just had to list our grades we got for the prereqs (and experiences a...

I also bring air freshener as well. Then (the less noticeable the better...obviously ) I take a few deep breaths and hold it as long as I can and then slowly let the breath out while emptying and cleaning the bag as quickly as possible.

It really depends on what you feel like you can handle and what you really want. Right now I'm getting my BSN. When I first started I wanted to graduate, get my RN and then continue on to get my masters to be an FNP. The closer I come to graduatio...

Occasionally I will get a cut on my hand, which then is a portal of entry for who knows what at the hospital. I'll cover it up with a bandaid, but with all the handwashing and such, it comes off all the time so I'm constantly changing it. I even trie...

I think it all depends on the type of precaution. If it says airborne or droplet precautions the you would definitely want to wear a mask and such. Since it sounds like just contact precautions, it is a good idea to wear gloves and also to wash you...

I like the tegaderm and bandaid aid. It drives me crazy when the bandaid keeps falling off, but then again I hate soggy bandaids I've never tried the spray before. Hmm maybe I'll have to experiment... well ha not that I want a cut or anything

Those are great! I just finished up OB as well. Ha I wish I saw this post before the exam. Oh well, better late then never

I'm thinking about becoming an FNP in the future. I have 2 semesters left before getting a BSN and would like to get some experience before applying to grad school. I'm curious to know what area of nursing some of you worked in before becoming an F...

This was a while ago when I was working as a CNA. I remember this kid had broken a bone in his right leg. He used his call light and I went in to see what he needed. He asked if I could take a couple washcloths and put them in between his toes on the...

Bipley, I thought you handled the situation very well since it is a sensitive topic to approach someone with :yelclap: I'm glad things didn't end on a sour note... whew no brawl, no waffles :chuckle

Haha so have I I can't wait to read what happened!

In postpartum, this poor woman had undergone an emergency hysterectomy due to placenta accreta. Looking at the previous assessment, her fundus was firm, midline at the umbilicus

I personally hated psych, it seemed like everyone got it except for me. When it came to the test questions, it would always be the opposite answer of what I thought it would be... argh! Many people in my class believed peds was difficult. It was ch...

Yes, I'm hoping it went well :heartbeat

:chuckle :roll You guys crack me up :rotfl: