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  1. Nursing school

    krisiepoo replied to kikkidee6's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    What are your long term goals? What is the job market like for both these positions? What are the schools like in your area? What is your previous (if any) schooling like (ie GPA)? I ask these...

  2. Took First NS Exam. Need Some Encouragement.

    krisiepoo replied to parkj9's topic in General Students

    When people ask me how I did, i say "I passed" :) Noone needs to know if I got 100% or 78% I agree with above, don't change your answers, it rarely ends up being a

  3. Keeping a full time job through Prenursing/ Nursing school???

    krisiepoo replied to sharonanderson24's topic in General Students

    I work in an office... My classes are all nights/weekends so I work all day and go to school all

  4. Preparing for clinicals

    krisiepoo replied to love67's topic in General Students

    At the beginning we had pre-clinicals where we had to do all that plus a full med sheet. It was really time consuming but it does help in the long run. 1/2 way through our 3rd semester, we showed up...

  5. In a Funk!

    krisiepoo replied to RN-4Ever's topic in General Students

    I'm in a total funk and i think a lot of it has to do with the weather... less sun, more cold and rain. I'm in my last semester, too, so it's really not good right now! I'm ramping up my exercise in...

  6. NCLEX books to review with?

    krisiepoo replied to cutiemexiz's topic in General Students

    I use Saunders (they have the new one available now) and NCLEX for dummies solely for the overwhelming number of questions they have available. I feel 1/2 the battle is learning how to answer them...

  7. Unsupportive fiance...not sure what to do

    krisiepoo replied to Ashley_Sam's topic in General Students

    He gets upset when you don't spend a lot of time together, what happens when you're working 12-hour shifts, opposite of his? What happens when you have kids and your attention is focused on them?...

  8. What do you carry your gear to clinicals in?

    krisiepoo replied to Wannabeeinscrubs's topic in General Students

    I keep all my clinical supplies in a pastic bag in my glove compartment and then take it out and put it in my pockets or around my neck before clinicals. Why in gods name are you needing to bring a...

  9. Ebooks? Some, all or none??

    krisiepoo replied to cnoto34's topic in General Students

    personally I would hate to have all my books on ebooks because of how I like to read. What I did, however, was the super thick books I had the binding cut off and had them 3-hole punched and I put...

  10. Paycheck Question

    krisiepoo replied to onthemark's topic in General Nursing

    You ended up ahead in my book since you weren't charged the 5 hours PTO and were paid 5 hours of OT so while I get where you're coming from in a way, you actually came out ahead and they were doing...

  11. Can i ask a job to reschedule my orientation?

    krisiepoo replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think you screwed the goose by telling your office job you didn't have another job (?!) so now asking them for time off during training will not go over

  12. Issues and Trends

    krisiepoo replied to Dibbadee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    google "health promotion topics" -- you can add modifiers in that as well first thoughts were HIV, obesity,

  13. Should I go straight to graduate school or pay off my debts first?

    krisiepoo replied to Kathy Kethdy's topic in General Students

    I'd wait and see how you feel about it closer to your senior year. you have tons of time to work through this in the next 3+ years. The are pros/cons to both

  14. Full Time Work - Full Time School. Tips!

    krisiepoo replied to Stephalump's topic in General Students

    use a calendar and plot your life by the second (only kind of kidding). Use a calendar that everyone can write on. block out your work time, your class time and your study time (sounds stupid, but...

  15. Yoga teacher training - Can it benefit my nursing practice?

    krisiepoo replied to 078207's topic in General Students

    Not really, but it may help YOU with meditative breathing, relaxation, etc while in school and in your practice. However, it may focus your attention on alternative therapies as a

  16. Got Into Nursing School, Now What?

    krisiepoo replied to havehope's topic in General Students

    Purchase the Saunders comprehensive NCLEX review book - it helped me with school exams as well get the PDQ for RN book - priceless during clinicals I didn't buy any of the recommended texts because it...

  17. A few questions about bedside manner.

    krisiepoo replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sorry that you're not getting the kudos you deserve while others are. While it doesn't reall mean much professionally, I know it means a lot personally to just have someone remember that you did...

  18. Hearts and Entertainment | Life of a Nurse

    krisiepoo replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I read this entire story as satire since that joke's been going round for years now I wouldn't read too much into

  19. Saw a nurse yelling at a patient in ICU

    krisiepoo replied to inspiredbynavy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think the OP has learned now that nursing is not all rainbows and unicorns playing with

  20. Another failing nursing student :(

    krisiepoo replied to Jammindude's topic in General Students

    when we fail a test at our university, we have to use the loma linda test analysis and we go through every question we got wrong and have to answer WHY we got it wrong and then for every question we...

  21. RN to BSN

    krisiepoo replied to Krafty's topic in General Students

    Many of the hospitals near me either require you have a BSN or are/will be completing it within 2 years of being

  22. Do you eat well/exercise while in the program?

    krisiepoo replied to Elizabeth Renee's topic in General Students

  23. HELP!!! I am a kinesthetic learner!

    krisiepoo replied to Ericak's topic in General Students

    They don't, they listen and retain because doing something (knitting/walking/whatever) engages another part of your brain that can help some people retain the information. Or the lectures will...

  24. How do you decide on a speciality?

    krisiepoo replied to gmarquardt's topic in General Students

    I say graduate, get a job and then find out what you're really good/passionate about and go from there. You've been in clinicals, what area sparked your

  25. My First Job as an RN!

    krisiepoo replied to seanynjboy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    congrats, I'm really happy and excited for you! Several local hospitals around here have the new grad application thing too which I'm leery of, but sounds like it worked great for