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    How to know which diagnosis is of higher priority

    ShelbyaStar replied to jlm521's topic in General Students

    We practice NCLEX questions a lot in lab, often it's prioritizing. ABC- airway, breathing, circulation. By this standard, I would probably put COPD and maybe the suctioning ahead of the other things....
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    How to NOT Aid a Cheater?

    ShelbyaStar replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OR... do it and then in the references, cite yourself as the author. See if she
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    How to NOT Aid a Cheater?

    ShelbyaStar replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well that's a new one. I don't feel super confident with APA format either, but that gives me more grief with references than the paper itself. It doesn't stop me from writing my paper. If I do mess...
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    When group bullying expands from classmates to teachers and administration

    ShelbyaStar replied to who knows's topic in General Students

    Glad I'm not the only one for whom that just looked like a long stream of keyboard diarrhea. I read it three times and still can't figure out who's bullying who. Or pretty much anything
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    I lack social skills and confidence. Is nursing a possibility for me?

    ShelbyaStar replied to DerAustin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If it's bad enough to affect your daily life, it's bad enough to seek help for. Have you ever sought therapy or drugs? You don't really know until you try. Alternative therapies like acupuncture can...
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    I lack social skills and confidence. Is nursing a possibility for me?

    ShelbyaStar replied to DerAustin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How old are you? I ask because I used to be extremely lacking in confidence when I was younger. Nursing would have been unimaginable to me as a fresh high school graduate. Now I'm 28 and it feels...
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    Telling the truth on a peer evaluation for a group project?

    ShelbyaStar replied to JESSICAAA159's topic in General Students

    I would be honest. That's what it's there for. I would be very fair and probably play up any of her good points (if there are any), but I would definitely be honest. Haaate group projects. The idea...
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    Planning to take any summer classes?

    ShelbyaStar replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Students

    I'll be taking microbio. I didn't want to take summer classes, but since next semester also includes pathophysiology and pharmacology, I figured one less thing on my plate could only be a good thing....
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    Fed-up: Admin will not even meet with me so I can withdrawal. A warning to others.

    ShelbyaStar replied to reluctantrn's topic in General Students

    Stop paying. Stop going. Problem solved. That's exactly how I stopped school the first time. People withdraw from every program. Only in first semester and someone withdrew from mine in about week 4....
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    Another GPA Question

    ShelbyaStar replied to KayGee's topic in General Students

    I really had my heart set on an ABSN. I was really bummed to find 1) there aren't any in my area and 2) even if there were, I wouldn't have gotten in. Oh well. The ADN/BSN program I'm in is cheap and...
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    Another GPA Question

    ShelbyaStar replied to KayGee's topic in General Students

    Is this for an ABSN? I graduated with my first degree with the exact same GPA. It didn't really matter because I did well in my prereqs and that's all that was counted. If you're applying for an ABSN...
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    can i drop bsn school and get aas for now

    ShelbyaStar replied to iluvpink29's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I sort of did this. I started taking prereqs at a university, then decided to move and enroll in an ADN program for actual nursing school. However, this is a bridge program of sorts where I can...
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    Nurses: You've Been LIED to about your Back and Body Mechanics

    ShelbyaStar replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, yes, nursing is a cakewalk compared to horses. Been there, done that, have the back spasms to prove
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    Would you have called out?

    ShelbyaStar replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    That is really gross of them to guilt trip you for
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    I don't feel smart enough for nursing school. How do I pass NS?

    ShelbyaStar replied to PrettyNerd's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't think anybody really remembers much from reading a dry textbook the way they would an exciting novel. I need to do multiple things with the material if there's any hope of it sinking
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    Can I still be an RN if I was in a Mental Hospital?

    ShelbyaStar replied to pediatricnurse2016's topic in General Students

    I've noticed some nurses listed on the MN BON with the reason being listed as being committed. However, it sounds like they were needing to be committed when they were already working. I don't think...
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    Thanks for the support and opposition

    ShelbyaStar replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    It's always pretty easy to pick out people that haven't posted on forums before. It has its own culture and etiquette
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    Don't Want To Touch Patients!

    ShelbyaStar replied to ThinBabe's topic in General Nursing

    Good advice. I've been squeamish in the past and was pretty sure I was better, but not positive. I got a job at a group home, bonus being that I didn't have to pay for certification first but still...
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    Pregnancy in nursing school

    ShelbyaStar replied to TooManyCats's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Can you time it so that you have the baby during summer break? Kinda my plan...
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    Don't Want To Touch Patients!

    ShelbyaStar replied to ThinBabe's topic in General Nursing

    What? That's the point of being a nurse. Physical care. It almost always involves touching. As people said, there's specialties where it doesn't, but it still takes a lot of touching to get there. Why...
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    one side love problem between student nurse and doctor

    ShelbyaStar replied to chinglee's topic in General Students

    This has nothing to do with being nursing and medical students and everything to do with you coming off as desperate and being creepy. I mean, having a crush is fine. Getting to know someone and...
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    Was my professor out of line?

    ShelbyaStar replied to kimmyanne02's topic in General Students

    I don't know if it's something I'd throw a fit over, but from here on out I would probably avoid her as much as possible. Just keep your head down and get through it. I certainly don't put nursing...
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    FLAME ON!

    ShelbyaStar replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    You should ask how long it took her to get her PhD in cosmetology. OMG you just have a license? Are you sure you're a REAL
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    Students who get As are bad bedside nurses

    ShelbyaStar replied to konstantine's topic in General Students

    To add, I think it's a little harder to tell if one is doing poorly in clinical and thus it is easier for some people to believe they are great at it when they are not good at theory, when in reality...
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    Students who get As are bad bedside nurses

    ShelbyaStar replied to konstantine's topic in General Students

    It makes next to no sense and I think people tell that to themselves to make them feel better about their mediocrity as a student. I have seen some people that miss the point, but not as much in...