LoriRNCM ADN, ASN, RN

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    Favorite Nursing Class

    I've only just finished first year, so they are all equally horrific. (JK..... not really
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    UGH! Break is almost over..boo

    That's awesome, Kris! I will probably wish I had done that too...... But it's with great reluctance that I even signed up for Psych NUR. I didn't want to take any extra classes, I was so exhausted by...
  3. I remember a year ago, having just gotten my acceptance letter to NS. Buying all my supplies, getting my textbooks as soon as the ISBN was posted, stalking the ADN class of 2015 Blackboard site for my...
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    UGH! Break is almost over..boo

    Yes, Everline! Thanks for the reminder that I still have something to be excited about! Graduation next
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    Should I or shouldn't I

    I got my CNA cert after first semester of NS. Got three interview requests within an hour of applying for jobs with a major hospital/LTC employer in my area. I have been working as a CNA in LTC for a...
  6. Do any and every "optional" assignments that add points, even one or two points. It may make the difference in passing/failing the course, or as was my case, the difference between a final grade of A...
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    Want to be a nurse!! but Im 50 !!

    I was 47 when I started pre reqs, will be 51 when I take my boards next Spring/Summer. I'm the oldest in my class by a couple years, but no one judges me, at least not to my face. I'm buds with some...
  8. We don't have an actual Pharmacology course, but it is figured into every class..... except fundamentals, we didn't do much pharm in there. But pharm is def my weak point because I am better with...
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    Role Models

    I do remember something about this in a CBL I took...... eye contact at 12 feet, speak at 4 feet. Maybe if you try to have the confidence of the guys in Night at the Roxbury, without the head tilt,...
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    Most terrifying thing?

    They are all the patient assessments, and all the skills like foley insertion/removal, trach care, bandage application, central line care, etc etc...... you have to be checked off on it in lab before...
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    Role Models

    I had to at the comment "How does one make their body say "Hey I'm a role model, come talk to me". Then I started thinking, well, really, how does one make their body say "Hey I'm a role model, come...
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    Most terrifying thing?

    Skills check offs. Whether they are in clinical or sim lab. Still
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    I just want the letter!

    Oh that is funny! Did your friends do that? that is evil!
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    I just want the letter!

    I was the same way last year. Everyone is. My program also didn't really post anything for us until we were just about to do it. Maybe a week before class they opened the course on the website so we...
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    Psych rotation? What should I expect?

    What ? No Scrubs? Yippee!!!! I'm starting my psych rotation in a couple weeks, I hope that rule applies to us
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    Fast Track Option for ADN program

    It's a program so it's "preformatted", so to speak. The courses offered are strictly offered per this or that semester of the program. But yes, five semesters is our ADN program. And the option of...
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    Question about A&P and nursing school future

    There is nothing easy about A & P, especially in a condensed semester (I took A & P one in a Maymester, five weeks. UGH!) Nursing school is similar as far as how much studying, but there is...
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    Passed 1st semester of nursing school :)

    Our instructor told us first and third semesters of our program were hardest, but we did Medsurg one in second semester and I beg to differ. For me, second semester was definitely harder than first....
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    Squeamish...

    Second year student now and CNA. I find that when I focus on the patient and how uncomfortable and embarrassed they must be, and try to handle them with dignity and respect and not let anything...
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    Tips for New Nursing Students

    Well, it really is that simple. Do the work and study. Be organized. Keep a datebook and maybe even a whiteboard in your study with due dates/important dates. There is so much thrown at you so fast....
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    Level 2 student nurse

    Oh for Pete's sake. I've been wondering about these level two questions popping up all over the place under different names. Looks like alnurses has been
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    Cna then RN

    I did it at a CC, made sure to get A's in the sciences, but had a bad history from many years prior when life got in the way and I stopped going to class and took F's because I missed the withdraw...
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    acidosis vs. alkalosis

    Bookmarking. We had this beginning of last semester and it stumps me even still. All I can remember is ROME. Respiratory Opposite Metabolic
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    What's in Your Backpack?

    The spiral bound note cards are a good thing to have to study. I used them for lab values and pharm. Walmart carries those hard plastic closed clipboards for about 7 bucks. I use them for clinical. I...
  25. Congrats and enjoy your time off! I'm enjoying the last few weeks of a short break between first year and starting psych nursing in June. I remember my excitement at this time last year. I had all my...