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  1. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    piscesgirl replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm having a hard time dealing with my job. The stress and frustration is almost unbearable and I feel so overwhelmed at times that it makes me cry. Part of the frustration is with the management....

  2. STLCC at Meramec supply list

    piscesgirl replied to piscesgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for the information. I kind of figured I wouldn't need to have my own bp cuff but just wanted to be sure. My mom has been having issues with her blood pressure lately and was...

  3. STLCC at Meramec supply list

    piscesgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was accepted into the Fall 07 but had to defer until Spring 08. I was just wondering if anyone knows what is needed for the program. I want to start getting things early so I'm not stuck getting...

  4. STLCC at Meramec supply list

    piscesgirl replied to piscesgirl's topic in General Nursing

    What about stuff like a bp cuff, bandage sissors, pen light, etc. Do you have to get that on your own or does it come in a kit at the book

  5. A&P 1 Fall '06 Club!

    piscesgirl replied to matsgrl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow, sounds like you guys got it easy. I just had a test over the bones and muscles of the limbs. We had to study all the bones and various points on them, muscles and the origins, insertions and...

  6. Bought my textbooks... now what???

    piscesgirl replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The first few chapters are usually just general reviews on concepts used in the class. I always make it a point to read over those chapters. I wish other people would to so we don't spend the first...

  7. What classes are good to take with others?

    piscesgirl replied to AJ+CN04's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took general psychology and sociology at the same time. The advisor said it was a good idea. Boy was she wrong. The classes were too similar and it got really confusing. My advice is to avoid...

  8. For Fun: Spiral Notebooks or Binders?

    piscesgirl replied to Elizabeth Hanes's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For lecture, I use a legal tablet for notes then transfer to a 1 subject spiral. I also prefer the pentel RSVP, blue ink, fine point. When i read the book chapters, I use a 3 or 5 subject spiral, (I...

  9. Harrison

    piscesgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I currently live in St. Louis but recently took a trip to Harrison, Arkansas to visit my boyfriends family and I must say it is a beautiful place. We have considered a move there and I have been...

  10. wedding rings at work

    piscesgirl replied to tofutti's topic in General Nursing

    i have discussed it with my boyfriend of 2 years and hes ok with it, he just doesnt like the talk of marriage, or kids

  11. wedding rings at work

    piscesgirl replied to tofutti's topic in General Nursing

    even though im only a student and not even in the process of being married, ive always planned on getting a band tattooed on my ring finger. ive always thought wedding rings were expensive and i tend...

  12. Phone pre-interview

    piscesgirl posted a topic in Nursing Career

    About 2 weeks ago I got a phone call from someone at a local hospital saying that she wanted to do a screening over the phone for a cna position. She asked me if I was certified and I told her no and...

  13. cloth vs disposable diapers

    piscesgirl replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    my mom said she used cloth diapers on me and that it was a whole lot easier. i believe she had used a service for them to. she also tended to let me run around in the backyard without them...

  14. Well, the semester is quickly coming to a close, how ya doin?

    piscesgirl replied to allthingsbright's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    if anything i learned one great lesson this semester, dont take psychology with sociology. they go over the same stuff but with different view points and it gets confusing. i also learned the school...

  15. For the eyes of the "older" pre-nursing students only!

    piscesgirl replied to stpauligirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    how about when a tv channel actually didnt have something on, and then the colored bars came up with that horrible monotone noise, or the crying indian pollution commercial, or when the emergency...

  16. For the eyes of the "older" pre-nursing students only!

    piscesgirl replied to stpauligirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm only 22 and that makes me feel old!!! Mork and Mindy was my fav show when i was little, i used to play with the tape in cassettes, we still cook popcorn on the stove and i remember orificenal...

  17. relationship blues-school or love

    piscesgirl replied to changed1's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    "It is better to have loved and lost than to never haved loved at

  18. are they serious ?

    piscesgirl replied to nursebabygurl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I remember when i was little, we would always get phone calls from the nursing home my great grandma was in saying she wandered off. It happened so much we knew exactly where to look for her. We live...

  19. Judge Judy disses nursing

    piscesgirl replied to DaFreak71's topic in General Nursing

    maybe its just me, but i interpret this as her being relieved hes not in school to be a doctor, totally disreguarding the mention of

  20. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    piscesgirl replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    I think I have just been getting a bad batch of teachers. In my psychology class, the teacher gives us a presentation assignment and says "all you need to do is give an overview of the topic". When...

  21. Nurses are overpaid!

    piscesgirl replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

  22. You're going to Community College?

    piscesgirl replied to Multicollinearity's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I go to a community college and am darn proud of it. I would much rather pay $78 a credit hour instead of $1200+ at the other colleges around here. It's all the same education in my opinion. And...

  23. Where do I start??

    piscesgirl replied to ddierker's topic in General Nursing

    I just signed up for the nursing program at meramec and the waiting list is 2 years. That's fine with me because I go part time and can have all my non core classes out of the way before in the...

  24. Ultrasound-free sex predictor

    piscesgirl replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Through out my moms entire pregnancy, the doctor swore up and down i was a boy. He also joked that my mom had an alien inside her because my heart rate was wierd. Then i was born, the doc announced...

  25. What part...

    piscesgirl replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I am from St. Louis Missouri I'm currently working on my pre-nursing classes at St. Louis Community College at Meramec I plan on applying for the program as soon as I finish my last pre class... gotta...