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  1. Who loves med-surg?

    MountainBikeChick posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I read thread after thread about everyone hating med-surg! As a new grad about to go into med-surg/tele, it's disheartening. I know there are people out there that love it, however. I am extremely...

  2. Anchor sleep for night shift workers

    MountainBikeChick posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've searched the forums and the internet, and have not come to a clear answer - when using the "anchor sleep" approach, do you still take an afternoon nap before you go in for your first night shift?...

  3. Do you still have energy to cook after a 12 hour shift?

    MountainBikeChick replied to chunkalunk's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, seems like I'm the odd duck here! I ALWAYS have food when I get home, whether night or day shift. If I don't, I feel awful the next day - moreso than I would be if I didn't sleep. I have celiac...

  4. CNA vs. Fast food: Which is tougher?

    MountainBikeChick replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    If you consider CNA work to be "low of a decision", I'd like to request you not do it and stick with the fast food job that you're finding difficult to handle. (I worked at Jack in the Box when I was...

  5. Annnnnd it happened anyways...

    MountainBikeChick posted a topic in General Students

    I had posted about possibly getting pregnant a little while ago, and asked whether I should wait until school was over or not. With the help of the insightful comments here, my husband and I...

  6. Annnnnd it happened anyways...

    MountainBikeChick replied to MountainBikeChick's topic in General Students

    ​As an update, since I'm sure other students will search this topic eventually - Shortly after posting here I got way sick with hyperemesis gravidarum (look it up, nurses! It's so...

  7. Pregnancy and birth

    MountainBikeChick replied to Lakielake's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You'll get there! Take it day by day, not year by

  8. Pregnancy and birth

    MountainBikeChick replied to Lakielake's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Everyone gave great advice! I'll break down my community college (CC) and university (U) requirements as an 'example' for you. My CC and U basically had the same pre-reqs! So before you could start...

  9. I need a mentor

    MountainBikeChick replied to Ginger702's topic in General Students

    I agree with Pixie - don't just do reading! You've already determined that it is not the best way for you to study. If you are auditory, I recommend looking up YouTube videos on the nursing process...

  10. Having difficulty in nursing school

    MountainBikeChick replied to Anon101's topic in General Students

    I am an introvert and talking about tedious things like, "Oh the weather is so great today!" just sucks.my.soul. So at first, talking with patients was exhausting to me. But over time I was able to...

  11. Early Morning Nurses (and Nursing Students)

    MountainBikeChick replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with many of the above - no caffeine (though after 1pm for me!), multiple alarms in the morning, and have everything packed. I'll even go so far as to put my breakfast bagel on a plate in the...

  12. Interviewing an R.N.

    MountainBikeChick replied to DACMEDINA's topic in General Nursing

    I bet this person is in high school, hence the 'training after high school' question. I'm an introvert, so I understand not wanting to interview someone in

  13. The Line b/t Respecting Wishes of Victim, Privacy, & Reporting

    MountainBikeChick replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of a member in an ACLS class that I took - she said if she came upon an unknown child that needed CPR, she would not do mouth to mouth. At first I thought, "Ya, I guess that makes...

  14. 75 Q's Today... Feel Crushed.

    MountainBikeChick replied to misskris528's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I read that Pearson changed their payment stuff a week or two ago, and that it's even less reliable than before! As akulahawk said, check your BON page. Mine posted about 24 hours after the test, a...

  15. Being a pregnant nurse

    MountainBikeChick replied to NurseLiliRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Congrats! I was pregnant in nursing school and worked at the hospital as well (and had a Zofran pump for 5 months of it because of hyperemesis gravidarum!). I worked/was in school until the end, and...

  16. Who loves med-surg?

    MountainBikeChick replied to MountainBikeChick's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Woohoo, thank you all! I was admittedly sad at first that I didn't get the critical care job that my heart was set on, but then I realized I got along with the hiring managers wayyyy better and the...

  17. Time frame from graduation to NCLEX

    MountainBikeChick replied to jennifermae24's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I graduated May 13th, got my ATT on June 4, and took (and passed!) the test June 14th. I started studying about a week after graduation. Take it as soon as possible! ETA: I started my paperwork and...

  18. Essential oils

    MountainBikeChick replied to aceplace22's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree with Vintage above - just sniff it! Usually that is good enough for me. If not, I just put a dab right on the tip of my nose. Then it's powerful for me, but less likely for others to smell....

  19. Should I wait to have a baby?

    MountainBikeChick replied to AHobbs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As some others have said - it depends on what YOU think you can handle! I had my daughter in February, in the middle of my second critical care semester. I had hyperemesis gravidarum (EXTREME morning...

  20. Got accepted to NAU/ PC CEP!!!

    MountainBikeChick replied to MissKrys87's topic in General Students

    I'm in the NAU traditional program, so not the same program exactly, but wanted to say

  21. I passed my NCLEX with 75 questions on the first try!!!

    MountainBikeChick replied to Wallace2014's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats! Jumping on the 3-page med summary as well, I feel like that is my weakest. [email protected] Thank

  22. Pregnancy in nursing school

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

    I just had my baby 7 weeks ago in the middle of the semester! I took the max of two weeks off (I did assignments to make up the clinical hours) and had a big test the day I got back and aced it. I'm...

  23. My sisters wedding is when I'm in my 1st year of nursing school?

    MountainBikeChick replied to ateka's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Like a few of the others have said (and I'm honestly surprised there aren't more), if you are willing to give up on nursing because of a couple weddings, it probably isn't for you. You won't even be...

  24. Is this my cohort?

    MountainBikeChick replied to aeris99's topic in General Students

    I had a lot of people like that in my pre-nursing classes, and they were the ones that ended up not getting in the program! There is one girl like that in the program now (nothing is her fault, the...

  25. I got accepted and I am due in March 2015

    MountainBikeChick replied to sprint831's topic in General Students

    I am due at the end of February (I'll be in my third semester, though) and plan on continuing! Just talk to your teachers ahead of time and see what kind of accomodations they can offer. I can only...