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    Your experience in nursing school

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I pulled a 3.8 and studied all through my summer session drinking frozen margaritas on my back deck. Seriously. (Not drunk, mind you!) I just didn't let it get to me. I did a 16 month ABSN with 16...
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    What was your hardest prerequisite course?

    carolinapooh replied to Natasha_mer24's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Still a three on the four point scale. :) Well
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    What was your hardest prerequisite course?

    carolinapooh replied to Natasha_mer24's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Stats is the only math I can do because it's concrete. I thought it was a big puzzle and a game of sorts. I do agree that it's a hard one to "study" for - I think it's one of those ones you either get...
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    Wow, I really have to take this class?

    carolinapooh replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Somehow I managed to get through two universities without ever taking a speech class. It would've bored the crap out of me (I'm good at public speaking), but I know it's beneficial for those who need...
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    Wow, I really have to take this class?

    carolinapooh replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You really don't need art appreciation to communicate with a "white collar" professional. Most of them have never taken it either. The other piece of advice for this is don't launch into conversations...
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    Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I also used Google (did you honestly think I wouldn't look before asking you if you had any information?) and read that article. That's hardly evidence-based practice based on peer reviewed...
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    Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I'm far from trying to be cute. I'm way too old to attempt to be cute. Sorry if you don't care for a differing
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    Critical Thinking

    carolinapooh replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I like your post, but I think the reason the whole definition thing is a problem is this: I see the nursing profession continually trying to claim ownership of itself, whether it's through nursing...
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    Student with Diabetes

    carolinapooh replied to Amethya's topic in School

    My guess is a McDonald's breakfast is about three bucks. Three bucks can make quite a healthy breakfast. Or at least a healthier
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    Is it normal that my school doesn't teach us IVs?

    carolinapooh replied to Annie_1101's topic in General Students

    I did an ABSN in 2006 and did Foleys and IVs. (On real live patients after doing them on mannequins in skills lab.) I even learned how to draw from a port and a PICC in skills lab (we had a fancy...
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    Phasing out CNS

    carolinapooh replied to marigoldey's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    This is interesting as the current push in the Air Force is to use them more. I'll file this one away and have it handy the next time someone tries to push me along that track (because that's already...
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    Air Force COT Oct 2016

    carolinapooh replied to narslyf's topic in Government, Military

    I've been active duty for fifteen years, officer and enlisted...welcome to the military. :) You'll have to get used to loose planning in this business; it's probably the most frustrating thing about...
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    Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    The only employer that's ever supplied scrubs for me has been the military. And they're horrible. :) (They saved me a bundle, I must admit...all those cute shirts are
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    Critical Thinking

    carolinapooh replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    No, that's exactly what it is. It's just the three highest levels of
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    Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't say the ratio is that high - otherwise all these scrub companies would be out of business. They'd have a hard time making their way relying only on peds folks, dental offices, and MD...
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    Accelerated Programs

    carolinapooh replied to lynn_702's topic in General Students

    Wanted to add that when I was looking at ABSNs vs. the "traditional" BSN in my area, I noticed that the only thing stopping someone from doing "regular" RN school by the "accelerated" method was a...
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    Accelerated Programs

    carolinapooh replied to lynn_702's topic in General Students

    Not quite. In some cases "accelerated" is almost a misnomer. The actual core of nursing school for a BSN is about 18-24 months. I did it in 16 by going all year round with only six weeks off over...
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    9-11 - Where were You? What were You Doing?

    carolinapooh replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    I remember the USS Cole. I had moved to Riyadh that June and thought how odd it was - I had seen her in dock in Bahrain just a couple of months before. Please know that those sailors are not forgotten...
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    Dating while in nursing school?

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    "I'm sorry, I'm just not interested, but thank you for the compliment." Direct, polite. Days and days of attempting to be indirect and coy won't change their reaction. You cannot constantly second...
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    ITT Tech closing ALL schools nationwide

    carolinapooh replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    I think we're having this problem already. Someone will figure it out when there are no plumbers and HVAC folks and no car mechanics...trades are good and many pay VERY well. I'd be very proud if I...
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    9-11 - Where were You? What were You Doing?

    carolinapooh replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    Me too. We got married in 2000. On 12 September, I called my mom again, and she was telling the story of the priest for the firefighters that was carried out dead (Father Tom? I can't remember but the...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    You do realize that in the 1930s and 1940s, and especially in concentration camps, it's far more likely that the inmates had already been exposed to those diseases while imprisoned, and the guards had...
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    Professional (Dis) Courtesy

    carolinapooh replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    I've been to quite a few MD appointments with my mom - and she has always told them I'm an RN before I have a chance. The providers - all specialists - have always commented it was nice to talk to an...
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    9-11 - Where were You? What were You Doing?

    carolinapooh replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    I remember it that way too - it was like the building didn't really collapse, it sort of...fluttered down. It was like watching a movie - I remember thinking "this has got to be a Tom Clancy novel"...
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    HELP- nursing math problem

    carolinapooh replied to AnaRegisteredNurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A good way to check your work is to see if the answer makes sense. The entire vial is 500 mg. You reconstitute it to make 8mL of liquid. It would take a lot more than 0.4 mL (which is less than half...