Trixiebell

Trixiebell

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  1. I plan to learn the material week by week rather then in chunks before tests. I will NOT let myself get behind on my reading. I plan to ask the lecturers a whole load more questions. I will find a magic self confidence pill and start having some f...
  2. how many externships to apply for?

    That was my plan, but a lot of them want something on their own form or have a questionnaire to be filled in ...
  3. I am a first year student and am currently writing my applications for summer externships. I do well in class but feel I could benefit from more hands of experience as I have a hard time organizing myself at clinical - I was just wondering how many...
  4. a sign of intellegence

    We had our last review before final last night and I asked the lecturer if they could give us a suggestion as to what systems we will cover next semester. She asked why and I (very honestly) answered that it has been two years since my A&P class...
  5. Student Loans

    When I first moved to the US I had a hard time getting loans, I got my husband and in laws to act as cosigners for my first year of school and this year was able to get loans on my own... Talk to a lot of different banks, it took me a while to find s...
  6. am i not going to regret being a nurse?

    hi i just wanted to let you know that you are not the only one, i'm a med student (3 days left) and am leaving for a variety of reasons..most of them not exactly in my control...and i start nursing school next semester in a grad program and i'm reall...
  7. how does one go about finding an internship?

    hi i'm training in australia as a nurse and will be moving to the US as a new grad with my husband...(end of 2006) i'm wondering how i go about finding internships/new grad positions in NICU or a related area? this must seem like a mighty silly quest...
  8. preparing for nursing school

    there are anatomy colouring books avaialble on amazon for a couple of dollars that are really good for learning anatomy...if you can get one that goes with your text book it'll help heaps... just my 2c..no idea if it applies to LNP classes, just how ...
  9. Are there any nures/students with another degree

    I have a B in Conservation Biology and got part way thorugh medical school, i start nursing in 6 months (talk about a round about route right?)... i don't think any education is ever wasted, as much as i will never be a conservation biologist i can ...
  10. Understanding Oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve

    hi basically it comes back to the sturcture of hameoglobin. it is a protein with four heme groups (all containing an iron molecule), each heme group can bind one molecule of oxygen. it has two different states, one is a tense state (T)...in this st...
  11. I'm blind in right eye

    hi cindy i'm not a nurse but just wanted to offer some encouragment...i've been blind in my left eye most of my life...i work in a busy hospital (med student and cna) and i do bump into people and have a funny habit of walking into door frames...anyb...
  12. lots of questions re coming to US

    hi i'm still looking for clarification on a range of issues so thought i'd start a new thread here 1. i have been offered a place in a graduate RN degree in australia, it's a 16 month course...ie. three semesters + summer...it's graduate and you have...
  13. lots of questions re coming to US

    thankyou, i wasn't really sure who set the guidlines (them, the state etc etc)... but now that i know who to call i'm onto it! ...thanks all so much for answering innane q's from a confused person...
  14. lots of questions re coming to US

    nope didn't complete med schoo, nowhere near, but i knew the process back to front to immigrate...seeing as i have known since before i started school that i would be immigrating (trouble with decided to marry an american really isn't it?) sorry if t...
  15. lots of questions re coming to US

    where can i find a list of hours needed in various dept by the US? and i can compare with the program here (i havn't strarted so still have time to pull out and switch my application to somewhere else)...or they have grad. diploma programs here in s...
  16. lots of questions re coming to US

    it's not a specialist program, it's general, what they did was cut out all the science courses (ie. anatomy, micro etc) because the only people taking this course are people with biology degrees... this year i do catch up and next yr do two general n...
  17. how does one go about finding an internship?

    well that would just be easy wouldn't it? thankyou for explaining what should have been very obvious to me and thankyou for not prefacing it with, look you twit...has it ever occured to you? do you ever feel sometimes you get so close to something...
  18. Resource list for working in US

    so another silly q for you... can i apply for jobs in the US before sitting NCLEX? and this one is really daft but i can't figure this out...i sit NCLEX after finishing school right? we want to get back asap so i'm trying to figure out the best way ...
  19. Masters Advanced Nursing Practice

    HI if anyone needs any info, help etc with gamsat, give me a yell...i did it last yr and am currently first yr med (about to switch to nursing but thats a whole different story)... so if you need help email me etc...i got 72 which was enough to get m...
  20. When One Child Is Enough

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  21. just wanted to say thanks

    hi i'm newish and just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has obviously spent such a long time posting info up here...i went to med school to be a neonatologist and 1 semester in am switching to nursing school...in australia we don't have an intern...
  22. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    i used to work as a photographer and had spent a whole day photographing babies that kept spitting up on me and handeling parents who would just hand me a child and walk off while i tried to convince an 8 week old baby to smile for me. i was meeti...
  23. i'm becoming a nurse because i love spending time with people and because i enjoy thinking, i love having the option to chnage specialty and to travel, plus its nice to have a job thats secure... im currently a med student, changing because of the pe...
  24. Laughter really IS the best medicine

    in case you didnt know he is currently bulding a hospital and will hopefully be taking ppl there on a voluntary basis, and he runs a yearly trip to russia...failing that his phone number is on his website and you can give him a call! i met him last ...
  25. Wedding planning while in nursing school

    hey im in med school and planning a wedding, my other half is still in the US (im in austalia) so im doing it solo as well my advice is delegate, make a list, call friends, fam etc and delegate...so and so organises a cake, so and so does the photog...