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    Drug Cards

    smf0903 replied to imbatz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I always did a chart-type paper with meds. I had the med names, classes, normal dose, my responsibilities, side effects, important interactions, push time (if applicable). I liked having all the meds...
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    Top 10 Reasons We Get Fired: Sleeping on duty

    smf0903 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    We had a student fall asleep in a patient's room during clinicals. Pulled up a chair and was snoozing away It wasn't even the clinical instructor who came upon the student, it was the nurse manager...
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    Case study - what would you do?

    smf0903 replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    I love reading these case studies, I always learn from them! Thank you for sharing :) As an aside, "bleb" is one of my favorite terms
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    Dose calculations, new and old nurses.

    smf0903 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    We had to learn how to start and maintain a gravity drip, it was a part of our IV check off. We were told that every nurse should know how to do it and that most places had gotten away from teaching...
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    Job fair?

    smf0903 replied to Stella_Blue's topic in General Nursing

    There was a job fair a one of our local hospitals a couple of months back. It was specifically for RNs and encouraged new grads to attend. It was ok, I knew a lot of people who went to the fair but no...
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    Esme welcome back!!!!

    smf0903 replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome
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    The Patient's "Guests"

    smf0903 replied to rnsheri's topic in Nursing Humor

    While I was in nursing school my dad had stents placed in his legs. My mother took him to the hospital and when it "took too long" apparently went up to the nurses station and told them she had to...
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    Nclex at 76

    smf0903 replied to Superman1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ha! Before I opened the thread I thought it meant you took the nclex at 76 years old! I was going to say way to not let a dream die!! (Good luck on your results :)
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    NCLEX timeline?

    smf0903 replied to chloes.n.'s topic in General Students

    Check with your school, they should have the ins and outs for you. We had to have all of our stuff submitted to the BON 4 weeks prior to graduation, and even at that no one got ATTs until 2 months...
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    Stuck with dirty needle by fellow Nurse!

    smf0903 replied to swan77's topic in General Nursing

    That is seriously messed up. Never, EVER would I joke about something like that, and I am the first person to make light of situations. If I ever accidentally stuck someone I would not only be...
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    Are these things still taught in nursing school?

    smf0903 replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    All were taught in our program. We had ABGs every semester, had a competency check-off for meds (first semester) and passed meds in all clinicals, and HIPAA talk started in orientation. Expectation of...
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    Test day ritual?

    smf0903 replied to LJR89's topic in General Students

    I always wore my florescent colored smiley-faced socks, and cranked up the tunes in the car on my drive
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    Medical school after nursing school ?

    smf0903 replied to Harlee92's topic in General Students

    And who wouldn't want to say "Hi, I'm Doctor Smith and I'll be your nurse
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    Getting used to 12 hour shifts?

    smf0903 replied to champagneferret's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Other posters have given you great advice! I cannot--CANNOT--overemphasize the "staying hydrated" advice given!! One of my 12s during clinicals was my preceptorship, and I got to the site and my...
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    NCLEX-HELP!

    smf0903 replied to NursingGirlRN2b's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't know if it's different state-by-state, but I had my results within like 27 hours (took exam at 0800 and had my license listed on BON site by 1100 next morning and I'm in Ohio). I never tried...
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    Best nursing youtube channels?

    smf0903 replied to nursedorkface's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    MedCram and Khan Academy. Simple Nursing helped some, but he's a little all over the place sometimes. But definitely MedCram and Khan, they are awesome!
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    Does anyone think nursing school gives too many chances?

    smf0903 replied to JJ1994's topic in General Students

    Our school actually ended up putting the "math rules" in class syllabi and in our handbook because this was an issue. Our school doesn't allow chance after chance. If you withdraw, you withdraw with...
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    Just found out I failed NCLEX for the third time! Help!

    smf0903 replied to aliciajade's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Prepu questions get more difficult as you gain a higher "score". The prepu NCLEX 10,000 was pretty good, in my opinion. It covered the range of topics, it wasn't specific to a certain area/field. But...
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    Waive course?

    smf0903 replied to Peachy Em's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure if this is the same everywhere, but when I worked toward a duel degree I had lower level chems for nursing but higher level chems for biology degree. I had to get syllabi from both sets...
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers

    smf0903 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness! I was thinking today of two posters I haven't seen on here in a while, and Esme was one of them! Sending you big hugs Esme and lots of prayers for healing and
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    Just found out I failed NCLEX for the third time! Help!

    smf0903 replied to aliciajade's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am sorry I wanted to ask, how many practice questions are you doing? Not review but actual questions? This is my opinion (others may disagree with me!), but I think nclex is knowing how to answer...
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    3.4 gpa-doomed?

    smf0903 replied to iheartcells's topic in General Students

    I wanted to add (I got sidetracked LOL) to the OP, I had my first college attempt over 20 years ago, left with a whopping 0.68 GPA O.o When I went back for my RN, they looked at that. It also figured...
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    3.4 gpa-doomed?

    smf0903 replied to iheartcells's topic in General Students

    Today, everyone has a 4.0 b/c they go to community colleges that are not challenging or cheating is rampant. That was a pretty obnoxious comment for your interviewer to say The CC I graduated from...
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    "Don't Work" Isn't An Answer

    smf0903 replied to mirandaaa's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is a great post :) I think this applies to pretty much everything, not just a job during school. People ask if they can have a baby while in school, if they can go to school with little ones at...
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    when to start studying for NCLEX

    smf0903 replied to Graduation2016's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is one of those topics where the answer is not clear-cut. I know people who literally studied for 4-6 hours a day at least 5 days a week for a month prior to their exam date. I was not spending...