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    Do you go to nursing school everyday or just two times a week?

    smf0903 replied to HatTrickHero11's topic in General Students

    We are generally 4-5 days a week, depending on the semester. This semester I have lecture Mon and Thurs, lab on Tues, and clinicals Tues and Wed. Last semester we had lecture two days a week (2...
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    I cried in front of my instructor!?

    smf0903 replied to AllyMichelle's topic in General Students

    I had one instructor who made me cry (a clinical instructor) although I didn't cry in front of her...I wouldn't give her the satisfaction But I cried from the sheer stress of it all many times at...
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    Did you get to choose your Clinicals site/schedule?

    smf0903 replied to Stacilator's topic in General Students

    We do bundle rankings. Each bundle has the class(es) for that semester with a particular lecture, particular clinical, and particular lab for each class. We rank from our favorite pick to least...
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    2014 grads: anyone getting a class ring?

    smf0903 replied to richardgecko's topic in General Students

    I am getting a new diamond for my engagement ring. I lost the original diamond out of it the one day I forgot to take it off at clinicals (I always wear my wedding band but always...except for this...
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    Pregnant in nursing school.

    smf0903 replied to suanna's topic in General Students

    That's not how it is where I'm at. We've had 4-5 gals who have been pregnant at various points through the program and they've been very good to them. I do know they have to sign a separate waiver...
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    Showing courage in practice

    smf0903 replied to NZRNskye22's topic in General Students

    I think courage takes a lot of forms...it can be helping a patient through a tough time (whether it be a new diagnosis or helping their families deal with what's ahead)...it can be jumping in and...
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    Feeling sick over this

    smf0903 replied to crossfitnurse's topic in General Students

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    Nurse inputting false documentation?

    smf0903 replied to bagface's topic in General Students

    We've come across this a few times this semester. A few examples: meds were charted as given in the morning when they were given 8 hours later (patient almost got a double dose of meds from the...
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    Tommorow is the first real day of clinical! Confused!

    smf0903 replied to cate3624's topic in General Students

    I don't know if this will help, but I always do respirations with my steth...I get an apical and then I leave my steth somewhere on the chest where I can hear their respirations and can even flatten...
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    Dosage calculation question

    smf0903 replied to Lame's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It'd be 4.8mL/hr... 4.8 units/hr x 100mL/100units= 4.8 mL/hr For some reason people get thrown when there's a 1:1 ratio which makes the answer the same (just different units of measure) LOL...
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    Totally discouraged by clinicals

    smf0903 replied to KellyMLS's topic in General Students

    Oh my goodness, I could not agree more with RunBaby and GrnTea! I am amazed, simply AMAZED, at how much a patient will offer to you if you open yourself up to a dialogue. I have had a couple of...
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    Medication Memorization

    smf0903 replied to Stacilator's topic in General Students

    I started doing med sheets on the computer and copying/pasting them last semester. I quit doing that (although it's way easier) because of a couple reasons: for one, each time I write them I retain...
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    Advice for med pass

    smf0903 replied to Smouldering lotus's topic in General Students

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    Advice for med pass

    smf0903 replied to Smouldering lotus's topic in General Students

    Well it sounds like the whole thing was just a hot mess LOL. My advice to you is to not fret over what happened...it sounds like things were already jacked up when you came on the scene. That being...
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    Advice for med pass

    smf0903 replied to Smouldering lotus's topic in General Students

    This sounds like a classroom med pass? The most important thing with med passes is knowing your parameters, which was already stated (I always go into my patients' rooms and get a set of vitals before...
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    If you are not a nurse, do NOT use the title, please

    smf0903 replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    I was completely mortified the first time I heard her say it!! She did it a couple of times and the nurses she said it to probably thought I was off my rocker because I kept apologizing and telling...
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    If you are not a nurse, do NOT use the title, please

    smf0903 replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    My mom, bless her heart, kept telling people I was a nurse when my dad was in the hospital. I kept emphatically saying "I'm NOT a nurse! I am a nursing student!!" I had to explain to my mom (I don't...
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    Spring Break Countdown

    smf0903 replied to twss2323's topic in General Students

    Two care plans, one research project, 2 clinical days, two lecture days, and a lab...then Spring Break it is!!! (Ours starts the end of this week
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    Trying to get into nursing school with a less than perfect educational record...

    smf0903 replied to frenchtoastwaffles's topic in General Students

    When I decided to go back to school and start toward my ADN/BSN, I had the GPA monkey on my back. I flunked out of college at the ripe old age of 19
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    Failed the head to toe physical assessment...please help :(

    smf0903 replied to Disc_Chick's topic in General Students

    When we did our head-to-toe we were allowed to do it whatever way we felt comfortable, as long as everything was covered. Our instructor said you develop your own "style" of assessment. We got two...
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    Rough clinical day

    smf0903 replied to 2bEQNurse14's topic in General Students

    Ugh, I feel for you. I had a clinical instructor like that last semester and those of us who survived the experience were living on pepto and antacids on clinical days O.o We learned to make ourselves...
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    What is your grading scale?

    smf0903 replied to smoup's topic in General Students

    Ours is; 93-100%=A 85-92%=B 78-84%=C Anything below 78% is a fail. There's no rounding (if you get a 92.999 it's a
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    The best clinical day!

    smf0903 posted a topic in General Students

    I had the best clinical day yesterday! I feel so very fortunate this semester to have gotten on a floor where the nurses are outstanding...I mean really, I can't say enough good things about them :)...
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    Statistics

    smf0903 replied to Plutonium261's topic in General Students

    Good advice :) I adore math so I thought I'd love stats...my respect for stats came when I took genetics and used it there because that's when it truly made sense to me LOL. Good luck to
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    What should we doing by last clinical?

    smf0903 replied to leekaye's topic in General Students

    Wow, that's sad I am amazed at the differences from school to school! I did my first IV, IVP, and IVPB second semester. I am in my third semester and we've already done IVs, Foleys, push meds, tons...