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  1. MCPHS Worcester Fall 2014 ABSN

    ellaballet replied to reptar0nice's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi! I'm a current student there and love it. The program is hard but the teachers are amazing and are always available to their students. Good luck everyone

  2. Assessing Each Other??!??

    ellaballet replied to FutureMaleOhioNurse's topic in General Students

    I think its a great experience to practice on each other - you can begin to understand what its like to be on the other side of the bed. Yes, student relationships are different than the nurse/patient...

  3. How much time do you spend studying outside of nursing classes?

    ellaballet replied to goldenanchor's topic in General Students

    I don't know if you'll be needing to study 50 hours a week every week, but if you managed to find the time to schedule that in plus eating, sleeping, class...then I wouldn't worry about it. I think...

  4. Things they won't tell you that you need but should get?!

    ellaballet replied to cadymariexoxo's topic in General Students

    I don't think having the right note taking supplies will shock and surprise your teachers lol. If you want to prepare yourself stay on top of your assignments/readings from the get go! Uhh I know I go...

  5. People really do ask you for medical advice! Wow...

    ellaballet replied to tenjuna's topic in General Students

    My family either comes to me with wild questions like "My stool is neon orange and I've had awful stabbing stomach pains for three days, what should I do?" and then tell me I'm good for nothing when...

  6. What classes are you taking next term?

    ellaballet replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    Health Assessment and Informatics from May-June, and then Med Surg 1 for the rest of the

  7. Which student is at an accelerated ADN program?

    ellaballet replied to mommycruz3's topic in General Students

    I'm in a private accelerated program - its still very competitive and stressful. I love my teachers, I would call it "personal" in the sense that that they're helpful and available to students. I have...

  8. Sitter breaks

    ellaballet replied to permanentnights's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know if its a legal thing but where I work patient sitters aren't allowed to even touch the patient since they aren't trained. So if the patient needs anything or they're trying to get out of...

  9. Sitter breaks

    ellaballet replied to permanentnights's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The last time I was a 1:1 sitter the patient strangled me. Sooooo...uhh...Yeah. Easy job? There have been times where I've managed to catch the rouge shift the patient decided to sleep through and I...

  10. Open to advice for new nursing student/visual learner

    ellaballet replied to runforme82's topic in General Students

    I'm a visual learner too - and what really helps me is to draw out concept maps! Like my last test was on endocrine - I would draw out how the system works (like with little pictures of all of the...

  11. How much do you make as a tech?

    ellaballet replied to RCBR's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I work in Boston, I made 13 dollars an hour with 1.5 years CNA experience, now that I'm a nursing student I get 14. Day

  12. PCT jobs harder than they once were?

    ellaballet replied to funtimes's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I have no clue what jobs were once like for PCTS - I do feel like my PCT job is a lot harder than anyone would expect. I have an hour and fifteen minutes every morning to do vital signs on all 14 pts,...

  13. Three months to kill before Nursing School... what to do

    ellaballet replied to Myoclonicjerk's topic in General Students

    Sleep.

  14. Nursing students on medication

    ellaballet replied to kjnsweets's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm a nursing student with ADD who takes adderall daily. I take an XR and then a short acting as needed. If I take the 10 mg boost that first 30 minutes I'm ready to run a marathon, super talkative,...

  15. Nursing School Uniforms And Their Fate After School

    ellaballet replied to RunBabyRN's topic in General Students

    My school scrubs have my name and graduation year on them! Unless I can find someone in the next cohort with the same first name and last initial on them...they're going in the trash lol. I'll rewear...

  16. How far do you travel?

    ellaballet replied to JayCimone's topic in General Students

    My commute is like 1 hr/1 and a half hours. It is

  17. Overwhelmed First Level Nursing Student!!

    ellaballet replied to cate3624's topic in General Students

    The success books really help. Whats made a difference for me is not figuring out the thought process behind why all of the other answers are

  18. For giggles 2.7 GPA

    ellaballet replied to hereyee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a 2.8/2.9? I got a few Cs, physics, biochem, organic chem, got into a few ABSN programs. Every case is different, I honestly didn't think I would get in anywhere. I wouldn't worry so much about...

  19. We're not here for that

    ellaballet replied to happynurse49's topic in General Students

    I agree, I work with tons of laaaazy CNAs whos bad attitude will cary through with them to their career as a RN. Some people are just not nice, its the way it is. I work with some awesome nurses that...

  20. Instructor won't allow us to use our own calculator for math test?

    ellaballet replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Students

    I could totally see why they would make you use the schools, I saw people cheat using the TI calculators allllll the time in high school. You can type in messages or equations into the calculator...

  21. Too much? 16.5 credits

    ellaballet replied to erint91DC's topic in General Students

    I always took 18 for my first BS, I have no clue how many credits I'm taking this semester..One of the beauties of any of the science programs, each class has a lab (or now clinical!). What frustrated...

  22. Males asking for female patients?

    ellaballet replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Students

    I've seen a lot of older women ask for a female nurse but I don't think I've seen a male patient request a female. I usually see the opposite, the older men are a little embarrassed to ask me for help...

  23. Failed my 1st Fundamentals Exam

    ellaballet replied to Fever4RN's topic in General Students

    A girl in my class announced on the first day that she had a 4.0 in engineering school and nursing school was going to be a "cake walk" for her. She got below a 70 on our first fundamentals test....

  24. Why do you want to study Nursing?

    ellaballet replied to Toaster's topic in General Students

    I'm studying nursing because I hear they don't let you be a nurse without going to school first Haha but seriously, I want to be a nurse because I love helping people. I feel corny saying it, I'm...

  25. Pregnant and nursing school?

    ellaballet replied to JNcCole15's topic in General Students

    A girl in the cohort ahead of me had a baby the week after her finals in December, is taking this semester off and starting up again with my cohort in the summer. Good