gwt

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1. I start nursing school tomorrow and I am scared!

   gwt replied to nursestudentin05's topic in General Students

   Hi, I begin my junior year in a week. We just finished up with a 2 week clinical after fundamentals, assessment and patho. Just a 2 day break for Christmas and now a week off. (sigh...) Just remember...

2. what shoes do you wear...

   gwt replied to blee1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Just got a pair of New Balance 811's, inserted high end gell...total of 80 bucks for next weeks clinicals. Most comfortable shoes I own and they are sneakers disquised as white shoes. Made right in...

3. Is This Unheard Of 2 School At Once???

   gwt replied to brandyl123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I attended 5 schools in one semester for 20 credit hours during my pre-req days!

4. How many of you have taken phlebotomy??

   gwt replied to emndarmic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Venipuncture was the most awesome job!!! The best part about it is dealing with people within that 18" personal space you will touch on in proxemics in nursing school. Best interpersonal communication...

5. NP w/no desire for RN?

   gwt replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Still in Bsn school, but the cold hard facts are in and it all comes down to the bottom line. From what we are being told by the director who is on the national board that sets standards for all the...

6. Stupid Things that get you kicked out of nursing school

   gwt replied to IvoryLena's topic in General Students

   In my program, by the time they give us algebra, stats, gen chem and phys chem, we were doing dimensional analysis in our sleep. We have Henkes Med Math that follows us through the rest of school. :)...

7. What was IV tubing made of before the invention of plastics?

   gwt replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

   Man, What a cool thread!!! I have been an antiquer for over twenty years and have had the most gorgeous enamel bedpans glass syringes. They were sterilized and I know a lady in town who used to go...

8. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

   gwt replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

   Pain management, acute and chronic should be a seperate course in nursing school. It can be a complex issue involving assessment, pt. hx. dx., etc. In my opinion, potential for addiction for reasons...

9. "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

   gwt replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   No education is wasted!!! ASN is core nursing skills training. BSN is advanced critical thinking nursing. The extra psych, advanced chem, pharmacology are worth the experience and make some concepts...

10. Weeding out of nursing students

    gwt replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Weeding out is the least of my worries. Jumping through hoops is just part of the process. The best was listening to two girls talking about a chem text last year and one of them said "Holy ---. Do...

11. found the "weeding out" class

    gwt replied to okie2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wicked easy after a semester of college algebra and 2

12. Kadivars and Cats in A&P

    gwt replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow!!! All we got was sheep brains, hearts and

13. for those that are done with a&p and chem

    gwt replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends what the chem is like! I'm taking intro chem (last pre-req) at a university known for it's chemical engineering program. I already had the higher phys chem within another branch of the...

14. What are the pros of getting your BSN?

    gwt replied to browsing's topic in General Students

    There will come a time when your sick of working on your feet 12 hours/day and a dream job, 9-5, as a school nurse or perhaps a Dr.'s office will present itself and you can jump right into it. Huge...

15. What's nursing school like?

    gwt replied to Doug85's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Nursing school is a lot like bootcamp, except you spend at least 20 hours per week typing, 20 driving and getting the laundry done when you