Kitty Hawk ADN, RN

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    I am a visual and hands on learner

    Kitty Hawk replied to Shawnygirl003's topic in General Students

    I'm a visual/tactile learner as well. Honestly I don't find much in the lectures/power points, visually stimulating I do record the lectures, but I use them to index something that I may want to go...
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    littman cardio III q.

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hello... I just received my nursing packet, and like many others I need to have a stethoscope with the bell and the diaphragm both attached to the endpiece. Does the cardio III meet that requirement?...
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    Backpack Advice

    Kitty Hawk replied to PhysicsBabe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hi There You may want to see if your school actually requires you to bring your books to class. It may sound odd but my school rarely requires us to bring the textbooks. I usually just need to bring...
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    Beating yourself up after an exam.

    Kitty Hawk replied to spuropathy's topic in General Students

    Same here. We have one the first week of each semester and must pass with 100pct. It really is less daunting than it sounds....really! I'm not sure on our rule for the "3x you're out" deal, everyone...
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    breakfast ideas for nervous am stomach

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Students

    I'm wondering if any of you may have a nervous stomach (I guess it could be termed IBS but I live in denial of it ) I really didn't have a huge problem with this, but now that things have kicked up a...
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    Does your school give back q's on exams?

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Students

    If so, how does it make you feel? Usually in the other 2 semesters the "give backs" never benefited me, I always got those ones right! I made B's my 1st two semesters. My 3rd semester of med/surg I...
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    Does your school give back q's on exams?

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

    Thanks Amy...and good point. Ours aren't done like that though, I may be able to understand it better if they were! Ours are just random ones that some people will fight it out to get. We were told...
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    Post traumatic stress disorder from nursing school

    Kitty Hawk replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    These are all great tips summarized nicely! I miss my workouts...I need to get back to them but with the extra classes...maybe in another 5 weeks, but thanks for the reminder. I usually make up index...
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    Post traumatic stress disorder from nursing school

    Kitty Hawk replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    Wow this is too funny....yep I'm having anxiety like never before. I got so overwhelmed during my exam (#3 out of 5 that I had this week plus clinical ) that I seriously thought I was losing it...
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    Narrative Notes and Soap Notes HELP!!!

    Kitty Hawk replied to Serenitylove's topic in General Students

    If you do a search from this student forum (used advanced search) for "charting" (use the drop down box for "in title only") there's a really cool thread that actually has some good tips and one that...
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    concept mapping book by Schuster

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Students

    Hi All Anybody have this concept mapping book? I'd like to get some comparisons against the care planning book by Gulinick that I ordered that's just in at my local book store but I haven't seen yet!...
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    concept mapping book by Schuster

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

    Hi Yes I do have a question re the Gulanick book. I just got it and see the first part with the nursing dx and the second part geared to the body systems however and I apologize in advance if it's a...
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    Phosphorus vs Phosphate

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

    Ah, I see...so you're saying that they are "buddies/enemies" b/c they work together but it's always an inverse r'ship...sort of like they follow each other around but at a distance? I'm just confused...
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    plz help! Highlighter ideas/suggestions

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Students

    Hi All... Like many others, I'm in the midst of orientation this week and we just received all our STUFF (to put it mildly) Actually our outlines, rotations etc are very well organized. Anyway I have...
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    Steth tubing length

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Students

    Hi... I'm wondering if there is a standard or "better" tubing length for your steth? I just ordered my Littman cardiology III which comes standard with a 27 inch tube, however my school said the...
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    What are the best BLACK PENS

    Kitty Hawk replied to dark10gable's topic in General Students

    I really like the pentel esp the rvsp but since they have a cap I changed to I think they're called "wow" pens they have a triangle comfort barrel plus they are click type which i've heard is better...
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    Tungsten E2 and getting it to work!

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Students

    Hi... After all the great help here I finally settled on the Palm Tungsten E2 and we're trying to set the darn thing up, we did plug in the cable to set up (step 2) and it's stuck there...the message...
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    Tungsten E2 and getting it to work!

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

    No, according to the instructions it has to be charged or whatever for 3 hours first? should we try to run the cd first? Actually I just got back from exchanging it...geek squad said there was nothing...
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    Memory is horrible how am I ever going to make it

    Kitty Hawk replied to jewelshouse's topic in General Students

    Non traditional student chiming in here as well. I agree with the others about creating flash cards and looking up other tips esp on this site. This site has been invaluable for creating ideas and or...
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    Steth tubing length

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

    Ah I see, thank you! I'm guessing if Littman made it this way, it'll be fine. Interesting all the different quirks that different schools
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    dealing with cramps

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Students

    Hi All As I'm sitting here almost done with my current job and my t.o.m. I'm curious if there are any good meds out there for bad cramps during that time. I also have complications with IBS which I...
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    Self Defense tactic?

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi... With all the latest news about the abuse of nurses in the ER in particular...but a thread that I just read about how violent pysch patients can get...can a nurse protect herself? I take SD and...
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    West Penn school

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hello... I've just been accepted into West Penn's program for fall of '07. Naturally I'm very excited but I was wondering if there are any fellow students there, or how West Penn is in general to...
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    wedding band-hand sanitizer q

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello.... For those of you that wear wedding bands, especially if there are diamonds, do you have any problems with the hand sanitizer weakening the setting and losing stones and/or ruining the gold?...
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    dealing with cramps

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

    Thanks all... I think I will start a day or so before and continue the first couple days with the ibuprofen and see how it goes. I like the flax seed oil recommendation, I think I've heard that too...