G-manRN

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1. working full time during nursing school?

   G-manRN replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Students

   Yes, you can do it. It depends on your program and your job though. I worked full time through my entire program doing 3 12 hour shifts. I worked every weekend and whichever day I could during the...

2. Books to help with Management of Care?

   G-manRN replied to GretaBSNRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I also strongly recommend this book! It helped with several questions on my exam. I did all the chapters and looked over every rationale for my correct and incorrect answers. Definitely worth the

3. Advice for Passing Pharm

   G-manRN replied to Unequaledbeauty_30's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Memorize the suffixes for the more common meds: prils, lols, pams, etc. That way you know what class the medication even if you don't know the exact medication. Just practice your dimensional analysis...

4. Determining HR on strip (NCLEX)

   G-manRN replied to actsc1v8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   There are a few ways to quickly check the HR. You can count the QRS complexes for 6 second strips or dividing the # of small boxes between each QRS complex into 1500 example: 19 boxes between them...

5. Tough Clinical Professor

   G-manRN replied to 2016New's topic in General Students

   The toughest clinical instructor I ever had afforded me one of the best learning experiences in my nursing career. She expected us to "think like RNs" and had us complete all the electronic charting,...

6. A bit concerned about my age beginning nursing school...

   G-manRN replied to mical's topic in General Students

   I really wouldn't sweat it. My program had a lot of people in their forties or fifties- about 10 in total out of 70 students. 29 is a good age, don't worry about

7. Passed by 1 question!

   G-manRN replied to ExpBrittany's topic in General Students

   Hey there! I'm new here too but have lurked while attending school. I have a few tips for you. One of my teachers in high school greatly assisted me in how I look at and perform on tests. It may sound...