mindofmidwifery

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  1. Will be starting LPN soon and I am a bit lost.

    mindofmidwifery replied to aquakenn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would mainly focus on physiology to help understand pharmacology and of course how disease processes work, as well as basic anatomy (heart, lungs, liver, ribs,

  2. Is your hospital requiring BSN or higher?

    mindofmidwifery replied to aballard2318's topic in General Students

    The hospital I'm working at and plan on working at as a nurse is a magnet hospital and hires ADN nurses, they just require that you obtain your BSN within 5 years. I believe this holds true with all...

  3. Will be starting LPN soon and I am a bit lost.

    mindofmidwifery replied to aquakenn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Does the program include anatomy or have you already taken

  4. Time management tips needed

    mindofmidwifery replied to poweringthrough's topic in General Students

    What type of unit is it? When I had med-surg clinicals, before I went in my patient's room I read their H&P and took note of all the meds they were due to get while I was there as well as their...

  5. Should I Keep CNA job?

    mindofmidwifery replied to Krisann2014's topic in General Students

    I would quit. 8 hours is negligible if you are making money a different way. Also, agreed with a previous poster that CNA experience REALLY only helps the first semester and once you have it, you have...

  6. Should I take General Chemistry and A&P 1 together?

    mindofmidwifery replied to Moonkitten's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think this load is definitely doable if you're pretty decent in science courses. Chemistry can be tough imo but as long as you keep up with reading and studying, you should be fine since you have no...

  7. Time management tips needed

    mindofmidwifery replied to poweringthrough's topic in General Students

    Write things down. This is the only way I can keep things straight in my head and keep myself from getting

  8. Day shift or Night shift

    mindofmidwifery replied to KBStuRN's topic in General Students

    Nurses I've talked to on nights say they stay up until their kids go to school, sleep until their kids get out, and are able to spend time with them. Day shift nurses spend time with their kids on...

  9. A&P/Microbiology.. Help!!!!!

    mindofmidwifery replied to Missfuturenurse19's topic in General Students

    I had a coloring book for anatomy and it helped some. The best thing for me was doing teach backs with other students in my class that didn't understand anything. For A&P, just studying worked...

  10. Post-test reviews

    mindofmidwifery replied to Isabelle49's topic in General Students

    My program does not allow test review sessions. I have met with an instructor once to go over questions but she said even that is not

  11. PCT at Abortion Clinic ?!

    mindofmidwifery replied to Nikkib0911's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Even though CNA/tech experience is not nursing experience, it still gives you valuable skills and experience that you can take with you as a nurse. I have been a tech in several settings and I...

  12. Oncology PCT Hospital Interview Help

    mindofmidwifery replied to Halienichole26's topic in General Nursing

    False. I've had four different hospital tech positions and they were all very flexible. In fact, students were given first choice for

  13. Looking for Nursing Shoe Recommendations!

    mindofmidwifery replied to stephaniej1229's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm not sure if you're still looking for suggestions but I recently bought the Birkenstock Linz shoes in black and they're a godsend. I have foot problems and I only wear cork footbed birkenstocks...

  14. Nursing School Essentials

    mindofmidwifery replied to VampyrSlayer's topic in General Students

    Laptop, notebook, highlighters, white out, good pens (colored and black), watch, good shoes, I bought a scrub jacket from my school because it gets chilly at clinical sites, planner, water bottle,...

  15. Watches for Nursing Students

    mindofmidwifery replied to Monica.Aguilar12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I used to have an Apple Watch and because of the fact it times out, it gets annoying pretty quick. I bought a Baby G for clinical. It's cute but rugged and doesn't time out

  16. How far in advance do you get your class/clinical schedule?

    mindofmidwifery replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Students

    I have class starting in 3 weeks as well and we schedule our classes a couple months in advance but I just received my psych clinical assignment last week and am still waiting for my peds clinical...

  17. Patient Care Associate vs Patient Sitter

    mindofmidwifery replied to RiFig_17's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    It depends on what responsibilities your hospital system gives sitters. I've worked in multiple hospital systems as a PCT and as a sitter. In one, sitters just sit and chart every 15 minutes. They...

  18. Summer Studying

    mindofmidwifery replied to Eatabrog's topic in General Students

    I haven't been studying but I need to. I'm also graduating next Spring, in an ADN program though. I feel like I've been letting my brain relax too much this

  19. What do you eat for breakfast?

    mindofmidwifery replied to Ioreth's topic in General Students

    I usually eat a yogurt or grab a protein bar and it lasts me until lunch

  20. Shoes for nursing school?

    mindofmidwifery replied to marisa.m's topic in General Students

    No tennis shoes and no clogs? What else is left? I wear New Balance and I love

  21. Clinical sites

    mindofmidwifery replied to new gal's topic in General Students

    My school's second semester is med-surg so a general hospital floor as well as OB (L&D and postpartum) for three

  22. What should I expect?

    mindofmidwifery replied to ItsThatJenGirl's topic in General Students

    Concepts of Professional Nursing is stuff like communication, learning about legalities (HIPAA), electronic medical record systems, professionalism, patient advocacy etc. You'll probably have to write...

  23. How old were you

    mindofmidwifery replied to Jmpickett044's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started this past January, I was 21 years

  24. What did you learn in Micro?

    mindofmidwifery replied to rileowski's topic in General Students

    I'm not a nurse but I apply things I learned in micro to what I'm learning in nursing school. The chains of infection, different types of bacteria, viruses and protozoa are all clinically pertinent to...

  25. Is nursing school and the clinicals really that tough?

    mindofmidwifery replied to BuriedSet127's topic in General Students

    Before getting into nursing school, I've read so many threads that say that you need to devote every waking moment to school or else you'll fail. Well, I have two jobs and definitely don't study every...