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  1. Anyone going to be a care partner?

    shock-me-sane replied to jones21498's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't think it is silly, I haven't the slightest idea. Though I may suspect that it is something like patient care

  2. Jury Duty during nursing school

    shock-me-sane replied to capribry's topic in General Nursing

    defer it until you have a break from school, (christmas break or something). i believe you can defer 3x until you HAVE to show up. i wouldn't chance getting placed on a jury. two years ago i...

  3. It just isn't fair

    shock-me-sane replied to tigress_8207's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I actually think it is best not to be bitter and hateful towards other people who have something you want, but instead try to better YOURSELF to get where you want to be. No one gets into nursing...

  4. What are my chances?

    shock-me-sane replied to kelisehunter's topic in California Nursing

    I don't know about those schools in particular, but I would recommend taking the chem classes and applying at cal states. I know my school doesn't maintain a waiting list and as far as I know the...

  5. Ever felt like you were being pressured?

    shock-me-sane replied to carebear_21's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    who cares what anyone else thinks...do what you want to. respect yourself, that is the most important

  6. necessity of prereqs if you already have a science degree

    shock-me-sane replied to neidin23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have never heard of exceptions. Pretty sure that you will not be able to get out of doing the pre-reqs.

  7. PPD - nervous every time

    shock-me-sane posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing student and have just finished my TB test. In the past 3 years I have done 3 of them and everytime I get incredibly paranoid that I am going to have a positive test. The chances of me...

  8. PPD - nervous every time

    shock-me-sane replied to shock-me-sane's topic in General Nursing

    alright I guess I am just

  9. Without WaitList? Transfer? Give a bet? I need your helps@Nursing

    shock-me-sane replied to hdowar's topic in California Nursing

    you will have to contact the schools to find out about waiting lists. as far as good...check nclex pass rates

  10. help required with Dissertation

    shock-me-sane replied to oct's topic in General Nursing

    i would love to help, but that is so incredibly broad I haven't the slightest idea what you are looking for. Can you boil it down to your actual

  11. Without WaitList? Transfer? Give a bet? I need your helps@Nursing

    shock-me-sane replied to hdowar's topic in California Nursing

    i would say look private. maybe azusa pacific? i am pretty sure that loma linda doesn't have a waiting list. i am at a different cal state, but i know that they don't allow international students...

  12. Finding it hard to study for exam

    shock-me-sane replied to AussieKylie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I like to mix up my studying. I do solitary studying and then some group. We also spend quite a few hours asking each other questions from NCLEX books and arguing about the answers before we check...

  13. Reminiscing

    shock-me-sane replied to knockandhello's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you should feel old. I think it is just a peek at how much harder it had to be to do nursing school before the internet revolution. I think it is a more of a cheer to those that did it...

  14. Calculators???

    shock-me-sane replied to micha80's topic in General Students

    yup we get calculators. i wouldn't say you HAVE to have them, but it will take more time to do them by

  15. Reminiscing

    shock-me-sane replied to knockandhello's topic in General Nursing

    I am in nursing school now. You know what amazes me? Thinking about doing this without computers/internet. I mean how easy it is for me to pull up my school's website to get journal articles, or...

  16. Nursing school background checks in CA

    shock-me-sane replied to Nervous00's topic in General Students

    i'm in california and we didn't do a fingerprint for the background check. what you really should do is contact the BON now to make sure there won;t be an issue getting a license. i would talk to...

  17. Are you graded on your clinicals?

    shock-me-sane replied to Bonny619's topic in General Students

    we get a letter grade in lecture as well as a seperate letter grade for

  18. New Here & Questions

    shock-me-sane replied to Miss-Sydney's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i had to take teas. here is the list of things that i got tested on. i copied this off my results page. i didn't find it difficult. TEAS: Reading Paragraph Comprehension Passage Comprehension...

  19. my encounter with a schizophrenic

    shock-me-sane replied to shock-me-sane's topic in Psychiatric

    I understand what you are saying. I thought that possibly sitting (I wasn't within leaping distance of her) would help to de-escalate the situation, which obviously didn't happen. As far as her...

  20. my encounter with a schizophrenic

    shock-me-sane replied to shock-me-sane's topic in Psychiatric

    she was hearing voices. she refuses to to take anything for them because she says they make her breathing worse. she even has psychotropic meds listed as an allergy on her chart. thanks for telling...

  21. Micro question

    shock-me-sane replied to nursecher's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    these are conversion problems. ie. strep = 1000 nm 1 nm =.000001 mm 1000 x (.000001) = .001mm so if strep = .001 nm and you want to find out how many fit in 1 mm... .001x= 1 x = 100 make

  22. Going to nursing school soon, should I keep my job?

    shock-me-sane replied to rhp123's topic in General Students

    i think it's do-able. i work 25-30 hours a week and am at the end of my first year of school. what varies for me is that i work on the weekends and do not work 3 days during the week. you might want...

  23. The White Wall

    shock-me-sane replied to belfry's topic in General Nursing

    this thread totally made my

  24. Your advice???!

    shock-me-sane replied to cacori2006's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    why don't you look at BSN programs. I know that the program I am in doesn't maintain a waiting list, but all the CC in the areas do. But in the meantime, have a wonderful and fun summer and deal with...

  25. DNR - need help

    shock-me-sane posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am going to do a presentation regarding DNR and the nursing responsibilities regarding that. I was hoping someone could direct me to a website stating what my responsibility as a nurse would be. ie...