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Ok, so this is from me, the preop patient, not me, the nursing student. :) I have to get arterial blood gasses drawn next week and I hear they hurt like hell. Do I have to ask for a local first or is it just typical to use a local first? I don't thin...

I had a friend who did this. It wasn't a big deal. I applaud women who are single mothers and are finding the strength to go through nursing school. I am married and it's still hard! I agree with all the remarks about having more compassion.

Improve NET scores I am desperate enough to sling $39.95 to this guy if it will help any but something tells me it's a ripoff and that just studying the NET study guide will be enough. Has anyone actually bought this guide or have any opinions of it...

phew! Saved $39.95! Yeehaw! :)

That's one thing I didn't like - not being told what was going on! I was so out of it, I thought everyone was coming in to watch me push! :chuckle :rotfl:

I'm another one who works in transcription but I am a quality assurance editor. I was a transcriptionist for 10 years and just started doing the editing this year. I like editing, just not transcription! It is a great education. The way the indust...

More of a mommy question than a nurse question but if someone (me) has had a severe hypotensive episode after an epidural, including loss of fetal heart tones, would it be likely to happen again if I ever decide to have another pregnancy/epidural?

Ok, I know I'm a wuss but if any of you have had to do this for an A&P class, how did you survive? I almost think I could chuck my whole career decision to avoid having to do this. Almost. Any advice? :uhoh21:

I'm so angry at myself right now. I can't believe I actually passed the math part with flying colors, which was the part I studied hard for and was concerned about, but failed the READING part by 4 points? I've never gotten less than an A in English ...

great advice and so true!

I'm all for watching. I could do that easily. I don't have a total aversion to it being done by others in my group or an instructor but me personally I'm just kind of blech about it. But, if it came down to it, I'd just suck it up. Such is life! I ne...

October 27 at 6 p.m.! :imbar

For the record, I did have the very hideously-priced study guide and still do. I'm studying it because I went yesterday and scheduled my 2nd time around! :balloons: :balloons: :rotfl: Actually, the book was FULL of other pe...

So are you telling me that I can take A&P at home from Philadelphia, with an at home lab, no cat dissecting, and do it before nursing school actually starts? And not have to set foot on a campus? Where is this school and am I dreaming?! :chuckle

I'm still in the process of getting IN to nursing school but I doubt very much I'd be able to bypass working for school. I have a 1-year-old to support. That said, I do work at home and work nights but I don't even think I could swing only a part-ti...

Thank you all for your honesty and words of wisdom! I am married and my husband is a tremendous help. I guess it was a dumb question in ways because I am working FT and going to school FT right now but it's online and not in nursing, so it's a little...

Applying. Officially petition after I retake the NET. In Minneapolis, my hometown, the community college is full until 2008!!!! :smackingf

Ha! I didn't think about that. I still have the opportunity to retest twice more, so I guess that is having the door opened for me. Thanks for opening my eyes!

Wow, that was a very intense thread. Glad I missed it! But I guess I will just have to suck it up or take A&P elsewhere. I'll just have to slap on the Vicks Vaporub, think really negative thoughts about cats, and keep repeating "this too shall ...

That's exactly how I felt. When I read the questions on the test, they seemed a little different than the ones in the book. I can't remember what specifically it was but they asked for something that the book didn't and I remember freaking out over i...

My problem I think is that I overstudied the math part, worrying myself to death about that, and then didn't take any time to study the reading at all. I was overconfident about it. I did take the practice tests in the NET study guide and did really ...

I just read the information from my college again and it said that you get the results mailed to your home within 3 weeks of your testing date because they have to send out your testing sheets! :stone That is going to be the longest 3 weeks EVER. T...

I am taking the NET test tomorrow and I am going through the study guide. I keep missing the same two problems and I SWEAR I am doing them right... at least the only way I have ever been taught. Can someone give me an idea of what I am doing wrong he...

Those have been hard for me too Janelle! :uhoh21: Good luck! I leave in about a half hour! Here's hoping I come back with good vibes (and a really good score would be nice too...lol)!

ohmigosh! Thanks ladies! Yes, it is from the NET study guide. The problem is that I WAS trying to work from left to right. It makes total sense now!!! Sheesh! It seemed so logical at the time when I was doing it and I just couldn't figure out what I...