Squidney

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  1. Please help me! Public Health/Community Rotation

    Squidney posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well! I am currently doing my community rotation in nursing school and to be quite honest I feel lost. To the community/ public health nurses out there and to...

  2. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    Hi! The reason I brought my marks up was because I was able to speak with a student advisor and was told that good marks MIGHT (a big one) give me a fighting chance. I guess it wouldn't be that big of...

  3. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone! Before I start, I would like to say that I would appreciate any comment or thought that will be posted. I am sincerely asking for an honest advice- whether it is something I would or...

  4. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    Do you think it would help my case to show them my marks? I have straight As in all of my courses except for this course. Or would they think it's irrelevant how I did on my other

  5. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    Hi Horseshoe! I understand why my instructors aren't budging. They won't give another chance because it'll be unfair to the other students. To be honest though, I wish my instructors shared your...

  6. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    Hi! Thank you for sharing your story! Knowing that you went on to become a nurse (your partner as well), it is very inspiring for me and encourages me to continue marching! So thank you very much!...

  7. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    No worries! I didn't think you were advocating for cheating I seriously do not want to give up. The way I think right now is that, at the very least, if my appeal gets denied, I can say to myself...

  8. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    How I wish they could just sit down with us and practice the skills with us and we never have to fail:(. But then again, I also understand that they're just looking out for the real patients that we...

  9. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    Thank you very much for posting! Being a special snowflake or even bothering people aren't in the list of things I like doing and I really don't want my instructors to feel that way too. I honestly...

  10. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    Hi! Thank you very much for this! I am currently writing a "cheat sheet" that I plan on bringing when I meet with the people handling affairs like academic appeals and I found the material very...

  11. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    @Whoever's reading this- current nurses/students, please leave a comment! Anything would be helpful! Thank

  12. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    Since there's no way to re-check the vital signs part of the check-off, I was thinking of asking them for a chance to perform another vital signs check-off on the spot just to show that I am confident...

  13. Is this worth filing an appeal for? PLEASE HELP.

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    Hello! Thank you for replying! Yes, they take the pulse on the other hand and we use dual-headed stethoscope for BP. What do you think of filing the appeal before meeting with my instructors, though?...

  14. Manual Blood Pressure HELP

    Squidney posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi everyone! I was wondering if any of our nurses or nursing students here can help me with manual BP? Here's my main problem: I feel like I can never get the systolic reading properly. Sometimes, it...

  15. Manual Blood Pressure HELP

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi! Thank you for replying! I really appreciate your tips, but unfortunately, I am still hearing different noises. Sometimes I would hear light, irregular taps before I actually hear the clear...

  16. Manual Blood Pressure HELP

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

  17. Lbs to Kg conversion help!

    Squidney posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone! I have been having trouble converting lbs to kg. This is the question I am trying to solve: 232lbs = ? Kg If I search it on google, the answer given is 105.233 Kg, I somehow keep getting...

  18. Lbs to Kg conversion help!

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    I will definitely do more practice questions! Thanks,

  19. Lbs to Kg conversion help!

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    This is how I actually do it when just doing practice questions haha! I just thought it'd be better to post each step when I was asking for help so it's easier for other posters to point exactly where...

  20. Lbs to Kg conversion help!

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    I guess it was still right haha. Thanks for

  21. Lbs to Kg conversion help!

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    Thank you so much! I was seriously losing it over this problem since last night! Also you mentioned that the way I was doing it is more complicated, do you have tips so I stop making it harder for...

  22. Nursing specialty that deals with this?

    Squidney posted a topic in General Nursing

    Good day, everyone! I am about to start my nursing program this September, but this topic doesn't concern nursing school or at least, I don't think it does. I recently discovered that I have a huge...

  23. Nursing specialty that deals with this?

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Nursing

    Hello! Thank you! That 'Role of Nurses in Immunization Services' have awesome articles. I especially liked the one with Patriot Nurse vs Canadian Nurse. Very informative! I'd like to be knowledgeable...

  24. Nursing specialty that deals with this?

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! Thanks for replying! I had a hunch that I'd probably need to achieve a higher degree of study and quite a bit of nursing experience if I wanted to have both (nursing + other interests). Call me...

  25. Nursing specialty that deals with this?

    Squidney replied to Squidney's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I actually have before, but right now, I know to myself that I'd like to be a nurse more than I'd like to be anything else. I started to think that maybe there's a way for me to satisfy my...