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    Losing Weight While In School

    emmjayy replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    I put on 10 pounds over the course of my first year but that's okay because I was kind of underweight to start with. I'm now around 125 pounds and I look good, I think I may actually have put on...
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    NursingABC - Portage Learning

    emmjayy replied to Grace Favour's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I've only taken A&P, Developmental Psych, and Sociology through them. I'm signing up for Micro next week haha! I don't know how challenging that specific course is but I've found their science...
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    Nursing School Depression?

    emmjayy replied to FuturenurseCT's topic in General Students

    OP, this is exactly how I feel right now. I just finished my first year of nursing school (2 year degree) so I'm halfway to my RN... but I feel terrible all the time anyway. I should be relieved,...
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    Thoughts on 1st semester.

    emmjayy replied to silkygold's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure you read the entire post, OP failed the first semester OP, I understand the attitude you went in with. I also thought I'd be able to get through school with a minimum amount of...
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    ATI testing GRADED.

    emmjayy replied to Faon's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm a first year student and the ATI Fundamentals RN test is worth 20 or so non-testing points for the lab course I'm in. If we get below a Level 2, we have to remediate for a certain number of hours...
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    Student Nurse Tech Position

    emmjayy replied to Fire_Girl's topic in General Students

    I work as a student nurse assistant at the hospital that runs my nursing school. I qualified to work in that position after completing 90 clinical hours in my first semester. My job involves floating...
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    Forged signature!

    emmjayy replied to Corkyme's topic in General Students

    You are not over-reacting. If it's in the chart under your name, it is something that YOU are legally responsible for. It is VERY troubling that this nurse has been putting your name on medication...
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    Is it customary where you work to recheck BPs manually?

    emmjayy replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, this is policy at my facility. I actually had an instance just last week where I was consistently getting high pressures that just didn't seem right on a patient, re-checked manually, and the...
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    New Nursing Student Must Haves and Advice From Current Nursing Students

    emmjayy replied to CreativeUsername's topic in General Students

    Shoes - I originally dropped $$$ on Dansko clogs. They gave me shin splints once I started working real shifts (not the 4 hour clinical shifts I had first semester). I went to a running shoe store and...
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    How many hours did you work during prerequisites?

    emmjayy replied to Skippy97's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I worked a full time, 9-5 job while taking my pre-reqs. However, I only took one class at a time and I took the classes online (A&P) or self-studied (algebra & chem) to brush up on
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    Preparing for nursing school in Upstate NY

    emmjayy posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am preparing to head back to nursing school and I have a few questions. Does anyone here have experience with Portage Learning's A&P courses? Does anyone have a great TEAS study guide that they...
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    Preparing for nursing school in Upstate NY

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I did not find it difficult, I pulled A's in both classes. Tests are multiple choice, maybe a few short answers to very obvious questions, and some labelling that is very easy if you memorize the...
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    Scholarship Essay Feedback!

    emmjayy replied to plummerlp's topic in General Students

    For me, becoming a nurse or being a nursing assistant WASN'T just a job, it is something that I am passionate
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    Shoes, uniforms, shower after clinical?

    emmjayy replied to Barmherzigkeit's topic in General Students

    LOL. I bring my shoes into my home. I don't have a garage or something like that, I live in an apartment and my nursing shoes are fairly pricy sneakers that wouldn't respond well to a Lysol wipe-down...
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    Shadowing question

    emmjayy replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I know this post is old, but I just want to say... there's no harm in asking around - and getting to shadow a nurse is a great experience. I'm a student, and I got a chance to shadow a NICU nurse...
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    Where should I work to prepare for L&D?

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you, everyone, for the input! This has been really helpful! I think I'm going to try to get into the mother-baby unit and go from
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    Where should I work to prepare for L&D?

    emmjayy posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I will be graduating nursing school next year but have to make a decision on where to do my capstone/preceptorship before then, of course. I spoke with my OB instructor about my desire to work in...
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    Where should I work to prepare for L&D?

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my school, where you capstone is usually where you transition into a job, so I kind of blurred the two together in my post. I was thinking I might try to get into the postpartum unit and then...
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    Wound care assessment acronym help dddreeesssss

    emmjayy replied to Mom25Girls's topic in General Students

    We did the six S's Site (where's it located? look up in the chart prior to entering pt room) Size (measurement - length, width, depth) Stage (if it's a pressure ulcer) Secretions (frank blood? serous?...
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    Is nursing school really "the hardest thing you've ever done in your life"?

    emmjayy replied to cn4207's topic in General Students

    P.S.... as the close friend of a med student, every single one of us should be thankful we aren't in med
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    Is nursing school really "the hardest thing you've ever done in your life"?

    emmjayy replied to cn4207's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is in no way the hardest thing I've ever done. I had to give my baby up for adoption when I was 18. That was hard. Then I had to take her back because her dad wouldn't sign off on the...
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    Extremely nervous...

    emmjayy replied to KariT's topic in General Students

    I'm finishing up my first year of nursing school currently and last week my dad came up to me to ask if it was normal that a doctor octupled my aunt's medication for her A-fib. I was like.... idk man....
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    What should I study ahead?

    emmjayy replied to june82's topic in General Students

    I did NCLEX style questions just to get used to the format. I didn't really know enough to answer them correctly but as time went on I picked some things up and it was helpful to me in school. Being...
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    can anxiety be a nursing diagnosis

    emmjayy replied to meonemine's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Anxiety is a nursing diagnosis. Diabetes mellitus is a medical diagnosis but can be used as a "related to" factor when creating nursing diagnoses - e.g., "Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity ( Do you...
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    Heparin: to pinch or stretch?

    emmjayy replied to Tink87's topic in General Students

    I was taught to pinch all the way through to make sure it goes into subcutaneous tissue instead of getting into