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  1. Broward College May 2017

    wannabeny replied to NSU2020's topic in Florida Nursing

    Good luck to everyone applying for May. My two cents as a current student.. -don't listen to the horror stories. BC has one of the highest pass rates on the state boards consistently; they expect to...

  2. Is this normal for a doctor to do? what to expect..

    wannabeny posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My aunt has been battling stage 4 liver cancer for almost 5 years at this point..Today they did some tests, and apparently the results weren't good. They told my aunts daughter that they could do...

  3. Is this normal for a doctor to do? what to expect..

    wannabeny replied to wannabeny's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    no problem..i was just wondering if anyone had come up against this i've never heard of a doctor just waiting & not disclosing

  4. HELP. Blood Pressure and Vitals

    wannabeny replied to zradwin's topic in General Students

    What specifically are you having trouble with? If you don't have a BP cuff to practice at home, I would highly recommend getting one. A 2 step BP reading with a manual cuff might help: 1- place your...

  5. Med Surg help- more efficiency in reading

    wannabeny posted a topic in General Students

    Just curious; how often does it take you to read? The background on my med surg class: - not allowed to record - basically, have to read before class. The whole lecture she spends most of her time...

  6. Which AN Poster Has the Job that You Think Is Most Interesting?

    wannabeny replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    farawyn, the commuter, spidey's ... have learned a lot about real-world nursing from their posts. enjoy coming on here and trying to correlate concepts to school

  7. Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    wannabeny replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I wonder why we have certain rules, warning labels, etc. And then I read things like this. Oh people. Our clinical sites require the same thing. Get the flu shot, or sign a declination form...

  8. Horses and Nursing/Travel Nursing

    wannabeny replied to butterflytessa's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard enough shipping yourself around every few months; I galloped & trained racehorse for quite a few years, and arranging transport, paying for transport (astronomical), hauling all of your...

  9. Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

    wannabeny replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    galloping & training racehorses kayaking singing & playing guitar dancing badly cooking & baking knitting (finally graduated to hats!) photography i'm still in school, so I don't have time...

  10. Broward College Nursing Program August 2016

    wannabeny replied to th3292's topic in Florida Nursing

    anything memorization based ( lab values, definitions, etc) put on flashcards. Form a small study group, but only use it to clarify and deepen your understanding of concepts. You should have a...

  11. Want to be a nursing student, but too dumb at maths!!

    wannabeny replied to glittermoomin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not good in math; and by not good in math, I was 23 when I actually started to get a real understanding of fractions,decimals, etc. It still takes me longer than some to do the math, and I've...

  12. Broward College Nursing Program August 2016

    wannabeny replied to th3292's topic in Florida Nursing

    there won't be anything from her class. If you have Ms. Fola for lecture she posts all of the worksheets on her D2L

  13. Broward College Nursing Program August 2016

    wannabeny replied to th3292's topic in Florida Nursing

    Ms Melanie at north will expect you to do the first 8 chapters, which is just a basic math review, and she will go over the whole book in class. honestly, i rented the book and never used it. Just do...

  14. WILTW 8/5/16

    wannabeny posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm managing to do this balancing act called "nursing student". I've only let 97% of my social life go on the back burner..making me really appreciate that 3% I do get with my...

  15. Broward College Nursing Program August 2016

    wannabeny replied to th3292's topic in Florida Nursing

    You take pharmacology and math during the program. Microbiology isn't REQUIRED before the program, but you will have to take it during the program if you didn't get it out of the way. you'll be...

  16. Barely passing my first semester HELP

    wannabeny replied to wannabeny's topic in General Students

    Thank you so much! Did you mainly study on your own and how did you apply what you were learning? I tried a study group, but it didnt seem to help boost my grade come test time. I could still have a...

  17. Barely passing my first semester HELP

    wannabeny posted a topic in General Students

    I passed my first semester of nursing school. It was a fast paced semester we only had 8 weeks for fundamentals I and 8 weeks for fundamentals II. I got great feedback from my clinical instructor she...

  18. Broward College May 2016 RN program

    wannabeny replied to wannabeny's topic in School, College Programs

    First semester over with, finally! Few days of a well deserved break and onto

  19. Need to change my study habits

    wannabeny posted a topic in General Students

    hi guys! I'm doing well in my clinicals; I'm able to connect the dots fairly well on a basic level. My theory classes I'm straight C's. High C's, right off of a B, but C's nonetheless. I'm nervous...

  20. Broward College Nursing January 2016

    wannabeny replied to Diana009's topic in Florida Nursing

    yes, in a way it does make it "easier" but im sure there is alot more studying at a higher level involved, so we will need all of that time! thank you for the

  21. Broward College Nursing January 2016

    wannabeny replied to Diana009's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi guys! For anyone who just passed GIGU, could you pretty please give us future GIGU'ers an idea of what your schedule was like, with labs/clinicals/theory?? Just trying to work my work schedule...

  22. Broward College May 2016 RN program

    wannabeny replied to wannabeny's topic in School, College Programs

    woohoo! Pharmacology is out of the way! Now let's buckle down and tackle this

  23. Broward College Nursing January 2016

    wannabeny replied to Diana009's topic in Florida Nursing

    Does aanyone have any advice on GIGU. What should we start reading and what is the semester

  24. Broward College Nursing Program August 2016

    wannabeny replied to th3292's topic in Florida Nursing

    - all white (no colored logos, colored strips, colored lettering, etc.They're going to tell you to get new ones) -no HOLES (in all seriousness, you don't want blood/urine/feces all over you.)...

  25. dealing with difficult classmates

    wannabeny replied to zelda08's topic in General Students

    Thank you everyone. It wasn't as hard as everyone thought it would be; The majority of us passed, as well as passed the Pharmacology exam. Even with the snarky comments made in front of the professor,...