michar

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1. What's your pick for the perfect nurses watch?

   michar replied to MShell's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I had a digital watch with seconds and had to get a new one for our program, it was required to be a face watch with a very visible second hand. If we didn't have an appropriate watch we weren't let...

2. anyone taking an accelerated BSN course?

   michar replied to mafiamom's topic in General Students

   I kind of am. I know that sounds strange, but it's a 4 semester program but with summers off. If we went through (and I wish we did) we'd be done in 16 months. My biggest piece of advice came from...

3. how to deal with a difficult classmate

   michar replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Students

   Female bullying. It sucks. Report it to the DON, it's not ok you shouldn't have to deal with it on your own. Someone (DON) needs to be aware of what's going on, especially if things get

4. How early do you need to come to the clinicals?

   michar replied to mmr2's topic in General Students

   Our clinical starts at 6 am, at that time of day it's a 5 minute drive for me and I leave the house the second DH gets home to be with the kids (he leaves the car running for me) which is sometime...

5. NLNAC vs. CCNE Accreditation

   michar replied to zubi14's topic in General Students

   My program is very new (this is it's 3rd year) and they have CCNE accrediation, and according to the director they went with CCNE because they hope to get a masters program in the not too far future...

6. medical interpreter training?

   michar replied to hotshot12345's topic in General Students

   Fluent is a bit of a stretch LOL. I honestly don't know how I do with technical terms like you run into in a medical setting. I can carry on a conversation with someone and make myself understood....

7. medical interpreter training?

   michar replied to hotshot12345's topic in General Students

   As I understand it, you need to be certified as an interpreter to be paid as an interpreter. That doesn't mean as an RN you can't sign to your deaf patient, or translate for other parts of the team....

8. No IVs in my Nursing School, opinions please?

   michar replied to julsywulsy's topic in General Students

   I already do IV's (EMS) and had no clue that there are schools out there that don't teach IV

9. What is the hardest exam you've ever taken?

   michar replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

   Mine was in a pre-req class. Pathophys. It was 5 pages of questions like "if you were experiencing a type III hypersensitivity reaction what would you expect to see on a cellular level" All of her...

10. Critical thinking help

    michar replied to punkrockgirl's topic in General Students

    One good way to learn critical thinking is to practice. Take your test afterwards and find someone that you can talk to about the ones you missed and critically chat about the tests. It comes with...