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  1. Is Phlebotomy taught in Nursing school?

    CuriousMe replied to amanda1266's topic in General Students

    We only spent one week of Lab learning CNA skills....and that was more than

  2. Is Phlebotomy taught in Nursing school?

    CuriousMe replied to amanda1266's topic in General Students

    Wow that stinks. We did all of that first year, so we were able to then practice those skills in clinicals for the next two years (3 year

  3. Is having a ADN useless these days?

    CuriousMe replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Attacks? Disagreeing with your post is an attack? Here I thought this was a discussion board where folks commented on each other's posts. So yes, you have an ADN in nursing. That's fantastic, no...

  4. Is having a ADN useless these days?

    CuriousMe replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Engineering is tough, because I don't think I've seen an ADN in Engineering. But how about Accounting? I doubt an employer who was looking for someone with a BS in Accounting would accept a person...

  5. Is having a ADN useless these days?

    CuriousMe replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I wasn't talking about non-nursing coursework, I need to do that as well, I'm saying I have a full year of 10 - 12 credits per term of nursing coursework that isn't offered in the ADN

  6. Is having a ADN useless these days?

    CuriousMe replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The statement that a bachelors in business administration and an ADN is equivalent to a nursing bachelors is assuming that the only difference between a nursing ADN and Bachelors is GE. My program...

  7. How difficult did you find pharmacology?

    CuriousMe replied to raydon's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We took Pharm during our program, at the same time we were taking our pathphys class. So, pharm for me was less about just memorizing drug flash cards, and more about connecting the mechanism of...

  8. Any suggestions on what to use to carry all of these books?

    CuriousMe replied to Kymber7's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A friend had one of those, she switched back to a backpack as well. The double wheels made it easier to pull up the stairs, but she was still pulling up that weight. Now, I'm speaking about a good...

  9. Is having a ADN useless these days?

    CuriousMe replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Requiring a BS would not exclude all 2nd career folks. I'm a second career person entering into nursing.....through a Bachelors

  10. Any suggestions on what to use to carry all of these books?

    CuriousMe replied to Kymber7's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a rolling backpack and found that my back was more weary after using the rolling bag than when I used my good quality backpack. My guess as to why is that I'm on a multilevel campus. So, there...

  11. Is having a ADN useless these days?

    CuriousMe replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    It's a shame there wasn't a better RN - BSN program available to

  12. The difference between hydrogel dressings and hydrocolloid dressings

    CuriousMe replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Apply hydrogen?? It was my understandng that the "hydro" part of the name dealt with water/moisture....how does one "apply"

  13. Pre nursing vs nursing which one is more difficult?

    CuriousMe replied to European's topic in General Students

    For me, I can't imagine that to be the case. School is harder than the real world, because no matter what I do while working......I still get to go home and not have to do it there as well. Work...

  14. Excelsior Nurses Deserve Universal Acceptance

    CuriousMe replied to ToddEMTP's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Of course?? Sorry, didn't think I was being

  15. Excelsior Nurses Deserve Universal Acceptance

    CuriousMe replied to ToddEMTP's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Huh? I didn't say they did leave a patient soiled. Here's the quote: I failed my first CPNE clinical because I cleaned up a mentally challenged adult who was lying in dried feces. My assignment...

  16. Quick dumb question about ABC's

    CuriousMe replied to kgh31386's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm just a student, but my first question is....how is their breathing? If they're breathing fine (I would include being tachypneic as a normal for that situation), then I would move on to C...and...

  17. Excelsior Nurses Deserve Universal Acceptance

    CuriousMe replied to ToddEMTP's topic in Online Distance Learning

    i know this is old, but just wanted to say that as a nursing student, i would have been failed if i left a patient in their own feces....no matter my

  18. Easiest accelerated BSN program to get into in Mass?

    CuriousMe replied to Robi5's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My university encouraged us to do our prereqs at community colleges. Unless an admissions counselor at the program you're interested in has said that.....I would disregard

  19. Do Nurses ever receive any recognition?

    CuriousMe replied to angmcav's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, but that's not recognition.....that's advertising. They're saying there's a new Doc in town, so that he/she can build up their practice. The press release from the hospital is a win/win for the...

  20. Are Accelerated BSN programs too fast to be successful

    CuriousMe replied to bethca's topic in General Students

    Good point, I wouldn't have applied to the traditional program there either with the same concern. I've yet to see an accelerated program with the kind of clinical hours I prefer though. Which is...

  21. Are Accelerated BSN programs too fast to be successful

    CuriousMe replied to bethca's topic in General Students

    Right, the Accelerated program (what we were talking about) had 140 hours, and the traditional program (what murphlyle was comparing her program to) was 104. I was clear, and used the number I...

  22. Are Accelerated BSN programs too fast to be successful

    CuriousMe replied to bethca's topic in General Students

    700 in one area, or

  23. Titers or vaccines?

    CuriousMe replied to Barbe's topic in General Students

    We had to either get a booster or show a titer. (For Hep series, we needed to get the series or show a

  24. Is Phlebotomy taught in Nursing school?

    CuriousMe replied to amanda1266's topic in General Students

    Phlebotomy was one of the lab skills taught in my program, it wasn't a separate course. I did feel prepared enough to draw blood in the ED during clinicals

  25. Are Accelerated BSN programs too fast to be successful

    CuriousMe replied to bethca's topic in General Students

    I guess my concern would be the condensed clinical hours. I'd be ticked if I only had 140 hours of med surge clinicals and only 210 hours of preceptorship. (In my traditional BS program we have 230...