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  1. Is Nursing Right for Me? (Holistic-Minded)

    CuriousMe replied to jkmk's topic in General Students

    Actually, I said that, not Elkpark. I originally replied because I know the folks on our curriculum committee....the thought of them being influenced by "big pharma" is actually downright funny. But...

  2. Is Nursing Right for Me? (Holistic-Minded)

    CuriousMe replied to jkmk's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry, I must have misunderstood you....I thought you were saying that nursing school curriculums were designed by and maintained by pharmaceutical companies. These links look to talk about med...

  3. Is Nursing Right for Me? (Holistic-Minded)

    CuriousMe replied to jkmk's topic in General Students

    I'd love to see some references for this information. It seems to be absolutely contrary to my school's curriculum (actually, all the school's I looked into's curriculum as

  4. Is Nursing Right for Me? (Holistic-Minded)

    CuriousMe replied to jkmk's topic in General Students

    I understand that you don't believe vaccines have value for you...and that you know you may well have to give them as an RN....but, education is the other big part of being an RN. Do you think you...

  5. Phi Theta Kappa - Haven't we all been invited?

    CuriousMe replied to SDChargersGirl#31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't disagree about PTK being a waste of cash, but I do believe that it's pretty standard to pay membership fees in most academic honor societies. (I know you do for Sigma Theta Tau....the nursing...

  6. Phi Theta Kappa - Haven't we all been invited?

    CuriousMe replied to SDChargersGirl#31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I joined and honestly I feel it was a waste of cash. But a lot of that had to do with my chapter. I tried to get involved several times and each time it was far to difficult. I had to contact...

  7. Physiology...

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

    For me, it helps to explain it to someone else. Since my roomates weren't thrilled with the idea of learning human physiology.....that often meant me teaching the material to pets or stuffed animals...

  8. Physiology...

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

    It depends on your learning style. As others have said, Anatomy depends more on memorization, where physiology depends more on understanding processes. So, if you're a good memorizer, Anatomy will...

  9. Case Study for Anatomy - looking for outside of the box ideas???

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

    How old is the patient? Also maybe you could detail out what your thought process is (I know you wrote two possible conclusions....but telling us how you got there might help us to get past whatever...

  10. What would you do if you were me?

    CuriousMe replied to Britt7's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Even if you lived with your cousin, you'd still have to put her in day care right? It sounds like your parents offer is a dream come true. It will absolutely be beyond hard for you....but, she won't...

  11. What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    CuriousMe replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    What do you mean by fair though? My idea of a fair exam is that it covers material that I was assigned to learn (either in lecture, Case Studies, research or other readings). I've heard to many...

  12. Nutrition and pathophysiology missing in curriculum

    CuriousMe replied to on eagles wings's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe their patho class is specifically created for their program. We have two patho classes (3 credit classes cleverly named pathophysiology I and pathophysiology II) that are part of our nursing...

  13. What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    CuriousMe replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    Yup I'm a chem minor, so mentally deleted the chem classes I took. But yes, Micro was required as well

  14. How do you know if you will be good at clinicals?

    CuriousMe replied to WDW4ever's topic in General Students

    Well yeah, but you don't know if the "girls who are naturals" go into each one scared as

  15. What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    CuriousMe replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    Well yes, our freshman year is prereqs....it's just not done at the university where my SON is (my university doesn't offer the non-nursing classes). I didn't list out my preregs, they're...

  16. Nutrition and pathophysiology missing in curriculum

    CuriousMe replied to on eagles wings's topic in General Nursing

    My guess is that they work patho into the rest of the curriculum and don't isolate it as a class in itself. Not sure about nutrition though, all the ADN's and BS programs in my area require it as a...

  17. What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    CuriousMe replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    I'm in a three year BS program. We needed to do a year of pre-reqs before applying, similar to an ADN program I suppose. Most of our senior year is in preceptorship, we spend the last two terms...

  18. Problems with Dansko shoes?

    CuriousMe replied to cc_nurse's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Bold and underlining mine. LOL sorry. I'm sorry that your knee is hurting....but find your solution amusing. Why is it not uncommon to find women who wear shoes that cause pain.....because they like...

  19. trying to learn delegation, please help???

    CuriousMe replied to anangelsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    Also a student here, so take this with a grain of salt :) I know in some states LPN's are automatically qualified to hang IV meds and in some they aren't. So, I'd find out how your state looks at...

  20. I fainted today in the ICU!

    CuriousMe replied to aismail3's topic in General Students

    See, now I'm fine with blood as long as it isn't mine. Watching narly trauma cases....I'm fine, watching in the OR, still fine. I can't watch them draw blood from me though:uhoh3: LOL aren't we all...

  21. How do you know if you will be good at clinicals?

    CuriousMe replied to WDW4ever's topic in General Students

    The only way to know how to do it....is just to do it. It will never be like class....which makes sense, all the folks you assessed in class weren't sick right? :) You're supposed to find it...

  22. Assessment practice...ever find something wrong on your pretend patient?

    CuriousMe replied to dudette10's topic in General Students

    Yeah, on me.....but it wasn't a surprise. My asthma was acting up while we were learning respiratory assessment.....so everyone got to hear bilateral wheezing at bases. I also have ambylopia....so...

  23. What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    CuriousMe replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    I've heard of some programs that have patho as a pre-req.....ours is like your pharm class....it's part of the program, no taking it ahead of time :-| Peace,

  24. What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    CuriousMe replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    My school (BS program) is on the quarter system, not the semester system. So, since it's a three year program, we have 9 terms. The term I gave the example of above (Spring of sophomore year) we...

  25. patient dies from combination of drugs that doc prescribed. who is responsible?

    CuriousMe replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    Well yeah, but the OP didn't ask if it was the nurses fault if the pharmacy mixed and labeled a med wrong.....but instead asked, who was responsible when a Doc prescribes a combination of drugs that...