Wiggly Litchi

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    CNA interview

    Feel free to PM me! :) Click my name and it'll pull up my profile, then you can hit "send PM"
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    TERRIFIED

    Amen - studying smarter, not longer is key! There's a book by Linda Wong called Essential Study Skills - older editions are dirt cheap on Amazon - and it's been really helpful. I was assigned the book...
  3. No acrylic, no press-ons, no polish. Naked, well-trimmed nails only. Polish, press-ons etc. can harbor bacteria (especially Pseudomonas), and this can be passed from patient to patient. It's not...
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    Help with a Research Paper

    Have you tried asking the library staff at your college? Usually there's a librarian on hand that is amazing at helping students to find this kind of
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    Unexpected hug- and a shake, too

    I, too, thought of a physical shake and not a McDonald's shake... but gosh, now I want a milkshake too... and some fries. I hope you start feeling better
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    Motivation running low

    I had something similar happen when I'd finished up my first 60 credits, straight As. I'd near killed myself to get to that point, had to be competitive. For me, it was a mix of burnout and lack of...
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    Macbook Air or Macbook Pro for Nursing School?

    Depending on what Nursing Program you go into, Mac stuff might not sync well with their online stuff - My current school has outright stated that folks need Windows OS-based laptops just for ease of...
  8. I love this~ I'm in the same boat as OP and people ask me "where do you want to specialize?" and I honestly can't answer the question. I'm looking forward to clinicals, but I'm sure that I'll be able...
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    Physical for Nursing School?!

    I wasn't required to do a physical, but I did have to provide proof of immunization plus titers for varicella and HepB. Because I'm foreign, I also had to provide TB test results via blood test, but I...
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  11. Sorry, you just lost all credibility with the race card :/ Court case will likely be costly and go nowhere - if they're writing you up for unprofessional behavior then really think why they are...
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    New Grad Anxiety

    Be kind to yourself! You sound like you have a wonderful manager and assistant managers that are willing to support your learning process and help you grow as a new nurse :) Sure, making mistakes can...
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    Staying Healthy as a New Nurse

    Commenting as a CNA that does 12s on the regular - Meal prep! If you have healthy meals premade, you're less likely to reach for something unhealthy. I freeze all of my meals and have a wide variety...
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    Nervous about saying No.

    I think you will be okay! It's a joy to have the opportunity to pick from two colleges :). I don't think it will sink in for me either until I sit in that first lecture in the fall. It's so surreal...
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    Will I not be able to get financial aid

    Best people to ask would be the financial aid dept. at your school. I'm in a grey area because I'm not American and living/studying in America, so I am not eligible for the same things. If my funding...
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    Finally!

    I finally got my acceptance letter today!! This has been an insanely long time coming (10~years), and I couldn't be happier. Hopefully in 2yrs time, if all goes to plan, I'll finally have my BSN! I'm...
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    Finally!

    Thank you!! I am hoping so :) The last 2 have been insanely
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    How many hours a week do you spend on school?

    As many as it takes to grasp the material. You want to spend at least 3`4hrs per credit hour of each course doing your own study, so for a 4 credit hour course, you're looking at 16hrs/week. This can...
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    Surgeon for an instructor

    Potassium is Kalium in latin, it's where it gets its K
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    Self Righteousness

    My "favorite" ones are the ones where they're like "What are YOU doing with your life? Well I'm an ED nurse and blahblahblah..." It's so condescending it's infuriating. I get that folks are proud of...
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    Bacillus Species

    Look up pictures and find defining characteristics of each. But as Future said, you should have learned about some differential tests by now if you're working on your
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    Nervous about saying No.

    Leave it until a little closer to the cutoff point and then send them a letter thanking them for the offer, but say that something else has come up which means that you won't be able to attend that...
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    Ew...3 people

    Preach!
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    Cna job... I have some questions

    I lift just as much as the nurses on my floor do, and we have to be able to lift 50lbs. Helps to be able to lift more but it's very rare, and usually if you have to support more than that on your own,...
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    A and P II advice?

    A&P II builds on everything you've learned in A&P I, so refresh, refresh, refresh! You may find yourself going back to the earlier chapters in your book as new concepts come up in A&P II....