Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Nov 22, 2009, 11:22 am
My last clinical for the semester was on Thursday. It was a great night, I had a fantastic patient and I got to practice a lot of my skills. As you may remember, I've been working on the surgica...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Nov 18, 2009, 12:46 pm
The semester is readily winding down and things are starting to get even more stressful than they have been throughout the semester. To be honest, I didn't really know that was even possible. Lu...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Nov 9, 2009, 6:59 pm
So today was my first ATI test. I'm not sure how many of you out there are required to take ATI tests as part of your nursing education, but almost all of my nursing classes require a passing gra...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Nov 8, 2009, 7:04 am
Thursday's clinical was a very exciting one! We started off with an hour-long lecture from a respiratory therapist discussing the various methods used for oxygen delivery in the hospital setting....
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Oct 29, 2009, 10:43 am
So my midterm results are in--I got 3 A's and one C+. The C+ was the most disturbing part of the whole week. I'm really not enjoying the professor--she's quite eccentric. In the past, s...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Oct 18, 2009, 7:34 pm
So my first midterm is tomorrow--both my health assessment lecture exam as well as my lab practicum exam. I don't know what it is about the material or if I'm just in some sort of rut, but I&...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Oct 16, 2009, 8:49 am
So today is my second day off for what my school affectionately calls "Fall Break." It's nice having a little break, but I return to my Health Assessment midterm and practicum, both on Monday, my...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Oct 9, 2009, 7:25 am
So yesterday was our last clinical lab session. It was a little disappointing to be in the hospital for two weeks and then to have to come back into the lab--I was looking forward to working with act...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Oct 6, 2009, 9:30 pm
Things have been going well in regards to my life and nursing school. I officially moved to my new house last Friday and have been busy preparing for the move and then setting up shop, so again, I ap...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Sep 28, 2009, 9:49 pm
...was a bit of a disappointment. Now don't get me wrong, I definitely learned a lot, it's just that I didn't have any actual patient interaction during my first 6-hour clinical session. ...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Sep 23, 2009, 10:16 pm
I'm sure those of you who have started nursing school, are in the midst, or who are nurses themselves can relate to the craziness that is the first couple weeks of nursing school. It's been i...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Sep 9, 2009, 10:16 pm
Today was my second class in Adult I and the topic was pain management. The reading for this topic was very interesting, mostly because it included a running example: Mrs. X suffering from chronic ba...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Sep 5, 2009, 11:33 am
So I've made it through my first week of nursing school. I've survived thus far! Classes went well, but were completely exhausting, and I think I'm about 400 pages behind in my reading a...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Aug 31, 2009, 9:51 pm
So today was my first day of the rest of my life, so to speak. I had three classes today: Health Assessment, Health Assessment Clinical and Intro to Professional Nursing. Let me start off by saying o...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Aug 29, 2009, 10:32 pm
Several bloggers that I read on a regular basis have been writing posts about either their nursing school experiences, or what a new nursing student can expect when the start out school. They are all...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Aug 28, 2009, 4:33 pm
So here I am, 5:40 pm in St. Thomas, and I've just come in from the beach on my last day in paradise to check in on how all my other fellow bloggers are. I can say that I now have so many other f...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Aug 23, 2009, 9:15 am
I'm really getting excited for nursing school to start. Orientation went well, but was completely overwhelming. It was a 9-hour day of meetings with deans, professors, current students in the prog...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Aug 19, 2009, 8:34 pm
So I suppose I've finally made my decision about my nursing program. The orientation for the two-year second-degree BSN program is tomorrow. I still have not heard from the other school (15 mont...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Aug 15, 2009, 10:27 pm
Yep, you heard me, I'm officially done with all of my pre-requisite classes for nursing school! This is a huge accomplishment for me, since I've been working on it for just about a year now. ...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Aug 12, 2009, 12:41 pm
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Aug 12, 2009, 12:30 pm
I know I haven't posted in a while, but that's mostly because there isn't much nursing-relating stuff happening in my life. Today is my anatomy & physiology II lecture final exam. I have...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Aug 6, 2009, 9:02 am
One week from today all my summer classes will be over!! Man does it feel good to say that! So it turns out, I got a 97 on my third exam. When I saw my grade I actually did a double-take. Is that a...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Aug 4, 2009, 7:12 am
I know it's been a while, but there hasn't been all that much going on. I had to get all my forms in line and mailed those in yesterday. Did all you other nursing students out there need mal...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Jul 29, 2009, 11:01 pm
So I got back my second exam tonight, and low and behold, I got a 95!! I'm not gonna lie, I was pretty surprised with that grade. I was sure I did worse on this exam than the first one, since I t...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Jul 29, 2009, 10:19 am
So today's post is going to be more of a round-up of other nursing/medical blogs that I read. I've decided that since nothing really exciting has happened in my life re: the world of nursing ...
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Courtney DuBois posted an article on Nursing Anatomy - Jul 26, 2009, 5:01 pm
I have been tagged with "The Honest Scrap" award and I now must do the following: 1. “The Honest Scrap” award is not one to hold all to your self but it must be shared! 2. First, the recipient ha...
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