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Hi fellow nursing students!! Its been a while since I have been able to post a topic..life has really been busy for me (and I'm still in school part-time). This is just an update. I made it through A&P successfully this time around, thank God, with a C but that's ok I passed. Summer semester began June 1 and ends July 31. As a part-time student we only have fundamentals 1 June 1-30 and geriatric clinicals July 1-31. I passed fund1 with a high B, so proud of myself. Clinicals are going just fine and will be over as soon as we work 40 hours.

I wish someone would have told me it would be this exhausting. My feet hurt so much everyday but I know its all worth it. I can not wait to begin the fall semester and be one more step closer towards the end.

How has everyone's summer semester been so far? When does the next semester begin for you? Good luck to everyone trying toake it through this semester and to those who are waiting to begin. Keep us updated!

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Specializes in Hospital medicine; NP precepting; staff education.

Keep up the good work. It gets more and more trying as you go, but such a worthwhile goal. As a grad student who works full time and is getting her clinical hours in, I keep telling myself, "This is what you signed up for...stick it out!"

Don't worry about the C's or Bs. Critical thinking is the need. I'd rather work with a nurse with Critical thinking than a 4.0 (not that you can't have both, mind you)...

Good luck.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.

Summer term for me is NOW! I'm doing an Lvn to rn bridge. Yup my feet are sore. My ble are edematous! I'm so tired. But I love pt care. And it is also cool to learn how to do really cool stuff like d/c IVs, d/c foleys, hang blood, hand LRs, etc.

I have one more week. Then I get summer break until mid/late August.

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Summer term is now till August. We have 12 hour clinical at the acute care hospital which means 2 care plans. Our professor wants each patient to have 2 Nanda Diagnosis and 2 Risk factors plus if a patient has 10-20 drugs listed, we need to write drug cards for each. And this is just clinicals lol

I do have a question for you LVNs, what helped you pass mental health? Thanks :)

how I study is I read a topic in the book and instantly do a few practice tests based on that topic I read. it helps retain information. Then I write down how the question is being asked using keywords and what you can not do in red pen but when it comes to mental health, its more behavioral than nursing process like in med surg.

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I'm in the Summer semester currently and I am taking Pharm, Maternity, Geri/Mental Health, and a Lifespan/Psych class. My summer semester goes from May 4, 2015 to August 15, 2015. I go to school Monday through Friday and I have Mental health clinical Saturday's from 7:30-2:00 PM. So, I know how you feel AND on top of that I work full-time and my day usually start at 4:30AM. This has been a really intense semester but I know in the end it will be ALL worth it!!!! We got this, just take it one day at a time. Good Luck. #futurenurses

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@mscoleman78 How are your maternity clinicals setup? Is it just skills you perform in the lab, or do they actually allow to visit maternity wards? just curious, the school I plan on attending does all of those skills in the skills lab versus the hospital

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Thanks everyone for replying.... @WKShadowRN you are right critical thinking is far more important to me than having all A's although my grades are important to me as well. I just want to be able to provide the best care for my pts.

@vintagemother I have moved on from just feet now...legs, front and back, feels like I have been working out and my back...that's another story. Really have to practice better body mechanics.

@tasha92337 I hear care plans are really something and requires a lot of time to do. Is that true for you? You guys have quite a load for clinicals. I'm ready for all of that, well at least I think I am lol.

@Mscoleman78 your schedule is pretty full. I go to clinicals tues-thurs 6:30-1:30. Not only that but my full time job is 12 hrs overnight so I leave work and get no sleep on those days. Kids at home also so it seems like I never get any rest. But I pray and step out on faith...one day at a time. This is what I want so I have to go through the storm to see the sunlight in the end.

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