JTinSC

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1. Looking for some help with delegation.

   JTinSC posted a topic in Student Assist

   I'm in my last semester, and delegation is giving me the most trouble I've had in nursing school. You know, the questions like "You have patient A, B, C, and D, who do you assign the LPN too?" While the only thing they really tell us is, LPNs cannot ...

2. Easy drug books

   JTinSC replied to scoobyva77's topic in General Students

   First let me ask you, do you have a PDA? If not, I'd suggest getting one. I have the davis drug book on mine, another drug book (can't think of the name) and one from epocrates.com. Its easy to quickly look up a drug, and go to the information about ...

3. Anyone Else have an INSTRUCTOR

   JTinSC replied to pat8585's topic in General Students

   No, but I told my crit care instructor she wasn't cut out for teaching after going to her office about some questions. I wouldn't let instructors like that get to me though, just take it as motivation to prove them wrong. I don't know what it is wit...

4. I'm really beginning to HATE nursing

   JTinSC replied to peaches023's topic in General Students

   Don't let it get to you, just look at it as motivation to study even harder for the next test. As long as you understand the rationales for the answers then at least it gives you another way to look at a question. The problem is when you don't unders...

5. Things You Do In Nursing School

   JTinSC replied to jturpin4's topic in General Students

   Baths are nothing, you get used to it after awhile. The patients are usually very old and not able to care for themselves, and no patient has ever made me feel awkward about bathing them. Normally after you do, their family will come in and notice ho...

6. I'm really beginning to HATE nursing

   JTinSC replied to peaches023's topic in General Students

   I feel your pain on this subject. I haven't had this problem until this semester though, and I only have one more during the summer until I'm finished. My only concern (well everyone's concern), is that the teachers are setting us up for failure. I'l...

7. Newborn Nursing Diagnoses?

   JTinSC posted a topic in General Students

   I just started my OB rotation, and was put in the nursery for the first day. We haven't really covered newborn care in lecture, so I'm kinda lost coming up with 3 dx's for my newborn. I do have risk for infection, but I'm not sure what to use for my ...

8. Are all Nursing Programs like this?

   JTinSC posted a topic in General Students

   I entered my first semester of nursing school this semester with all the confidence in the world. I've maintained a 3.85 GPA with high A's in all of my Science classes, and expected to do well once I started my Nursing classes, boy was I wrong. This ...

9. What is wrong with me?

   JTinSC replied to NY Nurse's topic in General Students

   I was having the same problem as you, until my first test. I made a high B, 1 point from an A, and I've always made A's. I felt motivated to study more after that first test, because it gave me motivation to study more and get my A. Hopefully after ...

10. Muscle LAB PRACTICAL!

    JTinSC replied to taniasjijo's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hold on, your test is Saturday and you're just now looking for study tips? I don't really want to be negative, but if you are just now starting to study, I don't think anything can help you. I wouldn't say the muscle test is the hardest, but it is t...

11. Quickest Crna Route

    JTinSC replied to appltini25's topic in SRNA

    I'm in the same boat as you, practically the same age. I chose to go to a 2 year school first and get my associate's so I could start working as an RN sooner. I plan to transfer to a university and get my BSN while I'm working on my experience in ICU...

12. what study habits help you?

    JTinSC replied to capribry's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm not sure how your teachers are but mine already have notes for you to print out. I will preread the notes before class and even though it might not be as clear to me, it will make more sense once the teacher goes over the material that day in cla...

13. New Grads

    JTinSC replied to JTinSC's topic in MICU

    Thanks Epiphany, that's all I really needed to know, that it is possible. That's exactly how I look at it, if its possible for someone to do it then there's nothing to stop me from doing it.

14. New Grads

    JTinSC posted a topic in MICU

    Hello everyone, I will be graduating in the near future and I am wanting to work in ICU for reasons I'm sure some of you probably know. I just wanted to know what are my chances for getting in ICU as a new grad. I have looked around and found some ho...

15. Studying

    JTinSC replied to Medic2005's topic in Pre-Nursing

    The best advice I can give you is to go through your list of bones/muscles and learn to pronounce them and spell them first. Once you can spell them and pronounce them it makes it a lot easier to remeber where they are. Its hard to remember where a m...