Hello all, Nursing student here, and I've been feeling some type of way. I am very much intimidated by the medical work world, especially once I finish school. Even if I do study (although I slacked off during the first year, not good because I am pa...
VanessaTitoyan replied to VanessaTitoyan's topic in General Nursing
I'm a first year nursing student. Ive done many IV's, which have all gone well, without any porblems. But my sisters did. She was also quite nervous and was fidgeting.
While doing an IV, skin swells up, why? What to do during this? Why does the spot where IV was inserted start to itch? What to do during that? I did an IV in my sister, I was in her vein, and as I inject the medicine slowly, I saw her skin was swoll...
VanessaTitoyan replied to VanessaTitoyan's topic in Pre-Nursing
Seriously? I am in the same situation. The teachers want to be more superior than the students, & actually get mad when you mention something they didn't.
I am curious to know what nurses learned the first year. If you can remember, please let me know the other subjects during the nursing study! Thank you.
Do they need to go to medical school from the very start? I've read that a NP is able to go straight from practicing as an NP to medical school i[COLOR=#000000]f the courses completed in the master's program meet the prerequisite requirements for me...
VanessaTitoyan replied to VanessaTitoyan's topic in General Nursing
I am in the first year, the country is Armenia. It's wrong to say that it's weak here, because the students who learn here do it well, but I do get frustrated because I can't comprehend the terminology they're using.
I am studying abroad, in a country where they don't teach in english, I feel as if the education for nursing is really weak because we only study by book, which we forget so quickly, & we don't study by practice. (i.e. examining autopsies, seein...
On a scale of 1-10, how well should a nurse know anatomy? How often is it used in daily work? and also, what points of anatomy should nursing student focus most on?