ShimmyMeli

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1. 40/48 people failed exam

   ShimmyMeli posted a topic in General Students

   Hello. I am currently a nursing student. I recently discovered that 43/48 people in my nursing class failed an exam. I know for a fact that the majority of these students studied extreamly hard for this particular exam and knew the reading material i...

2. Cinical uniform..love it or hate it?

   ShimmyMeli replied to CT Pixie's topic in General Students

   yikes! I hate it! It wasn't that bad during the first semester..but I made the mistake of getting the elastic waste and tapered leg ones ( instead of the cool mens drawsting ones) and I gained weight from all the stress...so this semester the pants a...

3. I really, really feel like calling it quits

   ShimmyMeli replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Nursing

   Im so sorry;/ I too felt like quitting..Im a student also..but dang it! I swear sometimes I believe that the nursing instructors don't want us to be nurses! I'm not so sure most of them actually enjoy their jobs..Im wondering if they are burnt out of...

4. Im not sure if I want to keep going to nursing school...

   ShimmyMeli posted a topic in General Nursing

   hello. Im curently in my second semester of nursing school (2 year program). The work load is so overwhelming and scatterd Im not sure what's due and when..plus there is a test in a week and a half for like 10 chapters..anyway I have been feeling lik...

5. quiting?

   ShimmyMeli replied to ShimmyMeli's topic in General Students

   to the above post ^^^^ literally a phone book size!

6. quiting?

   ShimmyMeli replied to ShimmyMeli's topic in General Students

   thanks. It does suck....why do they have to give an exam at 7:30am the first day of school??? *growl* is it just me or does everyone else have to go through a catalog size sylabus to pick out the fine print of due dates?? I guess Im just overwhelmed....

7. quiting?

   ShimmyMeli posted a topic in General Students

   how many of you ever feeling like quiting nursing school?

8. I didn't make it ya'll

   ShimmyMeli replied to srg4784's topic in General Students

   yes about the scenery! I do think things happen for a reason too..we're STILL waiting for our final grades to come out..I keep thinking to myslef what am I going to do If I don't pass...you all have such wonderful attitudes it really inspires me..som...

9. I think this woman was pulling my leg during the interview....truth needed.

   ShimmyMeli replied to Lovely_RN's topic in General Students

   well if she was pulling your leg about the hours spent in school..she maybe meant the time you need to study ;/ my experience has shown that the instructors don't really teach anything in lecture..they just go from power point to power point....then ...

10. Nursing School does funny stuff to you....

    ShimmyMeli posted a topic in General Students

    ok I gained like 50 pounds this semester too ( there is another thread about weight gain)....then yesterday , I was chewing gum while taking my exam ( sometimes this helps with my stess) then toward the end of the exam the gum I was chewing turned to...

11. Why Do We Have To Wait So Long For Finals Grades?

    ShimmyMeli replied to blackberry4eva's topic in General Students

    :angryfire yes!!! I agree! we JUST took our final today (monday) and we have to wait till thursday ;/ I have been a big ball of stress for allll semester can't they just give us our grades so we can finally begin our vacation and HOPEFULLY relax ( or...

12. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    ShimmyMeli replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    Are you freaking kidding???!!!! Im only a first year nursing student and I know this is a very VERY BAD idea..they teach us being responsible for everything from drawing up the meds the checks ,to checking that the PT. swallows it! etc...

13. HELP! Im drowning!

    ShimmyMeli replied to ShimmyMeli's topic in General Students

    Thanks you guys! you all are great. I feel a lot better now I'm glad you feel my pain...well wait no i'm not glad about that..ya know what I mean!! ..Im just going to bite the bullet, keep my chin up and kick some @**.....Only one more month!!! I fee...

14. HELP! Im drowning!

    ShimmyMeli posted a topic in General Students

    HI everyone Im new here and I thought Id post..I recently just failed an exam..which brings my class percentage down to 76 percent..(have to keep a 75 to stay in the program)...I still have to write a patho paper today and interview my client etc.......