Training2bRN

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1. [Almost] halfway done with 1st Semester.

   Training2bRN replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

   i think the first semester is the easiest at our school. our clinical is only 5 hours long this semester, but it's 12 hours long next semester. half my classmates are failing (which is anything under 75% at my school). i don't understand why -- t...

2. how to talk to patients

   Training2bRN posted a topic in General Students

   it's very hard to understand how a patient feels, when you've never been hospitalized or seriously ill. i try to joke around with the patients, but i think i am inadvertently insulting them. for instance, one patient can't speak well due to paralys...

3. My professors are disorganized!

   Training2bRN replied to Training2bRN's topic in General Students

   well i think i figured out why my professor's presentations confuse me so much .... she is using her slide shows from an old textbook that the school is no longer using. this really ticks me off, because she is making me learn 2 different versions o...

4. My professors are disorganized!

   Training2bRN posted a topic in General Students

   They list the wrong chapters to read on the Syllabus. They give us slides that have material that came from nowhere, and does not match any of the reading in the book. And then they give us slide presentations that mix up all the chapters together ...

5. What to do when you think you ****** off the instructor?

   Training2bRN replied to intensity_too's topic in General Students

   i lie low, and say very little to the instructors. i certainly would not critisize them, even if they are disorganized and drive me crazy.

6. walking in feces!!!

   Training2bRN posted a topic in General Students

   i swear, working in the hospital can be so gross! i went to put a patient's bed pan (full of poop) in the sanitizer, and the machine flooded, pouring gallons and gallons of water and feces all over my feet, and in the hallway. i was stepping in fec...

7. i forgot to wear my gloves ... Patient had Hep B

   Training2bRN posted a topic in General Students

   i was helping my classmate shave a patient -- i was holding a bin of water for her -- and i forgot to wear my gloves. at one point, i put my uncovered hands in the water to rinse off a washcloth for my classmate. my clinical instructor walked in an...

8. our lab instructor is a little scary

   Training2bRN posted a topic in General Students

   i mean, she seems like a really nice lady outside of school. but she's kinda hard on you if you mess up. and don't dare approach her if you have not read the material or studied. she makes me feel like a little school child, and i am a mature, gro...

9. What to do about my butt?

   Training2bRN replied to Hotflashn's topic in Stress 101

   i tried on the uniforms recently, and the pants did not have enough room to accommodate a large rear end. i am going to have to sew in an extra piece of fabric in the back ... and i bought a really large size too. i think the uniforms are designed ...

10. What company do you get your uniforms from?

    Training2bRN replied to MedicalNerd's topic in General Students

    is it just me, or do the uniforms not have enough room in the butt -- as if they were designed for men?

11. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    Training2bRN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    how are you going to be a nurse when you are so fat that your arms can't reach the patient in front of you? i am overweight too, but i am not so fat that my arms can't get past my stomach.

12. Medical Clearance for Clinicals

    Training2bRN posted a topic in General Students

    my school has a mandatory health form that my doctor must fill out before i can get into clinicals. i am a little worried about this form, because i have been treated for mental illness in the past. i am stable on meds now, but i worry that my inst...