katenurse

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1. Did you keep your nursing books?

   katenurse replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

   I sold some of mine (like the leadership/management book) but had to re-buy one of them 4 years later when I went back for another nursing degree. I've used the A&P texts, lab results manual, drug book the most for reference. And if you ever ch...

2. Can someone explain how a study group is at all effective?

   katenurse replied to bhanson's topic in General Students

   I'm kind of a loner when it comes to studying, but I fell in with a great couple of people who just happened to sit by me in nursing classes, and our group built from there. By the end of our two years together, we had a really solid study group tha...

3. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   katenurse replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   I was the bad OB patient that had a ton of visitors. I had such a great time recovering -- and good pain meds, since it was a c-section. I don't think I realized that I was making myself more tired. But I only asked for the nurses to watch my baby ...

4. Really disappointed with the reality of nursing.

   katenurse replied to NurseFrustrated's topic in Relations

   I'm so sorry that you feel like the world's punching bag. I'm a psych nurse, which is a completely different field than med-surg. I feel like we are respected by our colleagues for the most part (there are always one or two slackers, no matter wher...

5. Have anxiety issues over making friends

   katenurse replied to krazykchan's topic in General Students

   I think you may be surprised at the diversity of your nursing school and your study groups, if you give it all a chance. We had a huge range of ages of students (young 20s to 60s) in my class, and tons of variety of background experience. So many fa...

6. Portland and New Grads

   katenurse replied to bridgfor428's topic in Oregon

   Yeah, I've heard "saturated" and "impossible to get a job". Maybe it's just that my graduation was in March rather than June, but everyone I was close to in school who has passed the NCLEX is already employed. It may sound kind of selfish, but my o...

7. Portland and New Grads

   katenurse replied to bridgfor428's topic in Oregon

   I just got hired at a Providence hospital. I did not do a preceptorship in Portland my final quarter of nursing school -- and I did not get to do my preceptorship in the area I am now in. Still, I applied, and most importantly, I used every connect...