GenesisEve

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1. Management Clinical

   GenesisEve posted a topic in General Students

   WOW, what a day in clinical. I graduate in December from an ASN program and just started in the rotation for the purpose of teaching us how to manage a group of nurses. This week one of the students (she's been an LPN for 16 years) was a manager. ...

2. But...what else?

   GenesisEve posted a topic in General Students

   Doesn't it just crack you up that in clinical when you're talking with your instructor (or handing in those dreaded guides) about your pt's lab values and how they correlate to the diagnosis, etc...the instructor says, "What ELSE could it be?" Or......

3. Paired with horrible nurse today

   GenesisEve replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in General Students

   WOW...how apropos for me to see this post when i came here to vent the same sort of thing. The primary nurse i had today on OB rotation was nurse Ratchett!!! My instructor told me at post conference she will NEVER get another student. Where to begi...

4. Unit clerk question.

   GenesisEve replied to Bonny619's topic in General Students

   Unit secretary here too. When a pt is transferred to us (telemetry unit) from another unit (SICU, MICU, IICO, Ortho) they come with their charts and Kardex. We don't have to transcribe anything cuz it's already there. However, if there are orders ...

5. Which job would be the best while in nursing school???

   GenesisEve replied to studentnurse3's topic in General Students

   I agree with the previous post. I also work as a unit secretary on a telemetry unit at the hospital and I'll be starting clinicals in January. Being a unit secretary is GREAT experience. You get familiar with the tests involved with different proc...

6. A&P and Micro

   GenesisEve replied to bmburke78's topic in General Students

   I took A&P I and Microbiology the same semester. At the time I used to say, "WHY did I take 2 major sciences the same semester?" Yes, it was a difficult, but in hindsight I'm glad I got 2 major sciences completed at one time. I received an A ...

7. Does your school discourage you from working?

   GenesisEve replied to boopchick's topic in General Students

   I work 30 hours a week, while going to school fulltime. Right now, I'm just getting my prereqs out of the way. My goal is to finish them with a 3.5 GPA. My husband and I don't have children, so the only thing suffering is my housework...that's OK,...

8. Smoking...

   GenesisEve replied to GenesisEve's topic in General Students

   You know...people in AA say, "One day at a time", but when quitting the cigs it's more like, "One hour at a time" Sishel...the only tips I have for cravings is nicotine gum :) I eat lots of hard candy...I've also heard of people eating peanuts or s...

9. Smoking...

   GenesisEve replied to GenesisEve's topic in General Students

   i thought i should post of my experience so far. i started taking the Wellbutrin on Friday, my certain "quit date" is September 21. Maybe it's a placebo effect, but you just don't think of smoking. That is...until tonight. i came home from my comp...

10. Smoking...

    GenesisEve replied to GenesisEve's topic in General Students

    This is great inspiration for me :) I'm glad I posted this. Today, I smoked 3 cigs (that's a start, I usually smoke a pack a day). One of the cigs I had outside with my husband. This is the ?funny? story behind one of the cigs. My husband and I ...

11. Smoking...

    GenesisEve replied to GenesisEve's topic in General Students

    Thanks everyone :) So far, so good. Bigmona, you're right...there will always be stressful times. Maybe if I can make it till Friday without smoking, I'll be able to cancel my dr's appointment and just quit on my own :) I'll definately do the "...

12. Smoking...

    GenesisEve posted a topic in General Students

    ...Do you smoke? Or have you smoked and quit? My husband and I both smoke I know as a future nurse, it's not the best example to set. Hence, I've resolved to quit. I should say, my husband has resolved to quit, and included me in this 'journey...

13. How I came to be...RN bound

    GenesisEve replied to GenesisEve's topic in General Students

    I should've also added why I wanted to become a nurse in the first place :) Initially it was to become an LPN, but as you've read, my decision was changed. When I was 28, I found out I had hodgkins. I endured 6 months of chemotherapy, and 1 month o...

14. How I came to be...RN bound

    GenesisEve posted a topic in General Students

    I was enrolled in a local vo-tech school in my area, in the PN program. The program lasts one year, and is divided into 3 levels. After the first final of the second level, two friends and myself went out to dinner. We were joined by my friend's m...

15. classes and clinicals

    GenesisEve replied to MOONIELOVE's topic in General Students

    First level, we had clinicals Mon-Tues, and class Wed-Fri...our clinicals were in a LTCF. Basically, it was strictly "basic care", plenty of bed baths, changing incontinent residents, doing assessments. Second Level, clinicals from Mon-Wed, class ...