rustspotfaerie

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1. Giving IM and sub-q shots

   rustspotfaerie replied to rustspotfaerie's topic in Student Assist

   Thanks a million!

2. Giving IM and sub-q shots

   rustspotfaerie posted a topic in Student Assist

   I am having a problem giving a regular shot. This is my situation: When I was passed off on the skill, ya know, when we practice on fluid filled bags! , my instructor criticized me on how I hold the syringe (like I am holding a cigarette) but I have ...

3. Quit nursing school?

   rustspotfaerie replied to wellhereiam's topic in General Students

   I have the exact same problems -depression, agitation, crippling anxiety as I notice I am afraid of life LOL. I was diagnosed as bipolar in 2003.

4. Quit nursing school?

   rustspotfaerie replied to wellhereiam's topic in General Students

   If you liked nursing before you went to school, just remember that this is just a few years of your life, just like highschool. Highschool sucked because all I did was study, but it has an end. You sound just like me. But you can do it. Stop feeling...

5. Nursing School

   rustspotfaerie replied to Starfish1's topic in General Students

   I think a way to get over the instructor phobia is to just concentrate on your patient. :pntrghi: Remember that one of your main responsibilities as a nurse and nursing student! is to make the patient feel comfortable. If the patient is comfortable,...

6. If you were not so far into nursing what you your major be?

   rustspotfaerie replied to beginning's topic in General Students

   A hairdresser, fashion designer, flautist, german teacher... Something CREATIVE not linked to science. I am finding my anxiety in nursing school to be paralyzing. :sstrs: