Check with your instructors. At our school, we are all provided with copies of flow sheets and charting by exception sheets used by the hospitals we attend clinicals at. Also, I don't know if your school uses CAI's (computer assisted instruction), ...
robyn SN/CCCC replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in General Students
I have actually found it easier to keep my hair longer in nursing school. It took more time to fuss with it when it was short than it does now. I wash and dry my hair at night so all I have to do is stlye it in the mornings and take a bath, it's a ...
Station is determined through vaginal exam by determining the number of centimeters the presenting part of the fetus is above or below the ischial spines (on the pelvic/hip bones). If the presenting part is above the spines, the station is negative,...
robyn SN/CCCC replied to can'twait2B1's topic in General Students
My state (NC) has two programs (one based on finacial need, the other on scholars) that provide full tuition as long as you agree to work in the state for two years. Also, there are lots of hospitals doing the same thing because everyone is so despe...
I am a grade freak, I'll admit it. I got my first C this semester (semester 4 out of 5) and cried like a baby, but soon got over it. C=RN and that's all that matters at this point. I am not trying to be a hero, just an RN.
Before nursing school, I could function just fine on 5 hours of sleep, but now, if I don't get atleast 8, you better stay back 'cause it isn't pretty. I think it is the mental exhaustion instead of the physical exhaustion. :zzzzz
Don't touch anything blue, stay out of the way, wear comfortable shoes ~~ you'll be standing in one place a long time. And, make sure you eat breakfast.