NursingStudent50

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1. Start Motlow program in the fall. Need advice please!

   NursingStudent50 replied to busby's mom's topic in Tennessee

   Yup.. the frieds I met at Motlow are my very best of friends.. I miss them so much this summer and plan on seeing them soon ;-) See you in the fall!!!

2. Start Motlow program in the fall. Need advice please!

   NursingStudent50 replied to busby's mom's topic in Tennessee

   I'm at Smyrna too ;-) You will be driving to Tullahoma at least twice a week for the first few weeks of school and then about once a week the rest of the semester for CCL's, CNL's and your Return Demos and that continues for the 2 years.. at least ga...

3. Start Motlow program in the fall. Need advice please!

   NursingStudent50 replied to busby's mom's topic in Tennessee

   Congrats and get ready for an intensive, crazy, bull definately well-worth it year! Definately buy all of the required books and use the Fundamentals book to study for each test.. VERY helpful. I bought ALL of the recommended books and only used that...

4. An EMT's place among Nurses

   NursingStudent50 replied to Tiki8767's topic in General Nursing

   I am only in my second semester of nursing school, but all that I can tell you is DO NOT GIVE UP!!!! If nursing is where your heart is, then stick with it. I began college in 2003 as a prenursing student and basically was told that I was not good eno...

5. Is it more of an accomplishment to be a younger nurse?

   NursingStudent50 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

   Hey don't give up. I am 23 as well but nursing is all I ever wanted to do. I have found that the majority of students are not the "traditional" students. Many of my classmates have other degrees, had other careers for a long time, a have extended fam...

6. LTC... Let's vent! Comments, concerns, suggestions?

   NursingStudent50 replied to sinursie's topic in General Nursing

   Like I said before, the LTC is the only place I have experience at so far and the ratio was horrible. It effects not only the pts there, but the staff themselves. Do you guys find that this is common??? Is it more common in certain areas more than ot...

7. LTC... Let's vent! Comments, concerns, suggestions?

   NursingStudent50 replied to sinursie's topic in General Nursing

   I don't have much experience in a LTC but my clinicals last semester were at one. I saw many errors, and many things that just "urked" me. So did my clinical instructor. We spent a lot of time during our post conference "correcting" the errors that ...

8. What to expect the first day of nursing school

   NursingStudent50 replied to studentnurse85's topic in General Nursing

   I just finished my first semester. My first day was an overwhelming feeling of joy, excitement, nervousness, and terror! But overall, it was just a feeling of "thankfullness". I have been in school for quite some time trying to get to where I am. It ...

9. Is nursing less stressful for people with no kids and no life to begin with?

   NursingStudent50 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

   No, I don't think it is any less stressful. Many of my classmates are married, and have children. But when it all comes down to it, we are all there for a reason- to become a nurse and do the best we can. Needless to say, I don't have any kids and li...

10. failureeee :(

    NursingStudent50 replied to Teddybear11's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to say that just because it is a RN program at a COmmunity College, doens't make it any easier.. not at all!!!! I attended a 4 year university and graduated with a degree. Now I am attending a Community College for my ADN and I am also in...

11. Is nursing really that stressful?

    NursingStudent50 replied to dslite's topic in General Nursing

    If I may add, nursing SCHOOL is stressful as well. It is all totally worth it because this is all that I have ever wanted. The tests that you study for hours on end, Return's you practice for where you should have just brought a suitcase in the lab,...

12. Online A&P for Motlow

    NursingStudent50 replied to racegirl8346's topic in Tennessee

    I can say that the info you learn in A&P I and II will come very handy in nursing school. There is not a lot of time spent going over the info from A&P, as you should already know it. Its a great program, but you MUST know your stuff! I have...

13. Positive Drug Screen for Rx Med. How does this affect clinicals?

    NursingStudent50 replied to BlessedMom4's topic in Tennessee

    I am also in the Middle TN area and one of my very good in Nursing school is the tech that performs the drug screens for our school.... Anyways, I am pretty positive that as long as you have a prescription for your med, you'll be fine.

14. Nursing 101: Interval between 2 different inhalers?

    NursingStudent50 replied to jaxnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just finished my first semester of nursing school, and we were taught to give at least 1-2 minutes between breaths and between different inhalers. If using multiple inhalers, use the short acting first. Hope this helps:wink2: Never said 5 minutes, ...