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1. Young Nursing Students

   user.name replied to TaraRae123's topic in General Students

   Wow, that's impressive those of you that are going straight into upper division. I'm a senior in an BSN program... I'll be 21 when I graduate, so I guess I'm pretty young. My nursing class is very young/nondiverse compared to the amount of 2nd degree...

2. Needle Issue

   user.name replied to Future-AZ-Nurse's topic in General Students

   The first time i tried to start an IV, it was my first morning of clinicals in 1st semester at 6am after drinking way too much coffee. I was scared to death and was shaking so bad that i couldn't do it myself and felt like i was going to pass out. Lu...

3. Is it HORRIBLE to get C's on a test?

   user.name replied to scndglancee's topic in General Students

   Research shows that you should go with your first answer unless you suddenly remember a specific piece of information that you didn't before. Going back to double check is never a bad idea, but unless you missed something like "except for" or "not", ...

4. Preceptorship venting

   user.name replied to user.name's topic in General Students

   I know my post was kind of negative, but I'm not one to ever not make the best out of a situation. I always try to get everything I can out of an experience. And I know that the overall impression I have of the units is not always indicative of every...

5. Preceptorship venting

   user.name posted a topic in General Students

   So I graduate in May and a professor came in last week to talk to us about our preceptorship for next semester. Those of us who have not passed all of our HESI's with >900 were told we have to do our preceptorship in town and on a Med-Surg unit. N...

6. How did you manage your anxiety during clinical?

   user.name replied to eas78's topic in Student Assist

   I was so nervous at first. On my first day, my clinical instructor decided one of us was going to start an iv first thing in the morning. And of course she chose me. I was shaking the whole time and couldn't stop for long enough to put it in. Luckily...

7. CRNP/Experience

   user.name posted a topic in Post Graduate

   I graduate with my BSN in May and I'm trying to decide what/where I'm going to go to school/work. I'm pretty sure I want to be a Nurse Practitioner and am trying to decide whether I should work for a year or two or go ahead and get a job, but start m...

8. Are RN's poor lecturers in general or is it the program in my school?

   user.name replied to StittsvilleNurse's topic in General Students

   I'll be graduating this year, and I can think of maybe 2 lecturers that I didn't feel were very good. Many times it seems to me like the smartest ones are the ones that just can't seem to get their point across. I found that meeting with them on topi...

9. Question for other BSN Students

   user.name replied to SnoopysAunt's topic in General Students

   As my professors always say, it's 100% our responsibility to learn. They are just resources to us to help us figure out how/what to learn. I'm still not too sure how I feel about this though; it's the most challenging part of nursing school for sure....