This has to be my biggest fear - when all of the information crammed into my head from school becomes incompatible within my memory cache and causes a runtime error during a critical situation. Sorry about the computer speak, but I feel more like a c...
Seeing your school's counselor isn't always an easy step, but it will be worth it. It's easy to get into the "study study study" slump in nursing school because it is so overwhelming! You may want to consider making some simple changes in your daily ...
Although it's a shame to say, M/S rotation for the people in my clinical group was a very bad experience. We were on afternoon/night shift when most of the major meds for the day had already been given by the morning group, and the same goes with mos...
First quarter/semester is definitely the most hectic time since you'll be getting used to the nursing school routine (i.e. study, study, study, sleep for 3 hours wake up drooling on your book, then study some more). I haven't met one person that actu...
mrzgirl replied to carlarenee02's topic in Student Assist
Why let a little set back get to you? There were a few in my class who could not pass the drug calc exam the first time around, but with a little tutoring they are doing just fine. Sure, it's scary to think there are nurses out there who can't calcul...
mrzgirl replied to lovescapeRN's topic in Job Hunt
Wow, I can't believe there are some hospitals that bend over backwards to create "lift teams" for the sake of patients and nurses alike, and then there is this one exception hospital...If physical competence is necessary to be a nurse, then where is ...
Tis the season to start figuring out where I want to precept! The problem is, any unit that I have come to enjoy during my clinical times is not an area where we are "allowed" to precept in (i.e. OB, OR, Peds). My school's rationale for this is that ...
mrzgirl replied to George4life's topic in Career Support
I was in a similar rut not too long ago with majors and career choices. If it's available to you from your school, you may want to consider going to a career counselor. They have a way of making you discover exactly what you want in a career. I was i...
I'm still a student, but I recently posed a similar question to a 30-year veteran ICU nurse. She told me that if there is a specialty that you want to go into after graduation, then go for it. And (not to offend anyone), but she even said that from h...
Nursing student here-- I've been told that school is nothing like what you will experience out in the real world. Forums like these aren't exactly the best place to come and find out about nursing because usually people get on here to vent. There are...
WOW! Like other posters, I thought this only occurred in my class...Honestly, I thought the cliquey-ness, childishness, and constant asking for the answers to the test ended with high school. Apparently, I stand corrected. There's a row of girls in ...
In my program, there is no flexibility whatsoever. As a matter of fact, at the end of every quarter the nursing office makes us sign a release form so they can enroll us in the next required classes - including prereqs if they aren't finished. A lot ...
That's an interesting point, actually. I'm getting ready to go into my second year of ns right now, and from what I've seen so far, those with prior medical experience are having more trouble than those of us who have no experience. They get so set i...
mrzgirl replied to FutureMaleOhioNurse's topic in Ohio
For starters, I hope that you have already heard that nursing school is no walk on the beach. Expect it to be difficult - the questions that you see at the end of your text book chapters are way easier than you will ever see on the tests. I can't str...
mrzgirl replied to cupcake231's topic in Pre-Nursing
I'm still waiting for a decision on my application as well, but judging from other classes that I've taken (where nursing students made up the majority), don't sweat too much. While most schools do consider GPA first, I think it's safe to say that as...