Agreed, RobbiRN. I also think the research showing the collective decrease of vitamin D levels associated with increase in sunscreen use is interesting. While I wear sunglasses and sunscreen on the parts of my body where skin is the thinnest (shoulde...
Please keep letting your littles come to your office for mundane requests. From someone who went to the nurse's office almost every day of 1st grade because what was eventually found to be anxiety from bullying, I needed a safe space. Keep up the str...
A counselor or a therapist can be SO helpful, just to be able to spill out everything going on in your head. Also, I was very strict with my "work hard, play hard" philosophy. I would schedule study time throughout the week and be sure that I worked ...
I disagree with many of the previous posters. All of my instructors genuinely cared about what I had going on in my personal life and I felt supported when I needed it. I also don't agree with keeping your classmates at arm's reach because of competi...
I have had major trouble finding scrubs pants that fit. I am very petite (5'1" and 98 lbs) but my legs are long. I've found that by "petite" most scrub companies actually mean "short" and that's not what I need. I need smaller, but still the same len...
I will be a new grad as of August 11th. I signed for a job in a Level III NICU last week to start in late August and still can't really believe it. I have no NICU experience besides during my OB rotations. I've never worked in the healthcare setting....
I'm in my last semester of nursing school and have worked at a day care since the beginning. It was the greatest job I could've asked for while in school. I look forward to getting away from my studies and getting to see those kids. When I interviewe...
We use ATI. For each class there are 2 non-proctored exams we take at home and we have to keep taking them until we reach 90%. At the end of each class we have a proctored exam. The exam is 5% of the class grade and we have to make at least Level 2. ...
We had a two hour lab where they taught us to start IVs and draw blood on plastic arms. As far as getting to in the clinical setting, it depended on opportunity. I was very lucky to have my last semester of clinicals on a floor where everybody got la...
Honestly, I have to give myself a limit. I take a test and only allow myself to change 2 answers per test when I go back through to review it. I second guess myself alot and 90% of the time, my first answer is correct, so I have to give myself that l...
Just like with nursing staff, or staff in general, you will find some who are very helpful and some who really don't want you around. Usually doctors are willing to let you stay in the room when they're rounding on patients, which is VERY helpful. If...
It gets better. I just completed semester 4 of 5 for my BSN and when I started, I had the exact same problems you did. I learned that for me, organization is key, and that my clinical instructor/nurse made a HUGE difference in my anxiety level. For ...
I graduate in late July with my BSN as well. I think alot depends on your area. The recruiters from hospitals where I'm from have told us that they are all willing to hire on GN status, which is great, but they don't want to see our applications unti...