Isabellah

Isabellah

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About Isabellah

I am 33 years old and just started the ADN program at local community college.

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  1. I agree that you must learn from your mistake and move on. If you continue to focus on the negative, it will make your nursing school experience dreadful and cause you to become burned out real quick. And washing hands is critical. Nosocomial infecti...
  2. Encouragement NEEDED

    I am in my fourth and final semester in a 2 year ADN program. There is many times that I feel inadequate about my knowledge base and skills. I have learned to keep a journal. This is how I do it; each day I write five things I did well and five thing...
  3. Do YOU enjoy nursing school?

    I agree nursing school is a love/hate relationship. It is hard but not terrible as most new nursing students are lead to believe. The only terrible thing I have encountered is the cattiness of my fellow nursing students. I agree go to every second ha...
  4. So depressed and angry

    I need to vent or burst. I am in my final leg of nursing school and had an exam today. It was badly written and intentionally confusing. A lot of the test questions was not even over the material that it was supposed to be. Everyone and that includes...
  5. Incredibly Easy Books

    I can't say enough positive things about this series. I have recommended the Made Incredibly Easy series to many of my fellow nursing students. They also love them. I am lucky that a lot of them is available in my college library. These books are wha...
  6. Help! Severe Anxiety

    Thanks for the wonderful advice. One of my instructors suggested that I listen to a MP3 player for I will not hear the other nursing students cramming and discussing information before the test.
  7. Help! Severe Anxiety

    I was wondering how everyone copes with severe anxiety when taking exams. I have an extreme case were my mind becomes completely blank. I can quote every thing about a disease process and the nursing diagnosis, interventions, lab test considerations ...
  8. Tell me about your study group/study sessions

    I am not into the group thing. I have a really busy life and don't have time for groups and I do just fine. Most of the groups I have come across have way too much drama going on for me. I use Memory Notebook of Nurses and the Davis Success series. A...
  9. Pharm, help!!!

    Thank you so much.
  10. Cell Phones in Class?

    I don't believe it is respectful to use your phone in clinical or class. I however have my netbook in class but I keep my powerpoints downloaded on them with the notes I have taken in class. I also can get my textbooks from pageburst online. This pre...
  11. Need help with care plan

    I agree with the post that was talking about s/s of infection. Your goal should say something like patient will have normal vital signs, surgical site will stay dry and intact between 8-2 on 6/23/11 or whatever date and time your shift is. Then your ...
  12. Flow Rate Calculation Problem

    An IV of 500 mL is to infuse at 120 mL/hr using a 20 gtt/mL calibrated set. ( pg 281 math for meds 10th edition) Sorry for the confusion. 60 minutes is not part of the problem. It says 20gtt/mL or 20gtt per mL. So we have to find the mL to be infused...
  13. Flow Rate Calculation Problem

    Emmel is right. You have a total of 500mL to be infused at 120mL/hr or in 60 minutes. Divide 500 by 120 which equals 4.17.Then times that by 20 and you get 83. That is how we learned to do it.
  14. Anyone have to wear Dove Apparel?

    Our school uses them and they look nice in the beginning and then start to lose their luster. They are very durable yet uncomfortable. I feel this is due to the rough fabric and the fact that there is no give to the pants. On top of this is the major...
  15. Med-surg help

    I began Med-Surg in January and am struggling big time. I have never failed a test until recently and am very discouraged. I study 2-3 hours a night. I am looking for any advice on how to study for exams. I read the chapters and I admit not as good a...