mishmisha

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1. Nursing summer externship UCLA

   mishmisha replied to CANewRN's topic in General Students

   maybe it's my strep throat fogging me but i can't find the website for this externship! can somebody send it to me please? thanks from a very stresed 1st year BSN

2. AMAZING teachers- yours?

   mishmisha replied to mishmisha's topic in General Students

   i am so sorry that your instructors are so difficult! i am pretty shocked at their behavior and i guess what i would do is 1) seek some guidance from a counselor on how to deal with the stress 2) try to focus on the lesson that they are examples of ...

3. Everyone starting to break down...

   mishmisha replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

   suninmyeyes, that's an awesome response! thanks for that. i am just in my first week of a BSN program and i can already feel the tension in my body and nervous system, so i feel you OG poster. i looked up lists of how to deal with stress and breathi...

4. AMAZING teachers- yours?

   mishmisha posted a topic in General Students

   I have to just sing the praises of my instructors (so far). I just had my first week of classes in a BSN program and every instructor has just been so supportive, student-friendly, patient and enthusiastic. I know I am lucky and I know things can cha...

5. 1st Semester Orientation!!!

   mishmisha replied to Nursing in 09's topic in General Students

   My orientation is August 4th and I am SO anxious and nervous...There is so much to buy and don't know where the money will come from... One reason I am nervous is because there is this woman who got accepted into the same program who was in one of my...

6. Hypoglycemia and working long shifts

   mishmisha replied to marilynmom's topic in General Students

   oooh, i hope and pray i get a good team of folks like this! and you make an excellent point: breakfast is KEY. another thing i like to do is make a smoothie of a good quality whey protein in vanilla flavor (again whole foods), a 'green' mix (the kin...

7. Nail biting & nursing- bad match!

   mishmisha replied to mishmisha's topic in General Students

   yes! i don't notice when i bite my nails too. you know, i might just go ahead and try that. i remember my parents trying to make me do it but i think i've been traumatized all these years i blocked it out. when i think about psychology though (you k...

8. Nail biting & nursing- bad match!

   mishmisha replied to mishmisha's topic in General Students

   yeah i cannot imagine biting my nails at a hospital-- that blood on nails story almost made me barf! i mostly bite during studying, in the car, etc...i guess places i am stressed. hmmm, that's a clue i guess

9. Nail biting & nursing- bad match!

   mishmisha posted a topic in General Students

   So, I know that nail biting doesn't really go with nursing. I will be starting my first year this fall and have been biting my nails since I was a 1st grader (I am in my early 30s now). I have stopped for short periods of time...especially when I was...

10. Hypoglycemia and working long shifts

    mishmisha replied to marilynmom's topic in General Students

    first of all, i eat sheep's yogurt. it's more expensive but it's higher in protein and my GI tract is happier with it. i do put some granola in with it, usually a flax or hemp mix (more protein and omega-3s!), which i get at trader joe's. i buy the s...

11. Pathophysiology???

    mishmisha replied to Kiren's topic in General Students

    This class freaks me out more than Pharm--- Has anyone found that the 'made incredibly easy' type books are helpful with Pathophysiology? There is one I recently learned about called 'Pathophysiology Made Incredibly Easy'. One friend loved it, anoth...

12. Hypoglycemia and working long shifts

    mishmisha replied to marilynmom's topic in General Students

    i have found that the less stress in my life, the less often my sugar goes down. which doesn't bode well for a nursing student! BUT this means that i have to be more active. the more exercise, the more control of blood sugar i have. of course, there...

13. For those starting in the fall (clinicals).

    mishmisha replied to marilynmom's topic in General Students

    I haven't been told anything yet. Orientation is August 4th (semester starts mid-September), which feels so far away. I am hoping to meet up with a fellow classmate who will be entering the same class as me; her cousin is a year ahead of us so maybe ...

14. Hypoglycemia and working long shifts

    mishmisha replied to marilynmom's topic in General Students

    I struggle a lot with this too...I will be starting a BSN program in the fall and keep worrying about how I am going to get those snacks in! It's a hard thing to live with, hypoglycemia. Many times, my classmates (through pre-reqs) didn't understand...

15. Oakland Kaiser or Alta Bates in Berkeley, Ca?

    mishmisha replied to gypsyatheart's topic in California

    i haven't worked at either, so i can't help you with that but i have been a patient at both and alta bates is far superior in my experience.