cogath

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1. Ancillary Workers; What we can do to help

   cogath posted a topic in General Nursing

   I an a dietary worker at a hospital and just came back from a shift feeling a bit like this . My day consists of any number of tasks including collecting patient's orders, helping prepare the meal trays, delivering the meal trays, setting up the pati...

2. I am DONE :)

   cogath replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   Congrats! One week and semester left in my BSN. Can't wait to be in your shoes and hoping that I get there in once piece, fingers crossed. I won't say "when" I graduate I will say "if" I graduate because you are right, 1000 things could go wrong from...

3. what are you doing during the break?

   cogath replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

   Clean clean clean. Donate a lot of junk I don't need. Work. Volunteer. Attempt to transfer jobs at the hospital that I work at. Update my resume. Practice NCLEX questions and get prepared for boards this summer. Sleep. Spend time with my boyfriend, f...

4. How many people did you lose?

   cogath replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

   We started with 100 people and have 80 left at this time with one week left in third semester, however I'm sure we will loose about 5-10 after grades are posted.

5. HOLLAH!!!

   cogath replied to Nurse SMS's topic in General Students

   Congrats!! So jealous, hopeful May grad here!!!

6. Was your nursing program in a dangerous area?

   cogath replied to CNA1991's topic in General Students

   Yes, as well as several of my clinical sites. A few students were car-jacked while parking this semester. As in grand theft auto: Get out of the car or we'll shoot. We are in a big city though and many of our clinical sites are in even worse areas, w...

7. Can't stand Community Health

   cogath replied to cogath's topic in General Students

   I really enjoyed my Med-Surg classes and am looking forward to Critical Care next semester, which will be my last class to take. I think that I am getting a little bit of senioritis too and becoming antsy to be finished.

8. Can't stand Community Health

   cogath posted a topic in General Students

   I just wondered in anyone else shares these feelings. This class is mostly BS and the material is completely obvious. You could pass the tests without even cracking open a book. What makes this class almost painful are the hoards of pointless, long p...

9. how are you paying

   cogath replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

   Scholarships pay about 50%. The rest I find in loans and out of pocket. I am 80,000 in debt. Think twice before you choose loans or an expensive school like I did.

10. ZZZZ's - Time to be honest!

    cogath replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Never at work. However, I have plenty of times in nursing school. I need to be active and moving, which is part of the reason I choose nursing as a career. Sitting in a room (often for 3-4 hours at a time) that is hot and in the very early morning (I...

11. lllnesses/injuries affecting nursing school work

    cogath posted a topic in General Students

    Nursing school is such a hyper-regimented environment, and a lot is crammed into such a short period of time. The thought has crossed my mind frequently what would happen if I broke my leg, got into an accident, or had some other incident that result...

12. How often do you get sick? More or less often than

    cogath replied to MammaNurse2Be's topic in General Students

    I am so grateful that I haven't gotten severely ill during school or work so far. This has been my biggest fear. Mono was going around last year and some students missed a week or more of class. I can't image recovering after missing so much. Thankfu...

13. Nursing School and working

    cogath replied to Mars88's topic in General Students

    If your parents are being so generous I would accept the help. There was and is abuse situation at my parent's house so I moved out during nursing school. Therefore I need to work. Working and going to school is exhausting and drains you. But it can ...

14. Nursing school schedule-vent !

    cogath replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    I know exactly how you feel. It's tough when you have to work to pay the bills and your schedule is convoluted. There's also those unspoken days such as clinical prep time that you have to account for too. I also cannot wait until I have a completely...

15. work load

    cogath replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    With 4 credit classes, I wouldn't recommend taking more then 12 credits of nursing classes. The most I've taking so far is 12 credits of nursing classes and 4 credits of a nursing pre-req I was finishing, and it was brutal.