Shelbster

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1. My Most Humbling Nursing Experience

   Shelbster replied to cienurse's topic in Geriatric

   Nicely put! A great way to sum up why nursing is such an awesome career

2. Finding the right 'borrowed' scrubs

   Shelbster replied to Brian's topic in General Students

   I have bought a lot of my scrubs from thrift stores. They are usually quite inexpensive, and I just look them over first to make sure they are in good shape and that there are no stains on them.

3. Scrubs, Anyone?

   Shelbster replied to Clodhopper's topic in Male Students

   I really like the scrubs that have a bit of stretch built in. There are some cheap ones from places like Walmart that feel like I'm wearing a paper gown . Then there are some that are made of a stretchy kind of fabric, not sure what, but they are ver...

4. Did you have to brush your classmates teeth?

   Shelbster replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Students

   We had to brush each other's teeth too. It was kind of weird but it only took a couple of minutes and then we were done, so it wasn't so bad.

5. Not Sure if I'm Ready to Leave the Nest

   Shelbster replied to jpeters84's topic in New Nurse

   Well I'm still a nursing student, so I don't really know anything about the 'right' job yet. But if I were you, I'd go to the bigger city. I personally think that life is too short to sit where you're most comfortable and dream about 'what ifs'. Just...

6. Advice and must-have's for a first year nursing student?

   Shelbster replied to 2bNurseCai's topic in General Students

   I'd definately agree with this. I just finished my first year of the BScN program, and I am absolutely physically and mentally exhausted. Before I started we weren't given any direction on where to start preparing anyways. The course manuals with th...