mssjez

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1. Starting nursing school in 20 days..

   mssjez replied to vebb's topic in General Students

   Congrats!!! I'm very excited for you! I'm starting my second and final year of nursing school and was going through what you are last year. Enjoy your free time while you can, you'll be spending most of your time indoors and in the company of books w...

2. Hospital Clinicals

   mssjez replied to doxielover304's topic in General Students

   Our class started in clinical in October, 6 weeks of labs first. Don't worry. You will spend those 6 or 7 weeks learning and practicing everything you need to know for clinical. Once you get to clinical, you will be doing the basics; ADLs, assessmen...

3. need help writing care plan on non compliant pt!!

   mssjez replied to dezclay's topic in Student Assist

   First off... what have you come up with? It sounds like nothing and you're just asking for help, but I think it's important to tell us what you think. I think if you're stumped you should make a list of each system. Take the data you have: past medi...

4. First Day of Class!!

   mssjez replied to doxielover304's topic in General Students

   Everyone is different. I worked 3 jobs during my fundamentals semester, made time to do all the readings before class, studied, did all the clinical work and hours. I got an A- for the semester. If you are organized and know what you can handle, you...

5. Paying for Course syllabus?

   mssjez replied to QueenAnnissa's topic in General Students

   our school charged for the syllabus for our first semester. it included everything for the first semester and reference material for other aspects of the program. not as large as yours and it only cost $20 or something

6. Study tips

   mssjez replied to cjr2619's topic in General Students

   Read the assigned chapters before class. I like to outline the chapters as I go if I can. Review the material weekly, as the other person said, it helps you learn as you go. Doing NCLEX questions to study, definitely helps and I find that to be mos...

7. First Day of Nursing School

   mssjez replied to sealford's topic in General Students

   You are lucky! I had 13 Chapters plus half of our dosage calc book to read for the first day. Break down the readings. Spread them out across the days you have left until school starts. Don't forget to make sure you enjoy the free time you have left!...

8. Circumcision

   mssjez replied to TexRN's topic in General Students

   I just did my OB rotation this spring. I did get to see a circumcision. As a student nurse, your interaction is limited to soothing the baby with sucrose and getting him changed back into a diaper and clothes after the procedure is done. You're wit...

9. FINAL SEMESTER!

   mssjez replied to CalRNtoBe2013's topic in General Students

   Congrats to everybody!!! I am entering my last two semesters in a month! I am hoping that once the semester starts, it will go by as fast as last year and I'll be done before I know it. So exciting!!! And like someone said above, it is so fun to read...

10. How do you keep your shoes white?!

    mssjez replied to mdm063's topic in General Students

    Not wearing them anywhere other than the hospital keeps them looking good. Our school requires all leather white shoes. Magic eraser does wonders on white leather shoes :)

11. Which NCLEX book helped you most in nursing school?

    mssjez replied to stillwag's topic in General Students

    I have my second and final year of nursing school left (also an ADN program) and found that the Saunder's questions were not similar to those used on exams for my program. They were too easy and simple to help me prepare for exams or study. I've si...

12. How do you keep going when you feel discouraged?

    mssjez replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Students

    "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss Ignore what people say, be your own person and do what you have to so that you​ are happy.

13. Study help

    mssjez replied to Rebel6678's topic in General Students

    I like to use the socratic method to know about disease processes and basic information. I take a topic, hyponatremia for example and think of everything I can about that; normal lab value (approx), signs and symptoms, physiological process, how sodi...

14. First Day of Nursing School

    mssjez replied to sealford's topic in General Students

    My advice for anyone starting nursing school this fall: - Enjoy your summer and free time. It's hard not to want to dive right in but trust me, it will consume you're life and you won't have much time for anything else. Your nursing student friends...

15. First Day of Nursing School

    mssjez replied to sealford's topic in General Students

    Congrats to everyone starting your first year in nursing school. On the 28th, I will be starting my second and final year for nursing school. This post made me think about my first day and the prep for it. Our orientation was in June, and I tried ...