SarahIN

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1. Preceptor woes

   SarahIN posted a topic in General Nursing

   WWYD if through your training you had nine different preceptors? If sometimes you got a new preceptor mid-shift? If you weren't on the upcoming schedule, though you're scheduled to be off orientation very soon? If you weren't able to get feedback abo...

2. american student nurses and irish student nurses-differences?

   SarahIN replied to butterfly134's topic in General Students

   I would agree with 4boysmama: that sounds a lot like my ASN program. We do what you do, minus the phoning physicians. I've never done an arterial blood draw, but I have started an IV. And we have 8 hour days. Some students in my program have 12 hour ...

3. End-Stage Senioritis!

   SarahIN replied to Birry's topic in General Students

   Wish I had some advice, but I don't. I don't think I can read one more assignment, complete one more online tutorial - ugh. A classmate & I were just talking about how we all look "fluffy" because we've all spent so much time on our behinds study...

4. Pregnancy: Before or After Nursing School

   SarahIN replied to Justabitoff's topic in General Students

   There is never a perfect time to have a baby, and there will always be reasons to delay. Just do it. (Says the mom of 5 who had a baby right before entering the program!)

5. Nursing school with newborn?

   SarahIN replied to hazel20's topic in General Students

   I had my 5th child the semester before I entered the nursing program. He was born in March, and I entered the program in August - he was 5 months old. My husband works nights, so he watched (watches) the kids while I'm in class/clinical. I pumped all...

6. Need a resource for OB/ L&D pharmacology

   SarahIN replied to SarahIN's topic in Student Assist

   Hmmm... I'm stuck on Bicitra. I know that it's given to reduce the acidity of stomach secretions prior to c/s, as an aspiration precaution. But I'm stuck on the nursing implications for it. Am I on the right track if I state that a nurse should watch...

7. Need a resource for OB/ L&D pharmacology

   SarahIN replied to SarahIN's topic in Student Assist

   That's helpful Esme, thanks! No, I haven't taken the NRP cert yet. I don't think I will - when I graduate, I hope to be a cardiac nurse (adult) so I'll probably end up ACLS certified.

8. Need a resource for OB/ L&D pharmacology

   SarahIN posted a topic in Student Assist

   This is my last semester (WOOT!) and I'm working on a med list for OB that's due 1/25. I have the drug books & references I used for Med Surg and I have my OB book. I'm using Medscape and Epocrates, too. My problem is that some of the meds that I...

9. Head injury and hyperglycemia

   SarahIN replied to SarahIN's topic in Student Assist

   Thanks! That makes the picture clearer. I get it, now!

10. Calling all moms

    SarahIN replied to Lolita34's topic in General Students

    I have five children (ages 12, 9, 6, 4, and 1), I'm in an ASN program, and I work as a student nurse extern one day a week. It's a lot! I have a husband who works nights, and that helps. On days that I'm not in class, I study. When hubby leaves for w...

11. Head injury and hyperglycemia

    SarahIN posted a topic in Student Assist

    I'm studying for a neuro test that I have Thursday, trying to figure out why patients who have head injuries (or really, any pathology that causes increased ICP) would have hyperglycemia. Is it related to the brain not getting enough oxygen, leading ...

12. Acclerated BSN IUPUI

    SarahIN replied to yesterdayschild's topic in Indiana

    Before I went back to school, I looked at IUPUI, Ivy Tech, and Marian. Marian was my first choice, but money was a huge factor. When I compared the credits I had at IUPUI already (my first degree is there) and figured out what I'd need to do to get i...

13. Any tips about memorizing drugs for Pharm?

    SarahIN replied to SarahIN's topic in Student Assist

    Thanks for the tips everyone! I'll be using them!

14. Advice on managing full-time nursing school?

    SarahIN replied to Fenway1's topic in General Students

    I'm a 37-year-old mother of five children aged 1-11. We homeschool. I go to school full time. My first semester I got my 4.0. My second semester, I have one B (Med Surg II, missed the A by 8 points.) If you want to do the full-time schedule, it can b...

15. Countdown to Pinning

    SarahIN replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in General Students

    56 weeks!