tiredRNstudent

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1. Open mouth, insert foot...

   tiredRNstudent replied to Christy1019's topic in General Nursing

   I love these stories. I worked retail for years before I became a student. When the first Harry Potter movie was coming out on DVD we had to ask every customer if they would like to preorder a copy. About the 300th time of saying this I accidentall...

2. You should know better

   tiredRNstudent replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

   I don't get anywhere near the recommended amount of sleep. Unsurprisingly I also drink a ridiculous amount of caffeine.

3. Did you get to choose your Clinicals site/schedule?

   tiredRNstudent replied to Stacilator's topic in General Students

   We don't get to choose. There are 5 different hospitals between 15 minutes and 60 minutes away from the school where we can be assigned. When we register online, there is a list of all clinicals available but the hospital is not listed. We usually...

4. I feel like it's the end

   tiredRNstudent replied to demeanor89's topic in General Students

   I agree with this. Do the Prep U questions if you have access to them. I hit them hard before a test, and it's really helped.

5. Do you go to nursing school everyday or just two times a week?

   tiredRNstudent replied to HatTrickHero11's topic in General Students

   Every school is different and usually each semester is different. I currently have clinical 2 days/week, lecture 2 days/week, and sim lab 1 day/week. I'll have class 2 days/week and clinical 2 days/week for 10 weeks over the summer. I've had 4-5 d...

6. Is it really that bad?

   tiredRNstudent replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in General Students

   I think a lot of it depends on your expectations. I had a 3.8 GPA after 2 years of prereqs by listening in class & sometimes looking over notes. I never read. I expected nursing school to be the same, and it was a really big blow when I flunke...

7. I cried in front of my instructor!?

   tiredRNstudent replied to AllyMichelle's topic in General Students

   I did something wrong in clinical and burst into tears when I was telling my clinical instructor. I also teared up when we were telling my classroom instructor what I had done. I'm not an overly emotional person at all and am still mortified over c...

8. I want to adopt a dog from a shelter

   tiredRNstudent replied to alexhecht's topic in General Students

   I have 3 dogs all adopted when they were around 3 years old. Two of them started as fosters, but we fell in love. First, good for you for looking for an older shelter dog! They are harder to get adopted because everyone wants a cute little puppy. ...

9. Best Techniques to study Pharmacology for nursing

   tiredRNstudent replied to kpetit's topic in General Students

   This is definitely the easiest way to do it for me. Lots of my classmates have been successful making flashcards. I take a piece of computer paper and write the class of medication at the top (ex. cholinergic, beta blocker, antidepressant, adrenergic...

10. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    tiredRNstudent replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    I just found out that we are not allowed to start an IV at any of our clinical sites (I think because of insurance reasons). We do have to know the mechanisms of how to do it, but the only practice we get is in lab next week on a fake arm that bleed...