kayleen4246

kayleen4246

Member
  • Content

    18
  • Visitors

    1,274
  • Followers

    0

About kayleen4246

Latest Activity

  1. How to transfer into hospice

    Good morning! I graduated this past year from nursing school and landed a job on a postpartum floor. However, the reason I went back to school for nursing was always to do hospice work. I like postpartum and the people I work with so I'm not in a hu...
  2. First day on my own- now scared to go back

    I had 12 shifts of orientation to the postpartum unit, which I thought was sufficient until I just worked my first day on my own. I was told I would receive easy patients initially, until I got used to the flow of things. I feel like I was hit with a...
  3. First Clinicals; what to bring?!

    I don't know if someone else mentioned this but a small pocket calculator is nice for doing med calcs. Usually there are some available at the nurses station or on the computers but those can be hard to come by. I also usually have a black permanent...
  4. This may be a silly question..

    We learned how to use them for our health assessment course. We also used them when we were doing physical assessments at a local elementary school. It's crazy what a child will stick in their ears!
  5. Clinical advice- How can I help?

    Those are GREAT suggestions! Thank you guys so much! I like the idea of rounding the patients room, stocking and cleaning them up and making sure all the tubing/lines look good. I honestly felt uncomfortable going into a room I wasn't assigned to and...
  6. Clinical advice- How can I help?

    We actually aren't assigned to a nurse- we are assigned to one patient. Sometimes the nurses will allow us to follow them as they work with their other patients but a lot of times we are told to just care for our own patient. We can answer call light...
  7. Clinical advice- How can I help?

    Does anyone have advice of anything that a nursing student could do that would benefit the unit/floor during down times? The last couple of clinical rotations we have had, the units have only had a few patients and once vitals are taken and meds give...
  8. Nusing school --- and IBS

    Thank you everyone for your responses! kjrobinette- I'm so sorry to hear you had to drop out but I'm glad that you're back at it now! This stomach stuff can really do a number on your life sometimes. Right now I'm on Lotronex, Questran & a low-do...
  9. How much chem is actually used in ap??

    I don't start my nursing school classes until the 19th so I can't speak to that. As far as A&P- I think as long as you really comfortable with the basics (ions, bonds, diffusion, polarity, chemical properties to a certain extent, electrolytes, ac...
  10. What Was Your Hardest Topic In Anatomy and Physiology?

    Anatomy- Muscles of the arm/hand Physiology- Nervous system- particularly the different receptors & neurotransmitters that went with sympathetic/parasympathetic. I took this class during the summer- it was a 4 credit class that was taken in 16 da...
  11. Tips for an A in Anatomy?

    Our school splits anatomy and physiology into two separate courses. For anatomy, what worked for me was repetition. I made note cards for the first test and then I stopped because they just didn't work for me personally. Our professor tested mainly o...
  12. I'm about to start an accelerated BSN program in mid-August and have been reading a lot of the student nurse posts. I keep reading that the study habits that worked in pre-reqs don't work for nursing classes (i.e. the ol' memorize and dump method). I...
  13. Nusing school --- and IBS

    Thank you for clarifying that! Like I said I have no idea what clinicals really involve--- our school doesn't really provide much information. Maybe that's just common knowledge and I don't know it- I feel like I'm kind of in the dark on things. I do...
  14. Finding health insurance...

    Are you sure there is not a student insurance program through your school? You wouldn't be able to cover any family on the plan but it should cover you & you can pay for it with your student loan money- they just tack it on to your bill so to spe...
  15. Nusing school --- and IBS

    Thank you everyone! Sorry it took me so log to write back again. I appreciate the advice and it's nice to know I'm not alone! I think my biggest fear is doing the med-surg. rotation. I can just see myself standing there mid-surgery and have my stomac...