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Thank you!!!!!! This will help so much! I appreciate it a lot :}

Thank you! Yes... I am a visual person too. That's a problem in the morning because I haven't seen the patients and hearing report on them w/o seeing them first throws me off. I guess I have to learn...

Thank you Tait!! I think I need to practice... Maybe to myself or nursing school friends. ;)

Hi... I just started my preceptorship (shadowing) on a cardiac floor of of a busy NYC hospital and I'm a month until graduation. One thing I'm not so good at and nervous about having to do is give...

I do want to take ACLS, PALS, TNCC. A nurse in the ER I was shadowing suggested I take the classes b/c hospitals prefer not to pay to send you and it would be a bonus if I took them on my own. I...

Hi... I'm in NYC, but I am from CA (bay area). I have a lot of RN friends over there who received their ADN and still don't have jobs years later!! Its hard to believe! I don't think there is very...

Thank you @ fmxkrazyone. I had a clinical professor tell me you don't really get comfortable for 5 years... So I think what your going through is normal. I was the same, not wanting to work on a med...

Thank you! Yay... That is SO good to hear! I'm so ready to be out of this never ending program!!! I forgot what life is like w/o this stress! Praying to be done-- in a few weeks!!! :}

Hi Christine, I haven't had a day off either, between family tragedies and nursing school. I don't believe it will be this stressful even when I do have a job. Thank you, I look forward to...

Yes, I definitely will be planning a vaca!!

Thank you!!! I definitely know it is not stress-free being a nurse, I am just so ready to be done with this program. It does seem intimidating to have patients of my own (on my own), but I will do my...

Thank you!!! Ya I have those nightmares too... I wake up worried about tests and studying, I really do think it belongs in the category of PTSD! Now I just can't really believe it may soon be over!

I'm just curious... I never thought the end would be near ((2 weeks-- then preceptorship!!)) I've sacrificed taking care of myself (mentally and physically) SO MUCH in nursing school. Did life get...

Thank you. He was put on Lovenox. It's true. I do have anger I'm trying to displace on the nurse. :-/ but after reading the responses, I see he was actually doing a good job, so I'm just going to...

Aww... Thank you :~} I wouldn't actually report him. I'm just wasn't sure correct procedure with IV's. I know it really does take intuition to be a nurse. He did make my dad relax a bit. :)

Thank you :) Very true to focus on what's really important

THANK YOU for seeing both sides!!! :)

So sweet :~} I will def will use this experience to treat families well and keep them informed. I know its real life experience that makes you a good nurse. I feel better knowing the IV leakage was...

Thank you very much :) I know my emotions are out of whack and i may be overreacting to the situation, which is why I am asking advice rather than acting on anything. I'm not sure what is normal for...

Awww... Thank you :) I know it really sucks-- double stress :( They don't have us insert IV's in my program, so I wasn't sure what is normal for bleeding. I hope with practice we are able to learn...

I believe joking does cool and calm situations. It is just my father so in this situation I can't take a joke. As for the IV, in nursing school they don't have us insert IV's so I do not know what is...

Thank you :) Your kindness is appreciated. I really do like my dad to receive useful and good advice from doctors/nurses because he will act on and listen to their advice rather than mine. It doesn't...

Thank you :) Yes, he was put on Lovenox, so that's where my concern stemmed from. I know I may be overly sensitive in this situation because it's my dad. I will def speak up if I am bothered next...

Thank you very much :) I'm just too close to the picture to judge logically on this one. He did tell my dad some good tips on exercise, such as staying away from weights. Hugs are appreciated and...

I (a nursing student close to graduation) took my dad to the ER for chest pain last night. (He suffered a MI). He was immediately treated by a group of very pleasant doctors. The male nurse who was...