Any Student "must have" item advice?

[sabine_rn]

Hello everyone-- Happy Easter btw,

I'll start LPN school in august and was just wondering if anyone has any advice on "things I wish I had known about", or "can't live without" item I should get...?

Also, should I order any magazine on a regular basis--are there any for students? --and books I should buy.

Thanks for any advice--God bless,

Sabine

[perksrn]

Everyone's paperwork is a little different, but I have found that typing forms on your computer in the same format as your program (clinical prep sheets, care plan forms, etc) is a huge help for many reasons. Example, I have a lab sheet with the hospital norms in one column and a place to put my patient's values. This way, I only have to fill in the blanks instead of rewriting every week. I have care plans this way and can cut and paste on my computer if a plan is similar to another. We always have to include Erickson's stages, so I have that set in my computer to cut and paste (or auto text with the typing of the first few letters) in pertinent documents. I wish I would have done this to begin with.

If anyone knows of a good organization form for clinicals (i.e organizing daily care), let me know