Tracey2bRN

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1. Hesi Exit Exam-RN exit exam

   Tracey2bRN replied to MaresRN2B's topic in New Nurse

   Our school told us that it was not a requirement to graduate at the beginning of the program but then changed it to a requirement. The first time I took it, I made a 1139. The school provided a 3 day NCLEX review and then wanted us to retake it to ...

2. Did anyone hate nursing school?

   Tracey2bRN replied to FNPhopeful's topic in New Nurse

   More than anything I've experienced in my 41 years. The politics were the stuff nightmares are made from!! I just have one more final to take and I am finished. My advice? Stay below the radar and do not make waves NO MATTER WHAT.

3. Nursing Students: How can we (your primary nurses) help you succeed??

   Tracey2bRN replied to SteveNNP's topic in General Students

   Thank you so much for asking. Last semester I almost dropped out of nursing because of the facility we did our clinicals with. The nurse I was under was unbelievably mean spirited, and according to the other students, they had some bad ones, too. T...

4. Virtual Clinical Excursions

   Tracey2bRN replied to Tracey2bRN's topic in General Students

   It's the same thing that you are talking about that probably came with your book, but instead of Med-Surg, this is Peds. The MEd-surg ones weren't too bad, but I don't think I learned anything from them. They took a lot of time and I feel that I co...

5. Virtual IV

   Tracey2bRN replied to tookewlandy's topic in General Students

   We have one in our lab. As far as actually inserting the IV into the skin, it doesn't really help. It did, however help tremendously with the before and after stuff. We had to choose our supplies, choose the iv site and secure it after insertion. P...

6. Virtual Clinical Excursions

   Tracey2bRN posted a topic in General Students

   Do any of you have to do Virtual Clinical Excursions? If so, what do you think of them? We have to do them for class and we are all having problems with them. Right now we are doing the pediatric ones and several of the lessons are really messed u...

7. Med Surg clinical instructor OMG!

   Tracey2bRN replied to OnTheRoad's topic in General Students

   I have just learned to accept that in my program the instructors have a boot camp mentality. They do everything to try to beat you down and make you feel stupid. (Like calling us "all a bunch of da** retards") Complaining to her supervisor only ma...

8. What is your passing percentile?

   Tracey2bRN replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

   Our passing score is 77%, and I don't have a problem with that. What does bother me is that you have to have 95 or higher for an A. No one has ever made an A in the nursing classes. I've missed it 2 times by 1 point. My GPA went from a 4.0 to a 3...

9. How Much A&p Will I Have To Remeber?

   Tracey2bRN replied to MISS_TCM's topic in General Students

   I am in my 3rd semester of Nursing (ADN) and can tell you that in my program, we've had to know A LOT of A&P. I've had some future students ask what advice I would give them based on my experience and I told them that the more they study A&P...

10. Websites...

    Tracey2bRN replied to FutureRN~Pookie's topic in General Students

    I found a great one to help with a&P and Fundamentals. It's http://www.studystack.com Click on medicine and take it from there. I have come up a letter grade since utilizing this site!! Tracey in FL

11. Websites...

    Tracey2bRN replied to FutureRN~Pookie's topic in General Nursing

    I found a great one to help with a&P and Fundamentals. It's http://www.studystack.com Click on medicine and take it from there. I have come up a letter grade since utilizing this site!! Tracey in FL

12. Clinical Outfits

    Tracey2bRN replied to Golden_Clover's topic in General Students

    We wear scrubs in our school colors of wine and gray in any combination to class and labs and and it's noot too bad. For clinicals we have hideous (very expensive) poly-cotton uniforms with gray and wine piping on the sleeves. They zip up the front ...

13. needing a shoulder

    Tracey2bRN replied to suzi_h's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the suggestions. I think I will try both the walking and sitting in my car for a few minutes before the test. I have a test Monday morning, so I won't have to wait long to see how it works!:) Tracey

14. potter & perry virtual clinical excursions help

    Tracey2bRN posted a topic in General Students

    Is anyone out there using Potter & Perry's Pacif View Virtual Clinical Excursions? If so, do you think the estimated time it takes it complete those is accurate? We are in our first month of school and we haven't been taught anything about care...

15. needing a shoulder

    Tracey2bRN replied to suzi_h's topic in General Students

    It helps a bit to hear that I am not the only one feeling this way. This is my first semester in RN school, too and I think I just might lose my mind. I am also taking A&P II and nutrition, and there are simply not enought hours in the day. We...