lehaley1989 ADN, RN

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1. CHES exam

   lehaley1989 replied to purplecali's topic in General Specialties

   If you're referring to the Certified Health Education Specialist exam, it's not too bad. My previous degree is a BS in Community Health Education, and I took the exam shortly after graduating. The only study tool I used was the official book from NCH...

2. Vaccination for clinical

   lehaley1989 replied to Grad 2020's topic in General Students

   Many nursing schools will accept students who are not up to date on their vaccinations, however clinical sites will not. You will be putting yourself in a position where you will be unable to complete your clinical requirements for graduation/licensu...

3. Clinical ideas

   lehaley1989 replied to InstructorSmith's topic in General Students

   I had a clinical instructor arrange for us to shadow RNs in specialty areas for a few hours on our last day. Wound care, PICC team, OR, cath lab, etc. It was a cool opportunity.

4. Mannequin Phobia

   lehaley1989 replied to KD34's topic in General Students

   Honestly, I feel like this is fairly common. My classmates and I have frequently talked about how our minds go completely blank when we're in simulation or doing skills check-offs. Not only are they creepy, it's just really difficult to fake interact...

5. Failing

   lehaley1989 replied to nitapie65's topic in General Students

   I second meeting with your instructor. Ask to go over old exams with them, if they have any tips for absorbing the material better, and if they have any suggestions based on what has worked for their students in the past. You also may want to take a ...

6. SATA questions help

   lehaley1989 replied to mynamejake's topic in General Students

   Pick up a good NCLEX review book. Not only can they help you review content before each exam, they contain lots of great SATA practice questions. I really like the Saunders review book. https://www.amazon.com/Saunders-Comprehensive-NCLEX-RN%C2%AE-Exa...

7. Best Way to Study For Practical Tests

   lehaley1989 replied to Scoobyfn8's topic in General Students

   Practice! We were able to "check out" models from the lab in the library to study with outside of class, but this could only be done on campus. I would also take pictures of the models to take home, print out, and label over and over. Worked really w...

8. Is your hospital requiring BSN or higher?

   lehaley1989 replied to aballard2318's topic in General Students

   I'm in a small city. The hospitals in my area prefer nurses to have their BSN, but will hire ADN nurses who are planning to complete their BSN. I believe they give new hires somewhere around 4-5 years to complete it, and they all have pretty solid tu...

9. What do you wish you had known?

   lehaley1989 replied to TmooreA's topic in General Students

   100%. Nursing school attracts a lot of competitive people. You will encounter classmates who brag about their grades and repeatedly ask you to share yours. I've had people actually become frustrated with me for saying "I did fine" when they asked wha...

10. Watches for Nursing Students

    lehaley1989 replied to Monica.Aguilar12's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I know a lot of nurses who use their Apple Watch on the floor. They can be safely wiped down with alcohol, and there is actually a setting that lengthens the amount of time before the watch times out.

11. Nursing with Panic Attacks

    lehaley1989 replied to MelissaMarie617's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Completely agree! Do you have panic attacks related to illness or other aspects of life often? If so, I would highly recommend working on getting them under control before beginning a nursing program. I have anxiety & panic disorder, and the str...

12. What do you wish you had known?

    lehaley1989 replied to TmooreA's topic in General Students

    Agreed. This has absolutely not been my experience. All of my clinical instructors have seemed to genuinely care about what is going on in our lives outside of school, and they use that information to better support us. I am one year in, and I can ho...

13. Nurse Sick and FIRED: Exploring Nursing Absenteeism

    lehaley1989 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    While I understand why these types of policies exist, I wish that more organizations would keep people with chronic illnesses in mind when creating them. I have hemiplegic migraines that are fairly well controlled, but can still flare up from time to...

14. Any tips on how to deal with Clinical Anxiety

    lehaley1989 replied to cherryvigor's topic in General Students

    This is 100% normal, and chances are many of your fellow students are feeling the exact same way. You're trying new skills in a new environment with someone hovering over your shoulder and grading you on it. That is insanely stressful no matter how c...

15. Macbook Air or Macbook Pro for Nursing School?

    lehaley1989 replied to tmccstu2018's topic in General Students

    My MacBook Pro was a great investment when I was completing my first degree, and it was about 10 years old when I was accepted to nursing school. It was slowing down considerably and I knew that I would be continuing my education after completing my ...