nsgstudentinthe254

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1. Friends failing class :(

   nsgstudentinthe254 replied to hollya5334's topic in General Students

   Our program has a cutoff of 75% and they do not round up anything. We started with 52 and now we have 17. We are in the third semester. it sucks to see your friends fail, I know my good friend didn't pass last semester by a point.

2. Clincal instructor told me that, "If I was sick, I would not want you."

   nsgstudentinthe254 replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Students

   I wouldn't worry about that lady, she obviously has issues. Some people are power tripping, and unfortunately it seems that all too often these people are teachers. If you are doing everything on your end to be the best nurse that you can be then t...

3. moving to austin, looking for schooling for my mom

   nsgstudentinthe254 replied to sunnywake's topic in Texas

   I live in Killeen, Tx which is about 45 min from Austin and considerably cheaper than Austin. I attend central texas college. I am in my third semester of the ADN program. It is a two year program. They do have an LPN program, but my suggestion t...

4. Are you starting IV's

   nsgstudentinthe254 replied to DSplendid's topic in General Students

   I would not start one w/o your instructors permission b/c that could be grrounds for being kicked out. I don't know if maybe some of the students could get together and practice on eachother. We are allowed to start them with supervision of a nurse...

5. At the risk of sounding stupid....

   nsgstudentinthe254 replied to smelltheroses's topic in General Students

   I have never seen a ghost, but there are times where I feel a presence. I was telling my neighbor and she told me of a story where she was a doing missionary work in Korea and she had a run in with one. It was scary b/c this was not a friendly run ...

6. Wondering about a brand-new instructor

   nsgstudentinthe254 replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

   During my second semester we had a new instructor for med-surg and she was also going to be my clinical instr. She was nice and everyone thought that she was going to be super easy, but she ended up being very hard as far as the info she expected us...

7. question about courses

   nsgstudentinthe254 replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Students

   For the most part my med-surg class is all about physiology. We go way deeper than we did in A&P. I also loved A&P. It helps tremendously if you have a good handle on the info. My classbreaks it down into disorders of the systems and how ...

8. How many hours per week do you study?

   nsgstudentinthe254 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Students

   I am in an ADN program. i am in my third semester. i spend a lot of time studying. We mainly have multiple choice tests where there may be four correct answers, but you have to know priority, what you do first. I study about four hours a day. As...

9. Looking for samples of clinical forms

   nsgstudentinthe254 replied to Olsonizme's topic in General Students

   In your clinical packet do they give you assessment forms that you write down all the pertinent info on. We have these forms that you do all of your assessments on and then you would have space on the back to keep all that other info.

10. What to do when... Patient stinks...

    nsgstudentinthe254 replied to CRNAhopefulguy's topic in General Students

    I also just rub vicks right underneath my nostrils. It helps to deaden it a little. I mouth breath sometimes too, if it is not too bad. I eventually get used to the smell after being in the pt room for a few minutes. However I have never had a ste...

11. Psych clinicals suck!!!

    nsgstudentinthe254 replied to baby_gurl0604's topic in General Students

    I have my psych clinicals in two weeks. i am in Peds right know and I don't think anything can be as bad as that, I hope:uhoh21:

12. Looking for samples of clinical forms

    nsgstudentinthe254 replied to Olsonizme's topic in General Students

    I usually get a piece of paper and divide it up into however many pts and however many hours I have. Under the pt's dx I list allergies and then I list meds under the hour that they are to be given and other interventions at the time they need to be...

13. Soooo, you're observing in the Operating Room (O.R.)...

    nsgstudentinthe254 replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Students

    I have observed a few times in surgery and I really enjoyed it. The smell can be harsh especially while they are cutting through the subQ fat. I do recommend eating before hand. i never got woozy, but they always tell us stories of students that f...

14. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    nsgstudentinthe254 replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    The things that have helped me most are my comfortable shoes. I just got a pair of CROCs at the mall. They are only about $35.00, and they feel like you are walking on gel. Just make sure that your program allows you to wear them, they are a clog ...

15. Crna?

    nsgstudentinthe254 replied to kayelle's topic in General Students

    I am also thinking about becoming a CRNA and while I agree with what you are saying about one step at a time you still have to set goals. I am in an ADN program, but i also have almost all of my prereqs for my BSN. I know tentatively where I will t...