kiwilime81

kiwilime81 specializes in ortho, surgical, long term care.

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1. Overwhelmed in the first semester...

   kiwilime81 replied to RetrieverGirl's topic in General Students

   Yeah - I don't have a lot in the way of advice to offer you, but I just wanted to let you know that I understand being overwhelmed. Best of luck to you and you are not alone.

2. Burned out - thinking about jobbing out at LPN

   kiwilime81 posted a topic in General Students

   So, the title pretty much says it all. I went to go see my Doc and was diagnosed w/ MDD and given Zoloft. I am so done and burned out with school right now and I don't know how I will ever get through the rest of this semester, let alone the next two...

3. do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

   kiwilime81 replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

4. Collaborative testing?

   kiwilime81 posted a topic in General Students

   Does anyone else do collaborative testing in their schools - you take the test on your own first and then get assigned to work with another student and do another scantron and then get your scores averaged for a max of like 3 - 5 points back on your ...

5. Loving Clinicals?

   kiwilime81 replied to Okhotneek's topic in General Students

   Well, this is my second year, second clinical in LTC. It is in the same NH as last semester so I at least had the advantage of knowing the residents, the place, and the instructor. That being said, I was not looking forward to this clinical and am ju...

6. L&D so hard to get into....

   kiwilime81 replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I too am curious about this - I work occasionally as a doula (volunteer) so I have been in the birthing units independently with the mom and absolutely love it. I am 100% sure that is where I want go with my career, but it seems so difficult to obtai...

7. Dealing with smells...

   kiwilime81 replied to lvmama's topic in General Nursing

   LOL about the hoo-hoo's - we have one LPN on our floor who calls it "crotch-rot" and that about sums it up. Same for extremely obese patients who can't/don't bathe. I must be nuts because I have never used a mask for smells (until clinical this seme...

8. Can I be a nurse?

   kiwilime81 replied to Shawnygirl003's topic in General Students

   You could have been posting about me - I was terrified that I would never make it through the science and math portion, but I chose to believe in myself and do the best I could. I ended up getting an A in my algebra class and in my Pharmacology class...

9. THE NS To-Do List

   kiwilime81 replied to NurseBettyICU's topic in General Students

   Xenon Aqua Roller pen - amazing non-liquid ink that writes as smooth as silk (and comes in black of course...lol) Really good stethoscope that you can hear well out of (this may not be the same "really good stethoscope" for you as for someone else). ...

10. Should we tell

    kiwilime81 replied to mb1949's topic in General Students

    Ahh...see, this is why when I go in for exams I am head down and staring at my paper and then right up to the front to turn it in and back out of the class - then I never see any of this stuff going on and it doesn't bother me. We had someone who che...

11. Funny OB things people say

    kiwilime81 replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle

12. Why do so many nursing students fail out?

    kiwilime81 replied to ChicagoRN2010's topic in General Students

    Ok - now I am getting scared. I just passed my first semester clinical and it was harder in some ways than I had thought and easier in other ways. I knew that my experience at work (hospital) would help, but I didn't expect it to hinder me either. Th...

13. Will Somebody Please tell me it gets better as a Nurse?

    kiwilime81 replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, my goodness, hun. Seriously, it is your job, not you. Get a new one now!!!! That patient/staff ratio is INSANE. I complain when I have 11 or 12 patients (and I work nights on a med/surg floor). You are an amazing person - please don't give up on ...

14. Did RNs Have To Practice Bathing Each Other In NS

    kiwilime81 replied to me-too's topic in General Students

    I know for my school we will practice starting IVs on each other in third semester. We didn't have to practice bed baths on each other in nursing assistant training - we used dummies and then shadowed with another NA on the floor and learned quickly....

15. Had my pinning tonight!

    kiwilime81 replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Students

    Congrats!!! I can't wait to join you next December. Sounds like it was beautiful.