RockinLadySN

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1. Looking for tips on studying....Help please!

   RockinLadySN replied to midnight*sky's topic in General Students

   THIS! I can't stress enough how much doing NCLEX questions have helped me on my exams. I have the Saunders NCLEX review book and it divides everything up into chapters for different topics.. gives an outline of the material, with important points...

2. question about bloodwork

   RockinLadySN replied to crisann's topic in General Students

   Of course, all my paperwork is filed away so I don't have the exact info, but I think I remember everything. Your future school/program may be different with their requirements though. It was required that I had the MMR vaccine, as well as Varicel...

3. question about bloodwork

   RockinLadySN replied to crisann's topic in General Students

   I didn't have to have any blood work done. Just needed to be current on all my immunizations, get the skin test for TB, and provide documentation on everything. lol The only blood work my Dr. did was to get titers for prior immunizations (Hep B, V...

4. I speak english as a second language. How hard do you think nursing would be for me?

   RockinLadySN replied to ilovemychihuahua's topic in General Students

   I have a girl in my class who is Korean. She seems to be pretty fluent in English, and has a somewhat strong accent.. sometimes she has trouble formulating the correct grammar. But she is making it through just fine! I don't know how she's doing ...

5. I'm so disappointed..

   RockinLadySN replied to surggirl's topic in General Students

   What I quickly realized was that nursing school is hard.. and it will be hard til the day you graduate. lol. A test here and there, sure.. you may not do too great, or you may even fail. But that's ok! Well, not perfectly ok.. but it's not the en...

6. Dove uniform sizing

   RockinLadySN replied to 2bJoshRN9788's topic in General Students

   We had to order Dove uniforms, and like Spoiled1 said, they are pretty true to size and even our professors told us to go by the measurements they list. It wanted me to take an XS in my zip top, and I was floored.. I don't think I've ever worn an ex...

7. Nursing student taking drugs

   RockinLadySN replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

   Ok.. I've seen some pretty absurd things said in this thread. I wouldn't even know where to begin to address some of the stuff.. yikes. If this student was not smoking right before clinical or during clinical, it's absolutely none of your business...

8. what I DON'T LIKE about NURSING is...

   RockinLadySN replied to sergei1989's topic in General Students

   Really? I'm intrigued. Can you (or anyone else) post some links or a website I can visit to read more about this?

9. Anything but a Nurse!

   RockinLadySN replied to L&DWannabe's topic in General Students

   Ditto. There are many nurses who don't work in the hospital setting. Most Drs offices and med clinics employ MAs, but I know one nurse who works in a clinic and she loves it. 9-5, no weekends, pretty good pay (not as good as a hospital though), an...

10. Fending for yourself in clinical normal?

    RockinLadySN replied to bioniclewoman's topic in General Students

    WOW! Are you serious?? How in the world does she even keep up? What if you really needed her for something? I'm still a fairly new student, in my first year, but there are only 8 of us in a clinical group and we're all on the same floor.. same w...

11. Should I quit my job before nursing school?

    RockinLadySN replied to TrinaCNA's topic in General Students

    I don't work now that I'm in nursing school.. I don't think I'd be able to handle it. There are some in my class who do and they can do the balancing act, but they say it's tough. I honestly do NOT see how the students in my class who work AND have...

12. NURSING SCHOOL.

    RockinLadySN replied to TCLA's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is a whole different animal, especially if you've taken other college courses before. Be prepared to study.. A LOT. I coasted by, not having to study much at all for my previous bachelors degree. Yeah.. not so much this time around. ...

13. My pt dies on me in clinicals... and.

    RockinLadySN replied to Age1's topic in General Students

    Wow, that is freaky! I'm still in my first semester, so I haven't come across the post-mortem care yet, but I know for sure that would make me jump about a mile in the air. I may be in the minority here, but I'm actually looking forward to doing po...

14. Would you "Facebook Friend" a Professor?

    RockinLadySN replied to MHaffer's topic in General Students

    No, I wouldn't. For one, we're not friends. I hate getting friend requests from people I went to high school with and we never even talked or hung out back then. Or we never got along. I hit the 'decline' button for them. lol It'd be different if ...

15. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    RockinLadySN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    1. Don't ask the instructor to repeat things 5 different times because you were too busy talking when she was going over what's going to be on the exam. Shut up and listen for once! 2. Stop asking me how I did on my exam. I don't want to feel bad...