kyliern2b

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1. Dec 06 grads

   kyliern2b replied to kyliern2b's topic in General Students

   Yes, I have actual classes with lectures, tests, etc for the entire fall semester. We have to work our hours for preceptorship in around our classes and regular clinicals. I don't know, maybe I'm just being a whiney baby...but I'm just tired. I thi...

2. Dec 06 grads

   kyliern2b posted a topic in General Students

   Does anybody else feel like I do? I'm so tired of nursing school. Just the thought of fall semester makes me want to roll over in bed and pull the covers over my head. What's wrong with me? Shouldn't I be excited that the end is in sight?

3. Great - 9 months to go and I may have to quit...

   kyliern2b replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in General Students

   Is there anybody in your class that might let you share their books? Maybe you could photocopy the pages you need until your money comes through. I can only speak for my class, but no way would we be willing to lose someone for something like this. ...

4. Prereq difficulty equivalent to nursing classes?

   kyliern2b replied to Crystalline's topic in General Nursing

   My first reaction was to say that the nursing classes were much harder. When I really thought about it though, I don't think it's that the actual content is harder. It's just that the material is thrown at you so fast. It's hard sometimes to keep ...

5. How would you calculate this GPA?

   kyliern2b replied to yeepers's topic in General Students

   I think it would be 3.69

6. Question from a newbie

   kyliern2b replied to A&E4ME's topic in General Students

   Nursing tests are different in that you aren't just expected to know the material (memorization), you are expected to be able to apply that knowledge. Often 3 out of 4 of the answers given will be right, but you have to pick the "most right" answer....

7. Opportunity to review tests in nursing school

   kyliern2b posted a topic in General Students

   We never get to see our tests after we take them. All we get is a grade that's posted. It's so frustrating because you never know which questions you missed and which you got right. It makes it really hard to study for finals because you're going ...

8. you guys are scaring me...

   kyliern2b replied to tailgunn's topic in General Students

   I agree. Nursing school is pretty much what you make of it. The tests are different than anything you've probably encountered before, but after a couple of them you get the hang of it and know how to study for them. If you don't feel that you have...

9. Lab Values Explaination

   kyliern2b replied to GoofieRN's topic in Student Assist

   Do you have a laboratory diagnostic book? For our clinicals we have to look up every abnormal lab for our patient, list what will cause the lab value to increase/decrease, s/s that would accompany an increased/decreased value, and treatment for the i...

10. Charting

    kyliern2b posted a topic in Student Assist

    Does anyone have any tips on charting or know of any websites with good examples? I've already received a failure for charting in my clinicals last week and if I get one more I fail the class. I just don't understand what you include in charting and...

11. Overwhelmed after 1st wk of NS

    kyliern2b replied to Emma123's topic in General Students

    At my school the reading is very important. However, there have been times that I just couldn't get to it all and I would just skim through parts of it. The material that I skimmed through never failed to be on the test. It was really frustrating ...

12. How long to get RN (ADN)

    kyliern2b replied to JennaC's topic in General Students

    It's taking me 7 semesters to get my ADN. 2 semesters full time for prereq's and then 5 semesters of nursing classes. Going year round it will take me 2yrs 4 months.

13. I'm so NERVOUS!!!

    kyliern2b replied to BootyBear83's topic in General Students

    I just completed my first semester of nursing school. The first few weeks I was completely miserable and absolutely sure that I had made the wrong decision about nursing. Looking back, I think it was just the stress that was getting to me. We were...

14. Unfriendly RN's during clinicals

    kyliern2b replied to kyliern2b's topic in General Students

    I can't stand to be idle, so I was busy the whole day with my patient, helping my fellow students, changing beds, doing vital signs, etc. I really don't think it was anything I did that caused the problem. In fact, I heard that the nurses on this u...

15. Unfriendly RN's during clinicals

    kyliern2b posted a topic in General Students

    Has anyone had problems with RN's being unfriendly during clinicals? I just started my first clinical rotation a few weeks ago and the RN's have made it very clear that they don't want us there. The first day I was assigned to a patient the RN for t...