NiftyGirl2014

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1. Recommendation for comfortable nursing shoes

   NiftyGirl2014 replied to megster871's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I was having a lot of heel pain after my shifts, and needed new shoes. My Nike Free's weren't cutting it for me and I don't find clogs comfortable. Recently bought Nike Roche's and although I come home feeling tired. That exaggerated foot pain was g...

2. Nursing Student

   NiftyGirl2014 replied to Valerie_Rose's topic in General Students

   Don't procrastinate. For the love of God. I know. We say we won't but then we do. Just don't. Be proactive. Get ahead. Personally I liked hand writing my class notes as opposed to typing. I found it was easy to get distracted on my laptop and I can'...

3. CLINICALS!! What to expect?

   NiftyGirl2014 replied to stacylethani's topic in General Students

   Honestly don't hang around the nurse's station and DON'T take up a seat at the nurse's station when there are nurses and techs that need to document on their patients. Answer call lights regardless if they're your patient or not. Help the techs out ...

4. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

   NiftyGirl2014 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Humor

   I can't remember the name of the show, but a couple of months ago I was watching an episode where a "doctor" was administering insulin IM in the forearm. 😂

5. Where's my planner nerds at?!

   NiftyGirl2014 replied to happyinmyheart's topic in General Students

   I absolutely love my Lily Pulitzer agenda, but once I finish my ADN, which luckily my planner will be finished by then, I'm going to try out the Erin Condren planner for my BSN!

6. Test day ritual?

   NiftyGirl2014 replied to LJR89's topic in General Students

   I always stop on the way and buy a small chocolate shake & listen to a specific playlist on my 30 minute drive. And I've sat at the same computer since I've started nursing school for every exam. On the rare occasion someone takes my seat, I get...

7. Nursing School Horror Stories

   NiftyGirl2014 replied to MR-RN15's topic in General Students

   My horror story was the anxiety I felt about starting nursing school because of all the things people had said, "you won't have a life" "you'll fail" etc. Then what do you know. I start nursing school and all those stories were just that, stories. ...

8. Nursing school bloopers

   NiftyGirl2014 replied to RookieRoo's topic in General Students

   I just kind of looked at the patient, they looked at me silently and then they said "Perhaps you should take the cap off dear." And then they started laughing. I will never forget that clinical experience lmao.

9. Nursing school bloopers

   NiftyGirl2014 replied to RookieRoo's topic in General Students

   I was doing my first glucose stick by myself and I don't know why I was so nervous over something so minor, but I tried to draw blood from a patients finger with the cap still on and I stood there like an idiot wondering why the needle wouldn't pop t...

10. Planner for nursing school

    NiftyGirl2014 replied to mecapon91's topic in General Students

    I absolutely adore my Lily Pulitzer agenda. I love having a hands on planner. There's enough room to write down due dates, and then the "tasks" you'd like to complete that day, and I color code everything. I've also heard fantastic things about the...

11. Select All That Apply Q's - Help?

    NiftyGirl2014 replied to NiftyGirl2014's topic in General Students

    I bought the Saunder's Comprehensive NCLEX Review that every one recommended. Truthfully, my first exam didn't have any topics relating to my NCLEX book so I didn't use it. But now for exam 2... That's another story. I look forward to really getting ...

12. Select All That Apply Q's - Help?

    NiftyGirl2014 replied to NiftyGirl2014's topic in General Students

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! Truly, put everything into perspective for me.

13. Select All That Apply Q's - Help?

    NiftyGirl2014 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello all! I just had my first exam in fundamentals and I got an 80 . In order to pass the class our 3 exams (worth 50 points each) and our final exam (worth 100 points) has to be a 78 average. Clearly, 80 on the first exam is cutting it close to a ...

14. Intro to Nursing - Consists of?

    NiftyGirl2014 replied to KatRNStudent's topic in General Students

    In my program, Intro to Nursing is an online class that gives an overview like a previous poster stated. We talked about the history of nursing, HIPAA, intraprofessional teams, the roles of a nurse and so on. Really easy class, lots of busy work but ...

15. What like of supplies will I need for nursing school?

    NiftyGirl2014 replied to kacraft31's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    I can promise you that posting the same question several times will not increase the likelihood that someone will reply. Your instructors will more likely than not tell you what you need for the course & in order to be successful. Some research...