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Hello there everyone!! It just dawned on me today that I am no longer a Pre-Nursing student and I can now visit this side of the forum. I have visited PreNursing student for two years!!! I will more than likely continue to visit to offer advice. Anyway how many other students have finally reached the part in their journey and you're no longer pre-nursing. Congrats to everyone!!!! ??

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1. Relax before the madness begins.

2. It goes by faster than you think.

3. Don't memorize concepts, rather understand the concepts.

4. Stay below the radar.

5. Being on time equals being late.

6. Respect all your classmates but stay far away from the naggers and negative nancies.

7. Enjoy this journey as much as possible.

8. Stay below the radar.

9. Buy your uniforms a size bigger

10. Stay below the radar.

I'm entering my 4th semester.

God willing, I graduate this May 2014!

I love yr comments nite to self...stay below the radar!!! Lol! Did u have study groups??

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1. Relax before the madness begins.

2. It goes by faster than you think.

3. Don't memorize concepts, rather understand the concepts.

4. Stay below the radar.

5. Being on time equals being late.

6. Respect all your classmates but stay far away from the naggers and negative nancies.

7. Enjoy this journey as much as possible.

8. Stay below the radar.

9. Buy your uniforms a size bigger

10. Stay below the radar.

I'm entering my 4th semester.

God willing, I graduate this May 2014!

Yay! Yr fourth semester I know you are beyond ecstatic!!! How did you survive mental health and med. surg??

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Yay! Yr fourth semester I know you are beyond ecstatic!!! How did you survive mental health and med. surg??

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Mental health will be my second to last rotation and theory course.

Thus far I've completed all the foundations, health assessment, pharmacology, and all the med surg (I II & III). Just finished my ICU rotation last week... I'm gonna miss it ),:

I have peds/obs and psych/management left! Woo!

Survival for medsurg depends on your preferred style of learning. I tried tables, I tried old school notes with bullets and sub headings, I tried flash cards.

I finally realized the way I personally learn best is getting messy. Its destroying my medsurg book with my personal thoughts and what I'm provoked to think if I were a nurse. I write all over, highlight, and draw.

When you read... Read interactively. Think as you read. When you read the pathophys (I want you to think; so if they're deficient in this hormone... Is there a hormone replacement?) When you read symptoms, I want you to think (oh they have tachycardia? They might need a beta blocker to reduce HR and what are nursing actions I can independently do? Maybe tell them to bare down? Valsalva maneuver? To relax and take deep breaths? ... Or "Oh fever increases intracranial pressure?" What are nursing actions to reduce a fever? A wet cloth? A fan? Taking off the covers?)

Read interactively!!! Don't worry about understanding what I mentioned above, you will eventually learn about that.

But to translate it to everyday day terms ... Say youre reading a story about Sally. Sally ran out of coffee filters (at this moment you should be critically thinking what she could do. Maybe use a paper towel as a filter?) etc.

Don't be afraid to think as you read!

I also drew out maps of the diseases/disorders.

At the top I write the disese and I will draw arrows pointing down toward the pathophysiology, here I draw out or write the patho and then I drawore arrows pointing down and you will learn that the patho itself contributes to the signs and symptoms so I would draw an arrow to the part of the patho that corresponds best with the symptom. Finally I draw ore arrows bellow the treatment (both medical and nursing/nutrition) and try to connect to what symptom or part of the pathology is being fixed or alleviated.

Finally on the side I write out the misc info (risk factors and statistics)

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Absolutely awesome!!! I love this website!!! Everyone so freely gives out info.

We're all I'm it together!! Whew, that was a lot but I get it. Thx again!!

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Specializes in Hospice.

I have a Word folder I copy/paste all the useful advice into. I'm sure I will refer to it constantly! You can always bookmark the threads you like here on AN, but copy/paste to a word doc is really quick when you need some advice/inspiration. Thanks to everyone who's been there/done that and doesn't mind sharing! :up:

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I have a Word folder I copy/paste all the useful advice into. I'm sure I will refer to it constantly! You can always bookmark the threads you like here on AN but copy/paste to a word doc is really quick when you need some advice/inspiration. Thanks to everyone who's been there/done that and doesn't mind sharing! :up:[/quote']

Agreed!!! :)

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Isn't it great to be on the "new" forum? I still reply in the Pre-Nursing forum, but I find that I read more posts on this one now that I'm a (soon-to-be) nursing student :D

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Isn't it great to be on the "new" forum? I still reply in the Pre-Nursing forum but I find that I read more posts on this one now that I'm a (soon-to-be) nursing student :D[/quote']

Yes girly! It's been a long time coming!! See you in the forums. When is yr first day?

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

:ancong!:.....don't forget when you need homework help the nursing student assistance forum.....show your work and we will help you to understand and help you to your Ah Ha moment to answer the question yourself.

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:ancong!:.....don't forget when you need homework help the nursing student assistance forum.....show your work and we will help you to understand and help you to your Ah Ha moment to answer the question yourself.

Thanks so much this website is the BEST!!!

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Awesome

I wish you well on the path to becoming an amazing nurse

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Thx purpleash same to you!

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