*** Nursing Foundations I -- Jan 2006 ***

[kayel]

Anyone else taking this course this term? I have heard it's not that bad but that there is a lot of thinking about thinking. I guess here the fun "critical thinking" begins!! I think we have to write two papers.

[S.N. Visit, BSN, RN]

My nursing " foundations I class", was super easy. You could pass it while sleeping. I'm not kidding. It went over the basics of basics. It was the class that you take to become a certified nursing aide.

We didn't have any papers to write. Our clinicals were in the nursing home. We learned how to make beds, feed , bathe and transfer pt's.

My Nursing foundations II was alot more exciting. We learned to give shots & draw up meds, insert & remove foley caths, insert & remove naso-gastric tubes, sterile and non-sterile dressing changes, wraps, learned how to discontinue IVs. We learned how to chart, learned nursing abbreviations and some other's things that I can't remember right now. It was a lot of fun, but you couldn't sleep through this class and pass. I hope your classes will be similar.

wanted to add : The critical thinking does start with these classes which is evident in our tests. Say good-bye to the black and white answers , there will be no more. Make sure not to over analyze anything though, everytime I did it, I got the answers wrong . Go with your first instinct, and do not change your answer unless your 100% sure.

Good luck and enjoy your class

[kayel]

The critical thinking does start with these classes which is evident in our tests. Say good-bye to the black and white answers , there will be no more. Make sure not to over analyze anything though, everytime I did it, I got the answers wrong . Go with your first instinct, and do not change your answer unless your 100% sure.

Thanks! Yeah, I think ours is a little different as the people I talked to said it wasn't exactly hard but it wasn't easy either. However, my friend did say that if you gave your "own" opinion the instructors tended to mark you wrong so I'm a bit concerned about that. Thanks for the tips!! I hope it's not too bad .. we have two teachers and apparently one is a little more enthralling than the other.