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  1. What's it like in maternity clinicals?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    I so agree! My last two kids I noticed my labor started right around the full moon. I was lucky to get a room at the hospital- multiple women had beds in the hallway! I figure if the moon can affect...

  2. What's it like in maternity clinicals?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    yeah, I was wondering how much action I might get to see, but there is a full moon on my 5th clinical, so hoping! It's great they gave you the opportunity to come see a c-section at another

  3. A new career after age 50

    BookishBelle replied to Theresa Gutierrez's topic in General Students

    Hi! Welcome to all nurses! The route I decided to go with similar goal to yours was getting my adn-rn in nursing at my community college, and then working as a registered nurse while I get my bsn...

  4. What's it like in maternity clinicals?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    Wow!! I'm jumping in my skin! Can't wait!! Love love babies. Love their smell, their feel, their sounds... Thanks for the nice detailed response, emmjayy, and the reminder about the babies, Wuzzie! (I...

  5. I need some advice and directions

    BookishBelle replied to thuynh06's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi! Post-bac you don't qualify for federal financial aid, so a lot of people take pre-reqs at a CC, since it is cheaper. It's not the only way though. I'm sure you can take your courses at almost any...

  6. allnurses avatars

    BookishBelle replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    I feel so honoured!! Pretty much exactly how I see myself- love

  7. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks again, everyone, for all your input! I really wish I had done a poll so I could see which one for the most votes without tallying them myself! Anyways, I will go through both learning curves...

  8. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you usually have a preceptor when you start to help teach you how things are done in that

  9. What should I have done about super low O2 levels?

    BookishBelle posted a topic in General Students

    So wondering what I should have done. I was at my 3rd clinical, first semester nursing in a long term care unit. I was told to go practice taking vitals. Not too many nurses or clients were around...

  10. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much! Read both your articles and all the comments. I find it so useful in shaping my expectations to hear about other people's experiences! I really appreciate all of you taking the time...

  11. How do students make ends meet during nursing school

    BookishBelle replied to Nursing30000033's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Our community college ADN program was one 8 hour clinical a week, 3 hours of lecture (all at once) and a 3 hour lab, for first semester. There would have been time to work full time. Maybe other...

  12. 91% on HESI A2, but only 72% on A&P.

    BookishBelle replied to JimZimmer's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I didn't take the Hesi since my school does the TEAS, but I got very similar scores to you and got into my CC nursing school. Since you have a higher score than 91 percent of the other people taking...

  13. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    can't wait till I get paid for

  14. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone, for your insights!! I guess I was hoping the light at the end of the tunnel would come sooner, but I like to have realistic ideas if possible. I've done college before, 6 years of it,...

  15. TEAS exam

    BookishBelle replied to anto361's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I got mine immediately after finishing the TEAS. It's a computer test, so once I was done it told me the grade and they gave me a print

  16. What should I have done about super low O2 levels?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    Thank you for explaining about the Namenda. I can see now why you might want to give it a try even though dementia would still progress. I did talk to my instructor about all the issues after, as well...

  17. What should I have done about super low O2 levels?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    I would have felt much more comfortable if I had been accompanied or if someone was near by. I didn't expect to be left alone my second time in a hospital, but my clinical instructor was up a floor...

  18. What should I have done about super low O2 levels?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    I have no idea if he was a COPD patient or not, as he was not my patient and I didn't even know his name. I really wish we could have gone back the next week so I could have seen how he was doing, but...

  19. What should I have done about super low O2 levels?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    I have questions about reporting other things too, like that my patient was given grapefruit juice for breakfast but that interacts with her buSPIRone she gets daily. She is prescribed Namenda even...

  20. What should I have done about super low O2 levels?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    Sorry, I wasn't too clear about it, maybe using the wrong terminology. They weren't all at their lunch breaks, they were throwing a Halloween party for the residents in the resident's dining room. The...

  21. What should I have done about super low O2 levels?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    Thank you all for helping me learn! Does it matter which nurse I find and tell? Should it be a CNA, an LPN, or the RN? I did tell my nursing instructor, who is a DNP, when I saw him and we were still...

  22. What should I have done about super low O2 levels?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    Haha, oops, could have put that better! The anatomy professor told us a black area of the cadaver was where the preservative had not fully gone in properly because of poor circulation there when she...

  23. What should I have done about super low O2 levels?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    Should I have found the charge nurse, an LPN, or who? I also thought my patient was developing pressure ulcers and told my instructor, but didn't know if I should have notified someone on her floor....

  24. What should I have done about super low O2 levels?

    BookishBelle replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    Thank you! I will do that next time. When my instructor didn't seem to be alarmed I wasn't

  25. Is nursing school and the clinicals really that tough?

    BookishBelle replied to BuriedSet127's topic in General Students

    I am half way through my first semester of nursing school, and I would say it isn't as bad as the horror stories. My instructor is really nice, even though he looked kind of frazzled our first day of...