BookishBelle

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  1. Preparing for nursing school

    BookishBelle replied to Sammiegurl87's topic in General Students

    You can start watching some nursing YouTube videos like registered rn and maybe reading up on some health issues either online (i like medical news today) or get a year old nursing textbook. The CNA...

  2. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    BookishBelle replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering if you shouldn't suggest she go back to school to become a nurse since she has an interest in learning all the proper procedures. I used to think I knew a lot medically before I actually...

  3. Med-Surg: Survival Tips

    BookishBelle replied to FutureNurseInfo's topic in General Students

    Watch Cathy Parkes and registered rn on YouTube. They have both helped me so

  4. Profanity in the workplace

    BookishBelle replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This post made me laugh since we had just been discussing this issue in my clinical. One of the students came back from her ER rotation asking the instructor if ER was known for their potty mouths....

  5. Failed Nursing 1 by less than a percent looking for advice

    BookishBelle replied to joven4801's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is rough. 25% of my class failed out this 3rd semester. I have always been a 4.0 student but was happy to get a low B. I have to agree that practicing questions and reading the...

  6. RN tells my mom that I don't need to take pre-requisites to become a nurse

    BookishBelle replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Students

    My community college nursing program does take students straight from high school as long as you did chemistry and did well on it. So technically no pre reqs. As I am a returning student, I had to do...

  7. What Does A Graduate Nurse Do?

    BookishBelle replied to Future-NurseRedHeart's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My nursing instructor is always telling us by day 53 after finishing nursing school we have lost half the information we learned. I'm planning to take NCLEX as soon as I

  8. Case Study: Why Is She Having Hallucinations? The Mystery of The Dog in A Fedora

    BookishBelle replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Critical Care

    I vote for accidentally huffing the markers she was always using, along with anemia from the excessive bleeding and being a vegetarian maybe she wasn't eating a balanced enough diet to make iron, so...

  9. First semester- feels like drowning

    BookishBelle replied to BagelBomber's topic in General Students

    I was pretty discouraged after my first fundamentals exam got me the worst mark of my life, when I studied hard and was used to being a 4.0 student. And then the second one too... I went to my...

  10. Mom Wants Me to Become an RN as Backup... But I Don't

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

    Hi! You sound kind of like me back in the day! I did a music theory bachelor's and planned to teach and have a private studio for piano while performing at weddings and other events as well as being...

  11. When the Patient Refuses Hospice

    BookishBelle replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    My sister was in this very situation. Immunotherapy has given her her health and life back. Glad the team was willing to listen and facilitate this patient's desires, and that you were able to support...

  12. Ways to get patient-care experience before nursing school?

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

    There's a thing called nurse tech where you babysit patients, so I'm told. Doesn't require extra training and you can do it part time or prn. I have two friends doing that while in nursing school and...

  13. Nursing School

    BookishBelle replied to Ava96's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I just finished my second semester of ADN nursing school and found it to be a lot easier than fundamentals! Maybe I started to get the hang of tests where every answer is right, or maybe as nursej22...

  14. Just tell me to hang in there

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

    Exact same thing happened to me! In my case it worked out well, because my sister got cancer and I was able to spend a lot more time with her than I would have at school. I ended up feeling grateful I...

  15. What's one thing you wish you knew when starting nursing school?

    BookishBelle replied to eaglesfan2286's topic in General Students

    I also wish I hadn't bought ANY of the books they told me were a requirement. I only used the ATI books that were an actual requirement. The rest weren't needed or used, except a care plan book which...

  16. What's one thing you wish you knew when starting nursing school?

    BookishBelle replied to eaglesfan2286's topic in General Students

    I wish I would have known that I could actually worry myself into severe anxiety over my classes, and it was unnecessary. They still do some "curving" of the grades. With a reasonable amount of study...

  17. Stay a medical assistant or go in more debt by pursuing nursing

    BookishBelle replied to nr92's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    not sure if I am understanding you right, but you can't work as an RN until you are done nursing school. You can work as a nurse tech without any training, and could get a look into how hospitals work...

  18. Can Pain Be Prevented?

    BookishBelle replied to Lane Therrell FNP's topic in General Nursing

    Very interesting and helpful article! When my sister was diagnosed with colon cancer one of the things that would help manage her pain was indeed water. She bought herself a large water canteen and...

  19. preparing for nursing school

    BookishBelle replied to LaSimon11's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Crash course on YouTube has a very interesting anatomy course. I tried to watch one every day. There are a lot of great channels that teach nursing too. I like Sarah at registered nurse RN. I found...

  20. BSN or Associates Degree

    BookishBelle replied to raynpetal's topic in General Students

    New York recently passed a law that would require a BSN in 10 years. I skimmed over it a little because I would be grandfathered in, and I would want a BSN in ten years anyways. I'm just hoping for my...

  21. What do you eat for breakfast?

    BookishBelle replied to Ioreth's topic in General Students

    Sorry, I accidentally re posted, and can't see if you can

  22. What do you eat for breakfast?

    BookishBelle replied to Ioreth's topic in General Students

    I can't function without breakfast- I get SO crabby! If I have time I tear a little hole in the middle of my 12 grain bread and throw it in s frying pan medium with a little oil and butter. Crack an...

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

    BookishBelle posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi! So I just finished my final final of first semester in nursing school, where I am also taking Anatomy and Physiology and a psych class, 13 credits total, and I'm wiped out. I was trying to give...

  24. What's it like in maternity clinicals?

    BookishBelle posted a topic in General Students

    Hi! I'm actually getting excited to start my second semester in nursing school, which will be maternity for the first half. What can I expect? What kind of things have happened to you during your...

  25. Taking 3 sciences?! Am I crazy? *POLL*

    BookishBelle replied to CRNA2026's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm taking A&P and will take micro while in nursing school. It's tough but not terrible, whereas I think 3 sciences in a summer would be awful! Are they all pre-reqs for sure? If so you have to...