Cupcake2018

Cupcake2018 has 1 years experience.

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1. Student Loans Approaching

   Cupcake2018 replied to StraightOuttaNursingSchool's topic in General Students

   Your student loan amount is around the national average. You were smart to go to a school close to home as this cuts back on living expenses which can be over half the total cost of higher education. There’s nothing wrong with living with family whil...

2. squeamish nursing student

   Cupcake2018 replied to mads197's topic in General Students

   “I almost think at this point it's anxiety and fear going into procedures knowing that it'll probably happen and it does.” Absolutely! The same thing happens with panic attacks. The flight-or-flight response is super scary because it has both me...

3. Have you restarted a nursing program?

   Cupcake2018 replied to Stephab07's topic in General Students

   It's very concerning to me that your program would write you up for an excused absence (provider note and all) after telling students that they are not to attend clinical when ill. Makes little sense. Even worse that they decided to dismiss you. You ...

4. Seattle is Dying

   Cupcake2018 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. Things don't tend to work out well when operating under 'extremes'...

5. Seattle is Dying

   Cupcake2018 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Perfection. I lean liberal, but I am no hyper-liberal. Hyper-liberalism is destroying people's lives. We have no real standards, because in the name of celebrating 'diversity' (whatever that means now) and personal freedom, truly anything goes...and ...

6. Can’t cope with death, should I even go to nursing school?

   Cupcake2018 replied to danielle0206's topic in General Students

   Just because you can't cope with death now doesn't mean you won't learn how to cope with it from here on out. No need to give up on your goal of nursing. Worst comes to worst, pick an area of nursing where patient death is unlikely. School nursing, n...

7. I feel so dumb, lonely and angry all the time

   Cupcake2018 replied to Sincera2020's topic in General Students

   I agree with other posters in that it sounds like you are overwhelmed.You're human. Try talking to someone, like maybe a counselor at school, and se if they might be able to offer some ways in which you can reorganize your life so that you can realiz...

8. I'm finally getting it together

   Cupcake2018 replied to TwinDaddy's topic in General Students

   Good for you! Sounds like you worked out a feasible plan for yourself instead of whinnniiinnggg like so many people in this country do. All the best for you!!

9. Is $85k worth it for BSN program with no guarantee acceptance?

   Cupcake2018 replied to nhayes1984's topic in General Students

   Do you have $85,000 to spend on tuition? If not, and you plan to use loans to finance your education, then no it is probably not worth it. You'll be making almost $1000 monthly payments for the next 10 years or so and newly graduated nurses don't mak...

10. Imposter syndrome?

    Cupcake2018 replied to Sara-no-H's topic in General Students

    Nursing school provides the foundation of knowledge needed to learn how to be a nurse and pass the NCLEX. The real learning will likely come through actual experience working in the field. I'm a student too and there are times when I feel clueless, b...

11. Do you think interviews for nursing school can lead to discrimination?

    Cupcake2018 replied to SilverNova's topic in General Students

    If nursing programs aren't interviewing prospective students in person, then they are surely "interviewing" them on social media...

12. nursing diaganosis help!!

    Cupcake2018 replied to monkey3369's topic in General Students

    What evidence do you have that suggests an impaired mobility issue besides just bilateral edema? Does the patient need assistance when ambulating or doing ADLs? Are they unable to move freely in their bed? Has the edema caused them to spend more time...

13. Working During Nursing School

    Cupcake2018 replied to cloud0_07's topic in General Students

    Honestly, I'd find a per-diem CNA job or two. There's plenty out there. Per-diem will allow you greater flexibility. For instance, if you have one week where you're going to have a couple of exams and a paper to write, then perhaps, you'd pick up les...

14. Is there even a chance for me to pass nursing school

    Cupcake2018 replied to Timbo117's topic in General Students

    If you believe that it is over for you, then it will be. The most important thing I've learned as a nursing student thus far is that we have to fake it till we make it. It's a self-fulfiling prophacy kind of thing. If you believe you can do it then y...

15. I didn't wake up on time and was too late to come for AM shift?

    Cupcake2018 replied to Surgonconurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a CNA, not a nurse, but I did the same exact thing this morning. I had several nights in a row with very little sleep and when I got home last night, I just passed out hard and didn't fully wake until four hours after my shift started. It was a n...