iWish

iWish ADN, RN

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  1. ER help

    iWish posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi everyone! I’m so nervous and excited typing this right now. I’m a new nurse in my 1st year of practice. I graduated in the middle of the COVID pandemic which means I didn’t get my last...

  2. Are there any nurses that actually LIKE nursing?

    iWish replied to CShel's topic in General Students

    Honestly, I think it's a mindset thing. Yes, this public and anon forum for nurses is a great place to vent and relate with others going through the trenches. I have honestly only had one job in my...

  3. Advice for new EM nurses

    iWish replied to MD married to RN's topic in Emergency

    Thank you for the advice! Steady watching for more tips and tricks as I start my new journey in the

  4. Switching Fields & Terrified

    iWish posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Good Morning! Apologize for the length This has been on my brain for a couple of months now and I'm scared of the responses I'm going to get. So back story, I graduated in the Summer months of...

  5. When to start BSN after ADN

    iWish posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone I'll be graduating from my ADN program in the near future. I want to get started on my BSN as soon as possible but I'm worried about starting to work as a new nurse and also balancing a...

  6. When to start BSN after ADN

    iWish replied to iWish's topic in General Students

    I don't know why I asked this question knowing dang well I was going to do it anyway. & y'all were right, I should have waited haha but oh well. I'm so busy & stressed all the time. I am...

  7. When to start BSN after ADN

    iWish replied to iWish's topic in General Students

    Thank you for the advice. This was my

  8. Can someone please help me arrange my classes for my remaining semesters?

    iWish replied to Futurern119's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If there's any way you can enroll in a course this summer, do it, and knock the gen bio out of the way. If you can't this is how I'd lay out the semesters. Fall: Gen Bio, Gen chem, and Phil. Spring:...

  9. ARE MOST RN SCHOOLS LIKE THIS??

    iWish replied to Anon143's topic in School, College Programs

    This is common grading criteria for nursing courses. In my program 75% is passing. 74.9% is failing. If you score anything lower than a 77% on an exam, you have to remediate with the professor and the...

  10. Struggling with depression

    iWish replied to DavidASmithRN2B's topic in General Students

    Think small and take one day at a time. Literally, one day. This is how I manage. Make small family goals to accomplish weekly and incorporate them into your schedule. Ex: Tuesday nights I will take...

  11. ABSN VS ADN

    iWish replied to amas's topic in General Students

    In my personal experience, the ADN program is more flexible time wise than the BSN. I was previously enrolled in an extensive BSN program. It was hectic and basically impossible with my family life. I...

  12. Pre Nursing Mom, wife working full time.

    iWish replied to Shesblessed's topic in General Students

    YES! It's doable. Single mom of 3 right here (6, 4, 2.) It's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life and I was a single mom in the Army before this (active duty.) My biggest hurdle was getting...

  13. How many care plans do you do?

    iWish replied to Rionoir's topic in General Students

    Ours is this way too, but it could change with each clinical since it is up to our clinical instructors. My CI last semester was by the book, care plan for every clinical day, due 72 hrs after...

  14. How many care plans do you do?

    iWish replied to Rionoir's topic in General Students

    This! The detailed care plans are tedious but I remember things I've learned so much more than doing the shorter care

  15. When you feel like giving up

    iWish posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone! I am in a good place right now and I'm currently on my short "summer" break in between semesters. I wanted to take some time to sort of tell my story and hopefully encourage some...

  16. When you feel like giving up

    iWish replied to iWish's topic in General Students

    Thank you! What I did was I took about 8 weeks to "be sad" and not think about school. After that I started doing my research for other schools. Just keep in mind, it's May and there could be...

  17. When you feel like giving up

    iWish replied to iWish's topic in General Students

    Seriously, BEST of luck to you on your Hesi exam. It seems like we share the same passion for nursing and whether it's 5 years or 10 years, it's not a race at all. I have to remind myself that on the...

  18. How many care plans do you do?

    iWish replied to Rionoir's topic in General Students

    Honestly, it seems like a much more efficient way to do it for your class. I wish my class would adopt methods like that but hey, thats where end of course surveys come in

  19. How many care plans do you do?

    iWish replied to Rionoir's topic in General Students

    5 pages equal medication cards, nursing dx page is usually 3-4 pages, discharge plan is 2 pages, intro page is 1, I&O is 1, lab values is 2, correlation sheet is 2 but suchhhh a pain, plus more....

  20. How many care plans do you do?

    iWish replied to Rionoir's topic in General Students

    In my BSN program: first clinical = 2 care plans; 2nd clinical = 3 care plans; 3rd clinical = 1 care plan (didnt finish the program) these care plans were easy, maybe 8 pages total. My now ADN...

  21. FAILED NURSING SCHOOL... TWICE

    iWish replied to Lilypach21's topic in General Students

    I relate and I just wrote a post about my experience. You're not

  22. Study groups in nursing school

    iWish replied to sol_shine's topic in General Students

    I've never used a study group while in nursing school. I used one during my prerequisites and it was so very helpful. My professors this semester are really trying to push study groups on us but I've...

  23. Pretty much failed A&P2..

    iWish replied to Camjayjayy's topic in General Students

    These science courses are difficult for sure. Nursing courses are even more difficult than they are to be frank. If you don't really really want to be a nurse, that's okay! There's absolutely nothing...

  24. Back up plan

    iWish replied to iWish7's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, everyone, thank you for the advice. I was not expecting this many responses. Thank you for taking the time to read and reply. I'm going to do my best to stop making a back up plan since I'm not...

  25. Did I make the right decision returning to school?

    iWish replied to mayberight's topic in General Students

    I personally have a love/hate relationship with med/surg units. I'm sure you're working on a general med/surg floor and it can be slow and tedious at times. My advice would be to give it another...