kasia2

Latest Activity

1. We lost another student

   kasia2 replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Students

   We lost 3 students out of 60 and that is sad because two of them would be an excelent nurses, really...

2. Study habits

   kasia2 replied to wbrantle's topic in General Students

   1.Flesh cards work wonders for me. 2.Also I summerize a lot in my own words and I find it really helpfull to remeber material that way. 3.Additional nursing books like test taking Techinque for begging nursing students or Mnemonic note cards (if you ...

3. Transition from Fundamentals to Med-Surg clinical setting

   kasia2 replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Students

   Same here with you. Dont really know what to expect. All I know is that our second semester is more time consuming,we have two classes combined together, which I heard might get a little bit rough. As far as the clinicals, this semester we start wit...

4. Careplan Book

   kasia2 replied to 09RN's topic in General Students

   I'm suprised you careplan book wasn't included in your fundamentals of nursing package. Mines did come with it but the bookworm I am I also purchased another careplan book called " Nursing Care Plans-Guidelines for Individualized Client Care Across T...

5. failed fundamentals, any advice..

   kasia2 replied to Ambitiouz's topic in General Students

   Let me sell you a secret LOL how to be more succesful in your second time around. Take it from the "elderly: (the 'almost'(one more test) survivor of the first semester). It took me a while to understand a meaning that one of my instructor was stress...

6. Nursing Student Divorce Rate?

   kasia2 replied to ibmaryann's topic in General Students

   I dont agree that Nursing school itself is a primary cause of divorce.If the marriage is based on solid and strong foundations nursing school wont break one's marriage, the problems had to exist before arleady and nursing school is just an excuse to...

7. What's everyone doing with their winter break?

   kasia2 replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Students

   -sleep -read about pharm and med-surg -clean my car and the house -take out the dog more -talk with my friends more -catch up on reading literature -refresh my lab skills -can't afford go nowhere at this moment because school and bills deprived me of...

8. Are A's a thing of the past?

   kasia2 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

   I'm a B student and certainly I wont lose sleep over not getting A.

9. You know it's finals week when.....

   kasia2 replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Students

   -to the point where your family and friends ask you "where the heck have you been?" -to the point when your dog beg for attention that you havent been able to give it to him. -to the point where you have school-related nightmares -to the point where ...

10. Did you survive the first semester of NS?

    kasia2 replied to SA2BDOCTOR's topic in General Students

    I still have one more unit exam and theory final, lab final, child and elderly assesment, all this just in two weeks, and then I'm off for a month, studing some more.

11. What will you do the day AFTER finals???

    kasia2 replied to krenee's topic in General Students

    I will try to take a look at pharmacology, maybe open med-surg book, sleep a little bit more and relax!

12. omg I hate clinicals!!!!

    kasia2 replied to Nadia24's topic in General Students

    I dont like clinicals at all because for one they are nerve-racking, you have to figure things on your own, the nurses are always on the run and your instructor looks for ways to fail you:o

13. Instructor Thank You Gift

    kasia2 replied to lilyteen's topic in General Students

    I think you could by her/him book. I was actually thinking about buying book for one of my instructors but on the condition she passes me.

14. 1st Semester Nursing Question

    kasia2 replied to ONEGR8MOM's topic in General Students

    That depends on many factors. If you are other classes with nursing classes with other supplemental classes that are required for your nursing degree but are not considered prereq (like microbiology, sociology) that the first semester gets rough. But...

15. Right words to tell pregnant mom about smoking?

    kasia2 replied to ARRR10's topic in General Students

    I would first establish initial trust with the patient, if you will start giving her advice right away she might not listen to you, dont be moralistic or play a quit trip on her. I would say something like that " How do you feel about smoking in gene...