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  1. Am I wrong?

    moongirl replied to moongirl's topic in General Nursing

    thank all of you SO much. I really needed some advise from experienced nurses- and other students too- thank you I really felt I had not done anything wrong and actually was kind of shoked to get a...

  2. Too many Negative remarks regarding Nursing School here!! Stop the discouragement!!

    moongirl replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    is there poop in

  3. Too many Negative remarks regarding Nursing School here!! Stop the discouragement!!

    moongirl replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: still LMAO at the thought of a post slamming us about negativity in a forum full of stressed, tired, cranky, borderline homicidial nursing students. I am surprised all of the replies have...

  4. Ugh! This was NO fun!!!

    moongirl replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    the one and only time I ever got a flu shot I felt worse than I ever did with the flu!

  5. What would you do?

    moongirl replied to Nice2MeetU's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You have every right to make your own decisions. I am worried however that you are making a choice based on pain of the delivery that you saw. Epidurals are wonderous things. There does NOT have to be...

  6. Too many Negative remarks regarding Nursing School here!! Stop the discouragement!!

    moongirl replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    you say " I am sure its not hell" which leads me to believe you are not actually in a RN program. While you are entitled to your opinions, so are we and if we want to tell the TRUTH when asked OUR...

  7. Favorite clinical instructor....and why?

    moongirl replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

    If and when I ever get one, I will let you

  8. breast cancer nursing diagnosis?

    moongirl replied to nurse206's topic in General Students

    I just did a care plan on breast cancer. For my two dxs I used risk for ineffective coping- she was also told she has liver and bone cancer as well, and my second dx was imbalanced nutrition because...

  9. some advice please!

    moongirl replied to mbgirl81's topic in General Nursing

    ditto that. Once I stopped trying to read all those chapters, my grade actually went up. We even had one instructor tell us that the assigned reading was to reinforce or clarify

  10. some advice please!

    moongirl replied to mbgirl81's topic in General Nursing

    I have always found that they barely skim the surface of all of that info- they have to, otherwise the test would need to be 900 questions long. Stick to the big information, and the nursing...

  11. Is 26 too old to go back to school?

    moongirl replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

    LOL LOL LOL ! Ohmygosh- you should see ours. It is covered- cuz I have a test on Monday I slide it off to the side at dinner time! and for the record, I am 40. Went back to school with absoultely NO...

  12. No IVs in my Nursing School, opinions please?

    moongirl replied to julsywulsy's topic in General Students

    bummer! I have started 5 Iv's and I am in my 3rd semester. We also get an outpt experience where we get to start as many as we can possibly handle, mine is coming up soon! we are not allowed to start...

  13. Anyone worried about throwing up or passing out?

    moongirl replied to c18436572's topic in General Students

    omg- I had THE worst, i mean the WORST this last week, bedridden pt, brain damaged. had todo oral care. we suctioned out big huge CHUNKS of black brown crust, crud, oozing stuff from the roof of his...

  14. RN's and the dreaded clinical experience...

    moongirl replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    what a bummer! I am a a third semester student at a Community college and we really kick tail as far as learning. We are "mini nurses" taking over total care of up to 4 pts. I hang IV meds, do IV...

  15. To grow a backbone....

    moongirl replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    some of what you are wanting may just come with age. As I hit the mid 30's I started to realize that pleasing everyone and not stepping on everyones toes, saying and doing everything to please...

  16. Is Nursing School Hard?

    moongirl replied to BecomeNurse06's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    not terribly hard. Just terribly time

  17. Desperate !!

    moongirl replied to mika1's topic in General Nursing

    our school has a nursing student's food bank, and also emergency gas money. Please go talk to your advisor, that is what they are there for.If that gets you no where, go to the Director of the program...

  18. new RN salary in washington state?

    moongirl replied to nurse1717's topic in General Nursing

    I know of a fresh grad who started at Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane Washington in their cardiac step down unit at $24 per hour this August. Her orientation also included 3 months of cardiac...

  19. I want/wanted to quit Nursing school.....?

    moongirl replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    1. because a bad instructor made me feel like less than a grain of sand. . didnt quit because I figured out it was her problem, not mine. Glad I stuck it out because now I have an instructor that is...

  20. Suck at Clinicals...Should I just Quit Now?

    moongirl replied to Melcia060's topic in General Students

    dont quit. Your nervousness is getting in the way of your skills and this instructor is the cause, pure and simple. go to the director of the program and file a complaint and ask for a new CI. YOU are...

  21. Nursing diagnosis woes... what is wrong with me?

    moongirl replied to RNmom08's topic in General Students

    hmmm.. well those were all NANDA dxs and they are appropriate to the wound because they are all potential problems. No where did the OP state that the pt is already experiencing constipation, pain or...

  22. Nursing diagnosis woes... what is wrong with me?

    moongirl replied to RNmom08's topic in General Students

    risk for impaired skin integrity r/t .... risk for pain risk for activity intolerance risk for constipation r/t pain meds risk for anxiety self care defecit risk for body image distrurbance self...

  23. Physical Assessment

    moongirl replied to Stdy2BaNurse's topic in General Students

    not always true, I am in an ADN program, it was an entire 4 hour lecture, plus a 6 hour lab to practice and on top of that, we had an instructor watched checkoff(and she watched like a freakin hawk)...

  24. I got a 78% on my first exam.

    moongirl replied to StudentNurseAbby's topic in General Students

    78 is a 100 to someone who got a 60 ! count your blessings, pat yourself on the back and say well done! you will find that the first test will probably be your lowest score all semester- they will...

  25. Would this bother you?

    moongirl replied to Ann RN's topic in General Nursing

    I watched VERY poor unsterile techinque from an experienced Cardiac Critical Care nurse on a foley insert, I was a first year, first semester student and I could have done way better. This was on a...