Valasca

Valasca

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  1. I'm sure this has been done before but I figured I'd do it anyway! You know you're in nursing school when...... Your mind is thinking about so many different things that you actually have to stop and make sure you have on all of your clothes before y...
  2. i am a new rn and will begin my er residency next week (in just a couple dayd. also i have very limited er exp.). i have read through the stickys. my residency is 14 wks long with opportunities to extende per diem. anyway everything seems great on...
  3. Is it okay to sell my micro book?

    You will not need your micro book in nursing school I promise!!!!!!! You are going to have sooooooo many books during nursing school that if they all fell on you at once they would probably kill you LOL!!! Besides, in nursing school they build on w...
  4. I really don't know if there have been studies done on GPA and NCLEX pass rates....I would doubt it. I think competition is what is driving the higher admission GPA's. When nursing schools are getting in excess of 150 applications for 50 or so slot...
  5. schools testing students on outside resources

    I suppose they could if they are related to what you have been expected to learn. I have had a couple of instructors do this on occasion (nothing that would make or break you on a quiz/test). Their rational was that we had the tools (based on our c...
  6. Silly question--what to wear for class

    For lecture classes and lab we wear whatever we want. For clinical we wear our ugly white uniform :barf01:. For clinical preperation we wear professional dress clothes. But trust me, your school will cover all of this....probably at length .
  7. Do you know your 'stuff'?!!!

    Awesome! I am still in nursing school myself but I can tell you that it is even more thrilling when what you are learning starts to "meld" together and you can see that you are thinking critically. That is really exciting and builds confidence to b...
  8. is nursing theory important to nursing practice?

    So are you asking for ways that nursing theory is not important? Is that what you mean by "the negative side"? Firstly, nursing theory is very important and provides you with the foundation upon which you will build your nursing knowledge and cultiva...
  9. I have always hated math. For some reason it just never makes any sense to me. I feel your frustration. I cannot do dosage calc using deminsonal analysis....it just doesn't make sense in my brain. I am like you, I never know how to set up the pro...
  10. Your observations

    Just curious why you are asking this question???? ....The students that I have seen struggle and/or fail seem to have one thing in common, they do not study or they study very little. However, the reason why they don't study/study very little has man...
  11. You know you're in nursing school when....

    To expand on what Blove86 said: You know you're in nursing school when you carry flash cards with you in your purse & pull them out while waiting in the drive thru, stop and go traffic, for an oil change, for your next class to start, your doctor...
  12. Need help with nursing diagnoses

    I would add Imparied gas exchange r/t pneumonia
  13. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that you can do "it", whatever "it" may be. It sounds like you are kicking around a few different ideas. My advice would be to contact your local hospital and find out about the possibility of shadowing a nur...
  14. Students that "float" by in college

    I would like to expand on this by adding that I find it annoying when I hear students brag about getting the minimum grade on a test or in a class, or about how they didn't study for a test and still passed. I think that students that cheat and thos...
  15. Hi all! So I recently started an ADN program and I am like "whoa!". There is so much reading to do! I have been trying to keep pace but I am running into a problem that I do not know how to manuver around. My wee little brain cannot retain the ma...
  16. first foundations test...

    I'm sorry you didn't get the grade you expected. I know what a let down it is especially when you feel good about your performance. Anyway I just started my ADN program and haven't had any tests yet. But I ALWAYS chalk my first test up as a loss b...
  17. Why so competitive?

    So far the people in my class seem pretty nice and supportive...thank goodness! You have to keep in mind that at the very least (though most likely longer) most students spent an entire year in direct competition with everyone in their class. Perhap...
  18. PCA with no Training/Experience

    I was hired as a PCT (patient care tech). I was a CNA at the time. My scope of practice was much greater as a PCT. I was nervous at first but the hospital taught me how to do everything that was required of a PCT (way more than I ever did as a CNA...
  19. With my grandmother I let her go in and do things on her own if it is something she is capable of doing safely. It makes her feel more independent. For doctor's appts I do go in with her. I do this because she is forgetful. So to preserve her fe...
  20. Male Nurse and Sexual Comments

    I would just like to say something that I haven't seen yet.....social norms are being violated....... It is one thing for someone (male or female) to say "oh he/she is hot is he/she single" and then ask the person out and then let it go if the person...
  21. husbands that won't help

    I haven't read all the responses so forvige me if my post is redundant. My husband thinks I am his mother. It is extremely frustrating for me. We do not have any children yet but he really wants them soon (after I graduate). So I tell him that I do n...
  22. Going to school finally

    Congratulations Laurie!!!!! :balloons::icon_hug:
  23. nasty smells

    Yes. But I use to use Burt's Bees chapstick (I couldn't take the vicks it was too strong). It has a strong peppermint smell so I'd just put some under my nose and away I'd go. Eventually though you do get use to most smells and don't need to use s...
  24. scared to death

    I didn't read the other responses so if any of this is redundant I apologize. NO NO NO it is not a sign that you are not cut out for nursing!!!!!!! It is a sign that you are new and inexperienced!!! I know that you are scared now but let me tell y...
  25. Quitting?

    Here are my : In order of importance 1. You must must must get your eating disorder treated!!!! If you have an underlying problem that is exacerbated by nursing school then conventional wisdom should dictate that you a. get help for your problem &a...