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I feel you! I am sorry things are this way for you right now but you can make it! Here's some things I did while in school to get things done... Made notes of routine things to be done. I would even leave them posted next to places so there was a lit...

I'm with the others! Look up the med and be sure to dilute properly! Flush, push med at correct rate, flush again using the same rate you did for the medication (there is still medication in the IV catheter). I hang a flush bag with piggyback medica...

I was just wondering, what all do you do in a days time while working postpartum...in regards to either mom and/or mom&baby.

I'm a senior nursing student from an ADN program. Granted its only two years it's been a rough two years and my family has been GREAT at helping me get through this mess they call nursing school...still not quite done--but they are all still going st...

I don't know a mnemonic for it...I just work head to toe! A little A&P goes a long way for me!

Anything thats not medical related! Be it going for a walk, listening to music, going for coffee with friends (usually non-nursing ones so you don't spend the whole time yacking about nursing school), cooking something awesome...whatever.. Since ther...

Short & Sweet GingerSue! Thanks!

me too!

White scrub bottoms, royal blue polo shirt with school logo, white shoes If we choose to wear a lab coat it has to be white with a school patch on the left shoulder

I got 10mL 12mL 4x/day is 48mL/day 16oz converts to 480mL (16oz x 30mL/1oz) 480mL / 48mL per day = 10mL/day I'm not too great at these myself...correct me if I am wrong!

We practiced everything on mannequins. We had to locate sites for IMs on each other...since how its kinda blatantly obvious on a mannequin! But we never got to stick each other for any injections or IVs. We had practice arms for IV's. We had a wierd ...

Thanks for the info! I start my OR rotation in a couple of weeks, I hope this stuff is helpful! Keep it up!

I work my a** off for my grades. Keep it fair to the fullest extent possible--don't allow people to "get by"! Do not bash my actions in front of patients. I am not incompetent--I am a student. Be on time. I am paying YOU to teach--I don't get much o...

We were very similar to previous posters. Simply write about what you learned, which things caused you some trouble, a goal to improve on it next time, anything you really liked or disliked, anything you had trouble understanding...whatever really! ...

They receive a zero on the exam. Will have disciplinary action and possible expulsion. This applies to both people.

I didn't really know what to study ahead of time--but looking back...I would have... Reviewed medical terminology a little bit (sure you're nursing career doesn't rest on it--but it's purely memorization--it won't change in different schools and it w...

Good luck with clinical day number two! I just finished my first round of med surg clinicals, there's more to come in the next year! I'm with many of the other ones. By the time my class reached med surg one we were checked off on several skills and ...

I'm not a big fan of "sim-man" labs. 1. My school had a wierd schedule for time doing SIM applications. They tried to make it so that the situation related to class, but considering it took three to four weeks to get everyone through each scenario, ...

I realize alot of what you do in LTC is meds and paperwork. But you CAN make a difference in LTC, alot more than you may think. I'm not a nurse yet--but I know that residents in LTC have just as much need for a good nurse as patients in the hospital...

Honestly--I just read about the school and decided "I'm gonna go there!" There was no entrance exam or interview--application, letters of recommendation only (I've heard they are now going to interview though). The location is *poo* from my house--...

I'm a student and have been reading up on some of these forums and many, many nurses would leave their jobs if they didn't need the money. Everyone continually talks about how stressful their jobs are based on scheduling, continuing education, pay sc...

I have been there too! I had a prestige and had some trouble with it..the tubing kept falling off...I'm not sure why! I had taken good care of it...anyway.... I chose the Littman Lightweight 2 S.E. and I absolutely love it! I can hear sooo much bette...

We're not supposed to bring cell phones in the building--but our teachers do allow it, as long as they're off. A couple have rang in class but no disciplinary actions were taken. I do take mine in, turn it off as I get out of my vehicle, and leave it...

Keep those books and study up on anything you can this year and be a little bit ahead next year! That way the "shock" from that "hit the ground running" may not be so bad! Don't get yourself down on it--think of this as a great learning experience as...

I am going to begin the fall term (1st year) of an ADN program next week. Today I got online and downloaded the syllabus, course schedule, and other random documents each teacher wants us to have for the first day of class. Not only do I feel like I'...