Nurse Allison

I took my exam yesterday around 8 am, did the PVT, by 3 I got the good pop up. Just go for it, save yourself the anxiety of waiting. Sorry just noticed you already did the PVT. Congrats!

Yes, I did cite the article at the top of my outline in APA format. I was doing research all night trying to find a definitive answer on how to properly outline (not summarize) a nursing journal article. I came across this great web site, easy to read and understand with samples given.... Check it out..... http://www.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/personal/teaching_MISC/plagiarism.htm I e-mailed the professor ths morning regarding what happened and recieved an e-mail shortly back; advising me to move on and focus on studying for finals. What a relief. Wow! What a tough lesson to learn, but glad I am now educated on how to not plagiarize. I suppose she realized it was an unintentional mistake.:icon_roll I want to thank you all for your support. It has helped me to read through your responses. Breathing again! :lvan:

:sniff:I am just finishing up my third semester OB/Peds. I had my clinical evaluation for OB today. My clinical evaluation was amazing, she said I have no problems on the floor. However I was told a decision is still being made whether or not I will be kicked out of the program for plagerism of an outline of an article, belive me this was not intentional. I do not have this person for lecture, just four days of a clinical in OB. I am NOT an English major. All it was was an OUTLINE of an article I read on pregnancy medications. I typed it up in regular outline format, but failed to change every word from the article. I picked out the main points and narrowed it down from there. I am a mess. I tried to handle myself as professionally as possible. It's been one hell of a week. My husband just left me on Monday after 12 years of marriage. I turned over the outline and told her in my own words what the article was about. She seemed ok with that, but no definitive decision has been made. I can barely breathe. Please help.... Also...I cant tell you how many students didnt even hand in their freakin articles. Is anything happening to them? Of course not. I would have been better off not doing one and especially handing it in early, maybe then she wouldnt have had time to pull up the original one from the internet. I took me two hours just to find an updated one btw.

My son suffered a brachial plexus injury at birth due to a shoulder dystocia, I'm always up on the latest information on how to handle a shoulder dystocia without injuring the baby. Here is a new tool being used to predict SD. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/health&id=6759056

I would love to know how you are pulling A and B's. I am studying my rear end off, doing ALL of the readings, practicing NCLEX questions daily, and cant even pull a C on any of the tests. I am great at memorizing information, but that is not the key to nursing.The critical thinking style questions are killing me. I am even going for tutoring next week. Most of our class is failing as well. It sickens me to be failing. I've worked so hard to get here and want it so badly. Your lucky that it's coming easy to you. However...If you are asking yourself if you should be studying harder, than you should.

I did my first Foley two weeks ago on clinicals in the PCU unit. I gave my patient Lasix in the morning and she wasnt peeing, so I thought hmmm, somethings up here I got the bladder scanner an sure enough this woman was holding 1000 cc's. OMG, I ran and got my professor, and had everything prepped in my sterile field. I was nervous wreck. To top it all off this woman could not bend her knees, and her right hip was externally rotated. I had another nurse prop up the knees with pillows So there's my professor breathing down my neck. Of course you must inspect for the landmark first. Well let me tell ya, were all put together a little different down there. At first I thought the privy parts was the landmark. No, No go south my professor tells me. I held my breath, realizing once I was commited I was commited, in it went yahooo!!!! My professor was thrilled, first attempt. Now, the funny part, I went to attach the syringe and started to fill the balloon but the syringe was not connected tight enough, and there went the saline all over my professors face!!! OMG!!!! I almost died. I wasnt a big deal, I tightened it and finished the job. :bowingpur What a day!

I've been studying my rear end off, I'm in the second semester now adult med/surg. I put in at least 20 hours of study time for our first test on Renal/COPD and got a 68%. I do about 200 NCLEX questions a day and still cant get a passing grade. I'm worried this is it for me. I'm meeting with my professor on Tuesday to hopefully get some sort of direction when taking these ridiculous tests. I will need an 88% on the next test to stay in the game. Talk about pressure. I always think ABC's when answering the questions but many times it is not the case. I'm just so frustrated. My family is frustrated for me because they see all that I put into this. I just dont get it, I'm awesome in clinicals, quick on my feet when asked questions, great at assesments, know my meds, nail the care plans etc. Unfortunately this is only 2.5% of our grade. What a joke. It seems like all that matters to them is our test grades which make up 75% of our final grade. Luckily there is a paper in there to help bring up the average. I've gone over the sites to help with critical thinking skills but still dont seem to GET what they are looking for. If I get any advice from my instructor, I will surely share

Your post caught my eye. I've talked to three classmates this week who asked the very same thing. Hang in there. Nothing worth while in life is easy. When your feeling down on yourself, take a breather, step back, a say to yourself, "I can do this." I feel the same way some days, usually after test days. I like the clinical apect of NS, working with people comes easy to me. The tests however are a killer and I choke up. We all have our strengths and weaknesses. I have no doubt you were chosen to be in this program for a reason. Things will get easier as we gain more skills and become more comfortable in our white shoes. I can relate seeing nurses getting it from all sides. I got out of the corporate world in hopes to avoid all the political bs. Guess what, unfortunately it's everywhere. I love it when nurses come back at the doctors with their opinions without hesitation. So admirable. :bowingpur DONT QUIT!!! You've worked to hard to get where your at.

Just wanted to thank you all for your support. It means alot to me. I got my test back today and sure enough, I failed. Luckily I get one more chance to get an 80%. It's another two hour test w/ a boat load of titration questions. I'm just not up for this again. I've got to get back on top of things. Just dont know how to get there. I'm having marital problems as well. My husband just isnt supportive, and lives on some other planet half the time. I feel like a single mom w/ two little ones with no support. Kudos to any single moms out there going through nursing school. It aint easy. I'm going to take the rest of the day: to put the books down, pick up the kiddos, and try to be peaceful. :heartbeat

I feel your pain. I just took my math calc test on Friday and needed an 80 to pass. I'm rethikng all my answers and realizing I made some very stupid mistakes. I'm praying for that 80 on Monday, but highly doubt it's going to happen. I loved math in high school, always took advanced courses, but feel like I'm choking on these easy problems due to anxiety.

:(Over our break I got squamous cell carcinoma on the bridge of my nose that was growing very rapidly.I had surgery 1 week before the semester started. They ended up doing a donor skin graft from the side of my face. I look like a freak. I feel as if I havent caught up on my rest. The workload is coming up on us with full force. We had a math test the first week, and have to pass with an 80% or we fail. I think I failed it by getting flustered and making stupid mistakes. I know how to do the titrations, use the formulas, and usually come up with the right answers. I'm sick abou it thinking I came this far and may fail out of the program. I'm just not up to my best performance yet since the cancer diagnosis. I'm not gong to ask for special treatment because of the illness. I just need to figure out a way to get my mojo back. This semester is a pretty tough one on renal, copd,diabetes,pancreatic function,cardio,sensory adaptation to name a few. I've got clinicals twice a week now, so my work load has doubled. On another note, I really dont feel like I have a connection with the other students. They all seemed to have found there clicks. We are required to do a group paper (2 of us) this semster. Lord knows who I will choose. It seems as if they have teamed up already. I hope things fall into place for me. I'm just feeling very tired and need to regain my energy. I'm also getting tired of the stares and people asking me,"What happened to your nose!" I'm 37 years old and I'm starting to wonder if there is something wrong with my thyroid. Possibly hypothyroidism due to the chronic fatigue. Anyone else have thyroid problems?

My wait is over. I'm still in the game, moving on to next semester. GPA= 3.34. It just keeps on going down. UGH.

I'm in the same boat with the refresh key. :typing The waiting is agonizing. For those that did not pass the semester, the professors will be making phone calls. . I needed a 90 on the final to pull a B for the semester. I dont know anyone who got an A. A C is going to kill my GPA. I'm on a scholarship with my future employer and need to maintain a 2.9. I have a 3.75 right now, a C will pull it down big time. Wow, nursing school is harder than I thought it would be.

I went into the program with a 3.9. I'm barely passing. I'm in my first semester of nursing. I'm so frustrated. I study my butt off and still only get in the low 80's. Anything less than 78 is failing in my school. I'm on a scholarship and have to maintain a 2.9 to stay in. I just dont know what else to do. The tests are ridiculous. Many others are failing as well. I have to pass. I have no other option. I'm 37 years old, my family is counting on me. I love clinicals, I'm doing very well. I'm more of a hands on person. We dont get graded in clinicals, it's just pass/fail. I think it is unfair to those of us who are struggling with the tests to have everything riding on test grades. It's been a bad day for me. I scored a 76 on this last test and studied at least 20 hours for it.

I'm trying to come up with a nursing diagnosis for a 99 yr. old dying woman. Weight 70 lbs. BP 80/60 -74/40 resp 20 pulse 88/64 irreg. temp. 96.8 refusing to eat for 2 days IV- D5W 50mL/hr Morphine 2mg q 2hrs. We do still turn her so I was thinking "Risk for Impaired skin integrity"? I need help with this one. Anyone else have a situation like this, and what did you use? Thank You for any help:bow: It was a very moving experience for me last week. A woman from hospice came in a played acoustic guitar and sang to this woman while her family was there. I was brought to tears.