lainith

lainith

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  1. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    lainith replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    Oh and the best tip I always give out is LEARN TO USE AND LOVE GOOGLE (GMAIL) DOCUMENTS! You can access your files from any computer with an internet access without a zip drive or whatever. It's been...

  2. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    lainith replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    Rolling backpack, a good bag for your clinical stuff, VERY comfortable shoes, 4-color pens, notecards, NCLEX sample test question books... don't bother with a super expensive steth off the starting...

  3. Does Your School Give Priority Registration to Certain People?

    lainith replied to jpeters84's topic in General Students

    The only people who get priority registration are students who are already enrolled and they get priority over those who are new incoming. It gives regular students an opportunity to set up their...

  4. Are PDA's Really Necessary?

    lainith replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

    I have one and I have yet to use it. I am hoping to load some software on it during break and learn to make use of it. Others in my class have them but none of us really use them much

  5. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    lainith replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    1 - Don't lie to us. We're not stupid! I know you didn't write that exam and so does everyone else. 2 - Be fair. If you're going to allow stipulations for some, you have to allow them for everyone. 3...

  6. Did I just see your spine?

    lainith replied to CDeniseGo's topic in General Students

    I dunno but I personally don't want to touch stuff that was in someone's open wound (MRSA or NOT!) with bare hands, thanks. Maybe I'm entirely too obsessive about germ spreading but then again... I...

  7. Med Question

    lainith replied to lainith's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    oh perfect! that seems very reasonable considering my pt has hypothyroidism and there were no meds for that on the mar... except this one. thank you so

  8. I wanna know a little about nursing school and how hard you found it to be.

    lainith replied to lovelyB's topic in General Students

    Yeah, sleeping because we have CLINICALS to get up at 4AM for. It's more work than you will ever imagine but so much more rewarding than I could have ever dreamed. Be prepared to study a LOT, work...

  9. Clinical Q: Suggestions for pt ?

    lainith posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My clinical pt for next week was released back to facility from hospital about a week and a half ago. She was admitted for (severe) hypoxia. She was DNR and family decided to resuscitate anyway. I'm...

  10. Clinical Q: Suggestions for pt ?

    lainith replied to lainith's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm not really sure where to go with my care plan for my pt because while she has a lot going on, she refuses to participate much in "making herself better". She's pretty coherent and all. I just want...

  11. What will YOU do with your first "real" paycheck!?

    lainith replied to DZcarrie's topic in General Students

    Omg do we drive the same

  12. What will YOU do with your first "real" paycheck!?

    lainith replied to DZcarrie's topic in General Students

    Start paying off my massive student loan, give my mom something as a thanks for all her help, start a savings account, start looking into financing a new vehicle (god I can't wait to have HEAT in my...

  13. anyone actually get good grades in nursing school?

    lainith replied to moonbunnie's topic in General Students

    Define "good". I was an honor student before nursing school and now have been consistently making B's. I was really close to an A in one of my classes last module but not close enough. I am striving...

  14. Grading scale

    lainith replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in General Students

    Our lowest passing C grade is a 77%. This applies to all courses within the nursing

  15. Horrible study skills

    lainith replied to shippoRN's topic in General Students

    PS - For non-unit specific information, for those critical thinking questions on the exams (which is the majority of our exam) I swear by NCLEX-RN review cards and books. We use these a LOT in study...

  16. Horrible study skills

    lainith replied to shippoRN's topic in General Students

    I have a couple of really simple tips that can help you maximize your study time. First of all, the best thing to do is study in the environment that is going to be most conducive to your studying....

  17. My clinical instructor infuriates me!!

    lainith replied to jenawade25's topic in General Students

    I have seen this problem with girls that are in my class who have different instructors than I do for clinical. All I could tell them was that now would be a good time to grow a backbone and stand up...

  18. I'm so new to this.

    lainith replied to tripletrouble03's topic in General Students

    Hey! Good job on beginning to learn the basics right away! Taking classes while you're in HS will be helpful. If you haven't yet and the class is offered where you are, try taking an Anatomy or...

  19. Is anyone else thrilled???

    lainith replied to DroogieRN's topic in General Students

    Now that the initial completely-stressed-out-beyond-belief-and-ready-to-quit-because-I-can't-deal-with-this-much-at-once feeling of my first week of clinical is past... I'm happy again. :) I'm very...

  20. allnurses exhibiting at NSNA Student conference - Reno, NV Nov13-16

    lainith replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Wish I was going but our instructor decided that if we did not attend the IA conference, we were not going to be able to go to this one. I didn't want to go and miss my first day of clinicals, so I...

  21. is she RN???

    lainith replied to laura06baby's topic in General Students

    Honestly, I am proud to tell people that I'm a Nursing Student. I get so many pats on the back, congratulations, and positive remarks when people ask what I am going to school for and I tell them to...

  22. is she RN???

    lainith replied to laura06baby's topic in General Students

    Because they are insecure about their actual position or title? I have had more than a handful of people tell me that they are RNs and I was later quite surprised to find out that they were either...

  23. Are you allowed to use voice recorder during lecture?

    lainith replied to Lajimolala's topic in General Students

    In our nursing courses, no. And if we bring laptops into class, we have to sign something that says that we will not use it to record lectures. We spend a fair amount of time talking about past and...

  24. Quick question (I hope!)

    lainith posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have to fill out some information about diagnostic tests and procedures as part of my paperwork for my clinical rotation. One thing that my instructor wants to know is the nursing responsibilities...

  25. Quick question (I hope!)

    lainith replied to lainith's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks so much! :) I totally forgot about instructing the pt when to return for reading the skin test.