EowynRN

I got mine without a deity - but I got the good popup too, and passed today. Hard work and studying also doesn't fail! :yelclap:

I passed! woot! and the good popup worked yesterday. Also I got 22/75 SATA - and yes it does matter. The more you get, the higher level question you are answering.

It's their responsibility - otherwise it's HIPPA. If you saw a ex-HIV patient on the street with a partner, would you walk up and say something? Nope, because it's a HIPPA violation. At least you know that if that patient is on treatment and using protection, the risk of transmission is very low.

You sound way more enthusiastic than me on my first clincial - I was just scared. I had to do deep breathing exercises before I went in and said hi to the patient. I would say just relax, make sure you take care of your patient first. The nice thing about being a student is you have time to spend with one patient, so they get the extra care and company since so many people lack support in the hospital setting. For instance, just being present and not rushing (like someone who has a long to-do list) probably went a long way with the patient you had to feed. So just relax, you sound like you're doing great, and focus on your patient and ask your RN if you can support her when you have free time.

Yeah, I agree. I had to argue tooth and nail to have my pit stopped with baby #2 once I was in active labor, and they still refused. I finally gave up as it got so painful. I'm just going back (to only 6 months ago) and still wondering where my right to deny my medication went. It definitely was not needed at that point. ugh. My other favorite was having to be on the monitor 24/7 during cervadil when nothing was happening. Having my babies at the hospital always leaves me feeling like a prisoner. Granted I have to since I'm high risk, but still - my babies come out just fine, it's the pregnancy that's a problem.

I just took mine today and had 22/75 SATA and I got the good popup. Only very few med questions, so hope I passed.

I got the good popup!!!! I think this means I pass - I mean I know it does, but I can't believe it yet. That test was sooooooo hard.

So just to clarify mine says ready for delivery int he little corner, and I can't do this until it says delivery is successful? I live 10 min from my testing center and I just got done. holy cow that was a crazy test. 22 SATA out of 75

Ahh, the problem with posting things on the interwebs. No matter how well you try to explain things, you leave out info, and then come back to 20 nurses who all wonder what the heck is going on. With the added information, yes definitely a strange situation. I'm sorry you had to deal with it.

Yikes. Did you just say "gay looking" and you're going to be a nurse? 1. Nurses need to be more PC than that. 2. Let's be honest, if you're worrying about looking gay, you probably shouldn't be a nurse. You need to be more comfortable in your sexuality than worrying about a color choice. 3. A white top for a man is a lot less of a problem than a white pant for a woman. just sayin...

I have little experience with death and dying, but this seems within the realm of normal to me. If my husband were dying, I would want to give him as much physical contact as possible. I might not go to that level, but I would definitely try to cuddle, caress, and let him know that he's not alone. Also, I have no idea how I would act if it came on suddenly from an injury. I think as nurses it's our job to evaluate how we feel about the situation, and understand that others might react in a different way. If her behaviors did not actually injur him, I don't understand why you would go to such lenghts (raising the bed-isn't that a safety issue in itself?) to keep her away. You should probably reexamine how you feel about death/dying and the coping process, and think of ways that you can support a family member in their coping process instead of hindering it.

General rule of thumb is 60% or higher on tests 6 and 7 according to my kaplan instructor. I got 63% on test7 yesterday and I take my NCLEX tomorrow - currently freaking out.

Now I'm feeling more disheartened - I was hoping other people were doing worse with 4 and 5 too. I feel like I do better at the overall application questions, so hopefully I do better on 6 and 7 (taking Friday and Sat - all in one setting to get used to the length). my tests in order of completion are Trainer 1 : 65 Trainer 2: 52 Diagnostic: 61 Trainer 3: 54 (took kaplan course here) Readiness: 66 Trainer 4: 57 Trainer 5:56 I know my readiness score was good, but then I've done so awful since. I hate this. Taking the NCLEX on the 13th and just want to pass and be done. Does anyone want to give me any general reassurance and tell me I'm going to be ok? ahhhh

Zookeeper - ITA. I'm wondering if people who only celebrate Christmas bring stuff on Hanukkah for their Jewish patients? And how awkward for the atheist patients (16% of the US is atheist). Maybe you could check charts and see religious preferences, but it seems too complicated and unfair. I would just wish someone a Merry Christmas if I knew they celebrated when I was on my shift, and do my best to help them get better as soon as possible.

I'm not sure what you expect. First, I doubt they actually "yelled" at you, so I'm going to assume you exaggerate a bit anyway. Second, I just looked at your thread history and the thread you started just before this one was completely blasting your nursing program on a public forum. Now if I were an instructor, and I liked message boards, I would probably look at my local nursing message board and I would for sure read any threads pertaining to the program I teach. So, I wouldn't consider it stalking, especially since you put personal information right in your thread. How could she not know who the offending person was? Had I seen that thread, I probably also would have asked to talk to you and told you that your online behavior in a public forum saying negative things about our program is inappropriate, I would ask you to stop, and that if you have any concerns in the future that you talk to your nursing instructors as opposed to posting it on the internet. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

I'm an Atheist myself (sometimes agnostic to be honest), and I would apply for the job in a tight market. I wouldn't go around wearing my religious beliefs on my sleeve because that's just unprofessional no matter where you work. I would be honest that I wouldn't participate in prayer, and have to be honest with myself if a lot of it bothered me. If it was so much that they prayed at every morning meeting to a specific god, I probably wouldn't like the job so much, but I might be able to handle it for a few years. That being said, I would handle the interview process and religious questions as you would at any hospital. "If the patient's religious beliefs and mine don't mesh, and they ask me to pray WITH them, I would call chaplin services, make sure their religious needs are met, etc."

You've been in the childbirth industry for 23 years and this is your first run in with a VBAC after 2 c-sections? That's really surprising! It really doesn't matter what other experiences are because like PP said, it depends on location and doctor. You will have completely different experiences depending on the situation. Is it possible? yes. Is it common? no. If she doesn't have the right doctor and you already know that, well you have our answer.

Are you a member at the childbirth collective? There are a ton of doulas there that would probably be able to give you better advice. That being said, remember you should always go with your instincts when doulaing. If you don't feel comfortable with the client and situation, you shouldn't do it. There are a few docs around here that would do VBACs after 2 c-sections and tons of homebirth midwives that will do it. It's out there and it's very doable if that's what the patient wants to do.

I'd have to strongly agree with this. Quoting the bible as evidence when most of it (new testament at least) was written 100+ years after Jesus of Nazareth died like saying The Odyssey is evidence. In a field as scientific as nursing, even with respect to holistic practices you can't call the bible evidence...especially since it's one of the smaller of the major religions of the world.

Whether it works or not is really subjective, and you will never find a scientific rationale for prayer healing unless you can link it to lowered bp, etc. Either way, it can never be implemented as a main nursing intervention because that's on the road to forcing those of us who are atheist or agnostic into doing things we aren't comfortable with. I will never pray with a patient, not because I don't respect their prayers, but because I'm not going to disrespect them by doing something I don't believe in. If a nurse is religious and a patient asks for prayer, then it's always going to be welcome and by situation may be appropriate, but to put it down as an actual intervention with scientific rational for making the patient better won't happen because forcing prayer or bringing it the forefront can walk the thin line of appropriate behavior for a nurse so making it a stated intervention is just a liability. It might help the patient's psyche, but it's too much of a controversy to look into it as a real nursing intervention that all nurses should implement.

I wouldn't worry too much. You might be trying too hard, and just personality wise you might come off as really high strung/needy when you do that (I know I do). The best thing you can do is relax and not worry about it too much. The more you worry, the more you come off as kinda needy and it does throw people off in life. ...i know. Just try to be yourself, do your work best you can, and be friendly when asking people to work together. Don't worry too much about people using you for your work. They probably aren't, and you are just reading into that. It's kinda that whole self fulfilling prophecy thing. Also, Cliques can be mean, but they can also be good...but you aren't going to avoid them by not going to nursing school. I mean there are even cliques in nursing homes...and those people are 80 years old. Just remember some cliques are groups of friends who have built trust in each other...maybe by having other classes together, or through shared experiences so you can't except to be right in with them right away. It takes time. Hang in there, and just try to be open, CONFIDENT, and non-judgmental. It will be ok :)

I would focus on respiratory problems as that is the biggest problem with c-section babies. Also, possible underdevelopment problems. A lot of moms now are having scheduled c-sections at 38-39 weeks when the baby isn't necessarily ready to be born. That's why you get lots of respiratory problems. An early baby could also have a latching problem with breastfeeding, although I'm not sure what the nursing diagnosis would be on that on as I'm a very new student.

The truth of the matter is, that even though NHCC says it's a 2 year program, it's not. It's a 4-5 year program, because as Matt says, you have to have pre-reqs done to be accepted and it takes at least 1.5 years to get the biology pre-reqs done to get accepted for a normal person. ...and I would not suggest taking more than one of those bio courses at the same time if you are working at least. The LPN program at Hennepin Tech is I think a strait program, so there's one of the waiting to get accepted drama like with the RN program, and it's much easier. That being said, there are more benefits (and responsibilities) if that's what you want that come with being an RN. It really depends on what you want to do with your life. I'm thinking now I may want to be a CNM, and to do that I have to get a bachelor's before I go any further after my ADN. So you just have to ask yourself what level you think you ultimately want to be at, and make a decision from there. Good luck!

I just got my acceptance letter yesterday for North Hennepin for the fall. Did anyone else get theirs? I'm so excited!! I'm doing the night/weekend program. Who's with me?

Jessica, is that you? I'm just guessing from the 3 preemie mom name. This is Erica. That test was awful. There are 2 girls that sit on my side of the room who both have mid-90's averages and got C's on that test.