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Thanks for that link ZellRN!! I also have an interview tomorrow and am so nervous! Trying to calm down by doing a little deep breathing....don't feel prepared! But I'm working on that this evening! Wish me luck.....

Hi All! Really appreciate all the great advice on resumes and cover letters! Now I don't feel like the only one with these kinds of challenges (6 mos post NCLEX, Stay @ home mom for 16 yrs, new grad)! Wish me luck... Will post if I come across further good advice.

When I first started reading this I had the opinion, "No way!, get off the bed"! But you have changed my mind a little. I still have the opinion that we must advocate for the patient, the one who needs rest and won't say "I'm tired, sick and need rest, go home or sit in a chair." We must keep in mind they are there to get well, there's plenty of time for cuddling after discharge!

I know as students we are hesitant to say or do the wrong thing, but I really think you should have stepped into the room and offered her help or offered to watch over things while she took a break. People have a way of cleaning up their act if they think someone will tell on them or caught them doing wrong. Next time, step up! That child could have brain damage and no one would ever know how it happened. Be confident enough to right the wrong if you can. What's the worse that could happen??

Hi there, I am a student nurse and this subject came up this past Friday. It was explained that Bumex was given when high doses of Furosemide were not working.

The best advice: Watch that nurse and if she is agreeable, try to ask any and all questions you can think of. I had some very good "teaching nurses" and I learned amazing amounts from them. I did have one professor that pulled meds with us then said, "go do it"! That was scary! Try to be where things are happening. For example, if you hear of a complicated dressing change, ask to observe. When you see a nurse with meds, equipment ask if you can watch. And then really watch! Good luck!

I am reviewing the things we blew through last semester that I really didn't GET! Endocrine, Cardiac, practicing Dosage Calc. I'm trying to organize my house because I know that September is coming..................I'm already nervous. One way to remind myself to study is leave my books on my dining room table--the place I spent that last 7 months studying!

Hi All, I am going to be 49 shortly and have to admit I was intimidated by the thought that I would be the "old lady" in my class. But as i meet all of my fellow students I know now that there is quite a mix of ages! I feel that I have advantages of having heard it all and experience of just living life I know more than an 18 year old...........which helps unmeasurably in dealing with patients. Life experience--you can't buy it! But on the other hand--the 18 year old has the stamina! I need a nap when I get home from clinicals.

Our clinical instructor was great! She is very tiny and has trouble finding things small enough. There was this place that makes custom made scrub tops, jackets and pants to match. We chipped in to get her a gift certificate. But there is always a few sour apples in every crowd. One student said she would give me the money later -- she avoided me everytime I saw her after that. Then one just refused to chip in with no reason. She told someone later that the instuctor made more money than all of us put together. And that was the student that took ALL of the instructor's time!! But definitely don't buy anything BEFORE you get the money if you can't afford the whole thing yourself. People are funny!

I hate the floor I'm on! I hate my clinical instructor! I hate my fellow students (most)! I hate bedpans! I hate the heat! I hate isolation and all the little germs you can catch! But I'm not giving up.................. It takes an hour to get home and by that time I've had a good cry, with the window down in below zero temps, have called my best friend who just listens and I mark another day off the clinical calendar! When I'm thru with this, I can choose where I work. (And I really am getting very good with bedpans!) SO HANG IN THERE!

Do you think it may be a time thing for your instructor? Does she have 7 or 8 other students to watch while they do their assessments. We have assessments coming up this week too. I'm taking the weekend to practice on my two boys--that way I get a little time in with them too! I find that if you act confident, if you left something out they will think you did so on purpose. If they say you forgot something, reply "I'm just getting to that!" in a nice way of course.

Okay pollyanna's here's what i love about clinical: Pre-conference and post-conference. Period. Everything else in between is either boring, confusing, hurtful, or uncomfortable! Did i say boring? I can't wait to get off the floor i am on right now. I made a list of things i hate about nursing school but that is for another time. Sorry so negative -- it's been coming easy these days!

Dear MZ: You've gotten alot of very good advice here. I would try to put the whole thing behind me and just do my best the next time I went in. There is a time to talk and a time to listen...............do the listening! If your teacher is avoiding you - that's okay, then she doesn't have a chance to be mean. And when she does talk to you, listen to every thing she says, carefully. Don't be thinking of what you need to ask or of what you are going to say next.....you miss too much of what you really need to hear. Keep a notepad in your pocket and write things down after she leaves you. Isn't it dangerous to try to do something that you don't feel comfortable with doing, say so. Aren't you there to learn?? Are you expected to do something you don't know about? Do the other nursing students know it and you don't? Watch your conduct at all times. When everyone is chitchatting, get out of the huddle and go find something to do. I hope everything works out fine.