Mineee45

Study the ATI practice books.. trust me a lot of the answers are in them. Good luck!!!

yes renting texts work

Miss more then 2 days, they fail you regardless of the reason. But thats only "certain" people. I seen some miss 6-7 days and pass.

For a saline cap face down? Now your out of how much thousands of dollars.. and have to wait how long -a year? Horrible. oh yea.. i remember "failing" a lab because i didn't draw the curtain 100% of the whole way... i guess next they would say I walked in lab and say I failed because my shoes laces weren't all the way tied. After that I lost respect for the whole thing. Couldn't take much of it serious after that. I wish you luck

for some reason the laptop thing doesnt work for me

I think the people who are attacking the OP and others who support the OP, took it personal because it struck a nerve to them. The OP and summer weren't insulting or attacking anyone, but the people who took it personal, starting personally attacking specific members(such as nurse and FL did). I don't post on this forum to often(I lurk a lot) and trust me the way the OP, summer, and others feel isn't unique and there are many others who can totally identify with them.

the math is not that bad

So why is physically assaulting a correctional officer in lets say corrections or jail a felony....but attacking the nurse in the same environment apart of the job?

YES!!!

I see feelings in this thread in which women are saying "they don't like working with women, i want to work with just men". Or "Women are just like that." Men and WOMEN say women get to "emotional", "irrational". I even see the term "hoes" on this thread already. (by the way- i always chuckle on the phase bros and hoes.. kinda funny how man are called bros.a united, brotherhood term while women are coined a sexist degrading objectifying term) When asked the question why do women treat other women so bad, the answer is always that's how women are. Come on?! See thats the problem. No one can seem to dig deeper and ask WHY and why do THEY feel that way themselves? They are actually still reinforcing and contributing to the problem without even knowing it. Nursing is historically a very sexist profession. It was one of the few careers women had in the past as a job to pick from and were shut out from MANY other positions. So why when were are talking about behaviors and problems within the nursing profession no one is talking about the real root of the problem and the primary gender who make it up? If we are talking about the way women on a whole treat each other we are talking about internalized sexism. This is the base of the problem and not only in nurses but in women on a whole period. This type of behavior is learned and reinforced by a oppressive patriarch system. See- Once you understand and research internalized sexism and the effects it has on women and how and why they treat each other it makes it very clear. Its not the women that are the problem, its the effects of external sexism they have internalized that is the problem. The sad part about it is, even though most will deny it to the day they die, women still actively participate in sexism and keep it a on going structure whether they realize it or not. Since this is a nursing board, and we are talking about the nursing "profession" the only way to truly change and understand why women treat each other they way they do and ALLOW themselves to be treated in this abusive "profession" is WOMEN really need to change themselves psychologically. When they do they will stop protecting patriarchy and stop giving power to these sexist oppressive systems. If we are talking about passive aggressive behavior in nurses, doesn't it make sense that the majority of the women who make up this field are like that because it is taught that women should NOT be assertive? I wonder where they learned and internalized this sexist behavior from? Men can be upfront and verbally aggressive, though? the only way to change the actions, attitudes, problems within the profession the PEOPLE in it have to CHANGE. The people make the profession.

WOW! I seen the same thing happen in clinical to a student in my group.HE just SNATCHED the chart out her hands, and TOSSED it on the bed near her after he was done! .

Your new, your learning no one is born with anything. Everyone started where you are starting. If you remember that you'll go along way.

I know this all to well. I seen it happen to so many people around me

I say cheapest is the better option. Community college.

i had a backround check done.... never a drug test.

All I can say is good luck and try not to beat yourself up about it

I gained weight when I first start, but now since im almost done I'm losing all the weight plus more. It seemed like to me as if most of the class gained weight.

This next semester will my last and final in nursing school. I'm also looking into medical school, but I have other options im looking into as well.

If anyone wants information on how to report or file complaints against racism(such as racial harassment and discrimination etc..) in your school(nursing school) . Shoot me a private message. Know and research your rights. I myself have had experience with this first hand and its illegal and you don't have to take it. This isn't even in the education environments but also work environments. These types of "practices" shouldn't be tolerated. Good luck to all

I have a doctorate in another field that at this point I would love to go back to. I feel like a naive smuck. I have had lots of different teachers. My program was multidisciplinary and I took a full semester that was the same as the medical students and a full semster same as the dental students as well as other department. So I am very familiar with profs that are hard, cranky, eccentric, highly competitive, mentally ill. estly, I can handle difficult but no interest in being emotionally abused. The way the nursing depts are different is that in other depts this abusive type of behavior by an instructor is looked down on and tolerated mainly because a person has tenure or is bringing in lots of grant money. If the person is kept on they tend to try to keep this person from doing major damage ot the students and in fact usually try to get rid of the person. Nurses are also different as that this type of behavior is looked on as ok and a rite of passage by many. And of course I see especially the "seasoned nurses" talking about younger ones just "not being able to handle it". I got news for you. What you are "handling" is emotional abuse that you have been taught to tolerate. All of you out there tolerating this abuse are like crabs in a barrel trying to pull down everyone else that does not want to tolerate it. Yesterday I heard a student at the local high school was being arreste for punching a teacher. I have seen/heard one two many times that this is just something that happens if you are a nurse and you have to buck it up. I had high hopes for this professional change and combining it with what I already have but am just about to throw in the towel and declare it a lost cause. Not because there are not good people out there in this field. But because as a majorly codependent person who has worked hard for my recovery and never wants to be in an abusive relationship again I am very attuned to emotional abuse and that what you all are describing here over and over and over. I do not wish to be trained to take it again or as I hear it put here. On this site I almost laugh when I see the very smug "some people just arent cut out for nursing" in the context that the person that is writing this is somehow superior. The main problem with nursing is nurses no matter how you cut it. People that need to be martyrs generally have ver low self esteem and I believe nursing attracts people with low self esteem in droves. This is also the reason so many are so mean to each other, people with low self esteem try to get pumped up from outside sources and the best way to do that is by putting another person down. By the way I had a dream of being a nurse when I was young that I went out and pursued as an older person. I have seen here people saying that there is an idea that once someone is no longer codependent they no longer want to be a nurse. Maybe that is me. I am pretty much at the point where I am just going to pay off my loans. Once that is over I will og to work every day with a smile on my face even if I am shovelin' poo knowing that my daily interactions will not be spent with a bunch of mean nurses who hate themselves and want to take it out on me cause I dont. I know lots of you are wonderful people and I am sorry you are having to train yourselves to be treated ike nothing just to keep a job. I unfortunately have joined your ranks but hope my sentence will not be too long. If you knew me in person you would know that I love people and have always tried to help in any way I can and will continue to do so. Perhaps just not in a field where I have to feel selfish for taking care of myself. misplaced1- I wish I could give you a STANDING OVATION FOR THIS!! I could have not said it any more perfectly!!

I'm not graduating in may or june. I have longer then that. Nursing isn't for me. I can find a decent job outside of nursing where I can be treated with respect,use my skills, don't have to worry about my health and get paid my worth. No job is perfect and everyone has their bad days but this to me is of a different kind. Good luck to all:specs:

I really needed to read this today. I myself I'm a nursing student who doesn't have to much longer until I graduate. I worked very hard to get to this point...infact years to get into nursing school with taking pre-reqs, and getting accepted. I myself never thought it was going to be like this. I've been debating on whether or not to leave nursing and nursing school behind and after reading this I will follow my gut feeling and just leave instead of forcing it like i've been doing for a while now. I've never been so miserable and worked so hard in my life. I worked retail for years during breaks from school, and I got treated better there. Its amazing that im leaving before I even start. I think I just see the reality of it, while a lot of my fellow nursing students are still so naive and delusional about it all. In clinicals in the hospital I never been treated with so much disrespect. I'm only there twice a week for 5 hours. I just can't imagine being there for 12 hours 3x a week with full responsiblity- I'd be wornout and miserable before I even reached 1 or 2 months. Just thank you, its so good to hear that I'm not the only one who is feeling like this. Reading this gave me the extra push I need to just leave and go back and finish my previous major.

wow, i feel the same exact way you do in almost the same exact situation! Its like your reading my mind. I'm also a student nurse and im almost half done my ADN program. I actually thought about quitting to and some days I still go back and forth on whether i want to do this to myself.

Does anyone know if they are still hiring nursing student externs for the summer, or where I could find info on it?

didn't realize there were LPN programs in the wilmington area