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Many of our things are in order and we are given a sheet of the steps and then memorize them and do them in order. With the PA it had you do things with them laying down, then standing up and then laying back down again. This is not an order I would due things in and changed it so I did everything I could with them laying down, then sitting up and lastly standing and like I said from top to bottom. For this we were allowed to change it to how it was best for us. However most things there are steps and an order that cannot be changed. It is harder when we have nurses telling us in lab this is how we test "but you'll never do it like this in the real world"

Skills labs can be stressful. I always try and do things that make sense to me. Such as for our PA exam, it had it all over the place, I made it so I would go head to toe and front to back, this put it in an order that made the most sense. Ask for help if you need it or don't understand. I know our school is putting everything onto DVD so we can watch the skills as much as we need to. Good Luck

Thank you all. I think the biggest problem is no one ever explained how we do these. Math always raises my stress level, so this is once a semester as we take a test everyone. It really really helps seeing it broken down for me.

I start OB tomorrow and the math is freaking me out. Is there anywhere out there that shows me how to figure out lbs/oz to grams and kg and also percent loss of a newborn. example is baby lost 7% of birth weight of 3648 gm. How much do they now weigh in gr, kg, lbs. This math stuff always stresses me out and this is not anything I recall learning so far. Thanks!:uhoh21:

I am in the 3rd semester of the part time program. On the average we go 2-3 nights a week. I start summer classes tomorrow and for a little while it is 4 nights a week. We have not started class prior to 4pm and some nights are there until 10pm. If you have any questions let me know.