stressedgirl86

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1. Who hasn't inserted a foley or NG tube yet?

   stressedgirl86 replied to Bonny619's topic in General Students

   I finished my 3rd semester of nursing school out of 6 but did all my med-surg rotations and didnt think i would get a chance to do any of these things. On the last day of my summer extern i got to put in a NG tube for the first time and it was so ex...

2. Bed and Bath for all patients

   stressedgirl86 replied to ibmaryann's topic in General Students

   My first and second semester we do total care, so we do all the bed baths and linen changes. During our third semester once we get up to three pts each we dont have to do it any more. But like everybody says it is a good time to do a good skin chec...

3. For those that have started school already?

   stressedgirl86 replied to RNIAM's topic in General Students

   I totally agree. The first coupl of semesters of nursing school I was really nervous and stressed out all the time. I remember the first week of nursing school we had tow test on abbreviations and drug calculations where we could only miss a couple...

4. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

   stressedgirl86 replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

   Hi all!!! I'm 20, almost 21 and am at San Diego State University and going into my 4th semester in a 6 semester program. Im a nurse extern right now and loving every minute of it. Not really excited for next sem but hopefully it wont be that bad. ...

5. How do you learn to give injections?

   stressedgirl86 replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Students

   We practiced on chicken thighs during our campus labs. When it was time for clinical days I was so scared to give a shot especially giving my first IM. My instructor had to force my hand into my pt because I couldnt get through the skin the first t...