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It sounds like a really interesting job...and right now a job is a job, experience is experience. You may really like it. I would take it!

Take a CNA class...It will help you figure out if you can handle seeing (and bathing) naked people and all of their parts. Classes don't take too long and you won't have a lot of time or money invested if you can't handle it. Foley Catheters used to ...

Daytonite has it covered...but to answer your question about R 32. It means respirations are 32 a minute. You will need to know this because it is an abnormal finding.

For finals I went over all my notes and power points for the semester; any time I didn't remember something clearly I reviewed it in detail (wikipedia usually gives simple explanations). I focused mainly on very early tests, because the most recent t...

At my school there isn't any additional math classes, but you will use math a lot in pharmacology. We also have math quizes every semester before we go to clinical (need to be able to pass meds safely), and pharm questions on regular nursing tests. I...

I think it is great you have your life together at this age and know what you what to do with it! Nursing school has people of many ages- you are all in the same boat of class assignments and workload. Maybe she is just a bitter person.

I think you aren't going to be able to make a rational decision until you get your anxiety under control. You should seek medical help/medication to get this under control. Lots of students have anxiety disorders and they exacerbate with the stress o...

I am glad you are being proactive...hopefully you have enough time to turn this semester around. Good Luck.

I found OB tests to be pretty straight forward also. Read, review your notes and do practice NCLEX OB questions. Have a little confidence! Your study group didn't make you pass last semester...you did. Just study, during the test don't get nervous an...

You need to get it together! You are going to lose a great opportunity because lack of focus. You need to make a weekly schedule with time in it to study and read EVERYDAY. You need to make an appointment with your individual instructors when you fai...

If this is first semester I think that the nurse is expecting a lot from you. By second and third semester at my school you are supposed to know the thirty plus meds for your patient, and mechanism of action, side effects, why the patient is getting ...

Your instructor wants you to work on time management and prioritizing. You only had one patient and you should be able to provide care to them; even if they are total care patients. Go into clinical early, verify your patient doesn't have any new ord...

Why don't you just send out a petition like your instructor suggested? That should be easy enough to send out during lecture or pass around during clinical, and if you have a large number of people signing the petition it makes a lot bigger impact th...

In the big scheme of things a few months will not make a difference. You need to focus on school, your last semester and studying for the NCLEX. A secure job will make a great deal of difference in the stability of early marriage. Wait until after gr...

I am in fourth semester now. I think third semester really helped me start putting things together. Care plans and concept maps started making sense. Lab values started indicating things. Everything started to click. I am still not always confident- ...

I have never had that problem. At the hospitals I do clinicals at there are separate gauze and saline. There isn't a kit. (Not every one has the same size wound). So you open the gauze packet and pour the saline into the gauze packet...it becomes you...

"To encounter hospital based experiences and work with professional nurses and the interdisciplinary team to increase my knowledge base and education through an internship program." That is what I put as my objective on my resume. I went to an intern...

Maybe you should have a soul searching day...it is a new year and time to focus on your future. Maybe nursing isn't for you. Why did you want to become a nurse? Is it something you have always wanted to do? Did your mom or family tell you that you sh...

I have found when you get into more advanced clinical classes your instructor will not accept this is a "calcium channel blocker". You will have to explain how a calcium channel blocker works; patients can have a lot of medicines...after explaining ...

I have grandmothers and recent high school graduates in my RN class. Everyone gets along and is respectful to each other- in general the older students get better grades. They have more focus, drive, have better time management skills and life experi...

I would be straight up in private and say- "You are coming across as a know it all- I find it unhelpful and annoying. I think it probably rubs other people the wrong way also." Maybe the guy just isn't self aware. Maybe this heads up will let him kno...

Why not consider getting your RN from the community college? You can complete your BSN online without having to go away to college. If you don't want to do RN right away you can do LPN, then Bridge to RN and then online BSN. At my Community College ...

I am currently in third semester at Forsyth Tech in the ADN program. I really loved first semester especially Ms. Martin (lead instructor) and Ms. Britt. They really care about the students and want to help you learn. My main recommendation for you i...