sistasoul

sistasoul

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  1. Returning to Nursing school

    sistasoul replied to nurse2btracy's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I dropped out of nursing school in Feb 05 because of stress. I am now in an Adn program and will graduate in May 08. Nursing kept calling to me. I am meant to be a nurse. You can do this. It is...

  2. Exaggerations about nursing school

    sistasoul replied to RNDreamer's topic in General Students

    Please tell me what your secret is. I spend at least 15 hours a week on pre-clinical planning for my patients and on careplans and on all the other miscellaneous paperwork that goes along with our...

  3. Exaggerations about nursing school

    sistasoul replied to RNDreamer's topic in General Students

    I never heard any horror stories about nursing school but I can tell some of my own. The first year was really hard. This second and final year does not seem to be as bad for some reason. I think some...

  4. Don't wanna always give baths, clean up feces, etc., where to work?

    sistasoul replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    i totally agree with you on this post. the poor patient. it is humiliating for them. i know it would be for me. to the original poster: if you look at the cleaning of the feces and vomit from the...

  5. CNA before RN?

    sistasoul replied to FutureRN87's topic in Nursing Career

    Hello future RN I would say go for it. I work as an aide on a cardiac floor and it really has been helpful for all of the reasons stated in the above poster. It also lets you experience the teamwork...

  6. Need as much advice as possible-considering leaving nursing program.

    sistasoul replied to ANurse2be's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, Please don't quit. It does get better. I remember the first time I had to give someone a bed bath I was terrified. I was afraid of embarrassing the patient and i felt so bad about it. Now it is...

  7. HELP !first week in nursing school overwhelming

    sistasoul replied to mused11's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, I agree with you. Nursing school is overwhelming. I remember feeling the same way as you. I could not believe the amount of reading. After a couple of weeks you will see that you will be able...

  8. What is the nicest thing a patient has ever said to you?

    sistasoul replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    These stories are all so beautiful and I am sitting here with the tears running down my face. I am not a nurse yet but work as an aide on a cardiac floor. As one patient was getting ready to be...

  9. When in schhol how long did you study eacg day?

    sistasoul replied to angieleelee's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hello all!!, This is how my week went with school in the past year. I start my second year Sept 4th. On Mondays I would go to class from 11:30 until 2:30. Before class i would study/read for 2-3 hrs....

  10. First week of nursing school and I already had my first good cry

    sistasoul replied to curlylocks29's topic in General Students

    I am starting my 3rd semester on Sept 5 of a 4 semester program. We had to do a skills assessment today and I failed 2 of the skills and performed really poorly on the Simulation of TNR with epidural....

  11. Patient Care Tech Jobs

    sistasoul replied to sru056's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hello It is true. I did not have any experience when I got hired as an LNA in the hospital I am at now. Hospitals love to hire us students. It is amazing that i am the only Aide on my floor out of all...

  12. Are most nursing students cruel?

    sistasoul replied to treeguy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In my school some of the students are definitely a little bit "mean". These are the ones who when they become nurses are the ones who give nurses a bad name and bring down morale. Some of them are...

  13. Someone gave me a knuckle SW and I'm NPO!!!

    sistasoul replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I live in NH and if I am legally able to file a battery charge against a patient who assaults me I will not hesitate (unless the patient is delerious or

  14. undecided- need opinions

    sistasoul posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hello all, I will be graduating in May 2008 with my RN. I currently work on a telemetry floor as an LNA. I was thinking of going to med surge when I graduate. Are the patients less acute on med-surge...

  15. 2-Year Nursing Students

    sistasoul replied to nurz2be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hello, I know someone who is going for their BSN. She is starting her clinicals her Sophmore year. She will have clinicals her sophmore and junior years. She will also have her behavioral health...

  16. Getting Fat in school

    sistasoul replied to ChargeNurseAmy74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This would be a great idea if there was actually time in the day to plan it. Between working, school, studying, clinical paperwork and activities of daily living (eating, showering) there really isn't...

  17. Nurses with relatives in the hospital....

    sistasoul replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with your post. I am an aide in a hospital and the family member doesn't have to announce they are a nurse but you can usually tell. You can see the comfort zone of being in a hospital...

  18. 2-Year Nursing Students

    sistasoul replied to nurz2be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hello, I am attending an ADN program. I have a year left. I feel that BSN students have just as much of a workload as ADN but it is spread over 4 years rather than two. They also get a preceptored...

  19. This is a very toxic Environment!

    sistasoul replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    that is very sad abouth the baskets. that makes me cry that people can be so mean to one another. i am an aide on a cardiac floor and plan on spreading a team attitude when i become a nurse in may of...