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  1. Please help - should I just quit Nursing school?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo posted a topic in General Students

    I am very depressed and feeling like quitting my nursing. My grades are good, it is my clinical experiences that are not going well. I am in my 2nd semester and have now started 2nd semester...

  2. Do you have enough time to help yr patients?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi I'm a student and interested in psych nursing. I decided to go to a therapist myself to work out some issues before entering psych nursing - mainly social anxiety. Do you feel you have time to...

  3. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    To all except one, thank you for your supportive caring. To one in particular, you are a psychotic bully and need help, please see a counselor and take some meds. How you ever got a job teaching is...

  4. Questions Fluid Restrictions Hemodialysis

    mrs.captain.kangaroo posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hi, when dealing with a hemodialysis patient with fluid restriction of 1000-1500 ml /day, is the fluid in food consumed (esp. those w/ high water content such as fruit and vegetables) considered as...

  5. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    To my CI: 1. I understand if I am not doing a procedure correctly, you may need to step in. However, I would appreciate you doing it with courtesy as the patient was not in danger and not yelling 'let...

  6. Questions Fluid Restrictions Hemodialysis

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks for all the help. It seems pretty difficult and would require a lot of monitoring day to day with your diets and fluids. 25 years! I didn't think anyone could survive much longer than 5-10...

  7. Do you have enough time to help yr patients?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for all the replies. My therapist is a PhD in psych so I would bet he doesn't have the same experience a medical person such as an RN or LPN would have. I'll ask him

  8. Are You Being Bullied in the Classroom

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to Jayfa's topic in General Students

    I was bullied in clinicals last semester by a fellow clinical classmate. Both she and I are older students, the younger students were great and a lot more mature. She was always full of put downs...

  9. Did anyone quit smoking when they stated nursing school?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to misserella8036's topic in General Students

    That's great that you are quitting. Doing it before nursing school is good because I have several classmates who are smokers and did not quit before nursing school and they are having a hard time...

  10. Do you have enough time to help yr patients?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in Psychiatric

    Hi thanks for the answers. Now I have a question or two: 1. What is a tech, is that a CNA? 2. Is an NA a nursing assistant, like a CNA? Do they have specialized education for psych? And what...

  11. Please help - should I just quit Nursing school?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in General Students

    Hi thanks. I guess what really hurt and I don't think I mentioned it before, was that previous to the nasty comments that student made I had tutored that particular student. She had 3 tries to pass...

  12. Is nursing hereditary?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    It also may be a trait acquired by marriage! Of the older students in my class, almost all of them are married to nurses and are now choosing nursing as a second career. I have to admit I am envious...

  13. How do I not go insane during Nursing School??

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    I can definitely relate. One day at a time....I also feel very stressed and most of my classmates do also. My grade philosophy: do the best you can, figure out why you didn't get the trade you wanted...

  14. depressed.

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to kremlin's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hey I am still in my first year of nursing school and am in awe of someone who has passed nursing school! I admire you. Please don't give up on yourself. I'm sorry that families aren't more...

  15. Please help - should I just quit Nursing school?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in General Students

    Thanks to all of you for your support and suggestions. I did talk to my CI and she was receptive, it seems I was giving off 'fear vibes' so she didn't want to overburden me. I realize I am afraid...

  16. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Nursing Math

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to stuffbubby541's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Don't ya hate it when they say it is easy and it isn't for you! I tutored a fellow student who could not get an 80% in the math test after 2 attempts. I showed her the dimensional analysis technique...

  17. Guys, how should I handle this?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to jov's topic in Male Nursing Students

    We had a male professor making those kind of comments. He constantly embarrassed the male students by saying something like "Oh 'male student's name' is really going to look forward to studying...

  18. 50 out of 100 Nursing students failed program

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    We had a lot of people fail this past semester. Many of those that failed would have made terrific nurses but had a lot on them - work, family that a lot of those who passed did not. It breaks my...

  19. 50 out of 100 Nursing students failed program

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    Your instructor sounds like she has a lousy attitude but as for the extra credit....our instructors told us that the BON is very strict about letting them give any extra points for projects, etc. as...

  20. Fibromyalgia

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    Just a nursing student here...Isn't it true that a lot of health plans have a limit/won't cover 'mental illness' but do cover physical illness, thus a stress on the physical aspect of fibro.If someone...

  21. Therapy for prospective psych nurses?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks RNalby. I am kind of interested in being in therapy, to see what it is like, work out some issues and to know myself better. I did buy a book that is a Cognitive Behavior Therapy...

  22. Therapy for prospective psych nurses?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi what are your thoughts about a prospective psych nurse having therapy? I have friends who have earned degrees in counseling programs (i.e. M.S.W) and they were required to undergo psychotherapy as...

  23. Self Doubt

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to Balder_LPN's topic in Psychiatric

    Hey Balder, PyschNWB made a great reply. I would just add that I have had a close friend commit suicide, which is one of the impetuses for me to choose psych. I was a good friend to that person but...

  24. Therapy for prospective psych nurses?

    mrs.captain.kangaroo replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks PsychNurseWannaBe. I thought maybe therapy would be helpful if a patient was creating a reaction in the nurse maybe out of proportion to the situation so the nurse could id what exactly was...

  25. Question on non-fasting blood glucose

    mrs.captain.kangaroo posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi I am a nursing student in clinicals. Have a diabetic patient (long-standing diabetes mellitus and patient is over age 60, with many health problems from the diabetes ) whose non-fasting blood...