chuckz

chuckz BSN, RN

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  1. Down and out and dreading going back to school...Why???

    chuckz replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

    try2...I am in the same boat. I did well and I only have 2 semesters to go, yet I am really dreading going back in 5 weeks. The summer wasn't long enough. I guess I don't want to do the work right...

  2. Questions from a very lost potential Nursing student..

    chuckz replied to Mayelin's topic in General Students

    The only thing you can do is apply and work your butt off. Apply to as many schools as you can and get on the waiting lists if need be. You are young and you do have time, but be a go-getter. IF...

  3. omg some one help meee :'( time to cry

    chuckz replied to chachada1's topic in General Students

    To be honest, worry about it when the time presents itself in school and then in the clinical/work setting. Worrying about something you don't have to do yet is just going to cause you great pressure...

  4. Do nursing student feel like they may fail EVERYDAY ?

    chuckz replied to LeesG's topic in General Students

    I used to feel a ton of pressure (I am in Term III now), but now I think I am kind of numb to it. I prepare for tests, realize that I am going to have to cram some information in due to having a high...

  5. Pharmacology Class

    chuckz replied to lilcajun's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That Lehne book is amazing. By far the best book I have had in nursing school. Seriously, the secret to pharm is UNDERSTANDING the MOA and what the drug is doing. I didn't memorize at all. It's all...

  6. WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    chuckz replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    Congrats on getting in. I remember that feeling. You should be proud of yourself. That being said, you asked what you can do to prepare? First, a lot of nursing students in your class are going to...

  7. How to study for nursing exams?

    chuckz replied to Tamch's topic in General Students

    I can't memorize anything. I need to understand why and how and then I can fit things together. I don't think I have memorized that much info really, but I think I understand info better. This leads...

  8. What are your study habits?

    chuckz replied to TexasNurse2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am fortunate as my wife is more than willing to help out watching my 3 year old. The hardest part for me is the time I spend away from him. As for studying, like the above person said, you have to...

  9. Current Autoworker looking to Transistion into Nuring

    chuckz replied to FreshStart5574's topic in General Nursing

    Which plant did you work at freshstart? I worked at MTP of Ford for 12 years and took the educational buyout in 2006. It was the best decision I have ever made. We are struggling, but my wife, son...

  10. i feel lost and confused...=\

    chuckz replied to hTx87's topic in General Students

    The best advise I can give for clinical is like the above said, get your hands dirty. Seek out the hardest patients and do anything you can. Fake it till you make it. Listen to heart sounds even...

  11. ICU advice please! Nursing student applying as an ICU tech

    chuckz replied to jla623's topic in MICU, SICU

    I think what happened was they never allowed techs in my ICU before. I pestered and pestered until they relented. I don't think they know what my role is so I am kind of defining my role. I told...

  12. ICU advice please! Nursing student applying as an ICU tech

    chuckz replied to jla623's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work as a tech in the ICU now. It is an amazing learning experience and I always seem to do something I have never done. I do assessments, chart, skills such as foleys and picc line dressing...

  13. Need your support guys.........I Feel like a real pansy!!

    chuckz replied to malestudentnurse's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Being a dude, I understand that dilemma. I have to tell you, I have walked away from a couple of fights due to not wanting to lose my license. I have a new rule that as long as somebody does not...

  14. What the heck do these people think?

    chuckz replied to imn2nursin's topic in General Students

    To me, it's not tough, it's just time consuming. I love path and pharm and all the science classes. That comes pretty easy to me. What I find difficult is all the papers, the group projects, the...

  15. Question for Any of You That Have Switched Careers to Nursing?

    chuckz replied to PhilaGuy's topic in Men in Nursing

    I worked on an assembly line for 12 years. I took the educational buyout and am now 2 semesters away from my BSN. It is hard for my wife and son, but they are both supportive. I don't look back....

  16. Venting about Leadership class

    chuckz replied to mercedesbattista's topic in General Students

    To be honest, that is my biggest fear. I am not motivated to study for my community or family class at all. I just would rather by studying pharm or even psyche or OB. I have to force myself to...

  17. Little things that keep you motivated

    chuckz replied to tfleuter's topic in General Students

    The time I spend away from my little boy studying makes me not want to waste one second of it. I am doing EVRYTHING to give him a better

  18. Bad at retaining info

    chuckz replied to 2bJoshRN9788's topic in General Students

    I can't memorize a damn thing to be honest. Like some above have said, I have to know how something works to retain the information. Anybody can put in a catheter, but learning why it is put in a...

  19. Where Do Nursing Students Work?

    chuckz replied to Dottie78's topic in General Students

    I work as a tech in an ICU. They are more than willing to accommodate my times for school and let me work 12 hour days 2x a week to make some money. I also student teach at my University and it...

  20. really scared of my pt tomorrow

    chuckz replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    You know what's funny? Sometimes you will see the rundown on a patient, think they must look like living death, walk into their room and see them up and about...ambulating themselves. Everybody is...

  21. Preceptorship!!! What area? Recovery (PACU)

    chuckz replied to gcupid's topic in General Students

    I am in my 2nd term and I also work as a tech in the PACU as well as the ICU. Honestly, I love it the PACU. You see patients for maybe an hour, don't have to clean up messes due to them not eating...

  22. Do You Outline Chapters?

    chuckz replied to missjennmb's topic in General Students

    You know, I used to do that and found out that I wasted valuable time. My secret is "Read to learn." Anybody can read and skim through stuff to just get done, but when you read to learn...really...

  23. I bought my Syllabus yesterday !

    chuckz replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Take it week by week. Try not to look ahead and stress over something that is due 4 weeks from now. You will go crazy if you do that. Week by

  24. Which Medical Dictionary?

    chuckz replied to SAHMStudent's topic in General Students

    Taber's is the best in my opinion. I used it all semester long term

  25. Going to the Gym

    chuckz replied to medgirlRN's topic in General Students

    I am a former bodybuilder/powerlifter of over 20 years. I competed in both and felt good. The last semester, which was my first semester of the nursing program, I didn't work out at all. My...