Nrsstudent09 replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students
I feel the same way. I am graduating in May and I can't wait to get there. This year is just so exausting so far. I have OB, Nursing Concepts, Care of the Community, Medi-eval literature and Critical...
So I had titers drawn for my Hep B in july. Nursing school student health nurse calls today and says my immunity for Hep B isn't high enough. I was told to get the series over again, I had it done in...
Hi all I am in my Peds clinical rotation and I have to say it's not what I thought it was going to be. We are currently assigned one patient and we are only allowed to do PO meds, no iv care, no iv...
Nrsstudent09 replied to Nrsstudent09's topic in Pediatric
Hey everyone, Thanks so much for your suggestions, they were very helpful. In the end I ended up loving peds. It confirmed that this is where I want to go when I graduate in May of 2009. :lol2:I...
I am taking a research class for my BSN and the questions are as follows: 1) What role do you believe nursing research plays in improving the care nurses give to patients? 2) How have you applied...
Nrsstudent09 replied to godbless-yute's topic in General Nursing
I would pull all the sides up around the the IV and then after it is only stuck to the IV pull the IV out. As a note: My first patient in clinical ever was a cardiac nurse who was in with a broken...
1. Stop coming to test sessions 20-30 minutes late. You are a distraction to me and everyone else. 2. Don't say our school needs to be more tolerant that you're a foreign student. You need to learn...
I just had my head to toe assessment in my Health Assessment Class. If you go onto youtube and type in head to toe assessment it will bring up a 6 part video of everything. It was very helpful for my...
I have the same problem as you. My little sister got stiches over the summer in her lip and i pretty much saw black and had to sit down. I was very worried about going to clinical and having the same...
I am an EMT-B and I am also going to be a senior nursing student. I found it very helpful to have the outside experience for nursing school. It gives me a chance to practice assessment skills on a...
Nrsstudent09 replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing
As both an EMT and a nursing student I have been told to not take pulse ox on arm that I am taking the Blood Pressure in, unless they are being done at separate times. People always seem to forget...
Nrsstudent09 replied to onduty23's topic in Emergency
i actually just went over this last night. you can put a think strip of it on the gum line between the lower lip and gums and it would be almost a sub lingual type of dosing. you wouldn't want to give...
Has anyone else had this stupid terrible stomach flu?? It's run through my campus and i've caught it unfortunatly and I feel so on my death bed. Anyone else had it?? How long did it last?? Any ideas...
Nrsstudent09 replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing
I don't know if I would marry a doctor per say, but I don't think I could marry someone who isn't in the medical field. I'm an EMT currently and my bf is an EMT/Navy Corpsman and it is much easier...
I didn't think fundamentals was bad. Try to study with a group of people, quiz each other on anything that may be a potential test question. Try to do the questions at the end of the chapter and make...
Nrsstudent09 replied to MK6babies's topic in General Nursing
If your heart is truely set on becoming a nurse then do not let anything get in the way of that dream. Work hard for it and it can happen. If you worry about getting into a big college try. The worst...
I would not worry about it. All of my science grades were C's and so far in nursing classes I have nothing less than an 89. Just keep pushing yourself and you'll be