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So I shouldn't give up then! :stone I took mine yesterday morning and I've been checking the state board site all day...I am beginning to think hope is gone...it makes me feel better that you are describing exactly how I feel and you passed.

I don't start working until the second week of June. But I am going to look at it this way. It may seem long now, but it really isn't...one year isn't that long. If you just forget about going somewhere else and focus on what you are doing, it will go much faster. Just like nursing school...it was SOOO stressful, but if you focused instead of counting down days, it went a whole lot faster. It did for me anyway. Plus it will look better on your resume to have 1 whole year instead of a few months at one place. Hang in there!

OHHH! I like that one! Thanks...

I give up...where can I find this "suzanne's plan" ? I take the NCLEX June 3rd. I want to know what else I should be doing to study! Thanks

I'm in the same boat...extremely bored! I can read and study for the NCLEX. But I gradaute on Wednesday and part of me just wants to wait til after that!

I love it! That had to have felt real good! LOL I actually thought about that myself. But a girl in our class collected them to donate to the incoming 1st yr students...to "pass on the misery". I actually kept a couple pairs of pants though cause I can still wear them. I graduate in 3 days! Can't wait!

I got to start iv's on folks in the pacu. the needles were huge and we gave them lidocaine first...which helped me focus on what I was doing...not the pain of the stick.

Okay...for myself, I never read the text unless I don't understand something or the instructor specifically says to look at the text..which has been twice this semester. That's just extra info to confuse and try to remember too much. During lecture if the instructor says remember it,I star it, if they say it won't be on the test, I mark it out. I go over the powerpoint several times, then go back and write note cards. I don't make up questions or anything...just condense all the important points from the handouts onto cards. If there are several diseases, they all get their own cards so as not to confuse them. Sometimes there are lots of drugs and I have to give them their own cards. I highlight and underline the VERY important info. Once I have done this for every single power point...I go through the stack of cards over and over until I can't stand looking at them and I can recall all the information the second I lay eyes on the card. I usually don't even do this til the week of the test, cause writing helps me remember and it will be more fresh.

My Mom bought me a nice stethoscope. But if anyone asks me what I want...I am saying money. Cause I haven't been working while in school, so between my financial aid running out and my first paycheck...I'm going to be very broke. I would talk to her and find out what her burdens are going to be and get something that will take the stress off. OH, maybe a gift certificate to a spa or something.

This is stupid, but I practiced on one of my sons very large stuffed animals over and over. And literally went head to toe. and like the others said, no skipping..it's hard to remember stuff that way...do it in the exact same order every time, even within the systems.

In my last clinical rotation (thank goodness I'm finished with those), I had to switch to a bigger size on my scrub pants. I was just afraid I was going to bust the ones I had. This creates a dilemma now that I am about to start working. I have several scrubs in my old size and now only 4 in the bigger size. Basically, I'm going to be wearing the same four outfits until I lose weight or can afford to buy more...and the latter is more likely! LOL Although I have been trying to eat better..and there is a website that I've found that is wonderful! It's http://www.sparkpeople.com, check it out!

This topic is very therapeutic...thanks! Quit tooting your own horn! You are not the shiznit, you just think you are! Overachiever!! Stop asking question after question on a subject that has been beat to death...if you have further questions see the instructor after class, you are holding everybody up and possibly keeping us from having more time to cover more difficult content.

thanks guys! I stressed myself out for nothing. I got a letter yesterday saying that my application has been accepted. YEA! Now all I have to worry about is the NCLEX! LOL

I would say something to the effect that the skin needs to be kept clean and dry as well as frequent turning to avoid break down, which can lead to nasty wounds that don't heal and infections.

I feel like I am in the same boat on some things. Definitely not the spoiled part, LOL! I am book smart, so I never worry about the tests...it always comes down to clinical. From what you said, you are very interested in nursing...just not the school. I come to dread clinical sometimes myself. I think that is more from the capacity that you are there in...I bet when you start working as an RN you'll feel differently.They expect you not to be perfect...you're student. And they will still expect it as a new grad. The common sense stuff will come to you with experience.! I wish I enjoyed documenting...that's a good thing. I am also very shy...but I can see a big change from when I started school in fall 2006 to now. I am always very anxious about performing procedures in front of people yet just Wednesday I gave meds through a g-tube in front of 3 RNs, a care assistant (who's in nursing school) and the child's parents. Other that being in a hurry, I wasn't that nervous. I have doubted myself all along and I'm finally learning to accept that this is really happening and I can really do this. I hope that you can learn not to doubt yourself so much. It makes things so much harder. Good luck it whatever you decide!