CVnurse08

I see a common thread here....I am in my first semester so I just have had my one clinical instructor and yes she is the one nobody wants and is known to be loud, harsh, and strict. But I love her!!! I have learned so much and learned to do it the right way every time. She also has taught us so much about professionalism which I know will benefit me in the long run. I guess this just shows there are goods/bads to every instructor!

My school does fall/spring/summer trimesters. In the spring, i'm taking statistics, philosophy(critical thinking), general psych, and health & society. Not too bad and only 2 more semesters before clinicals!!! Yeppeee!!!

It's funny b/c I was just wanting to post about this. I'm 17 (18 in 2 months) and in my sophmore year in college. I will be 18 when I start clinicals and an RN at 20. I work as a medical assistant in a dermatology office and overall the pts. treat me kindly regardless of my age but the staff is worse than the pts. They constantly treat me as if I can't teach them anything even if they are newer than me just b/c i'm young. But ya know... this too shall pass soon enough is what I keep reminding myself. I try to treat all pts, staff, family, etc. with professionalism, maturity, and above all kindness and doing this I hope earns me some respect regardless of my age.

I work at a dermatologist office and we write scripts all the time for Brevoxyl 4% wash and differin gel but we usually also will give an oral antibiotic like doxycycline to supplement. You may want to ask your dermatologist about that. Also, I would tell him that the Differin is too drying or whatever u don't like about it and there is lots he can substitute for it. Acne is so frustrating...I suffer from it too.

Whew, amen on there being only 6 more weeks left. This semester has been really bad for everybody I think ! I just finished cardiovascular lecture test and got a 94 !! I was very happy with that. Best wishes everybody. I'm doing lymphatic next.

Hi, I'm 17 and a pre-nursing student at a local community college. I have considered getting my CNA license and I know you can get it at 16 but the hospitals around here won't hire you until you are 18 so you would have to work in a place like a long-term care facility or rehab home or something like that. Best wishes !

bebenurse, I also struggled with the resp. sys. .... it just is so hard to remember all those vol. and capacities and which way O2 and CO2 are moving and where. But I just sat down and really memorized all the vol. and capacities and then tried my best to understand the processes. What book are u using ? Sorry I can't be more help.

Spring Break time for me and a MUCH needed one at that. I had lecture test last Wed. over respiratory and blood and got a 101 !!! I was really shocked b/c my teachers tests are SO hard and the resp. sys. was especially hard to me but I was very pleased with my grade. Best wishes to all of you.

I finally shed of the evil endocrine and reproductive systems. We had our lab practical tonight on those 2 sys. and I got a 100 plus 9 bonus pts. !! I was so happy b/c I wasn't happy with my last lecture grade. My teachers lecture tests are VERY difficult but tonights practical wasn't so bad. Congrats on all the good grades and it's on to the respiratory sys. for me.

I am only a pre-nursing student but I watched the episode and really enjoyed it and I did notice the diff. in doc and nurse treatment of the pt. Good episode all around, I thought.

Studytobeanurse, I'm right there with you on those evil "out of nowhere" questions. We had our first lec. exam last week on endocrine and reproductive. IT WAS SO HARD !!! The teacher first off gave us not even a clue about what was going to be covered on the test and then asked all kind of questions on the test that she didn't even explain in class. I made a low B which is a very low grade for me but I guess I can't complain that much b/c that test was really hard !! Now on to blood and respiratory this week.

Argggh !!! I'm swamped with A&P !! We just had our reproductive sys. lab last night and tomorrow night we have our first lecture exam on the whole endocrine and reproductive systems !! Those hormones are SO hard to remember everything about them !! Anyone else struggling with that ?

We just had our lab on the endocrine system tonight...it doesn't sound like too much to learn for the practical for that sys. anyway. We are doing the reproductive sys. in lecture and will have our first lecture test next week. Best wishes everyone !

Has anyone here recently taken the NLN exam ? I am planning to take it this summer and have no idea what to expect. How does it compare to the ACT for those of you who took that ? Someone told me it had a lot of chemistry on it. Does it ? Thanks so much for any help.

Has anyone here recently taken the NLN exam ? I am planning to take it this summer and have no idea what to expect. How does it compare to the ACT for those of you who took that ? Someone told me it had a lot of chemistry on it. Does it ? Thanks so much for any help.