FUTURE_RN_08

For example, we did a presentation last year on Board of Ethics and I bought bookmarks and passed them out, and it kept them busy reading while I was talking. LOL That was a pretty good distractor I think, plus it was something nice for them to have ...

There are different ways to get the correct answer when doing Pharm Math. It does not matter how you get there, as long as you get there. When in doubt I always use ratio- proportion technique and I ended up with an A in the class. But, our book had ...

I hated Public Speaking! I am not a shy person either, but something about being in front of a large group of people and having attention drawn towards me just made me very uncomfortable. It would make me sick a month before the event would even take...

I think you will do fine next time you take the class. I went into Nursing with a 4.0 GPA because of a previous degree. But, nothing could have prepared me for test taking when it came to nursing. I wished that someone would have warned me that you w...

It seems the hospital are always in dire times when it comes to celebrating "nurses week". If they do not acknowledge it, why even have a NURSES WEEK? It just upsets alot of nurses and makes the facility look cheap and the nurses work unappreciated. ...

We lost almost half the class after the first semester. I think they overwhelm you on purpose and throw alot of busy work at you just to see if you have what it takes to make it. I graduate this weekend, and looking back I can not imagine repeating A...

After making sure the patient was safe, I would have ventured out to her nurse and let her know what you witnessed in the room. Then I would have ask her if she was possibly a falls risk? I would have thought if she was 80, frail and confused she sur...

I am graduating with my RN next month at the sweet age of 45! Wahoooooo!!! I have respect for all ages that have been able to get through this intense program. During the last two years in nursing school, I have gotten along with all age groups. Its ...

I am 45 and will graduate with my RN in May! YAH!!! I am one of the oldest in my class that is still there. Trust me, I am shocked that I am still in the program and have come this far when so many have failed out. I think age is just a number and it...

Please do not brag about how you did not open a book, but once again was able to get that "A" on our nursing exam. Hmmm.... wonder how that happened? Or, if it really did happen? LOL... (who cares anyways) Also,please do not make me part of the "chai...

It does not matter if you have all As in Nursing School. There are several booksmart nurses out there that do not know how to apply it in the clinical field. I have seen many put stress on themselves trying to get that A. The only thing I care about ...

I have one more semester left in the ADN program and being 44, I can tell you that age does not matter when it comes to going back to school. My nursing class ranges from ages 20 - 50, and I have gotten along with all ages. My daughters are ages 25, ...

I think you should move back in with your parents because nursing school is so intense and you will be so busy studying, I am sure you will not have time to "go crazy" while living back at home. We all make sacrafices to get through nursing school. B...

I think if theres a problem with so many flunking a test (e.g. 4 out of 50 passing) they did not get the content. In my opinion that would be the instructors fault, not the 95 % that flunked the test. There is a problem if so many adults flunk one te...

I think what makes nursing school so difficult is because you are overwhelmed the entire time you are in school. Then at test time, they have 4 correct answers and you have to pick the "BEST ANSWER". It is just never ending stress!

We are to wear No laynards because they could be dangerous. We have to dress very conservative and wear nothing suggestive. Many of these patients are hypersexual. One thing I have learned is to never have yourself blocked in a room where you can not...

If you flunk out at our school, you have to test back into nursing and then sit out a year. You also have to repeat the whole year over, instead of just the semster you flunked. I think thats a money scam, but thats their rules. You only have two cha...

You are wise in studying HOW to take the nursing test. They are not your average test and people coming into the program with 4.0 GPAs usally get the shock of their lives. Fundamentals was the toughest for me also. Looking back, I know now that I put...

I would not open a book until school starts. LOL...Some of the instructors do not go by the books and it may confuse you. They usually lecture over the information that is going to be on the test. When you start nursing school, you will have a book o...

If anyways possible you should buy a laptop and download your books in your computer. That makes life so much easier than trying to pack 200lbs of books around everyday! Good Luck!

Before I started Nursing School last year, I give this age thing alot of thought. First of all, it does not matter what your age is because you are never too old too learn. You are going to get older, thats a fact... But, it does not mean you have to...

I would recommend just reading the chapters assigned and pay attention in class. Do not OVERTHINK on the questions during the test, and DO NOT put more into it than what they are asking. In other words, NEVER ASSUME... Fundamentals is an important co...

There are always going to be instructors that can and will make your clinical experience a miserable, stressful time. But, many times these are the instructors you can learn from the most. I just keep thinking its another hoop you have to jump to ge...

My biggest fear is being overwhelmed with too many patients, and not being able to give them the care they deserve. Also, winding up in court someday over a patient making allegations and the hospital not "standing behind me" while the attorneys on t...

I always notify the instructor and the nurse when leaving the floor for any reason, just to cover my behind. Instructors seem to always be looking for all the negatives anyways. I feel at times they are there to weed us out instead of teach us what w...