9livesRN BSN, RN

SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine

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    School Assignment: To do it or not to do it?

    It works the same regardless... get those brownie points,!!! and what i said, counts for the classroom as well, and i have to say that I benefited from it! just as an example: I took pediatrics, and...
  2. You are not alone, I used to hate the time wasting thing!!! I want to get there and get going, clinicals are like a field trip to me!!! You learn out of class, you get to practice what you read, and i...
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    lung sounds

    youtube lung sounds, and you will hear the difference, also youtube cardiac
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    School Assignment: To do it or not to do it?

    i would do it because it shows that i am paying attention to her regardless of the situation! imagine this "" you the student, is asked by the nurse, Hi, i am sure that you have done this before, but...
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    My nursing dreams are over . I failed.

    woot woot??? go princess, go princess, go
  6. o.0 ... ^^ i am impressed yall!!! maybe it is not nursing school you regret, it is the ogres that you came across while in the battle!!! some instructors are plain, sour heads!!! awful! but... that...
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    So excited, I start tomorrow!

    yey, congratulations!!! it will be a life changing
  8. it is not rocket science.... if it helps you... think of the nastiest nurse you came across ever, in your hole life, and think.... if she could do it so can
  9. Nursing school is where i learned to bow, to be humble, to be kind, to take constructive criticism and work with it, to stretch my budget, to drink caffeine, to respect others opinions to...
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    IS BSN slower paced than ASN

    let me tell you how long it took me on my ADN program from ''0' zilch, zero, nada credits to graduation: day one started my first pre requisite in may 2008, started my core nursing classes 2 semester...
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    Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    still IMHO does not take much to do a proper and correct bed bath, you know what you need to clean (hance you clean your self every day!) it is not rocket science, and you can read the directions on...
  12. 4 hours of sleep per night, and no days
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    A &P 1

    i see you (like avatar LOL) well i would recommend one book which helped me out, since it was my first time taking any medical related class, i bough A&P for dummies, and it helped me out a lot!...
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    Tips for giving report and charting??

    right here in this thread https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/ideas-clinical-cheat-445185-page6.html you will find one attachement that i have posted where you can find my everyday sheet...
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    know your meds!...or else!

    what worked for me was one of those pharm phlash med cards, and i would just pull drugs out and read them randomly for a couple of weeks, then i started pulling it out, and trying to guess the...
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    Mandatory flu shot?

    we were told that we had to get the flu and the h1n1 or we would need to wear particle respirator masks while in the hospital!!! lol, i got my flu shot, got an reaction and ended up on the ER while in...
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    Woot! Shout out!

    that is awesome!!! woot woot me too!!! i learned the skill in the lab last semester, but this semester, actually last week, on clinicals my instructor said, comon! lets start an IV!!! so i kinda shook...
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    ati comprehensive predictor form a&b

    I am on my last semester, and we have to take all the proctored ATI's again, forms A and B and, in order to take the proctored we have to show proof of competence, which is at least 80 on the practice...
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    Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    i think it is stupid to bathe each other, comon! that is comon sense! we have been doing that since kinder garden...!!! there might be an order but whatever! you will get it right on your first try...
  20. I have seen monsters and angels throughout the last couple of years. - had great nurses, that put you under their wings, and help you, teach you, make sure that you are up to par, and are interested...
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    failed clinicals dismissed from RN program

    So... my mid term evals come up and my instructor is telling me about my time management, (mind you my patients were up to date with morning care, meds, assessments, bfst... and i was helping other...
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    anyone have a clinical day

    haha! Just the other day I was supose to do a chest dressing change on a guy, so I gathered everything, gawned up, just to find out that he was unconfortable with a male rubing his chest (mind you he...
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    Curious About Drop-out Rate In Nursing School

    start = 24 now (last month) =
  24. get home at 1 am from work, am up at 530 to go to school, or up at 4.40 to go to clinicals! sunday is my "day off" i only work that day, and i wake up at 6.50 and get home at 6 pm, drink 2 beers, and...
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    Critical Care Semester

    tell me what you are going to go over, and i will kindly share some