nursebucky

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU...to all who responded. Kimtab...glad to know someone understands my school.:kiss

THIS IS LONG...SO BRACE YOURSELF. Thank you for your patience. I need advice. I am in Fundamentals of Nursing...worth 9 credit hrs. Pharmacology is wrapped into it. We had one lecture on medication admin. and the rest, you teach yourself. We have 12 books for this class. I use 2 Nclex books, and get alot of the answers right. I use a test taking book, and a Nurse Test book so that I can have sample test questions so I will feel comfortable. I attend a school ADN- program - in Ga. I am having problems with the prioritization of the assessments on our tests or the overall test. The last two tests have been very hard. They told us to expect the last two tests to be even worse. The material was over substance abuse, the elderly, Piaget, Erikson, Elimination, Nutrition, Legal Aspect and Psychosocial Illness....these were good lectures and I enjoyed them! I bombed the test, though!!!!! I know this material! We lost half of our class (50 out of 100), and after todays test, I thought there was going to be a riot! The students were cursing and fussing. Most of the class failed. The teacher threatened to stop the review. I know the other students studied just as hard. We all did study groups to supplement our learning. I studied for two weeks, know the lecture, know all of the reading assignments, receive Grades of Pass w/excellent in the SKills Lab and Clinicals at the hospital...but get to the test, and I am answering the questions wrong. I use process of elimination, and even go slow and ask myself...what is the issue....this is my knowledge. I also use this to follow.... Assess first, Vital Signs, Maslow Safety Patient first Patient motivation - family, community support.... WHAT ELSE COULD I DO and how can I change my thinking? I feel so dumb. I am questioning myself. Not my ability to be a nurse, but if I am in a school that fits my style of learning. I don't expect this to be handed to me, but I do expect a chance to 'show off' what I know during the test. My teachers seem to be really tricky. Teach one thing in lecture, but do something different on the test, so I try to study all of what they lecture on. Thank you in advance to all who can offer advice. :stone :stone :stone

Anything the pt says is subjective. It is normally in qoutes. If the patient REPORTS that he is weak, it is OBJECTIVE. Objective is what you can see or measure, such as the bp, RR, pulse. Hope this helps.

Disablednurse....you have no idea how your comments have blessed me. Thank you.

Miss JKIM, you are officially a vampire now! Congrats! It is important to know the veins and arteries in the arms, wrist, etc...so know your biology. Trust me. When you start sticking the elderly patients, you will be glad to find ANY vein. For the lady who inserted an IV and it went through, that will happen. You will have time to improve upon your technique. Never let the patient see you act intimidated or afraid.

I understand your vent, but as a Phlebo working through nursing school, I am almost always mistaken for the nurse...even when the nurse is standing there. I take it that I look nice since I am not frowning l ike some of our ER nurses. I take it in stride and I always feel as if I am on cloud nine. When I work the night shift, it is so cold that we wear lab coats. Well, the ER Doctor thought I was a Doctor one night. I was highly flattered! He has respected me to the utmost every since. I could have walked on water with Jesus that night!!!!!

http://www1.wsc.ma.edu/careerservices/majors/default.html This is a website for what to do with your major. Click on Nursing and it has a ton of links to all the different jobs and specialties.