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Just a thought, the Lisinipril may be contributing factor as well.

The forces beyond somebody's control made me drop a cannister full of post 100% of grain alcohol and pizza drunken person out of my hands. Solution went up my legs, on shoes. This was many years ago. All I could do was scream. So glad it was at the end of shift.

Alright, the up button works!

I would tell my students to read the question completely before answering. Try and answer the question before looking at the answers given. My saying to them was, "know what it is so you will know what it ain't". I also had a few students that I made them take their eraser off their pencils. Breathe! Make flash cards. Take your time unless of course it is timed, leave more difficult questions for last. You can do this but I know some days you feel you can't. There are so many free reference information "easy to learn" electrolytes/fluid balance help that you may benefit from. Good luck!

Take a deep breath and focus on why YOU are there.

Sometimes just saying it out loud helps. Frustrations of the day will always be there, but just saying it out loud really helps. I found that when speaking frustrations out loud to be careful where you say them. Don't be in a crowd and let the other person know that you just want and need to say this out loud. The purpose is to get the steam out.

We must have gone to the same school and I am very thankful for that. This is how I became a good detective as well before I medicate.

I think I would have asked, "what does that mean"? In my 30 plus years of health care, I had a patient that comes to mind say, "you don't like me". I always had a pleasant look on my face and but never one of discontent. Well I said that I wasn't getting paid to like anyone and that my job was to care for him. Truth be known, I didn't like him because he was a drug dealer that had been shot in a bad drug exchange. I never cared for him like I didn't like him. He was with us for some time because of his multiple injuries. He also had that entitlement about him. I did treat him with respect because he was my patient. He was very rude, no one wanted to really take care of him.

Thanks so much for sharing. I too have been retired for two years and it's funny because I was looking at my hands the other day and smiled. Nursing was my profession at home and in the work place. Oh if my hands could talk. Now my youngest grand says "Nana hold my hand".

Please keep your job. You may need to go PRN. I may be the only one but your age may not be a hindrance as you think. The reason I say that is "work ethics". Ask yourself, "what are my work ethics"? In the past, I have told student's that it may not be your ideal place to work right now, but your foot is in the door. Remember to always do your very best because someone is watching. Good Luck

As an "old" instructor, I believe as well the problem is the "learning on your own" is what some have problem with. Not all instructors teach the same and as well there are some instructors that don't use power-points and such. Some may use "all" things that come with the text. Is the text the same as the other classes? You need to ask and see if they will share what they have. I am sure that there are questions at the end of the chapters that may help but you and your group may need to become a study group. Break the chapters up and ask your own questions during study time. There are so many resources that are available to use on any topic to further explain anything. I can understand what you are saying but now that your rant is over, deep breath and figure this out. That is what we as nurses have always done, figure things out for the best for our patient's without harm. Good Luck

New School Nurse. The index cards are really great to use. Making sure that whom ever is teaching or presenting that you both are saying the same thing basically. The state that you may be in, the school board sometimes have a say in what you can say. Yes there are still places like that. With the index cards, everyone gets one and everyone must turn one back in folded. This allows sometimes for no raised "eyebrows".

Congrats to you. Being a retired PN instructor, I always told students that there are 205 questions on the NCLEX. There were some instructors that would tell students that if computer shut off at 85 they probably passed. That can be further from the truth because they could also have failed so bad that the computer shut off as well. It boils down to the % of correct answers. Also, no one knows what questions are samples and not really scored per-say but to see how answered. Your information was very informative. I also encouraged students to join the allnurses site because of wonderful information available. Now your life begins, go and make your mark. Word of advice, "when you stop learning, it is time to find a new profession". By the way, I began as an LPN.

I understand what you are saying about being a "good" patient. When I was in the hospital for major surgery that happened to be the same place that I had taken student's in the past, that was extra for me. There were some nurse's still there that knew who I was but the challenge was with the new nurse's. One thing that I never did or do is to let the unknowing staff know that I am a nurse. I really wanted to be treated as everyone else. You just think about what information that you required during admissions and their stay that would impede there recovery. You will do fine.

. Nurses who have worked for any length of time will tell you that you will have to learn how to take care of yourself. I have Sciatica problems but going to chiropractor and having deep therapy help me and he also told me how to help myself. Go to school if that is your dream. You hurt whether you move or not.....move! Good luck