Annie09

To my present clinical instructor, Vicious, mean, and completely unprofessional is how you treat me - and my eval will reflect these flaws in you. Oh, and BTW? I will become an awesome nurse despite how you are. You're only an adjunct CI. They don't have to hire you back if enough students are brave enough to write the truth about how you are. 1) Unavailable. Can't find you. Oh that's because you're down in the cafe on a "2 hr" dinner break jawing with your "pets". 2) At least an hour late to clinical almost every single time. Yes, you do call first, and inform us of your incessant tardiness, but after the second time I've grown weary of this, and have lost respect for you. 3) You are on your cell ALL OF THE TIME. Control Freak! Developmental Age, according to Erickson is somewhere in the midst of Adolesence. It's obvious you only agreed to take us on for $ reasons. Your heart's not into teaching us, and your behavior screams of this. 4) I am a self taught student because I need to learn this stuff, despite how you are, or how you chose to act. 5) You are a very poor example of what type of nurse I would like to be. If any of us acted like you do, we would have been kicked out of this program long ago. Enjoy your stipend, because after my eval, this may be the last year you'll be enjoying it. Aww, that felt good getting that out. Now I can go get a good night sleep because my stomach is no longer in a knot.

Hi. My advice is to condense your notes into one 1 1/2" notebook per test. We have 4 tests this semester, so I bought 4 notebooks when I purchased my kids school supplies at the beginning of the semester. We get our notes posted on Blackboard in Power Point. I put the notes in outline form, and then go back through the slides, copying any pictures/diagrams into the cooresponding portion of my outline. Also, any notes the prof has added under a slide, I copy and paste these into the outline where they appear with the cooresponding slide. After I've done this, I go back and reorganize everything into an outline form that more easily works for me. Now, when I run through NCLEX Q's on another disc with this same subject content, I am able to add these notes easily to my outline. If I have been diligent with my note gathering, when it comes time to study for the exam, I only have to go to one place to study from - my notebook. (Actually, by organizing my notes like this, and adding additional information as I come acoss them from other sources, I am studying for the test all along). This is how I made it through 3rd semester, getting high 80's and a 90 on tests. Also, everything organized in notebooks will be extremely helpful when it comes time to study for the final.

It's ironic how some members are so critical of others "spelling / speaking it correctly" while their posts contain several typo's for the rest of us to navigate through. Careful . . . While you're busy pointing out someone's errors, perhaps pause to consider there are four fingers pointing back at you.

I'm not sure of the ages of the persons making these types of errors, but I've found that as I have advanced in age, these occurences happen to me more often than what I'd like. Perhaps, being on the greater-than side of 35, one's metabolic processes do slow down abit - coupled with exhaustion, stress, less than adequate nutrition, or a combination of any of the above on any given day - not to mention dealing some of our own medical conditions. Yes, there are some types out there who purposely choose to dwell in their own ignorance. However, try as I might, sometimes words just fall out of my mouth sideways at times. Being mindful of this, keeping in mind life from someone else's perspective and having a little bit of empathy from where someone else is coming from may be in order. There . . . I said my piece. Now I need to go take the clothes out of the dishwasher.

EKSTATIS posted: "Two words: Tooth Brush!" EEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!! I, also, was the recipient of someone who chose to delete this necessary hygiene practice from their morning routine. Their excuse? "I was late to class". My suggestion for next time? Be later.

Because we bubble in answers on an computer generated answer sheet, we are allowed to marked up our test. I circle the important data, to help streamline and focus my thinking, and sometimes I even cross out the fluff (it's distracting). Request if you can be permitted to have a piece of paper to write down key pieces of information that will better help you critically think through a question. Offer to hand in the paper after the test, so information doesn't leave the room. In addition to this, Daytonite's advice, as always, rocks!

Just one thing really gets my goat . . . If you finish your exam early and decide to leave the lecture hall, would you PLEASE CLOSE THE DOOR QUIETLY, INSTEAD OF LETTING IT SLAM!!!!!!

Sad to hear about your low scores. Yup, mine was just about in that range too, only the class avg. was 80! I guess it was just my turn to have a "bad test day". EEKKKKKK! In a more self-reflective tone, I did do several "different things" this time around I won'tdo again for the next test . . and for the next one after that either, for that matter :selfbonk: ! Anyways, am taking your advice to work past it, and to make it a good wkd! Thanks! Signing off now - Cause I still got mounds of reading to do, before I sleep. RF-modified. (Do they have a "smiley" sitting, reading a book with about 20 other books piled around - you know, the big, heavy type of books? - I don't think so . . . Well anyways, that's just about describes me right now. Brian, are you listening? We have a couple of real nifty suggestions for new "smiley" types over here on this thread. . . LOL! Bye for now, lulu997. Thanks again for being there, and for listening. :icon_hug: Talk with you soon. ; )

Hey, glad to be of help. We're all in this together. N school can be rather tough at times. LOL. We need each other, and we need to stick together. Only one who's gone through it can truly understand. Anywho, in case you haven't already surmised, feeling rather bummed today. Got a really, really low grade on a test - ouch! :urgycld:(For lack of a better one, I don't think there's a Smiley in the Allnurses.com list that turns itself inside-out, and then throws itself in a heap onto the ground, unless I missed that - LOL) I'm still in though, and am grateful for that (phew!), so it's still all good . . . but have to do better next time :hngon: [You may not be aware of this yet, but you just lent me your cyber shoulder to lay my head upon, if just for a little while. Smiles :loveya:, and Thanks :redbeathe ] Write us when you get your CP back. Like to know how you did - so I can be happy for you!:anpom:

first, i'd begin looking up tetrology of fallot. write out the etiology, signs/symptoms, impact on body systems, sugggested n. internentions, etc. actually your can use daytonight's critical thinking flow sheet for nursing students as a guide to do this. then, design your n diagnoses around these signs and symptoms. look up congestive heart failure. there are distinctive signs/symptoms that will fit into several n diagnoses. this is also true of cardiac arrhythmias. i'm assuming with the one year old, there is a very concerned and anxious parent, who might work while having a hospitalized child? that is another possible n. diagnosis. after you tailor your diagnoses to your symptoms, a good care plan book will provide you with interventions, and rationales to go with them - and your done! good luck!

Assess for treatable causes of changes in cognition and behavior. The mnemonic DEMENTIA can be used to remember potential causes: ? Drugs and alcohol—including over-the-counter drugs E: Eyes and ears—disorientation due to visual/auditory distortion M: Medical disorders—e.g., diabetes, hypothyroidism E: Emotional and psychological disturbances—e.g., mood or paranoid disorders N: Neurological disorders—e.g., multiinfarct dementia T: Tumors and trauma I: Infections—e.g., urinary tract or upper respiratory tract A: Arteriosclerosis—leading to heart failure, insufficient blood supply to heart and brain, and confusion

Daytonite, You are a giant among us. You have welcomed us upon your shoulders, and have given us all a glimpse of our futures in nursing. Thanks!:thankya::nmbrn::yelclap: :flowersfo:balloons:

I'm so very sad this happened to you. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your husband as you work through this. Maybe it will help to know that a lot of what your feeling, thinking are normal reactions to extreme trauma. Try to give yourself some slack. You've been through a lot! Put blame where blame is due - on the perpetrator. It seems highly likely, from what you've posted, that you were drugged. I've worked through childhood sexual abuse as a young adult, and it takes time, but it is so worth it in the end. Much of what you're feeling is due to the fact that this event has changes you as a person (trauma does that) but you are in control of what it changes you into. The same applies to your relationship with your husband. It too will be redefined, but it will up to both of you what it is redefined into. This piece takes time, and can be at times, very painful. It may help to keep a journal. My last word of advice is "Determine to not let the perpetrator take away more from your life than he's already taken." He's already taken way too much. He owns that piece and hopefully will answer to that very soon in a court of law. I pray everything wonderful for you and your husband. You both will be continually in my thoughts and prayers. Know today that you have been prayed for. Hugs. :icon_hug:

It's not the number of times we're pushed down, it's the number of times we choose, with God's help, to rise up. That's what makes you amazing! Your mom and cousin, I'm sure, would have been thrilled to see you complete this. So feel the loving arms of our Lord embracing you as you study, and sense the well wishes of your mom and cousin behind you, rooting you on, as well as all of your cyber peers on this site. Let us know when you pass. I'll say a rousing Hallelujah to our Lord and Savior! - and do a wild :wink2:, but very cool "Happy dance" in your honor!:anpom:

Been there, felt that. Reach out to those around you who are receptive. The one who tried to "eat" me, was the director of our program. She didn't listen to what I said, or was trying to say, she only criticized me incessantly. I noticed my patient's care began to suffer a bit because I needed her input, but she made herself purposefully "unavailable". Now when I begin a new rotation, I always assess the staff. Who are my allies, who isn't going to give me the "time of day?" I gravitate to the ones willing to assist, and thank them profusely later. Learning to swim with the sharks without being eaten is a learned skill. Unfortunately, welcome to the real world.