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1. Starting med surg-2 monday any words of wisdom ?

   lemonaidangel replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   Practice questions, practice questions, practice questions. Saunder's NCLEX review book saved my life! And I don't know what kind of text you are using, but Brunner's Med Surg has a program called NCLEX 3500 on the accompanying CD in the back of the...

2. Physical Assessment

   lemonaidangel replied to Stdy2BaNurse's topic in General Students

   I can't even begin to imagine having to learn all that stuff in one week. That's insane. My school had us take an actual assessment class that lasts an entire semester, with lab every other week for us to practice on each other. The big final was a c...

3. Need advice on Medsurge Semester PLEASE!!!

   lemonaidangel replied to Nurse2Bforever's topic in General Students

   I am done with all my med surg classes, and we used Brunner's as well. I will tell you that while there were no straight up pathophysiology questions, you did have to have a good understanding about the patho in order to answer some of them logically...

4. in my first term, now I know what you all were talking about

   lemonaidangel replied to chnc1024's topic in General Students

   Aww, that sucks. I'm sorry you are having such a rough first semester. But please don't think that it will always be like this. There are some truly nice people in nursing school that won't give you all of this highschool drama, you just have to look...

5. How long are you clinical days?

   lemonaidangel replied to JHansen's topic in General Students

   In our last semester, my leadership clinical goes from 2-11 PM, 2 days per week. We get assigned our patients (anywhere from 3-6 people, depending on census) and we have pre-ward conference for 45 minutes, and then we can take a quick peak at our cha...

6. Cheaters in my med/surg class

   lemonaidangel replied to brandy1215's topic in General Students

   What proof do you have that they are cheating? Do you have an honor code in your school? Personally, I would not go to a professor unless I am absolutely 100% certain. In fact, I try not to worry myself about what anyone else does. As long as I have ...

7. So what do you absoulutely LOVE about NURSING SCHOOL ? !

   lemonaidangel replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   I love all the lifelong friends that I have made. I love feeling more confident in clinicals with each passing week. I love the hour drive home from school. I love making patient's and their families smile and feel more comfortable. I love when nurs...

8. Charting and Codes

   lemonaidangel replied to lilybean's topic in General Students

   I am in my last semester and we have always had to do charting on our patients. The first semester we mostly just charted vital signs and basic assessments, but as we worked our way up we did more and more with the charts, including nursing notes. Ob...

9. Last semester, First Incident Report

   lemonaidangel replied to lemonaidangel's topic in General Students

   LOL! Yup, it's called a reflection paper. We are supposed to take a few minutes to "reflect" on what happened during clinical and then write something that we learned from our experience. I think it's a waste of time, personally. But if that and one...

10. RN student assigned to LPN???

    lemonaidangel replied to Sara5229's topic in General Students

    I was assigned to an LPN yesterday and she was amazing! She was so nice and helpful, and she really knew her stuff. Even though I am in leadership clinical, she was definitely more than qualified to help me learn what I need to know. There were only ...

11. Wish I Had Studied More Of....

    lemonaidangel replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Students

    1) Phlebotomy. Even though I am in my last semester, I have only had a chance to start a couple IVs and I am desperate for more experience before graduating. 2) Spanish related to the medical field.

12. demented vs dementia

    lemonaidangel replied to flyingchange's topic in General Students

    I tend to think of demented in a derogatory manner. It is a term that people use to insult each other, and basically it means they are insane idiots. Dementia, however, refers to someone having a disease. They aren't crazy, they are sick. You see wh...

13. Last semester, First Incident Report

    lemonaidangel replied to lemonaidangel's topic in General Students

    Yeah, I guess it isn't anything to really worry about, and boy will I never forget again! But I still feel it was a little harsh having to fill out an incident report over something so small, and it definitely did not help put me in a good light with...

14. Politely Refusing to Share Grades

    lemonaidangel replied to Cilantrophobe's topic in General Students

    I don't have a problem with sharing grades either. I'm not going to run around bragging that I got 100% because that might make someone who failed feel bad, but if someone asks me I don't weird out about it. Pretty much everyone in my class shares gr...

15. Last semester, First Incident Report

    lemonaidangel posted a topic in General Students

    We are in leadership clinicals right now, and since it is our last semester and we are taking on a heavier patient load, we don't have nearly as much paperwork as we used to. We don't have to turn in any more care plans or 13 page assessment profiles...