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Thank you for your support! :redpinkhe Its been great to till this rotation. I cant rid of this anxiety but i can say 2 more weeks till this rotation is over. I'll have to keep looking forward even if i dont see the light. I can do this. I can make it. She can not break me apart.

Treasure it! I thought that was how it is suppose to be, but not this rotation. I just dont get why people teach when they dislike their joband pass it onto their students.

I know I should be working on my care plans and reading! I can't believe I made it this far. I only made it this far by becoming a homebody. LOL BUT I'm on my last semester and I will be graduating this year! YEA! But up until now I do not feel like I want to be a nurse anymore. I really believe that the clinical instructor can make you your best or make you feel like ****. In this journey, she gives our group anxiety. I never know when she will snap on us, for anything. Its like walking on eggshells around her. I feel scared approaching her to ask questions. I just want to avoid her everytime she approaches me. I feel so nervous around her that I get shakey. Lately, I'll come home from clinicals and I cant study. My heart races before, during and after clinicals. It literally is racing this rotation. I cant focus because I felt so belittled. I dont want to work in a field like this. Is this what is to be expected? I actually feel incompentent after clinicals and it tears me apart. RIght now in my heart, I dont want to be a nurse. I force myself to go the clnicals. I do what I have to do and I leave.

Yea, I thought the same also. I didn't want the vaccine but to get into program/school, it was required. So I got it. I guess since we are interacting with patients?

You are looking for MASS so you won't need density or volume for this question. You are given: 4.82 mole K2C2O4 Seking: mass = grams Converting: mole K2C2O4 x molar mass of K2C2O4 = mass of K2C2O4 Hope that helps.

Thank you for all the great replies! THere are many routes I can take after NCLEX. I'm just touching the tip of the pond. Hopefully, I'm just bored with the material now. I am really excited for next semester when we get to watch surgeries. I'll finish my 1st yr and decide then. THank you for the words of encouragement!

Yes, this is my first semester. I hope so! I was really excited when my professor said next semester or year we get to scrub in and watch some abdominal surgeries. I was/ am afraid, either my drive for nursing totally is gone or maybe like you said maybe something a more specific unit would spark my interest. We'll see soon, hopefully.

I've been lucky to get into nursing school on 1st try. I've done very well on our 1st exam and clinicals are a blessing. I was given patients with the widest ranges and get to learn alot. The thing it is interesting to learning and change my thoughts to concern the patient needs. But I'm finding myself more and more not wanting to be a nurse. I'm actually finding myself more interested in the cause of why the patient came in and what is causing them to be sick and wanting to diagnose that. I by no means want to be a doctor at all. Did any of you guys feel this way? I feel dumb to just drop out. I dont want to regret it later in life. Yet, I hear people trying to get in left and right but at the same time pharmacy, medical school, vet school, etc are all competitive. The drive just isnt there for me. WHat can I do to jump start it for me, if possible?

I'm scared of Diana. But many are like her in this world.

I so wanted to! But I was so shocked and Im not good with confrontations. I probably would have said a swear word to her. I imagined a million different ways. I couldnt believe some people are so tricky. Cant wait this semester is over and I dont want to be paired up with her again ever.

I am fuming mad. :angryfire:angryfire:angryfire We had clinicals today and I had a buddy. Our pateint had a bowel movement and needed a full complete bath. I cleaned as much as I could on my side before having the patient roll towards me to get other side cleaned. Partner proceeds to clean patient and then change new sheets. Patient rolls toward her, patient still has stool on lower body. Fine, but for you to set me up I am FUMMING! Instructor comes over to see how we are doing. Partner says ' you need to wipe all the stool before removing old sheets.' I wanted to bash their head in. No one likes to clean stool, I get that but to bash me in front of the instructor. I am about to explode. I really cant believe some people. I left without saying another word to her. I needed to cool off.

Thanks Gillytook, I went and bought some coloured index cards. I'm going to attempt to seperate them into groups in different colours. Hopefully it'll be successfull.

amyb, I don't really want your notes, but would like to know how or what form you took the notes. How did you break the groups down and linked them together? Maybe they will teach me when I start class on monday, but I was reading the book and trying to take notes. In my book, the chapters break them down to general groups ie gen and local anesthetics, CNS depressants muscle relaxants, etc. I've read up to ch 12 and have a decent amount of notes. There's just so much info and inter linking between the meds. I pretty much written paragraph on top of paragraph. ( its begining to look just like the book ) I hope NS will teach me a way on notes for this class. The book just offers so much info and I feel like its all important to know to skip. Just shoot me...

Thank you Loriangel14 ! I didn't really get it till after I read your reply and the question a few times. ' realistic goal or outcome ' was what they were focusing on. I didn't even see that, my eyes just went straight to 'patient teaching' and saw nurse and doctor should do that. Thanks again, every word in the sentence is important.

I start nursing classes in 2 weeks and have been browsing through some of the books. Theres questions in the books where the thinking is totally different than the way I think (geared toward how nurses are supposed to think) but I'm kind of stuck on this. An 86 year old patient is being discharged to home on digitalis therapy and has very little information regarding the medication. Which of the following statements best reflects a realistic goal or outcome of patient teaching activites? a. The patient and patient daughter will state the correct dosing and administeration of the drug. b. The nurse will provide teaching about the drug's adverse effects. c. The patient will state all symptoms of digitalis toxicity. d. The patient will call the physician if adverse effects occur. I ruled out answer -a- and -c- and thought -b- and -d- should be the correct. I thought the nurse should inform the patient of the drug and if anything were to happen to the patient would notify his physician. But the book states -a- is the correct answer. WHy would that be? Isn't it dangerous for the patient and his daughter to state when and how much of the drug to take? Wouldn't the physician be the one ordering the time and amount of the drug? Or is this something I would learn when school starts? Is this a thinking process that I am missing or am I not thinking like a nurse?

I was choosing between pharmacy and nursing school. I end up choosing nursing and everyone keeps telling me why? pharmacy makes more money. Blah I'm sick of explaining myself. They don't get it that when I shadowed a pharmacist, I really didn't enjoy it much. I would enjoy the paycheck loads!

I have several 1000+ page books. This is a great idea! I can have both with me to class and have notes with the chapters. Thanks guys! :tku:

I think working and putting off the baby till later. I haven't started my nursing career yet ( just about to start nursing school!) but I have read many posts on here. The ones that took time off seem to have a hard time finding a job and now new grads are having a rough time also. I would get my foot in the door, work a bit then have another baby. My lil input :nuke:

Mostly I enjoyed labs I loved dissecting the animals in A&P.:heartbeat My fav are watching the reactions in chem, even though organic labs took forever but I still enjoyed the refluxing, crystallization,etc in the labs.:redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeathe My yucks, Physics labs made time go by fast and related it to everyday life but it was mostly calculations to me. Micro labs were boring for me, incubating, staining, slides = blah.

Hi all, I went to learn CPR and can now perform and help others if in need. Our class was fairly large one with 25 or so people. Mostly nurses a couple of them were fall nursing students and some common people. Class was enjoyable and great. When we introduced ourselves and mingled before the session. There wasn't one nurse there that did not hate their job. They were from various hospitals and different areas. In uniform they all shook their heads and said if we knew what we were entering once we spoke and said we were entering nursing school. I had a 2 nurses come up andask why I wanted to enter this field. This has my brain spinning, will I dislike my job as much as them. But I think its what you make out of it. I know not all nurses out there hate their jobs. I just had to get this negative experience off my chest.

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I will be old (in my eyes at least).

I never thought that piercings would not be allowed but it makes sense if I were a patient. I would prefer not to see all that. Does that mean cartilage piercing should go also? I have an old cartialge piercing with a tiny hoop that fits perfectly. Would the hospitals not like that? On that note, nail polish would also be a no go too?

THanks Happy_nurse63 and caliotter3, I have looked through the math section in the forums and I will deff hit up borders and browse through their nursing section. Didn't even think of that before. I wish my school released the book list, but it will be in mid aug 1 week or so before school starts. Thanks guys and Much luck to you!!

Hi all, I'n not sure if this is considered prenursing or nursing student question. I have been accepted to nursing school and it starts in august. I wanted to get a head start before classes start. But theres no book list listed on my schools website. I've been to the websites to study for NCLEX RN and have read some of the math problems, we will be learning. I'm excited and really freaked out. I know it takes alot of time, commitment, reading for nursing school. Are there any material I can read to at least grasp some of the terms? As I go through the boards, I come across alot of terminology, I have no clue about. I just don';t want to be a lost duck on day one, while everyone has a crasp on things.