IloveNY

in ob you should expect to start with learning about basic reproduction, although my instructor did not spend too much time covering a&p material, because we have already taken the class. the class itself was very interesting (ob). you go through different stages of pregnancy and labor and will learn about taking care of women post-partum. you will learn new born assessment, abnormal and normal pregnancy and high risk pregnancy such as preecalmtic women and gestational diabetes pregnancy. remember women with gestational diabetes usually have macrosomal babies :) just a tip. if you have some extra money from christmas, i highly recommend buying mary ann hogan's maternal and newborn nursing review and rationale book. i found it on amazon for like 20 bucks. it's a great book and it goes step by step on the different subjects. it really does a great job and i used it as a study guide when i didn't feel like reading the chapters. the cd also helped me alot to do some practice questions. good luck and have fun! it's the best class ever!

Thank you..it really means a lot to hear that others feel the same as I do.

I should have probably posted this under studnets, but I'm a little new to this so forgive me. I just finished my first year of my BSN program and that in itself has been extremely exciting and stressfull! I am proud of myself for making it through, and I'm deeply saddened by the few students we lost. I guess I'm writing today because I need a little boost. I just started an internship this summer in a very busy area in the hospital. I love it and from my previous job have had experience in this specific area, but it is totally different when you are the nurse responsible. I'm really enjoying it, but it is just bothering me that I'm not as quick and I don't know as much as everyone else does. I tend to be one of those people that has always been good at her job, professional, and has moved up fast. I know I need to be patient with nursing. I know that it will take time, but I tend to beat myself up for not being the "best." I had a hard time starting IV's on two patients and gave up trying for the rest of the day because I was so scared of missing the vein again. I know it is silly, but I just can't get past it. Any kind words will help! Thank you so much for taking time to read my outburst of "I feel sorry for myself"