ErinJane

ErinJane

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  1. Started Nursing and went MIA

    ErinJane replied to JenDoll's topic in General Students

    I can identify alot. I just went out with a friend tonight who proceeded to spend the whole night giving me a guilt trip for how absent I have been. But sometimes its worth it. And I really believe...

  2. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    ErinJane replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    You know you are in nursing school when.. You are 21 and you go out with your friends, only to discover that all you can think about is presumptive signs of pregnancy and other information from that...

  3. Clinical Help

    ErinJane replied to Starfish1's topic in General Students

    Yeah, I was wondering about that too. I have clinicals from 6-2 and we don't even get a lunch break, but we can pop into the locker room and grab a snack. I would also suggest that you just grab a...

  4. Turned off by fellow nursing students...

    ErinJane replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

    Further into the program you should be able to find some people who feel the same way you do. Usually the people who feel outnumbered keep quiet for the first semester. I have a group of peers who...

  5. Venting about classmates with families...

    ErinJane replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

    :yeahthat:

  6. Venting about classmates with families...

    ErinJane replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

    I think the original poster is just pointing something out. I agree that nursing school is hard regardless, and...as someone said before, having children and getting married are choices, not...

  7. Does anyone else feel like they were born for this?

    ErinJane replied to keno138's topic in General Students

    It's funny because I was a polysci major with every intention of going to law school, but I applied to the nursing program just to see. Then..I got in. Now I can't imagine doing anything else. I love...

  8. heh.. i need a girlfriend apparently.

    ErinJane replied to NursingIs4CoolPeople's topic in General Students

    haha this is common in nursing evidently. I am the only single person in our group of 50. It's...interesting. Also, I am in LTC right now and every other resident keeps asking me when I am going to...

  9. When the professor hates you WWYD (please help)

    ErinJane replied to DesertRain's topic in General Students

    1- Talk to your program director. Even if nothing comes of it, at least you have tried. 2- Go to class...listen...but for the most part just teach yourself. I am going through the same thing and I...

  10. Anyone with Anxiety issues

    ErinJane replied to ThinkRNin2009's topic in General Students

    I went and talked to my schools health and wellness center and they work together with my teachers to get me through day to day. I have mild anxiety but I also have panic disorder with agoraphobia....

  11. Disgusted With School

    ErinJane replied to Knok_Turn_Al's topic in General Students

    My school still does careplans...but we cut out extensive page requirements. We write about the pathophys of the major disease process, the drugs, 2 diagnoses, and 3 interventions for each diagnosis....

  12. Help me find a Drug Guide!

    ErinJane replied to SuperStudentNurse's topic in General Students

    I have the Prentice Hall Drug Guide and I love it. I have used Davids and Mosbys and I found them to be too hard to use. But it varies from person to person, they all have exactly the same...

  13. "Sorry, I can't... I have to study!"

    ErinJane replied to Brookes1129's topic in General Students

    I sometimes use that sentence to get out of things I don't want to do. For example, my parents called and asked if I would go to church with them...and I whipped out that line to get in an extra 2...

  14. What color scrubs does your school make you wear for clinicals??

    ErinJane replied to intensity_too's topic in General Students

    We wear navy blue bottoms and Ciel blue tops with navy piping. I actually love them. The girls also have to wear a navy blue shirt under their scrubs because they are kind of low. I love scrubs...its...

  15. How do Nursing Instructors deal with this? Clinical site RNs don't want us around

    ErinJane replied to chicagrl's topic in General Students

    I don't give allowances for bad behavior based on how bad of a day someone is having. You choose to play the victim and take it out on other people. I just stay away from the RN at my clinical sight...

  16. Why are we learning all this stuff?!?

    ErinJane replied to JillFRN's topic in General Students

    I know exactly what you are talking about with the hearing tests and visions tests, but I would disagree greatly that those are things that only a NP would do. Those assessments are made for nurses to...

  17. Are you tired yet?

    ErinJane replied to MedicalNerd's topic in General Students

    I agree. I am in my third semester but I know exactly what you mean. Every other time I open my mouth it is to yawn. Yesterday I sat down to watch a video for my assessment class and I woke up 2 hours...

  18. Know it all classmates

    ErinJane replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

    Even CNAs have something to learn, alot of them know the procedures, but have sloppy techniques. Just be assured that you are being trained to be a nurse and even CNAs don't have that one down. Skills...

  19. When should a student nurse call in sick to clinical?

    ErinJane replied to On The Way's topic in General Students

    We are not permitted to miss clinicals in my program, if you are deathly ill, then you review charts to complete your assessment, if you have a mild illness, then you wear a mask all day. I don't...

  20. First clinical. Where was yours??

    ErinJane replied to intensity_too's topic in General Students

    I am in a specialized long term care facility. My group actually got lucky because our facility is the largest of the 6 possible facilities, and the nicest. I was scared to death the first day but now...

  21. Did/Does your program use a Point System??

    ErinJane replied to Sl1011's topic in General Students

    My school does. You get up to 198 points from a general entrance exam, then 1 or 2 points for each class you have already taken towards your degree. I was previously a poly sci major, but I had taken...

  22. No She/he Did Not!!!

    ErinJane replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    No she did not leave her patients chart in the bathroom and not find it until 3 hours later. No he did not say you could distinguish someones ethnicity by what kind of food they liked (italian,...

  23. No She/he Did Not!!!

    ErinJane replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    No she did not...state that she would not assist in a delivery where the women opted to have a epidural. No she did not...say doing pericare was "CNA work" and that she wouldn't do it. (same girl) No...

  24. A Fork in the Road: Relationship, Money, School

    ErinJane replied to HeLLooNur5e's topic in General Students

    I would say take this opportunity to better yourself through education, at if he truly is "the one" he will still be there when you finish. Fifteen months is nothing! I have been skirting a...

  25. Backpack Advice

    ErinJane replied to PhysicsBabe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I am not a fan of rolling backpacks, mostly because i climb alot of stairs on my campus and they are also inconvenient when you are walking through crowded areas. I invested in a (slightly expensive)...