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  1. Surprising my parents about getting accepted?!

    tokidokifantasy replied to SUL2012's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    you can drive over. LOL!! I told my parents over the phone and they were pretty shocked. They thought my next step in life would be getting married and didn't expect me to go back to

  2. How To Survive (and Thrive) In Nursing School

    tokidokifantasy replied to 86toronado's topic in General Students

    Thanks OP, I couldn't agree more. Every time I get my test back, regardless if it's an A or B, I learn some valuable lessons from it. Last test, I got a B, and I realized the biggest mistake I made...

  3. Med-surg help

    tokidokifantasy replied to Isabellah's topic in General Students

    I am in my first semester, I study about 10 hrs on weekends and 3 hours per day on the weekday, I am a visual learner so I do concept map. I read my powerpoints, the book, do any study guides, I even...

  4. Almost done with Fundamentals of Nursing...but?

    tokidokifantasy posted a topic in General Students

    We are on last two chapters of Fundamentals of Nursing, the rest of the weeks will be focused on nutrition courses and working at clinical sites. So, I was trying to do the test questions from the...

  5. I/O calculation

    tokidokifantasy posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am a bit confused, can someone help me here. When we calculate I/O of nasogastric content after suction, do we add the residual amount as output if we take it out? do we add the residual amount as...

  6. Can any nurses help me with documentation? I'm a nursing student.

    tokidokifantasy replied to italy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think for physical assessment test, you need to verbalize to the teacher on how you would document your findings. For an example, if you assess the abdomen , you are looking for masses, distention,...

  7. 84% = Failing Grade?

    tokidokifantasy replied to WittyUsername's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    that's quite scary, now I am thankful my school has the old system, anything above 90 is an A, 80-89 is B, 79-75 C, 74 and anything after that pretty much means you did not

  8. Preparation recommendations??

    tokidokifantasy replied to SkiMama's topic in General Students

    get a test success book, get used to questions that have all answers correct and choosing the best answer using nursing process. abbreviations don't hurt, start reading your textbook early. You will...

  9. test question!

    tokidokifantasy replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Students

    I almost wanted to choose assess wounds, but you only do that when you have a doctor's order, so you would need the doc's order first. So the only option is vital sign. But if you can do all three...

  10. I need to do better on my nursing exams, PLEASE HELP!

    tokidokifantasy replied to clairebelle's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah, the first exam of the first semester is always the easiest. I studied a lot on it, and thought I would do well on the test, and I was wrong. the way the test was worded, and when you have more...

  11. Darn you, allnurses...Darn you all to heck!

    tokidokifantasy replied to metal_m0nk's topic in General Students

    here it is...enjoy, its 189 pages long. https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/whats-your-best-108202.html and please don't read this thread at night, you will be freaked out. I was really...

  12. Darn you, allnurses...Darn you all to heck!

    tokidokifantasy replied to metal_m0nk's topic in General Students

    goodness, I guess I am not alone. I love this site, love reading all the ghost stories, love the fact it takes away my study time. lol. I have to manage of course, it's all about time management. I am...

  13. I can't get into any nursing schools!

    tokidokifantasy replied to b00ger's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    sorry to hear that. What state are you in? Many schools now have transitioned to the TEAS 5 and will not take anything else. I am in California, there are a lot of schools here that are lottery based,...

  14. How do you Tackle Chapter Reading Assignments and Make them Stick?

    tokidokifantasy replied to live&love&heal's topic in General Students

    power point and study guides are more important than the book. The book goes into way too much and you just need to focus on what the teacher wants you to know. If you have the study guide, just look...

  15. nursing school burn out

    tokidokifantasy replied to larien37's topic in General Students

    when I was a pre-nursing student, I really didn't get the word "burn out" that all nursing students were talking about until I became a ns myself. I totally understand what burn out means. I am only...

  16. Fundamentals Test Questions

    tokidokifantasy replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

    yeah, after receiving a B on my test, I did buy that book to become more familiarize with the way nursing tests are written. I was very concerned about the critical thinking and making inferences. The...

  17. Fundamentals of Nursing

    tokidokifantasy replied to EVLGNUS's topic in General Students

    Yeah, I struggled with my first test. I thought I did well too until I got my test, it was like..Oh....I really don't "think" like a nurse. I need to start rationalize everything. If the question is...

  18. First Semester Students, How's it going so far?

    tokidokifantasy replied to mangopeach's topic in General Students

    No, I am not really in a study group. I tried that for the first exam, it went bad. We just sat in skill lab and doing our own thing and not really testing each other. Sometimes we even carry on a...

  19. First Semester Students, How's it going so far?

    tokidokifantasy replied to mangopeach's topic in General Students

    The scenarios on Friday are not for first semester students, I asked my instructor Mrs.Cooke and she said it would be more appropriate for the second semester students. I actually took NRSG 5 in Fall...

  20. First Semester Students, How's it going so far?

    tokidokifantasy replied to mangopeach's topic in General Students

    Hi Apgar yes, I focused on the learning outcomes and there were many questions coming out from the clinical lab. We did not do all the lab in the packet. like for an example, the infection cycle, yeah...

  21. First Semester Students, How's it going so far?

    tokidokifantasy replied to mangopeach's topic in General Students

    made a lot of dumb mistakes on my first fundamental test, but I think mainly because I over studied and many of what I studied were not even on the tests. A lot of the scenarios on the test is testing...

  22. Blood pressure question

    tokidokifantasy replied to aclays's topic in General Students

    Thanks a bunch! this site is awesome, I am going to study this for my test too! thanks

  23. What's a good reason to quit nursing school?

    tokidokifantasy replied to none the wiser's topic in General Students

    wow! just realized the thread was a year old. But what a good example from the OP, it gave me so much comfort knowing the sense of failure and discouragement isn't the end of the world. I started...

  24. Cerritos College vs. Long Beach City College

    tokidokifantasy replied to redmango's topic in California Nursing

    Apgar is not new student, I think she was admitted Spring 10. so she's a year ahead of us. LOL. And from what I heard, thirst semester is the toughest. I love Cerritos College, teachers are super nice...

  25. Cerritos College vs. Long Beach City College

    tokidokifantasy replied to redmango's topic in California Nursing

    Hi Apgar Nervous, crazy, hectic. Learning outcomes are taking a lot of time, reading assignments are so long!! I am so scared! so crazy....having anxiety already.