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How about "Next, I'm going to see if your skin has any redness, swelling, or breakdown."? To me, that way seems the least rude, but it also isn't begging permission. It keeps the patient informed of the process of assessment without compromising your position.

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I'm going to start nursing school next Tuesday. I've been to orientation, a nursing school workshop, and a meet and greet so far. My concern is that while the administrators of my program have been present at every event, my teachers are not. The learning specialist, dean, department head, and instructors of other levels have attended these preparatory events, but the Level 1 teachers have not. The other staff have said they are on vacation or being with their new spouses. This concerns me because it seems as though they do not meet the level of commitment to which the students have dedicated themselves. Are your nursing teachers an enigma until the first day of classes? I feel as though my teachers are ignoring our need to be prepared for this program. I understand that these people have dedicated their lives to training nurses, but feel they don't show the same commitment as the other faculty members. This leads me to believe that these teachers will be the kind to preach and not practice. Is this the norm in other programs, or am I overly anxious in believing that my teachers should be available at the same before-school commitments that the students are required to attend? I don't want to begin nursing school with an attitude that my instructors are less committed to me than I am to them, but I also don't want to have false expectations of my teachers. I just thought that my teachers would at least be present at orientation. Is this normal?

I'll be 22 when I graduate.

I agree with the first poster. We come into contact with patients regularly, so it makes sense to get the vaccine. Also, many nursing students are in the age group recommended for getting it. Not to mention, if we do get the flu, that could be a lot of absences!

I'm curious as to what nursing specialties pre-nursing students are most interested in, especially those who haven't done any hospital or medical work at all. I haven't done any sort of anything related to the medical field, so I'm not sure if my interests will change as I gain experience, but as of right now I'd really love to work in a delivery room or NICU. It'd be really interesting if y'all would say what your "dream job" is right now, so after we all get through clinicals in different fields we could see if and how everyone changes.

I found it much easier because I learn better by teaching myself in math. We used a program called MyMathLab that broke the problems down into steps and made it super easy. It was also nice NOT to have to sit through a math class. (I tend to fall asleep!) We did have in class reviews and tests, though, and my teacher was really helpful and would post videos of herself doing example problems. Check out RateMyProfessors.com to see if the one who does the online section at your school is any good.

Well these are 3 specialties I've never even considered. gastroenterology dermatology radiology

That is a tough one. Since the only other levels of organisation are too small or too big for collagen fibers(like molecule or organism), I think your answer has to be one the ones listed. My best guess is cell level, because it's part of connective tissue, which is made of of cells and matrix, and matrix breaks down into fibers and ground substance. To me, this puts it on the same level as cells. However, we studied fibers of connective tissue in the histology chapter, not the cell chapter. Let us know the answer!

Count me in too! Anyone else have massive list projects describing microorganisms and their life cycles?

:hpygrp:Congratulations!

She's great!

I'd be careful about bringing the books the first day unless you know for sure it's worth buying. A lot of teachers are fine with older editions or other cheaper options to the textbook in the book store. Sometimes you can save literally hundreds of dollars.

Thanks! And yea I do. How'd you know?

President's List! 4.0 for 14 credit hours+full time job:D