mzattitude

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  1. Would it be inappropriate to befriend a clinical instructor or someone who was teaching you? Taking into account the other students as a whole. Would it be fair to
  2. You are a patient in the hospital. You are 45 years old and live a relatively healthy lifestyle. While you were jogging in the park this afternoon, you noticed a sharp pain in your abdomen. You...
  3. Hi. I'm new to this website. I wanted to know if anyone out there could please take the time to give me some advice as to what I could do about the situation I am having with my nursing department. I...
  4. What's for supper...

    ^this also makes a good dip. If ur having company...Buy some of those tortilla scoops and some shredded cheese and u will have everyone wanting u to make chilli....
  5. What's for supper...

    I have the perfect recipe for u then. This is my home made chilli. I don't know how "home made" u want to call this, because everyone makes chilli and I'm sure there is someoen out there who has...
  6. My RN venture ended today.

    Oh sweetie:crying2:, I'm so sorry to hear this. I genuinely send u my sadness. I worry about this all the time, so I definitely know how u feel. I am so sorry. Just keep ur head up and keep...
  7. Online RN-BSN

    Ok, this is totally off topic. If u go to an online nursing school, do u still have to do clinicals at a
  8. What do you take to clinicals??

    ^lol...:chuckle that's what it's called!! I couldn't think of what it was called....lol..so I called it a pupil gauge...lol...is that even a correct term for a pen light???? lol:yeah: I'm such a...
  9. Pt Interactive Anxiety

    There's no need to put yourself below or above your instructor/nurse. Everyone is there for the same purpose. To plan better patient care. The next time you go to clinicals. Think about what u...
  10. Medication Administration Test suggestions

    Keep on going over this this in your head. Talk out the steps with someone else. This is what really helped me. Here is how I prepared. You already know that it is common knowledge that all...
  11. Having a really hard time during my first semester

    I'm really sorry that u are feeling this way. I can relate to u on so many levels too, because my semester started off kinda crappy too! My niece passed away, my original instructor resigned, and I am...
  12. Oh, I forgot to put down the obsessive HANDWASHING routine that I go through everyday. I have to keep my hands clean. I mean come on, that's the one thing that actually does reduce the spread of...
  13. 1. I stay up at all hours of the night to study 2. I'm constantly talking to myself the day before a competency. 3. I drink A LOT of coffee. 4. I smoke like a chimney. 5. I get aggitated easily. 6. I...
  14. Vent..Cheating Students..and my bad test grade!!!

    First of all, I am really sorry to hear about the stress you are going through. Everyone goes through it in nursing school. As for the two cheating girls. Don't get caught up in it--stay out of it....
  15. What do you take to clinicals??

    I usually take cash or pack my lunch. As a first semester nursing student the only supplies we must have on us at all times while in the hospital are a stethescope, a pair of bandage scissors, a...
  16. WOW! That's a lot of classes. I took just as many courses and nearly the same ones u have posted and it took me nearly 3 years to complete all of them. It really just depends on your status...
  17. This thread will change your life forever

    In the nursing field, compassion counts more than being
  18. This might sound completely crazy, but I am starting to feel as though I am being "weeded" out by a few professors in my nursing dept. It's getting to the point where I feel as though I need to talk...
  19. Words of encouragement

    Words of encouragment. To some of us nursing school is our whole entire life. It's what will make us whole in the end. Visioning becoming a real nurse is something we think about before we even get...
  20. I think I am being targeted in nursing school.

    I am definitely going to take what u said into consideration. I have went over that email several times and some of the things she said in it is just bogus. It was like she was making things up as...
  21. First Clinical Day Ever!! Any suggestions?:)

    good luck! i hope your clins go better than mine. to give u some general advice though....hmm. just stay calm and try to get along with ur instructor because some of them can be very
  22. Not doing as well as I think I should...

    Well, first off, congratualtions on ur first new bundle of joy! Having a child is such a wonderful gift! I think ur family should come before anything... I know how u feel. I am also getting very...
  23. I think I'm being treated unfairly...

    I think that just talking about this is getting me all worked up. I might be over-reacting. Does anyone have any advice for me? I know that my clinical instructor will be giving me a patient who...
  24. I think I'm being treated unfairly...

    Well, actually, it kinda is coming from the assistant chair. He obviously doesn't care either way about what I was emailed or about what has been going on. The only thing he said was that him, my...
  25. I think I'm being treated unfairly...

    I know. It's just hard when the people who are suppposed to be there to help--don't care if u suceed either way. I am definetely going to the chair tomorrow morning. I just have a hard time...