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Also....see if your hubby will take the kids out for short exursions while you study....I was also the B-C student...dang test taking anyway...lol With determination like you have I know you will be a great nurse. Yes you are learning...I think the people in the state boards and those types of places are ex teachers that got kicked out for being nasty. It's all out there young lady...but just stay focused on yourself and don't worry about anything else. We can only change one piece of this world and that is ourselves...but by making ourselves better we also make the world a little better:D

I would just like to say congratulations for finally taking care of a problem that was obviously lied about not only verbally but in charting. In the past 20 years I have also followed nurses who stated that something was done and it was not, found patients in dried feces and foul stale urine that had obviously been there for some time, patients who had not been turned and where developing bed sores. It is terrible. I would have done as you did with one great exception, I would have brought it to the attention of the charge nurse of what the situation was and is. Most of the time this is the only way you will be able to correct poor care. Just because someone becomes a nurse doesn't necessarialy mean that they care about their patients. Like anything people like these give the good nurses a bad name and they also give the hospital or facility a bad name, needless to mention of the injustice they are doing to the patient themselves. I have stayed many extra hours after long hard shifts to finish doing exactly what you did as I would not be able to rest well knowing I left someone in poor shape...we do the best we can but we also must make sure the patient is not mistreated...I am assuming that you didn't want to be the "bad guy" and report this incident for some reason. Please dont consider reporting something like this a bad thing, it is something that needs to be corrected, what happens if you leave the facility? Who will take care of things? Will the patients just lay there dirty all the time then? At least you were able to put a bandaid on the situation....good job...next time fix the wound my friend...the good nurses will repect you for it and the bad ones...well they probably should be in another profession...Good luck in your career and keep up the good work!

She broke "the box" when she did that...I would have realy been upset especially being a male in a female environment...and probably would have not only been upset but stated a few unpleasant words to reinforce my feelings and then reported her to the house supervisor.:uhoh21:

What amazes me the most about your question is the reply posts. It sure seems as if you are getting plenty of advice to dump this guy before any wedding or anything like that....why not just slow things down a bit. Nursing school for me was extremely stressful and not every bad situation was my ex's fault...yes I am now divorced...but not because of nursing. I guess I would suggest you search your own heart...do you love this guy? Is he willing to sit down and talk with you about your feelings and situation? At your age there can still be a lot of learning to be had about relationships...not that you dont' already know a lot...but the one thing you do know is how you feel and that is what is important. Are you putting up your post because you want someone to tell you that it is OK to leave this guy? Is this someone you have known for only a few months or maybe a year? There are so many questions to give you a good answer but in all reality the only true answer you can have is inside of you..and from nobody else...nobody knows but you how you feel...land you don't need anyone to give you the answer to this question.

It is not difficult to see by your post that you are extremely frustrated. Passing boards is a lot of pressure in itself. I myself am not a good test taker. Also it is difficult for me to learn from books but I do much better by doing hands on, my retention is also better. Figure out what your best way to learn is...you probably know after going through nursing school. If it is hands on like me then I suggest that you review the books suggested in earlier posts. However when you review any material look at the theory behind it and not the actual questions. Learn the theory and it doesn't matter what the question is...you will get the correct answer. Sometimes we concentrate way to much on the correct answer to a specific question and in real life senarios there we are presented with different situations that require decisions not based on a actual question but what the body will do and what we need to do to get the response that we need. My best study guide...although I also went through a NCLEX prep course...was my hands on experience and asking or finding out answers to why things were done the way they were. That was in the days you could work as a GN however I also worked as a LPN in an ICU and that gained me immense amounts of knowledge. The pay was less but it gave me the confidence I needed to pass boards. Please dont worry so much about passing them..it will come...my director who was one of the greatest nurses I have known took 5 times to pass them...That probably doesn't help your feelings right now but just know there is light at the end of the tunnel and hope it's not a train coming at ya dear...:icon_roll Good Luck