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Hello! Yes,I am still doing great. No relapse or cravings. I'm proud of myself, but I'm still hanging in there! It's been hard a few times, but I got through it. Thank you for asking!

Thank you so much for all the positive comments and advice. I appreciate the time you took to respond. Writing has been such a significant part of my steps to recovery. I just starting at the beginning and went from there. I am now seeing so many root problems I never dealt with by literally starting from my conception. My family is a "just sweep all the bad stuff under the rug" type. The problem is still there, just covered up. I refuse to live that way anymore. I have been a member here for over 4 years and never thought I would be posting in this forum, but I'm here now. I am not embarrassed or ashamed. I just glad to have extra support. Thank you all again. *This is not my first time trying, but this time seems different. I had hid my problem from my husband before and now he knows and supports me. His family also knows and is very supportive. It's exactly a month today, not long I know, but it's the longest I've went. You have to start somewhere.

Hey guys!It's been awhile since I've posted here.....anywhere on AN. I'm on a break from nursing school dealing with recovery of opiate addiction. I'm just seeking any advice. It begins literally in the beginning since I'm also in recovery from a difficult childhood and regaining control over my life. I've only been in recovery since August 2012, but you have to start somewhere.

Please read this thread I started back in the summer. I asked the same question before nursing school even started for me and was bombarded with accusations with asking for "homework" help. Before I had any assignments. Many people answered my question and there are many insightful philosophies and thoughts on nursing. I was simply curious as I had just taken Philosophy course as an elective and wanted to hear other student's and nurse's thoughts.

I think once we are further along in our program (ADN) we will have more freedom to chart. Especially in our preceptorships. It really depends on the facility you are at. The hospital we are in clinical does not want student nurses charting. I suppose for legal reasons.

After some thought, I am going to go to the Students with Disabilities office first thing Tuesday morning. Thank you for your advice.

We do not document anything. We do our own head to toe assessment to turn into our clinical instructor. If we do get vitals, give baths, etc. We report this to the CNA who documents our information. Any nursing related duties are given to the pts RN who documents them such as dressing changes, etc. When we give meds it is automatically documented in the MAR under our clinical instructors name. When we get meds from the Omnicell it is through our clinical instructors log-in and password. Also when getting supplies, etc from the Pyxis we use the same clinical intructors log-in. We are given "charting by exception" to use as we wish, but we do not have to turn them in. I agree that as student nurses we shouldn't be worried about learning to chart in our clinical setting. Most facilities use different systems such as Paragon, MediTech, etc. Who knows what we will be using when we start working as RN's. I don't see any need for us to chart anything. We also turn in our own "narrative assessment" to our clinical instructor which is attached to our care plan.

I am in therapy and see my therapist and MD regularly. Here are my exact dx: GAD, Major Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder I take 0.5 mg Klonopin PRN and 50 mg Pristiq q daily. I don't feel like I am proud or even embarrassed really, I just don't want to be singled out.

I agree with the Dimensional Analysis. That's the formula that worked best for me.

I am a first year/second semester student in an ADN program. I also have a number of anxiety and panic disorders along with major depression that are all being treated with medications. Is there anyone else out there that is going through nursing school with these issues? How do you handle everything? Did you let your school know? As of now I am thinking it's better to keep it to myself. I was thinking about going to the Student's With Disabilities office and letting them know everything just in case something happens and they need something on record. For example, I panic during an exam, etc. I am a great student and even better in clinical, but for some reason my symptoms are worse during school and slack off during breaks. Thankfully, my school offers 10 "hybrid" spots for students to watch lectures from home and we come in for skills check-offs, test, etc. This has helped with my social anxiety as I don't have to sit in a room for hours with 60+ people. Also, thank goodness, I feel most at ease when caring for my patients during clinical. Has anyone else been through this and what advice to you have?

I don't know who you were addressing, but after switching to PREP-U my nursing program now has a 100% pass rate on the NCLEX. All of our new grads pass on the first try. I am only in the second semester of my first year, but I am always doing the PREP-U questions in my free time. There are also many PREP-U's available for a lot of the nursing text books. I have PREP-U for my Smeltzer med/surg book and for my Fundamentals of Nursing textbook. It has been wonderful for test prep.

PREP-U is the most amazing NCLEX prep! My school just dumped using the Saunders and went to PREP-U. I highly suggest this. It has been a great tool for tests and preparing for the NCLEX. It is worth every penny! :) Amazon.com: NCLEX-RN 10,000 - Powered by PrepU (9781451116014): Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Books

Practice, practice, practice. Don't bother working out calculations you already know. Focus on the one's you are having trouble with. I had to make a 100% in order to pass. You can do 90%. :) Don't think to hard. Memorize formulas. I am so glad to be done with Pharmacology!!

My clinical instructor is a WOCN and she has sought out many dressing changes for us. We use clean gloves but change into a fresh pair when needed during the dressing change, such as right after removing the old dressing.We do not use sterile gloves. I think this many also be dependent upon hospital/facility policy.

Hi Esme! I think she was trying to say at first she wanted to be a CRNA then after Psych she decided she liked that better. I was confused too until I re-read it. :) I'm sorry you are struggling. Try to find out what you were doing wrong, try to fix those things and try again. Good luck! :)