SarahM1981

Yes! I have seen two registry nurses rolling in with a supply stocked fanny pack and they swear by it! I was curious if other people do this. For me I think it would get in the way.

Hi! I am working on a potential book.. we'll see if it ever comes to fruition, but I would like to use a variety of nurses quotes or advice. If you want to add your two cents, just tag on the city and state you are from, what unit you work on, and what shift you work on. No names will be used. Topics: How do you stay in shape/healthy? How do you cope with stress? How do you manage your family and working during the holidays? Do you use a fanny pack to carry supplies? Do you suffer from back pain? Have you found any solutions? Working nights? What are the best ways to get good sleep during the day? How do you manage your personal life when you work nights?

I just got done with Med/Surg I myself and the last post sums things up pretty well!! Be sure to understand the concepts so you can apply them to the individual situation, also, what was important to my class was to practice test taking skills. So many people in my class understood the material but totally ate it on the tests because of the NCLEX style questions. Take practice tests if you can find them and don't let them discourage you. I did so badly on the practice tests, but I learned from them and did well on the actual exams. Good luck to you and all of us bracing for another quarter! Eek!!

How are your test taking skills? Sometimes even when you know the material you can still mess up on the tests. Test taking is a skill, and skills require practice. Find practice questions wherever you can, usually the required textbook offers a website where you can find practice questions. Also, you can try to anticipate possible test questions and make them up yourself or with classmates. Do you have a learning assistance program that can go over your exam with you?

I'm a patho study group leader and I think getting a basic understanding of the concepts presented in patho will help you to understand the disease processes taught in future classes. At my school all the future med/surg classes build on the concepts learned in patho. Don't expect to be an expert, but the better you understand the basic concepts the easier it will be for you later down the road.