ashleypoo22

Before I started nursing school I hated the sight, smell, and the thought of blood. I hated watching shows with guts and stuff. One day at clinic I had the chance to watch the surgeons perform an operation. I thought, gee once in a lifetime, I'll watch and if I don't like it I'll just leave. Well I stayed the whole time and it was the coolest thing I ever seen. Blood doesn't bother me anymore...and if it did it wouldn't have kept me from being a nurse.

Mine also shut off at 85 questions and I was done in an hour...I felt sick to my stomach because I just wanted to go back and double check everything, I felt like I didn't take enough time to answer the questions. But I passed, and I'm sure you did fine...we all feel this way after testing and it is VERY nerveracking...relax :)

Go back to your old HESI tests and find your weak areas. Print off a remediation packet that has info pertaining to all your weaker areas, and study that. Try the Qbank if you got it. Don't study too hard!

My test also shut off at 85 questions, and it only took me an hour to complete. I thought for sure I failed because it went so fast I didn't think I put enough thought into the questions. I got my results 2 days later and I passed. Don't stress!

As you get closer to graduating it seems too good to be true. I was 4 weeks from graduating when I freaked out and let everything fall apart. I took some time for myself and it helped me realize that being a nurse was my destiny, and I went back, retook some classes and did my best ever. I wish I just never gave up one day and had to go back. Take a weekend off and relax, do something fun and don't worry. You made it this far so you know you will make it the rest of the way. By the way, I have accidentally hit my boyfriend-at-the-time with my car before. Don't let it get to you...they will understand!

At my old facility, the main reason for firing the aides is because they were always late or called in a lot. But I found some others... transferring without a gaitbelt will get you canned...even if no one knows about it, the resident will tell their family or other staff. That's why it's always good to have 2 people in the room at the same time, no matter what. I've seen residents lie and say they have fallen, been on the call light for an hour, and no one came to help. Or they would simply say they fell...then go on to tell another resident, staff, or family...when it really didn't happen. One place I worked at wanted briefs off at night... when I started working somewhere else I left them off, which later I found out that wasn't their policy...and they didn't like that I did that. There are endless reasons, big and small. Eating a cracker off the snack cart would probably get you fired in some places. It depends on who runs the show.

I liked working in LTC because I developed bonds with a lot of people...I knew what to expect everyday and I had a routine, and I knew the residents' routines. I knew exactly who would be on their call light right at 9pm and I knew what they wanted before I went in the room. And I didn't have to introduce myself every time I went in a room. It is a lot of work, but many older people I worked with rarely had family come visit and I felt like I was the only one they had...so I didn't really mind fetching the strawberry ice cream that didn't have seeds in it right before my shift ended....

Either way whoever reads that will know what it means. Go by what your teacher says though. I usually write A/Ox3, and I've seen nurses at the hospital during my clinicals write it this way.

I paid about $18,000 for a 12 month program at a private school. That included books and NCLEX fees, I just had to pay for the uniforms.

When I assist residents to stand and they slap me away saying they can do it themselves...Well why do you think you're here? Because you NEED the assistance! Also, to the aides: replace the liner in the trash can when you take the trash out!

CNA's on med-surg floors, where I've been, do I&O, pass trays, fill water pitchers, ambulate, transport, computer charting, bathe, and change linens daily. Same as LTC but easier I think.