QuarterLife88

QuarterLife88 MSN, RN, NP

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  1. Experienced Student Nurses...advice?

    QuarterLife88 replied to cchesney's topic in General Students

    You'll regret this statement come Fall. Honestly? Leave it alone. Enjoy your summer. They will teach you what you need to know and what you can ignore come Fall. You won't have much free time in...

  2. OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

    QuarterLife88 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Print out your PP slides. They do not pass them out or have extra. It is a lot of printing and once you start Foundations and have to print out a Gordon's Assessment/Careplan that is 20 something...

  3. Last semester but.. I Hate Nursing!

    QuarterLife88 replied to mitral's topic in General Students

    Don't feel bad, I'm a 3rd semester student, and loathe med-surg, but it's a necessary evil until graduation, and maybe even for my first job just to get my foot in the door for my true nursing...

  4. how do you feel about group projects?

    QuarterLife88 replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    Hate 'em. I work better alone when it comes to academics. That goes for studying as well. You'll never catch me in a study group. Group projects cause me extra stress worrying about the other members...

  5. all about Med-Surg

    QuarterLife88 replied to RNnme3j's topic in General Students

    I just had med-surg. I was afraid I would fail due to heresy about a high fail rate for med-surg 1, but I passed. Now I will never listen to other people again unless it's about positive helpful hints...

  6. OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

    QuarterLife88 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Michigan Nursing

    whosurdaddy, your last paragraph is so true! Last year at this time I was sooooo excited for nursing school. Now I'm like, "omg, where is summer?" I just finished med-surg I (passed! thank god I...

  7. Nursing school and GI problems

    QuarterLife88 posted a topic in General Students

    I've been having a lot of GI problems lately (diarrhea, followed by constipation, followed by diarrhea), and general stomach pain. I know, I know, it sounds like IBS, but it came on so suddenly, along...

  8. A Few of my Favorite Things about Nursing School

    QuarterLife88 replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    I love passing the course so I can move on and never take that class again. Each day is a day closer to

  9. Im here to complain. you can too:)

    QuarterLife88 replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    Well now that it's coming to an end it must be said: I hate the fact that I spent my very first med-surg rotation on an ortho floor. I hate bones, joints, hips, knees, the whole lot of it. What a...

  10. Becoming traumatized by school!!

    QuarterLife88 replied to madareebrahim's topic in General Students

    I know how you feel. Generally speaking, the more nervous I walk into an exam, the worse I will do. I have noticed that on occasion when I'm taking an exam and it just so happens to be one of my "I...

  11. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    QuarterLife88 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    This is a common one but cannot be said enough... Stop engaging the instructor in off topic conversation. It's bad enough she already has a tendency to tell stories relating to diseases of every Tom,...

  12. Care Plan!!!!

    QuarterLife88 replied to Laurlaur09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Did your school not provide you with any books that have

  13. Advice and must-have's for a first year nursing student?

    QuarterLife88 replied to 2bNurseCai's topic in General Students

    Find a good shrink in your area... On a serious tip: Don't read anything. You'll have more than enough reading once school starts. Enjoy laying up on the beach and enjoy every day of the summer...

  14. when did you have your OR clinicals?

    QuarterLife88 replied to jusstme's topic in General Students

    I'm in an ADN program. We have no OR rotation - I have Med-Surg I right now though, and my CI arranged for me to go to the OR for a day a few weeks ago, as well as a day in ICU. ICU>>>OR OR...

  15. OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

    QuarterLife88 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Michigan Nursing

    For the first semester - 1410 you'll either have Tues/Wed or Thurs/Fri clinicals either from 7-3pm (most instructors let you out early) or 3-11pm though there can be small variations like 12-8pm but...

  16. OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

    QuarterLife88 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Michigan Nursing

    IA with whosurdaddy. I'm a first year student. Had pharm last summer. My advice? Chill out. Don't study ahead you are wasting your time and being overzealous. I also agree about the drug calc book....

  17. What disorders did you diagnose yourself with in Nursing School?

    QuarterLife88 replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Hypertension, Peripheal Artery Disease, Pre-diabetes, GERD, Constipation (pretty sure I do have that one thanks to NS -

  18. Im here to complain. you can too:)

    QuarterLife88 replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    I hate having an exam every week and trying like hell to fit in study time on top of lab class, lab tests, group projects, and clinicals 16 hrs a week + paper work for clinical that takes up to 20 hrs...

  19. Im here to complain. you can too:)

    QuarterLife88 replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    WORD. I want to set fire to every last

  20. Lack of motivation to finish this careplan

    QuarterLife88 posted a topic in General Students

    Second semester student here, almost done with this quarter (thank god!), and I am sitting here looking at this careplan I have to do due on Thurs., and I...just...can't...do it. It's like pulling...

  21. What gives with the unsupportive spouses?

    QuarterLife88 replied to dragonfly414's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What baffles me is why I keep reading that a woman who is a full time nursing student and sometimes a part-time or full time worker as well, is married with children, but is STILL expected to do all...

  22. Depression r/t nursing school AEB becoming someone I don't recognize

    QuarterLife88 replied to Jane says's topic in Health, Stress Management

    This describes me to a T. I have to literally, fake excitement at learning new things at clinical and at school or else I will be called out for it (looking dead behind the eyes, I mean). It's...

  23. Do I need a laptop for school?

    QuarterLife88 replied to Nursejlo77's topic in General Students

    I would get one. Not necessarily for notes, but for the busy work. Papers, careplans, a place to have a databank for the drugs will end up copying and pasting,

  24. Depression r/t nursing school AEB becoming someone I don't recognize

    QuarterLife88 replied to Jane says's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I think depression during NS is normal. Along with anxiety. It's the nature of the beast. It's affecting me as well. I have mentioned a lot on this board that a lot of days I feel, "dead inside" just...

  25. Tell me about your first day of nursing school

    QuarterLife88 replied to ♑ Capricorn ♑'s topic in General Students

    The first day is no big shakes. It's the 1,000 that follow that will send you on the fast track to the funny farm. I've never been a one day at a time person, but nursing school has caused me to...