doomsayer

They already know you'll be scared, fumbling, and frustrated when they give it. Why a student still in Fundamentals would be pushing Morphine is beyond me. Don't stress it. In a couple of semesters, you will see this clearly, and be more confident and knowledgeable.

Work in the OR. The clients are asleep- and the atmosphere is very supportive of the staff needs :)

Today, in clinical rotation as a student nurse, we were approached while reviewing a chart and warned directly by the nurse who identified herself as, "being here the longest, I do a little of everything around here", that the first thing we need to watch for is that nurses "eat their young". When she walked away, I told my colleague that the first thing we need to watch out for is the first nurse who, in spite of her purported experience felt the most important thing we could glean from her experience is that nurses "eat their young". Take it as a warning direct from the source!

Use the power point only to help you with what to focus on in your TEXT BOOK. You'll remember when you solidly understand concepts. Although- I came here hoping someone would post something, cause I have to drag myself through these volumes of reading.

It is never that easy :) Get NCLEX books, for sure. Saunders is great. I also recommend "Med Surg Success".

Kicked total A$$ in Psych Nursing. 92 on the final.

Learning styles IS bunkum- nonetheless, it is stressed in many schools and I thought it might give some perspective. I need to see a big picture for the smaller details to fall into place- and this is difficult for the novice nurse who gets buried in so many details of which only time and experience can show the relevance. When so many nursing educators seem to balance teaching the content but not teaching the test, it sends the student to 400 pages of reading- all of which seems so very relevant in the face of the urgency of the topic. What would the nurse do? Or what what this nurse (writing the test) do- and some combo of both. I am speaking to my instructor tomorrow. Thanks for the advice. And for what it is worth, I am bit old for No Child Left Behind.

I know the responses seem negative. I think the wisdom to take from them is do what you can, but if you "want this more than anything in the world", you MUST be careful that you do not put your own studies aside. Apart from that- is it possible that your friend relies a great deal on studying with you? Not in a way that she expects you to solve her problems- but that maybe she is relying too much on group study. I personally made that mistake in the past. I had to repeat a semester because of it. I studied with a group- and members of the group were successful- so I made the mistake of allowing the groups methods and materials to make up for what I didn't completely understand. I am glad I repeated, because I was so much more confident and knowledgeable after that. Perhaps she is not studying adequately on her own and equating the actions of the group with the success of it's members. But it is hard to advise if no one be critical of the situation. I honestly think GrnTea's advice is very sound.

Although I love and read AN forums for some time now, this is my first cry for help. I am in my third semester of a 2 year program, one reputed to be extensively difficult (and it is). Went through the first partial semester course- flying colors. Had first med-surg exam of the semester. Completely bombed it. Stunningly bombed it. I knew I didn't master the test, but nothing could have prepared me for the sight of the grade. Now I am in a position that I must perform very highly on all subsequent exams or else. I study, I read, I do 100's of practice questions. What's missing? This failure is a huge brick wall and it is hard to push through it. I just don't know what to do at this point. I feel like so much of our program expects the student to be largely self-taught. This is difficult for me because I am a global learner. Any advice? I cannot bear to fail. I want to be a nurse.

How can any of you find time to worry about who is cliqued up or not? I feel like I just exist from exam to exam, task to task. I don't have time for my own friends....let alone someone else's.

I think this says a alot about her management style, honestly. Demoralizing a new grad is not any way to invest in a future employee.

I've enjoyed this thread. I, too am drawn to psych nursing. I did a recent VA rotation in clinical and LOVED it there. I also wonder if I should get some med-surg under my belt so that my options are open if I ever needed to change jobs. However, I am very drawn to this. In psych now, final coming up this week, and I am making better grades than I ever had. I feel like I "get this"- but I am questioning getting other experiences first. Any advice?

Couldn't disagree more. I think I've read this forum for nearly two years- and any whiff of HIPAA violation is met with a shut-down of that post. You come across as a bit naive if this is the focus for your concerns that relate to a lack of professionalism in the field.

Nurse's cap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The uninteresting Hx of the cap. It identifies you, assumes your modesty, and keeps your hair in place? *yawn* I understand going with the majority of your class- but I cannot understand the instructors taking such a hard stance on it.

Thank you for the Bloom's suggestion. I am going to check that out! I was interested in your post because I just recently had a near-miss do-or-die final. I will NEVER let myself be in that position again. I have never felt worse! Test strategy is an ENORMOUS need for the nursing student. Some just have a gift for it. The rest of us need to work on it- and it makes such an amazing difference. Saunder's Strategies for Test Success is a helpful book, I thought. It helped me reason my way past my biggest problems- reading too much into the question.