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  1. Question about preceptorship

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, How did this work at your school? I'm curious because I would love to do mine in psych or ob but apparently we are limited to icu or med surge and I'm a little disappointed about this. Did you...

  2. Advice needed on live birth and c-section

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in General Students

    No offense taken at all, I'm a hands on person and learn from actual experiences not the one's in lab where we use dummies to practice on. Unfortunately right now I don't have health coverage to see a...

  3. Advice needed on live birth and c-section

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, So I start my next semester with ob/peds and the thought of actually going in and watching a live birth and C-section is terrifying!!! I didn't watch one bit when my child was born and I...

  4. Question about preceptorship

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in General Students

    I enjoy working with kids and some think I'm crazy but the adolescent psych unit is interesting to me also but I'm allowed neither of these choices. I wish I would have known this a long time ago...

  5. Do you remember when you were a nursing student?

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, I'm in my first year and a bunch of us were talking about how our first day of clinical almost a year ago was compared to now. We have been encouraged to speak up and participate when doctors...

  6. Rough clinical week again need advice

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in General Students

    So last week I was scolded for not being prepared enough for my pt, this week I prepared for hours and felt confident that I would be spot on when asked any questions. Once again every single thing I...

  7. Does anybody know anybody that has been pregnant in nursing program?

    Kaysmom8 replied to Mchs4735's topic in General Students

    Wow I can't imagine a new baby in nursing school, I was young when I had my 1st and getting up every two hours with a new born was the worst. I'm sleep deprived now in school and add a baby to that...

  8. Recently Re-admitted to nursing school after failing out due to illness

    Kaysmom8 replied to Felicia327's topic in General Students

    In our program you can retake the failed semester once and you have to pay for it on your own. How far along are you into the program? I'm not sure what you mean by challenge completed courses? Do you...

  9. I have to share this with all of you!

    Kaysmom8 replied to vicky82's topic in General Students

    Congrats!!!

  10. "Note to New Students" Nursing School is not all bad!!!

    Kaysmom8 replied to NursingStudent87's topic in General Students

    I just wanted to say that it can be done we have one guy in our class that works as a tech in the hospital. I personally don't work and admire those who manage to do so. One other thing is the guy in...

  11. Fentanyl bolus question

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, Today in clinical a fellow classmates nurse kept taking a syringe and taking fentanyl and drawing some up extra from the iv line and giving it to the patient. She said at one point during the...

  12. Rough clinical week again need advice

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in General Students

    Thanks for all of your replies, I'm struggling with the thought of next week she terrifies the heck out of me. The night before clinicals I'm sick to my stomach and I wake up dry heaving and a nervous...

  13. Rough clinical week again need advice

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in General Students

    Next week we have our last two clinical days with her for the semester although I know this won't solve anything but I might be sick next week and do the make up clinical days with another instructor...

  14. Rough clinical week again need advice

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in General Students

    One other question, does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on how I can politely tell this instructor to quit telling me to hurry up when I'm getting my meds out of the machine and while I'm in my...

  15. Rough clinical week again need advice

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in General Students

    I feel like I can't take it anymore, this week was my 1st time suctioning a trach and as soon as we started she looked at me and said get the suction and I was looking for the right knob to turn on...

  16. How do you keep yourself from quitting?

    Kaysmom8 replied to PurplePRN's topic in General Students

    Wow whenever I get frustrated and feel like giving up ill remember the $5,000 a week. If you don't mind me asking what field of nursing are you in and how much experience do you have because that's...

  17. Aspirin 81mg question

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, My pt is 85 years old and takes aspirin 81mg daily, when I look at his past medical history the only thing heart related is hypertension and an EKG from today that shows pac's and a right...

  18. Aspirin 81mg question

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you

  19. Fentanyl bolus question

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Per policy any bolus dose is to be given via pump. Having an instructor present knowing that the nurse was wrong makes me uncomfortable melodramatic not at all. In our school our patient assignment is...

  20. Fentanyl bolus question

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The nursing instructor watched the nurse give the bolus doses several times. This makes me very uneasy to learn that the nurse shouldn't have been doing this in the first place and the instructor...

  21. Fentanyl bolus question

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How in the world is she going to justify the fact that she took easily took out at least 8 bolus doses that we saw? The bag will run out before its

  22. Fentanyl bolus question

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was wondering what was going to happen when the bag ran out to soon. The teacher made the student document every hour what the rate was set at. She was worried and uncomfortable in doing this since...

  23. Question on the hospital enviro and patient sleep

    Kaysmom8 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you had the topic "Impact of the critical care environment on patient's sleep" as a topic that you have to present to your class and you saw that someone else was assigned the topic 'reducing noise...

  24. Question on the hospital enviro and patient sleep

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You always have the best advice, If I remember correctly you're a nursing instructor? you remind me so much of one of my favorite teachers who retired last semester I wish we had a student health...

  25. Fentanyl bolus question

    Kaysmom8 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm not sure if the patient had anything else besides fentanyl, I'll have to ask tomorrow. I thought I would ask because obviously there was a reason why she told her not to tell anyone. As students...