tiffanyleigh0212

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  1. Holy cow it feels so good to get an A again.

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    congratulations! and i so agree about the sleep, the last test i was up real late studying, studied for it more than my others, and still did quite a bit worse. i think sleep makes all the...

  2. First time giving meds tomorrow

    tiffanyleigh0212 posted a topic in General Students

    So my clinical instructor told me today I would be giving meds tomorrow, and gave me a list of the meds I would be giving so that I can find out more about them. It's about 7 different meds and...

  3. First time giving meds tomorrow

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to tiffanyleigh0212's topic in General Students

    well i did it.. gave meds and patient was alive and breathing when i left!! i feel so much better, thanks so much for all the advice!! and goodluck to MDCupcake you'll do just fine!

  4. First time giving meds tomorrow

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to tiffanyleigh0212's topic in General Students

    thanks for all the responses!! i know i'll do fine, just remember to breathe.... and check like crazy!! i feel better about it, i'll be back tomorrow afternoon to update on how it

  5. First time giving meds tomorrow

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to tiffanyleigh0212's topic in General Students

    Thanks so much you guys! I'll be sure and come back here tomorrow after clinicals to tell how it

  6. You know you're in nursing school when....

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to Valasca's topic in General Students

    haven't read through all the posts yet but.... you know your in nursing school when your purse has alcohol pads, syringes (without the needles of course) stethoscope and penlight in

  7. Things I Find Gross=Weird

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to sj73201's topic in General Students

    mine is catheters... haven't even put one in or practiced, and it's not that it grosses me out, but it makes me HURT. i have no clue why but even just the word makes me cringe. we were in lab a few...

  8. Quick Vent

    tiffanyleigh0212 posted a topic in General Students

    Was just on the phone with one of my friends, actually best friend, and I was talking to her about nursing and she said yeah all nurses do is clean up poop and throw up all the...

  9. Quick Vent

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to tiffanyleigh0212's topic in General Students

    hahahaha i love both of your replies!! i wanted to say.. oh you forgot cleaning up blood and sputum

  10. Have you ever cheated?

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to JustYouWait's topic in General Students

    All of my nursing instructors tell us frequently how smart we all are or we wouldn't even be in the program, if you apply yourself and actually try to learn the material, you can! Of course you're...

  11. fear,insecurity,and confidence

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to followyourbliss's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Completely irrelevant, but RCA less the $2.00 more an hour compared to LPN or RN? Or am I interpreting something different, I thought it was quite higher than $2.00 more an hour. Anywho, I wish you...

  12. lab values

    tiffanyleigh0212 posted a topic in General Students

    So were starting on the lovely lab values!! I was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks for what helped you memorize them. Usually if I remember something because of something it just works, if...

  13. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to brownhairedgal's topic in General Students

    "We have like gazillion sims dolls in my school and that is what we used. Which is totally different then a real person of course, but it was a starting point. So far I haven't had any trouble from...

  14. stress incontinence

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to tiffanyleigh0212's topic in General Students

    Thanks Daytonite, you're awesome! I always see all the other posts you do helping students a lot and I appreciate you taking the time to look over that for me. It means a

  15. stress incontinence

    tiffanyleigh0212 posted a topic in General Students

    I am filling out a physical assessment of a pt. with urinary stress incontinence. It has a section for us to list "textbook s/s of medical diagnosis". The only sign I can find of incontinence is...

  16. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to brownhairedgal's topic in General Students

    i think you got the wrong idea from my post, maybe i didn't word it right. what i mean is what the patients go through doesn't compare to us practicing on each other, we can't understand what they're...

  17. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to brownhairedgal's topic in General Students

    Something to think about, people who are saying we need to "see how the patients feel going through this." If I remember correctly, were doing these things to improve their health and well being, to...

  18. stress incontinence

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to tiffanyleigh0212's topic in General Students

    Thanks, I did some googling and answered it to the best of my abilities. I'm going to talk with my instructor in the morning and see if she has anything that should be added to

  19. Nervous about clinicals.. HELP!

    tiffanyleigh0212 posted a topic in General Students

    So I'm in my first semester and we started clinicals last week. We mainly just had orientation of the floor and talked and then we were assigned a pt to just go talk to for a few minutes. Well I was...

  20. Nervous about clinicals.. HELP!

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to tiffanyleigh0212's topic in General Students

    Thanks everyone for the advice. I'm glad to know I'm not alone and I know it will get easier in time. Right now I'm on an all women's floor, so I'm sure they will love to talk about their

  21. Good Advice Karma Given Here!

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to alliphx's topic in General Students

    a few things I do is I have 3 binders (clinical, lab, lecture) and 3 different colors to match the binders, easy to spot out and know what is what. in the binders i have dividers seperating syllabus.....

  22. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to brownhairedgal's topic in General Students

    in our lab, everyone had to be the "patient" then everyone got to be the "nurse". we left all clothes on but shoes and hopped into bed, then 2 classmates took turns providing full AM care, pretending...

  23. Money saving tips for students?

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to jillebean's topic in General Students

    check out angel food ministries.. i'm not sure of the website, but google it.. they have excellent deals on food

  24. When asked "what meds are you giving me?"

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm a new student so I have no experience in passing meds, but the drug book we have is AMAZING! it talks about everything so I thought I'd throw the name out there in case you were interested in...

  25. am i missing something?

    tiffanyleigh0212 replied to sophie<3's topic in General Students

    I feel the same way. Don't get me wrong, I've been studying some and I have been reading the entire chapter(s) before lecture, but I think the reading it all beforehand, going into lecture knowing...