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life long dream of being RN

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  1. Frustrated and Nervous

    I have seen medical students faint in clinicals and nursing students get dizzy and lightheaded at some of the sights and smells that are part of the training. Nobody flunked out because of it. When I was a student and things got messy, I had a job to...
  2. Helpful Advice Needed!

    Karilin, I graduated last Dec from an Associates program. My observation is: yeah one can get through the program while working full time, but it a rare student that can do it. A third of my classmates washed out of the program, all but 1 or 2 of the...
  3. Summer before Nursing School

    Samantha, I graduated last Dec, got thru NCLEX, and now work on an ortho floor. I suggest you start an exercise program, 30 minutes 5 times per week. You will need the extra energy and stress relief you get from exercise. Start as soon as possilbe so...
  4. It has already! I graduated in Dec 09, passed boards in Jan 10, applied for two jobs, interviewed for one and was hired. I started orientation two weeks ago with 30 other new grads, 20 were my former classmates. there were 40 some new RNs in our clas...
  5. Don't forget 30 - 90 minutes to prep for clinical experience. We had to go to care facility to get info for next clinical. It was night before or early morning before clinical.
  6. Can Anyone Help Me With Some Practice Questions?

    This was something I learned in my last semester of nurses training, it really is an advanced student nurse question
  7. nose ring-MRSA

    Sorry, I wish life was so simple. Generally infected tissue contains more bacteria than colonized tissue but not always. If your nose is colonized with MRSA, the risk of foreign body associated soft tissue infection increases, probably to the point w...
  8. nose ring-MRSA

    Sorry, but your theory is not completely correct. I am sure having a nose piercing increases the risk of infection, partly because of the skin integrity is compromised, but mostly because the hardware is a transcutaneous foreign body, but it does not...
  9. We're sorry we have neglected you for the last two years. Nursing school was something we badly wanted to do, and you all helped make it possible. Thank you for your love & support while we were busy, we really could not have done it without you....
  10. Nursing School Interview on Friday

    Dearest Fmartin, Nursing is the third most respected profession in the U.S. for a whole bunch of reasons, among them are honesty and candor. Develop those habits, they will serve you well as a nurse and as a midwife. Nursing instructors can recognize...
  11. Nursing School Must Haves??

    RN2B, I just finished nursing school and passed boards last Jan, I agree with the other posters, you need to be organized with a planner of some sort. Use whatever works for you, I used an excel spreadsheet. I also strongly suggest start and continu...
  12. Just Need Encouragement!

    You are right; you just need encouragement. I think the tough last semester is just the nature of the beast. I struggled my last semester, most of my classmates struggled, most got through OK. I did, don't really know how, but I did and passed boards...
  13. I want to now about RN courses

    Go the college catelog of a nursing school, look up each class, read the class description. If you want to know exact chapters, email the instructor and ask them, then look up the required texts for each class, get them from the library and there the...
  14. Ok, I know I can't be alone... who loves NS?

    I'm in too. It has been a challenge, interesting, exciting and very rewarding. It's not for the faint of heart but neither is nursing. A few students complain loudly but they are a small minority, the vast majority of my classmates are thrilled to be...
  15. Constantly questioning myself. Is this normal?

    I suggest you adjust your attitude just a schooch. You go to clinicals & perform skills that are new to you, you are going to do things WRONG once in a while. You are only human, accept it and keep going. I do things "wrong" regularly, learn from...