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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

This was something I learned in my last semester of nurses training, it really is an advanced student nurse question

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ruddergrl, I just finished nursing school and passed boards last month, my suggestions are: 1) start and continue a regular stress reduction program (running, walking, yoga, something physical) at least 3 times / week, I jogged 5 - 7 x / week, I am n...

You might want to consider the idea that most people remember nearly 75% of info they listen to and then write by hand, but usually less than 2% of info they listen to and then type. I use my laptop all the time to write papers, care plans, class pro...

the feeling of doom & anxiety, and sitting up are signs of impaired gas exchange, maybe clot, pneumothorax, something. This is basic, the "B" of Airway, Breathing, Circulation. If you don't manage "A", the patient could easily lose his life. The...

likely is a typo for XR, (X-ray), "C" key is next to "X" key, two views suggests X ray

Can you take any of them next summer?

Just finished ADN program last Dec, passed boards last month, will be 54 next May.

Congrats UpintheAir, Are you local to Rochester? I am long time Mayo employee, recent RN graduate. I am sure they will prep you well before you get here. If you have questions, I will help or at least get you pointed in the right direction. Our RN cl...

med cards were a good way for me to learn about drugs I was administering, you have to hand write them so instructor knows they are your original work (not copied).

Dearest Worried, As a recent ADN grad and as an assistant professor, I am sorry but I think it's not gonna happen. I am not saying you would not be a good nurse but schools select students that are most likely to pass nursing board exams. Past perfo...

Way to go Siennah! I graduated from nursing school last month, 35 years after I was initially turned down by nursing school. I found school to be an adventure and a challenge, made some great friends in the process and best of all, now I am a nurse! ...