I was a CNA throughout nursing school and would not trade it for anything. A lot of my friends did not work throughout nursing school and have still yet to be offered an RN position after graduation....
From what I learned from nursing school is that there is NO WAY that you are going to be able to read all of the material that the instructors assign. Each instructor will say that their class is the...
As for the IV issue, my hospital has an IV therapy team as well. Most nurses don't even try to start their own IVs and automatically just call IV therapy. If your school has some kind of senior...
Mental health was a pretty easy class as long as you pay attention and memorize. It is basically all about therapeutic communication techniques and learning the disease processes. Med-Surg was a tough...