ziggysgal,RN

ziggysgal,RN

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  1. How long is your NS drive?

    ziggysgal,RN replied to OBplease's topic in General Students

    It takes about 5 minutes to get from my front door to the school's front door... including the drive, parking, and both walks... Clinical sites are currently about 35 minutes away because of the...

  2. Tips for first clinical?

    ziggysgal,RN replied to betsyMT2003's topic in General Students

    Don't know how specific your instructors want you to be... or how often they expect you to be correct, but when they ask you questions... commit to not saying "I don't know"... say "I will have to...

  3. Tips for first clinical?

    ziggysgal,RN replied to betsyMT2003's topic in General Students

    My program is structured a little differently, but here's some general tips from someone who had massive anxiety issues going in to clinicals (getting better day by day)... most of them gleaned from...

  4. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    ziggysgal,RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    OMG We have one of these that just pains me to listen to... lol.. she starts out so enthusiastically, but by the end of her story, even the teacher has a look of "and..?" on her face... LOL but she...

  5. Does anyone else's program do this? (Grades)

    ziggysgal,RN replied to CaptScrubs13's topic in General Students

    Our tests go like this - test day - we are given a second paper to write our answers on.. once finished with the exam, we can take that second paper in to the 'key room' to compare and figure out our...

  6. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    ziggysgal,RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Sadly, regardless of how much you study, if you're a quick tester and make good grades... people seem to assume that automatically equals a cheater... Happens to me and a girl that sits behind me,...

  7. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    ziggysgal,RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    To the backstabbers in the class... Please don't include me when you feel like talking trash about a fellow student in the class and then act all buddy buddy when you are near said classmate.. it will...

  8. morning sickness but not pregnant

    ziggysgal,RN replied to ICU_RN_BSN's topic in General Students

    I would think this is something you should discuss with your physician, particularly since it is apparently a chronic

  9. first semester classes

    ziggysgal,RN replied to PAslpn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Our first semester classes are - Nutrition, Basic Nursing Skills (plus lab), Foundations of Nursing, Clinical, Essentials of Medication Administration (dosage calculation) (plus lab), and A&P...

  10. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    ziggysgal,RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Dear male classmate with gender superiority issues... I did not enjoy being your partner at clinicals today... I know I have a pretty good chance of being your partner again this semester... Please,...

  11. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    ziggysgal,RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    I'm sure it's not funny when it's happening, but this made me chuckle... How do you not say something directly to this person day after day? You, dear, have the patience of a

  12. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    ziggysgal,RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    To the members of my team for our pass/fail group project who aren't interested in working on it... Please, consider this assignment as important. We have one week left to finalize it! Your lack of...

  13. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    ziggysgal,RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Sorry if I was unclear... lol... we did not get the option to choose... we were given a list of potential sites and time to make arrangements or attempt to sway the decision... (compelling arguments...

  14. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    ziggysgal,RN replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is actually how it was taught to us when we covered vital signs in class the other day (LVN)... but I don't know if it's being taught to CNAs that

  15. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    ziggysgal,RN replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    ***Disclaimer - not a nurse, just a nursing student*** This came up in class today... (not this article, the topic) Teacher was explaining legal issues regarding delegation. She mentioned that...

  16. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    ziggysgal,RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Your program (and others) may vary, but our program does not give us the choice of clinical sites. We were given the full list of sites at orientation, with plenty of time to try to persuade...

  17. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    ziggysgal,RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    As a parent and a student nurse, I applaud you for this... It irritates me when people use their children as an excuse because it diminishes my own ability to manage my time. Everyone has bad days......

  18. Feeling awkward at clinicals

    ziggysgal,RN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I have real issues with feeling awkward at clinicals. Granted, today was only my third clinical day, but I really feel clumsy and unsure... lack of confidence, maybe? How long does this last? Most of...

  19. Feeling awkward at clinicals

    ziggysgal,RN replied to ziggysgal,RN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Thanks... I guess I just needed reassurance that it does wear off... lol... I'm not entirely brand new to LTC settings... but that was as a CNA, not an SVN.. I'm learning little by little that it is a...

  20. Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

    ziggysgal,RN replied to noyesno's topic in General Students

    We use last names... all the instructors are female and introduced themselves as Mrs. so-and-so, so last names it

  21. Ethical Dilemma re: Tests

    ziggysgal,RN posted a topic in General Students

    Ok, a little bit of background... I am in an LVN program that has 5 groups of students - total class size 150 students. In my group, we took our first exam last week in one of the classes a day or two...

  22. Fitting In

    ziggysgal,RN posted a topic in General Students

    I am a non-traditional (38) student in a 12 month LVN program at a satellite campus in a small town. I haven't lived in this town for long and don't really know anyone... moved here from a larger town...

  23. How did you cover your tuition costs?

    ziggysgal,RN replied to CSellers3's topic in General Students

    As much as I dislike debt, I borrowed.... borrow conservatively, though, because you have to pay it back... An alternative is to try to work while in NS, but that makes the commitment much more...

  24. how to cough when you are next to a sterile field?

    ziggysgal,RN replied to swansonplace's topic in General Students

    no answer on the cough question, but if you turn your back on a sterile field, you can no longer be 100% certain it is sterile (left your eyesight) ... and if you're not 100% certain, it must be...

  25. Ethical Dilemma re: Tests

    ziggysgal,RN replied to ziggysgal,RN's topic in General Students

    My theory is that it is not cheating because it is not information specific to the test... but I'm interested in hearing other perspectives on