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  1. First day of clinicals .. does this get easier?

    metricalpound replied to Neldavi's topic in General Students

    My first day was such a wreck. All I had to do was interview a patient and I was super nervous, tripping on almost every word and felt weird that I was in a hospital talking to a sick person about...

  2. NLN Pre-RN Test results

    metricalpound replied to ogstarbucks's topic in General Students

    No problem. Your scores should be good enough to get into schools - I had similar scores and got into a pretty good nursing program with a 100% pass rate in the NCLEX...let's just hope that I can get...

  3. NLN Pre-RN Test results

    metricalpound replied to ogstarbucks's topic in General Students

    You did good. I believe that the pre-nln entrance exam and the pax are both the same - im not sure though. Raw scores is how many questions you got right out of the questions you were given. So, for...

  4. 2 questions- pulse ox and pneumonia related

    metricalpound replied to aduska86's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For the third question, it's C. We can't give medication without an order for it and there was nothing in the question stating that the patient was on medication so A and B are out. 1 liter of water...

  5. 2 questions- pulse ox and pneumonia related

    metricalpound replied to aduska86's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1. For the first one it's not A or C - the nurse can't take a patient off a medication nor can they change their diet from NPO to clear liquids and the question never said the patient is NPO or on...

  6. Therapeutic communication help!!!

    metricalpound replied to elilop's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    "How are you handling this?" Or you just might want to be silent. From what I understand of therapeutic communication is that the nurse doesn't want to ignore or trivialize the patient's feelings...

  7. Help with nursing questions!!!!

    metricalpound replied to julimom's topic in General Students

    My first test has 6 chapters too - preop, intraop, postop, vascular disorders, stress and emergency nursing. Let's not forget that I'm also doing clinicals, learning clinical skills, have to worry...

  8. Help with nursing questions!!!!

    metricalpound replied to julimom's topic in General Students

    I'm taking my first med-surg2 test next Thursday. Here's what I've been doing: I read the chapter a couple of times. (before class, once after class to highlight any pertinent information, and once...

  9. Nervous I won't be accepted!!

    metricalpound replied to Nepe0408's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It all depends on the competition of the incoming class. I don't go to your school or know your nursing program so I can't tell if your chances are good - but I hope they are.

  10. Clinical Instructor Put Me On the Spot and Intimidating Me - How to Deal?

    metricalpound replied to live&love&heal's topic in General Students

    The only advice that I can give is that you shouldn't take it personally. I've been blessed by having really good and really understanding clinical instructors who really have a knack for teaching but...

  11. OK we get it STUD, you're straight

    metricalpound replied to bigrigcowboy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I've been keeping an eye on this post for a couple of months now just for the reasons that you mentioned. A little background on me - I'm gay, I'm a student nurse and I think I'm pretty masculine (but...

  12. How do you Tackle Chapter Reading Assignments and Make them Stick?

    metricalpound replied to live&love&heal's topic in General Students

    1. Before lecture, I usually skim over the chapter before class so I am prepared for what I am about to hear - I'm primed for the material. 2. The day or a few days after class, I go over the...

  13. Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

    metricalpound replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    I'm a former smoker. I understand smokers being upset of having to find the small places to smoke in some public places like amusement parks and etc. But at a hospital? Come on - just walk across...

  14. Nursing diagnosis

    metricalpound replied to Sjump's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Main problem with the pt is going to be impaired mobility r/t surgical procedure One of the secondary dx's could be risk for infection. Did you get the pt's t-cell

  15. Can someone explain how a study group is at all effective?

    metricalpound replied to bhanson's topic in General Students

    It's just a different way to study. I've never used study groups before taking nursing classes and I have over 180 credits so I know that I'm pretty much good to go being a lone wolf. However, when I...

  16. First Job.... Scared....

    metricalpound replied to Mashira's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My mom has been a pysch nurse for about 20 years and she has been working that same exact shift for the 20 years. She hates/loves it. She's bored a lot of the time because the patients mostly sleep...

  17. Psych Clinical

    metricalpound replied to aismail3's topic in General Students

    My mom is a pysch nurse - it's all about

  18. Blood pressure question

    metricalpound replied to aclays's topic in General Students

    When I was doing blood pressure and was having trouble with it; people instructed me to go to this website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/medical/bhs/tutorial/q1.htm It helped me a ton and I passed my bp...

  19. Starting nursing program...How are Clinicals?

    metricalpound replied to chrissy88's topic in General Students

    I just finished my first semester and clinical was fun - I can't wait for the next semester to start so that I can get back into the hospital. It was cumulative for me - meaning that the first week,...

  20. Started new job - how do I bring up time off for vacation

    metricalpound replied to NewPaltzRN's topic in General Nursing

    In this economic climate, I would take my loss and cancel the vaction; I wouldn't even bring it up to him at this point if it wasn't bought up during the interview or when he hired you. The way that I...

  21. B.S.N. vs. Biology? Which one is more challenging?

    metricalpound replied to bree*'s topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on how you think and how both programs are in your school. The school that I go to is known for both their bio program and their nursing program. Every bio class, or any science...

  22. College of Staten Island - Nursing program

    metricalpound replied to metricalpound's topic in New York Nursing

    This is an ADN program but CSI has a BSN program as well. I hear it's tough with an ADN too but I think eventually it'll have to pick up with the healthcare overhaul, an aging population and an...

  23. College of Staten Island - Nursing program

    metricalpound replied to metricalpound's topic in New York Nursing

    They look for a combination of things. I was told that the process of being accepted is done by a committee of people who look over your grades and your NLN scores to make the decision. When it...

  24. I think I've ruined my chances of getting into a RN nursing program

    metricalpound replied to antajshalakiag's topic in General Students

    I was sorta in the same situation that you are in now and I got into a very good nursing program which is very competitive to get in. When I first went to school, I didn't go to any of my classes -...

  25. Intake and Output Question

    metricalpound replied to NursingStudentMommy's topic in General Students

    On a liquid diet, pudding is considered a liquid, no? Just like Jello is ok for a clear liquid diet. I think in practice it may not be counted but on a test I would have measured it as intake. I...