healthstar BSN, RN

Member

All Content by healthstar

  1. healthstar

    Do you ever wonder about which posters are your classmates?

    healthstar replied to knittingmonster's topic in General Students

    There are some words and sentences that my friends would say or write. I know that it is hard to find your classmates here because no one gives out their personal info such as name and lastname...and...
  2. healthstar

    Brain surgery last week, then coming to ED for pain. Wait 4 hours to be seen.

    healthstar replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    It could be a priority if they had docs available and not too many patients that came in. If docs are working with trauma patients they can't just leave them and take the guy who had surgury last...
  3. healthstar

    Do you think you'll/have you put on weight in NS?

    healthstar replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    Nursing school helps me lose weight and not gain. It keeps me so busy that I actually forget to
  4. healthstar

    Is my Littman Stethoscope a fake??!!

    healthstar replied to sixthwannabe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My stethoscope is ( Prestige Medical) and I love
  5. healthstar

    Is anyone commuting really far away?

    healthstar replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Students

    You just described my driving situation. I hate
  6. healthstar

    Anyone here hear better wearing their stethoscope backwards?

    healthstar replied to AcousticFoodie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My ears hurt so bad when I have the stethoscope ear pieces on...but I do hear and I haven't tried it
  7. healthstar

    I called in today, no I mean ..I called Out! / huh??

    healthstar replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I just find it easier to say..I called to let you know that I can't make it to work today due to.......( fill in) I don't call anything soda or pop( don't like these words)--I just use the name pepsi,...
  8. healthstar

    When Is Enough Enough?

    healthstar replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know that some meds can torture the patients by making the pain worse. I don't blame the family for not understanding how painful those IM meds and IV therapies are...they want her to be around...
  9. healthstar

    Backstabbing/Gossip in Nursing School

    healthstar replied to silverhalide's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The world will NEVER be free of gossip and backstabbing as long as negative, pessimistic, jealous people exist. People who have no hobbies they will spend most of their time talking about others. Did...
  10. healthstar

    What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    healthstar replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    Paying attention in class ,taking notes, asking questions and also recording the lectures is much better. I record so i can go back and write/add notes because people speak faster than they can...
  11. healthstar

    Learning Tips

    healthstar replied to parrothead36's topic in General Students

    If I had to learn 20 diff meds----I would starts with 5..once you have learned the first 5 add 5 more and so on. It really helped me.I learn best when I write them out over and over and also test...
  12. healthstar

    Do I really need my books on the first day?

    healthstar replied to my3suns's topic in General Students

    I don't need my books the first day of class. First day they usually give out the syllabus and pass out notes and also talk about policies and
  13. healthstar

    How often you see your boyfriend while in nursing school

    healthstar replied to CaliforniaRNnow's topic in General Students

  14. healthstar

    How often you see your boyfriend while in nursing school

    healthstar replied to CaliforniaRNnow's topic in General Students

    I know nursing school is very hard and it doesn't allow you to have free time--but taking 20-30 mins break doesn't kill you and it won't make you fail nursing either. You don't have to go party, to a...
  15. healthstar

    Patient falls scare me to death

    healthstar replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Students

    I am scared of patient falls too. I always always hold their
  16. healthstar

    What would you spend more money on?

    healthstar replied to sch1109's topic in General Students

    Definitely a stethoscope...that helps a lot when you are a student and don't know how abnormal sounds sound like.It makes it easier to hear. You don't get in trouble for not wearing comfortable shoes...
  17. healthstar

    Anyone get away with a "questionable" hair shade?

    healthstar replied to Little Miss Blue's topic in General Students

    In my nursing program you can dye your hair whatever color your heart desires..BUT the days you have clinicals you CANNOT go to the hospital with purple, red, blue hair...it needs to be a natural...
  18. healthstar

    why be nice?

    healthstar replied to Flipper911's topic in General Nursing

    it is extremely hard for me not to be nice.i was raised this way and this is how i am, i can't just change. being mean doesn't suit my personality. you can't force yourself to be nice...if you do it...
  19. healthstar

    What do you use to carry your books around?

    healthstar replied to pandorasbox's topic in General Students

    I use a big purse and I love
  20. healthstar

    Daily Assessment

    healthstar posted a topic in General Students

    Let's express our feelings.(How do you feel, what is bothering you, any good news etc)---(as many of us know,no medical advice allowed) How do you feel today? I feel so weak and bored, I wish I could...
  21. healthstar

    I love my study group

    healthstar replied to dscott76's topic in General Students

    Good for you. You have found the right friends/ group which doesn't happen very often. Some talk about clubs, others about boyfriends and what they are planning to do, others complain, and just 1 or 2...
  22. healthstar

    How did you react when you were accepted into nursing school?

    healthstar replied to butterfly_kisses9188's topic in General Students

    I said " this is the happiest day of my life and I hope I don't regret going to nursing school instead of medical
  23. healthstar

    School supplies other than books?

    healthstar replied to doublehelix's topic in General Students

    Highlighters and diff color pens are my bestfriends. I prefer pens because they don't smudg like a pencil and I want to keep my notes forever. I have used pencils to take notes and by the end of the...
  24. healthstar

    How to survive clinicals

    healthstar replied to Sjsmith92's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When I first started clinicals I was told to give a bed bath---I was like YaY here goes my 1st bed bath and it is a real patient. A nurse said to me," honey you are not going to say yay a couple years...
  25. healthstar

    How to survive clinicals

    healthstar replied to Sjsmith92's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I find clinicals much easier than lectures....I don't know how some people fail clinicals, I really don't. Practice is the best way for me to learn, yes you can master all the theories but if you...