Brekka

Brekka ADN, RN

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  1. Best Apps for student RN!!

    Brekka replied to slangley's topic in General Students

    Epocrates is my favorite, SO much easier than shuffling through books. Color Password is another app I LOVE! With so many usernames and passwords to keep track of, I just lock them away in that app....

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

    Brekka replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Ok I'll be different here. - Thank you for backing me up when we get treated unfairly. - Thank you for understanding that I have a legitimate question and am not wasting class time. - Thank you for...

  3. Abusive and Cruel Clinical Instructors: Why??

    Brekka replied to sallber's topic in General Students

    I had a similar experience earlier this year after my second semester. The entire semester my clinical instructor bragged about how she hand picked us because we were the top students, and how we were...

  4. experienced nurse with anxiety on the job

    Brekka replied to SFDRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am only a third semester student, but I know the feeling. It's especially hard for me when I seem to be acing everything I try, then miserably fail in front of the instructor. I'm glad to hear that...

  5. Math Question

    Brekka posted a topic in General Students

    Ok, so we're preparing for a math exam next week, and we seem to be having a problem with a question. Even the instructors are disagreeing on the answer, and we've gotten at least 3 different answers....

  6. recording device for class

    Brekka replied to meo814's topic in General Students

    Most of my class uses recorders. Everything from the cheapest $20 recorder to my Echo Smartpen by LiveScribe. I definitely recommend getting some type of recorder and using it if your instructors...

  7. how did you celebrate?

    Brekka replied to mstacyi's topic in General Students

    I haven't graduated yet, but should be in December. We're planning on spending a week or so at Disney World after our ceremony to celebrate. We go nearly every year anyway, but this gives me a chance...

  8. Do I need this for nursing school?

    Brekka replied to StangGang92's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure how your school works, but ours provided a list of everything we absolutely needed to get, and they gave us several things as well. I was told to get all this fancy stuff and extra books...

  9. Students take "action" against cheating classmates, when admin doesn't.

    Brekka replied to Certifiable's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure how they cheat or how packed the room is during exams, but for us a clique group sits together and pass notes, whisper throughout the exam, and help eachother. Thankfully our room is...

  10. Should I admit defeat or keep going?

    Brekka posted a topic in General Students

    Ok, this is mainly a vent. So far this clinical semester has been painful and brutal, though I have managed to get through it. I passed the previous semester without a problem, and although I have...

  11. Just for fun; Quotes you use for encourgement

    Brekka replied to havehope's topic in General Students

    Whenever I need encouragement, I just go to my favorite bible verse, ISAIAH 41-10: So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you;...

  12. Abbreviation Frustration.... what do they mean??

    Brekka posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, I'm sitting here trying my best to work on a long 20 page paper, and it involves a patient from one of my last clinicals and his medications. I've come across several medication orders that...

  13. What's the nicest thing a patient has done for you?

    Brekka replied to Cyndi13's topic in General Nursing

    A while back when I was working as a CNA in an Alzheimer's unit I was caring for a 92 year old woman who had been in the facility for nearly ten years. She had gotten worse in the past few years, and...

  14. Fearful, excited, and nervous about starting nursing school need some advice.

    Brekka replied to RNinthemaking1986's topic in General Students

    First off, congratulations to all of you who got accepted! That's great! This is an amazing opportunity, and you've earned it! There are few things more relieving than receiving that wonderful...

  15. Irritating Classmates

    Brekka replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

    I may be petty, but I have to say the thing that annoys me the most about my classmates are the two that always chew gum in class and snap it every 10 seconds. I tend to get easily distracted, and...

  16. Get through it without laughing - dare ya

    Brekka replied to netglow's topic in Emergency

    I don't get it... though my brain is already fried with end-of-semester chaos. What's supposed to be

  17. You know you are a Nursing student when...

    Brekka replied to okredrobot's topic in General Students

    I spent half of my Christmas break doing that. And after I relaxed, I was stressing over not stressing. Nursing students are hard workers and feel naked when not working. You know you're a nursing...

  18. GPA concerns...can I fix it?

    Brekka replied to Aly529's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not sure how your college works, but if you speak with your counselor you should be able to find out. In my college if you did horribly on something, you had an option of taking it over again and...

  19. What do you do in Clinicals?

    Brekka replied to Rini456's topic in General Students

    I'm only just finishing with the second of four semesters, so I don't know what is expected in the third and fourth semester. Also, schools tend to differ somewhat on what they expect out of students...

  20. So frightened of the dire job market

    Brekka replied to boojum's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What I've seen so far is not so much a bad job market for nurses, but expectations. Many nursing students come out of nursing school knowing exactly what they want to do with their education, and want...

  21. I GOT ACCEPTED!!!!!

    Brekka replied to GamerGirL337's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congratulations! You've worked hard and now it's paying off, keep up the great work! And good

  22. How much reading is required?

    Brekka replied to RedChair's topic in General Students

    The first few weeks of my first semester were insane, with up to 8-10 assigned chapter per day. The first semester was a lot of reading, as the first semester was pretty much set to give us a basic...

  23. How do you manage the stress?

    Brekka replied to Brekka's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the replies. It's nice to know that somehow amidst all this mess people still find some

  24. How do you manage the stress?

    Brekka posted a topic in General Students

    I still remember the anxiousness I had that I may never get into nursing school like it was yesterday, and here I am almost halfway through. This is definitely one of the hardest things I have done,...

  25. Hmmmmm Why Do Nursing Students Fail?

    Brekka replied to yel550i's topic in General Students

    Exactly!I too find it frustrating when people say that, especially when it's your instructors. There have been several instances during clinicals where my nursing instructors would tell us that the...