SeeTheMoon

Hey just wondering if there are any others out there who are getting a 'late' start! lol A few years ago, I decided that I wanted to go back to school for Nursing as honestly the medical field has always interested me. And I really do enjoy helpin...

I searched for a similar thread and I'm sure it's out there but I came up empty handed. I was wondering if the Darton College veterans would mind giving some pointers to the Darton newbies of AN. :) I start their Nursing program in a few weeks, and j...

I too tend to study better on my own. If you preferred it in pre-reqs, you'll probably still prefer it in NS. I would just watch your grades...if they slip at all, give a study group a try and see if they improve. But otherwise...folks like you and m...

Who gives a ...... when/where it came from. It is an awesome poem OP thanks for sharing. I have read it before but I think we need to be reminded of this all the time. :)

OP, careful what you post on the general forum as a student and anything re: students. Usually gets negative reception rather quickly. Nothing wrong with your classmates way of thinking. Nothing wrong with yours either. I am a student too and I wo...

I'm a student and had my first clinical day yesterday at a nearby LTC facility. (Wonderful day. Could not have asked for kinder or more accommadating patients. :) ) There was one lol who had a wound on each of her heels (not sure of the nature of th...

Am I the only one who sees the irony in this thread?

This. Agree completely. I bet my right pinkie this guy has some reason to need to "hide" this job from his resume/employer. I'm sorry it went this way for you. And I agree it is really weird.

Thanks to all, I really appreciate the responses. Like I said, we were really limited in what we had access to in the charts. (matter of fact,we were not allowed to request the charts at all. Could only ask for info from the chart. :\) I have a lo...

Yea not really enough info I know. I have a lot to learn about wounds. Still a baby student. We go back to this facility next week. Anxious to see this pt again and ask more questions.

We were not allowed to. Advised the instructor she said nothing we could do.

We are taught to aspirate. Not necessary for deltoid IM though. We were taught the 10 sec rule for z track as well. Ditto to the response that the cause is for assurance of med absorption, especially if the med is caustic to the skin and/or subq.

Please stop passing judgement on everyone in this program. Tall and blonde does not equal stupid. Over 40 does not equal over the hill and too slow to learn. Second career does not equal "I'm just in this for the money and job security." It may just ...

They can in GA but under physician. Example, when you get script filled it will have MDs name not NPs. And yep to narcs.

Bump all this "dont show emotions" junk. You're human. You're stressed. Your in nursing school. That alone is enough reason for one good cry a week. Now don't get me wrong. I know we can't walk around ALL the time a crying bumbling mess because of ou...

To me it's the hardest and most awkward practicing on each other! Lol " Hi Mr./Mrs. So-and-so, whom I've come to know really well now I have to act like you're a complete stranger, I'll be your student nurse today." We start 'real' clinicals next wee...

What kind of person thinks that HIV is something to laugh about? She needs a wake up call re: privacy and morals.

Yes. I'm aware that smokers chit chat it up too. My point of this post was to in a nutshell say from my working experience, smokers don't really get *extra* breaks. But just like the OP I'm a student too. Maybe I didn't have "time to make that observ...

I see your point. :) But I would like to say that from my experience, the "extra" breaks the smokers may get is leveled off pretty well by non smokers breaking to talk about what So-and-so is wearing, or "oh my gosh did you see that Gucci purse on eB...

Smoking is a bad habit. I tried to quit a few months ago but failed. Again. *sigh* Anyways, I agree w/ other posters. I'm tired of the police state. And ditto to the obese nurses, nurses w/ bad eating habits etc. How long before they single them out ...

So I'm a NS and... Oh these words, these words!! I'll just say that I know when I can say "sphygmomanometer" with out sounding out every syllable and taking 72 1/2 seconds to say it, I will have victory!!! Everybody has at least one term that hangs...

yeah that's a little different though than dad showing Jr the photo album later in life..."see, there's your first poop..and this here was your first booger...." People crack me up!

Well maybe that's what my MIL was doing this for. I thought it was arthritis. Huh.

EEEW.

Not a nurse yet, still a student but my MIL swears by putting a bar of soap under the sheet at the foot of the bed to ease arthritis pain.