sarahsmile44

sarahsmile44

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  1. Guidance for a new student.

    sarahsmile44 replied to Stressismyname's topic in General Students

    This is a totally normal way to feel. In my program you have to get 80% (B) to pass. A lot of us are used to being A students and have learned the reality that you can't always get an A. That's...

  2. Failed my first baseline assessment...advice?

    sarahsmile44 replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Students

    Thank you SO much!! You're advice is so encouraging. I'm going to do JUST THAT!! I have a very tough instructor and I know that I can learn so much from her if I just relax. I've always been very...

  3. Failed my first baseline assessment...advice?

    sarahsmile44 posted a topic in General Students

    Ugh, I'm so disappointed in myself. I had my first acute care clinical and totally BOMBED my first baseline assessment with my clinical instructor watching me! I was so nervous I couldn't even think...

  4. How did *you* rock it today?

    sarahsmile44 replied to pockunit's topic in General Students

    Passed my female cath in check off today! I bombed the blue sterile drape yesterday and decided to go right back today and rock it out. My instructor told me it was the best female cath she's seen...

  5. Sterile fields...ugh!!! Tips and pointers?

    sarahsmile44 posted a topic in General Students

    I have sterile procedure check off on Monday and I really stink at it!! Ugh. I either reach over and break the sterile field, or can't get the gloves on without breaking the sterile technique....

  6. Sterile fields...ugh!!! Tips and pointers?

    sarahsmile44 replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Students

    Thanks!! I'm going to be practicing all weekend (with small computer breaks)

  7. Good grades .vs. Experience (Opinions PLEASE!)

    sarahsmile44 replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Students

    Thank you for all your opinions! You have NO idea how much I appreciate the responses. I put in a few apps for part time positions, but I will see how I feel if I get any interviews. I can be picky...

  8. Good grades .vs. Experience (Opinions PLEASE!)

    sarahsmile44 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm in a bit of a dilemma and would like some feedback from my fellow nursing students. I quit a high-paying Supervisor job at a major hospital last July to go to NS full time. I was there for 11...

  9. Listen up future Nurses. I have some news...

    sarahsmile44 replied to Nurse-One's topic in General Students

    There are lots of RN postings in the metro Detroit area as well. "experience" doesn't necessarily have to be RN experience...CNA experience while you're in school counts as well, and most hospitals...

  10. Good grades .vs. Experience (Opinions PLEASE!)

    sarahsmile44 replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Students

    Haha!! Thanks 2ndyear! I love that you sound like you were in a similar situation as I, with a great paying job that was not fulfilling! I have no problem going into the trenches, looking forward...

  11. Good grades .vs. Experience (Opinions PLEASE!)

    sarahsmile44 replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Students

    Thanks for your input Jess. My husband says the same thing. BTW, I love your screen

  12. Lost My First Patient Today

    sarahsmile44 replied to cakegirl's topic in General Nursing

    (((hugs)))

  13. can't help my emotional feelings

    sarahsmile44 replied to nursingishard's topic in General Students

    umm...yeah,

  14. prioritizing

    sarahsmile44 replied to stellatina1988's topic in General Students

    Right, and fluid volume deficit can lead to electrolytes imbalance which could lead to death...especially with potassium levels being so sensitive

  15. prioritizing

    sarahsmile44 replied to stellatina1988's topic in General Students

    I would say fluids, falls then nutrition if it were my

  16. can't help my emotional feelings

    sarahsmile44 replied to nursingishard's topic in General Students

    umm...

  17. Here goes nothing

    sarahsmile44 replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    Awesome! You'll do

  18. Anyone else get emotional about the nursing homes?

    sarahsmile44 posted a topic in General Students

    Just a little vent, but not really, lol. I just finished day 2 in the ECF and have a very pleasant resident. I did some extra helping out because my resident is pretty independent and fed several...

  19. Anyone else get emotional about the nursing homes?

    sarahsmile44 replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Students

    Yes, exactly. It's sad to think that they "used to be" somebody and now here they are. I did much better on my second week there but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't glad that this clinical is over

  20. Anyone else get emotional about the nursing homes?

    sarahsmile44 replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Students

    Shayla, the purpose of my post was not to pick on the staff. I appreciate the kind of work you do and couldn't imagine doing it day in and day out. The staff was a very, very small part of the...

  21. What are your study techniques?

    sarahsmile44 replied to emptyboxcars's topic in General Students

    First I read the chapters. I don't spend a lot of time pouring over the material in the book and I don't highlight because the whole book would be yellow, lol. I print out the power points and take...

  22. Feeling like a bad mom

    sarahsmile44 replied to MelanyJ's topic in General Students

    I don't know how old your kids are, but you are NOT a bad mom! My girls are 8 and 12. Here are some tricks that help me keep my A's in class and keep " stellar mom" status: ORGANIZE my time!! I get...

  23. The imporrtance of having a degree in this economy especially In Nursing !!

    sarahsmile44 replied to Blessed S.N.23's topic in General Students

    It's hard to get a job in any profession right now and it can be discouraging for nursing students; especially ones like me who took ten years of night classes just to get my pre-reqs done! But, to...

  24. Age of graduates coming out of Nursing School!?

    sarahsmile44 replied to Blessed S.N.23's topic in General Students

    I'll be 37 when I graduate. After 11 years working in a hospital laboratory, as a Supervisor, I quit and went back to

  25. Phi Theta Kappa - Haven't we all been invited?

    sarahsmile44 replied to SDChargersGirl#31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would like to join mine, but the GPA requirements is 3.85!! I have a GPA over that right now, but I'm only in my first semester of nursing school