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  1. My first clinical job as a new grad...the horror!!!!!!

    golosa82 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad and I just recently got my first job as an rn at a community home. I had a brief 2 week orientation and was put by myself to work a busy floor my first day alone. I was told to focus...

  2. 4th semester in ADN program...in need for advice

    golosa82 posted a topic in General Students

    I am in my last semester of an ADN program. At this point we are doing advanced med-surg and we have clinicals twice a week. However, I always tend to make mistakes and just one mistake starts to make...

  3. 4th semester in ADN program...in need for advice

    golosa82 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the pointers! Yes I tend to forget sometimes about the Iv sites and what solution is being administered and when my instructor asks me I think to myself DARNIT!!! I was just in there and...

  4. working while doing full time nursing classes

    golosa82 posted a topic in General Students

    I am a second semester nursing student. This is actually my 2nd time taking med-surg. I was doing fine my 1st time thru the course, although towards the end my test grades were going down due to...

  5. trying to stay strong and not give up but I feel like everyone is against me

    golosa82 posted a topic in General Students

    I am a 2nd semester nursing student and this is my 2nd time taking med-surg. I still am having problems cracking down the answers on the exams but I feel like i understand the material alot better...

  6. trying to stay strong and not give up but I feel like everyone is against me

    golosa82 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    kringe38-I feel the same way too whenever I make a mistake I feel really stupid b/c either I already knew it beforehand and forgot or I just overlooked it . I tend to dwell on the issue so much that...

  7. trying to stay strong and not give up but I feel like everyone is against me

    golosa82 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    kringe38-I feel the same way too whenever I make a mistake I feel really stupid b/c either I already knew it beforehand and forgot or I just overlooked it . I tend to dwell on the issue so much that...

  8. trying to stay strong and not give up but I feel like everyone is against me

    golosa82 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    Alex2010-omg did you ever report that nurse???!! What she did was just inhumane!!! I could just never imagine doing that to someone. People like that definitely do not need to be in the medical...

  9. trying to stay strong and not give up but I feel like everyone is against me

    golosa82 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    Thx ham it up-I am glad for the support I'm getting from everyone on here, it keeps me at ease and lets me know I'm not the only one feeling this way. It's so much easier to explain it to people who...

  10. trying to stay strong and not give up but I feel like everyone is against me

    golosa82 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    Thanks to everyone that has posted their comments, now I dont feel as bad as I did a few minutes ago since tonight did not go as good as I thought it would. I had clinicals tonight and I had the same...

  11. trying to stay strong and not give up but I feel like everyone is against me

    golosa82 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    Thanks! I really am trying hard to stay positive, I'm a person that sometimes takes criticism to heart but I know that in this field criticism can either make u stronger and become better or break you...

  12. How could I possibly not pass my skills?!

    golosa82 posted a topic in General Students

    I had a horrible experience this past week with really screwing up on passing my skills practical exam. For the first 7 weeks of the semester we are given some skills: the 1st set was monitoring iv...

  13. How could I possibly not pass my skills?!

    golosa82 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    Thanks everyone for the positive support! I do believe that for the 2nd time, I will do alot

  14. working weekend option while going to nursing school?

    golosa82 replied to srleslie's topic in General Students

    It all depends on your study habits and organizational skills. If you feel like you will need to focus more on school and you can financially do it without work I'd say just focus on school. I was...

  15. How could I possibly not pass my skills?!

    golosa82 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    @cgravier-I really did unexpectedly. It was just one of those days I guess. @jmere311-Im more of a visual learner, memorizing the steps doesnt help me, thats why I was going in to practice so much and...

  16. working while doing full time nursing classes

    golosa82 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    Everyone's posts has made me feel better and more positive about what I have to do. I know that when you really want something no matter what, nothing can stand in the way and if you have to work to...

  17. working while doing full time nursing classes

    golosa82 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    wow Emmi7, that really amazes me. I guess I'm just the kind of person that stresses myself out so much and I worry and a big part of that is wat consumes so much of my energy that wen I have to study...

  18. How to survive med-surg

    golosa82 posted a topic in General Students

    I am a 2nd semester student taking med-surg , it is a very difficult course. When it comes down to the exam I study the information on the diseases, I do like a concept map of each and list the...

  19. studying for med-surg

    golosa82 replied to >--stethoscope--o's topic in General Students

    Hi I am taking med-surg and I use this method for studying as well, kind of like concept mapping, however when its time to take the test the questions usually ask what priority nursing diagnoses or...