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  1. I want to be a nurse but I cant get over my fear, please help!!!

    2ndyearstudent replied to JT0612's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You appear to be having something similar to panic attacks when you perceive someone else is in discomfort. That is certainly something a lot of us struggled with. I don't like seeing anyone in pain...

  2. Social Media, worth it or not?

    2ndyearstudent replied to New 2 iceeYouRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The student in the case you mention did not get expelled for posting a photo of a placenta. She (and others) got expelled for TAKING the photo. In case anyone is unclear on this, students may NOT take...

  3. This is why you should be careful what you post on facebook

    2ndyearstudent replied to semester1kid's topic in General Students

    It is exactly inappropriate for students to take pictures of donated human tissue they are working with in lab or while visiting other sites. Way. Out. Of. Bounds. It doesn't matter if you post them...

  4. I can't believe she went there!

    2ndyearstudent replied to muneca13's topic in General Students

    So....that's a "No" on watching the kids? I get reactions like this once in a while too, but they are so rare they make me laugh more than anything else. The vast majority of the time I get nothing...

  5. First semester of clinical made me change my mind

    2ndyearstudent replied to crownemarie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you for a great post! I quit my previous job to go into nursing because I knew I would be unhappy doing that for a living. Your post underscores the value and importance of working in the...

  6. Better to go part time or full time to Nursing school?

    2ndyearstudent replied to koko2002's topic in General Students

    The LAST thing I would ever want to do is stretch out an RN program. My RN-BSN program, maybe I'll take it down a notch because I (better) be working full

  7. Life as a minority in nursing

    2ndyearstudent replied to cookie91's topic in General Students

    It relates directly to the topic the OP posted. Yes, issues that involve politics, ethnicity or religion can be heated and confrontational, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be discussed. People...

  8. Advice? Significant Other: "You make too much for what you do."

    2ndyearstudent replied to Coffeebeanie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is the sole issue. Tell him to grow

  9. Life as a minority in nursing

    2ndyearstudent replied to cookie91's topic in General Students

    "Conservative" (or Neo-Conservatives, or Tea Party or Palin/Bachmann types) Americans love to pretend it doesn't exist. More accurately, they deny that it exists. They do this because it goes against...

  10. Life as a minority in nursing

    2ndyearstudent replied to cookie91's topic in General Students

    Extremely well put. I posted my response before reading yours - yours is

  11. Life as a minority in nursing

    2ndyearstudent replied to cookie91's topic in General Students

    I am a hispanic male, which in nursing kind of makes you Strom Thurmond compared to me. I vehemently disagree that minority status is what makes it hard for people to accomplish their goals. Economic...

  12. RN with unrelated BS degree

    2ndyearstudent replied to guest112's topic in General Students

    I am in the same situation, only I have a BS in Mechanical Engineering. I have some of the exact same goals as you and I believe that your computer science degree means exactly as much as my BSME...

  13. Tips for a Struggling Nursing Student?

    2ndyearstudent replied to Azure1213's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    First, I would stop worring about over or understudying and start focusing on your learning objectives. If you are the type of person who repeatedly asks, "Do I really have to know this?" Stop being...

  14. Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

    2ndyearstudent replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    As far as not being able to smoke in parking lots go, you smokers have only yourselves to blame for that. I'm sure that none of the smokers in this thread is one of the disgusting people that thinks...

  15. Nursing...is it right for me? Opinions please!

    2ndyearstudent replied to havehope's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The thing about the needles is that they become a LOT less scary after you are trained to handle them and practice with them. I am no fan of needles either, but after a year and a half of nursing...

  16. Is it just me or......

    2ndyearstudent replied to MickeysMom's topic in General Students

    My program has a single "class" each semester. However, that class covers Theory, Lab, Clinical, Pharm.....they just cram everything into one class. It's how two year colleges in my state get away...

  17. Is it just me or......

    2ndyearstudent replied to MickeysMom's topic in General Students

    My thoughts exactly! I just finished Med Surg at a community college and that class was a bear. It wasn't so much the material, but the sheer volume of it and the pace of the program. Theory, Lab,...

  18. How Can I get Experience If...nobody gives me a chance?

    2ndyearstudent replied to Elvienm's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Same thing happened to me. So I stopped applying at hospitals. I rode my bike to a crappy ass nursing home near my house, asked for an application and walked out with a job offer. I rode it out for...

  19. Mistake -- Just need to let this off my chest

    2ndyearstudent replied to *4!#6's topic in General Students

    Interviewing is a skill you also work on during interviews. Those unpaid internships are a

  20. Has anyone been put on probation for clinicals? I just did!!!

    2ndyearstudent replied to bella65's topic in General Students

    No one is saying the student shouldn't ask questions. Here is the part you may be missing: The OP stated, "while I was giving meds through the tube, I asked how much normal saline I should flush...

  21. Has anyone been put on probation for clinicals? I just did!!!

    2ndyearstudent replied to bella65's topic in General Students

    I think if it was first semester clinical, you would have a point. Not third though. The information the student needed should have been on the MAR and if not, should have been addressed during prep....

  22. I need to know the truth about salaries.

    2ndyearstudent replied to wanna b's topic in General Students

    The truth is that when you go from a job you worked for 20 years to a different job where you have no experience you might have to take a pay cut. However the good news is that while you were at the...

  23. May 2011 graduates..nervous for last semester?

    2ndyearstudent replied to gaspasser2b's topic in General Students

    I'm jealous! I had a 32-hour ICU preceptorship last semester that went great, but way too short. My holiday break consists of working as much as I can and reading the 10 chapters of OB assigned over...

  24. Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

    2ndyearstudent replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    My first job out of college (the first time) was in an Engineering department that consisted of a closed room with 6 cubicles and 3 chain smokers. That sucked. The company was bought out a short...

  25. Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

    2ndyearstudent replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    Were you looking for people to say positive things about smoking? I looked at the comments up to your post above and saw nothing really unexpected. I'm curious, what did you find so