2ndyearstudent CNA

Look into CNA work. You can usually schedule your shifts around your class and clinical times. I had no problem doing this and I worked as a LTC CNA, a Home Health Aide, and a CNA on a Med/Surg floor duing nursing school. I worked days and evening...

The best way to study for HESI is to study your regular class topics - with the addition of using NCLEX review questions on the topics you are covering. My program used the HESI tests to evaluate your stregths and weaknesses and give you a directio...

I think you may have identified a reason for that.

This is very different in Associate Degree Programs. For the most part, grade inflation there is nonexistent. In general I would say it isn't any harder to get a C in an Associate Degree Program than a BSN program, but it sure as heck is a lot har...

Man I'd do a lot right now for a 90% = A. I need a 10/90 on my final to get a C and a 85/90 to get an A in my final class of nursing school. I think my 4.0 is his-to-ry.

My care plans changed every time I changed instructors. I finally figured out I have to do a draft early, well before it is due, then run it by the instructor. They all have their own preferences for care plans so get them to tell you what they want...

You don't deserve any of the respect you appear to be expecting early in the program. You haven't done a thing. You are the exact equal to a kid outta high school who got into the program same as you. Nursing school is like boot camp in a lot of ways...

When you begin conversation with a strawman that includes the phrase, "..how do you live with yourself?" you pretty much forfeit the opportunity to respond as above. The problem you are going to run into with your sources and your tone is you sound ...

Be careful, there is another commonly used chemical that kills thousands of people a year. It can cause pneumonia, suffocation, spread disease, is toxic by itself without secondary causes and has many other known dangerous mechanisms of action. It i...

Chemistry is heavily involved in Anatomy and Physiology...and in Nursing School. You may not care where iron is located on the periodic table but there is a whole lot of stuff about iron, many other ions, and many other chemistry concepts you do need...

Engineering. In the 90's it was great - lots of work, lots of bonuses, promotions, stock options and comp time. I worked my butt off, but I saw rewards, both intrinsically in doing the job well and extrinsically in the aforementioned goodies. Then th...

I learned them through sheer repetition. I remember first year getting thrown name after name in my first semester and being completely overwhelmed - Lasix, Bumex, Lovenox, Heparin, Atenolol, Narcan, Nitroglycerin, Nitroprussin, Metformin, Lantus, No...

I am in the same boat. I have a Bachelors of Science in Engineering and am going to graduate with an ASN on May 16. I was always auto rejected for any student aid due to the number of undergrad credits I already have and I had to fill out waiver for...

Yep. Get a job in a crappy nursing home to get some experience so a hospital or clinic will look at you.

The only thing I would not like is the amount of time it would take away from studying for exams and completing assignments. Two twelves plus three days of work in a week doesn't leave much time for the constant grind of nursing school.

Hyperventilation is a compensatory mechanism, but it does not lead to warm and flushed skin. Acidosis causes peripheral vasodilation (the mechanism of which you can look up in journals) which leads to the warm flushed skin.

Yes. Practice. A lot of it. One of the reasons nursing school is so hard is that programs are preparing you to take the NCLEX. So you get a lot of practice on those types of questions.

I did gain some weight going to school. However I'm about to graduate and I have lost 60 pounds. For a year and a half, I blamed nursing school for not being able to lose weight. Then I cut out soda, white chocolate mochas, fast food, and started ...

Yes, it is possible, but it isn't easy. It is up to you to choose fitness goals that are compatible with school demands. I notice people who focused on wellness or maintenance type activities had a lot easier and less stressful time in school and fi...

Sorry to answer your question with a question, but what causes skin to be warm and flushed from any cause?

This is a wonderful sentiment and I understand what you mean, but be careful with this. It is hard to explain, but, you cannot heal people. You can do your best to help people get on a path to better health or wellness, you can work with other membe...

My advice is to relax and enjoy your last summer before nursing school as much as you can. Look, you have already laid the groundwork for your success in school, you worked your butt of in your prereqs, including math. You aren't going to learn that...

Things I have done in Clinical and yep, we gots patients right away: ADLs (get them cleaned up, dressed and to breakfast) Assist with feeding (Regular or Tube Feeding) Head to Toe Assessments Run a Mock Care Conference Glucose checks Palliative Care ...

A Saunders or Kaplan NCLEX review/strategy book is a good start. It won't be too useful until you actually start taking tests, so you should re-read the strategy section before every semester. It has saved my bacon many times on nursing tests. Ap...

She's in your head and she knows it. Stop letting her in there. Do the best you can, put on a happy face and say "Very well," "You got it," "Thank you," or "Yes ma'am" to every damn thing she says. Eat in the cafeteria with everyone else. Jerky supe...