RNNoMore

I was born in England, so yes, English really is my native language...but I can't even begin to count how many times I've either a) had to put on a fake American accent to make certain words understood ('Fall' 'Respiratory' and 'Water' being the most...

I finally left nursing 4 years ago after experiencing severe burnout. I was only a nurse for around 8 years, but in that short space of time went from loving it (5 patients with a tech to help) to loathing it (7-8 acute care patients with no tech and...

Haven't had any VIP's - but quite a few 'FFP's' (Frequent Flyer Princesses/Princes)... my latest a couple of weeks ago pulled the following stunts... "Can you photocopy all 45 of my Winnie-the-Pooh coloring sheets so I can color with my roommate" (Sh...

One of my interests is in learning and study skills/methods, and I was curious as to what specific study methods you use, or have found useful. My own method has developed from reading lots of books, with a specific interest in those by Tony Buzan a...

Well, I know we all hate them, but we should be wearing thick support pantyhose in order to avoid our pretty little legs becoming varicosed from standing all day....and opaque white pantyhose has another virtue - it helps stop your underwear from sho...

Welcome to one of the joys of nursing school!! I'm a virgo, absolutely HAVE to write up schedules and time-management plans and I agree with you that it is the most frustrating thing in the world not to be able to plan because you don't know what you...

So, what are you all doing over the Summer? I will be finishing my first year of nursing school on Friday and then I have THREE AND A HALF MONTHS off until I start college again!!!! Whhooooooooopppiieeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! I am not doing any summer cou...

Sounds like you all have good things planned for the summer....I've been toying with the idea of Disneyworld too - we've never been before, and as my eldest will be off to college in a few years, we really should go before it's too late. All depends...

I would go for M, W, F. Then you always have a study day available the day before an exam. You are lucky to have such a choice though - we don't get much of a choice, if any, in our schedules, and most of the time we are at college or clinicals eve...

If you just can't bring yourself to look at your textbooks or notes, try studying in a different way - watch Discovery Health Channel for relevant programs, surf the internet for information, or read magazine articles that are relevant to what you ar...

Thanks for all your replies and advice - sorry it took so long to reply, but the morning after clinicals we had an exam, which I bombed - and that's the first time I've ever got less than an A in an exam. I was so tired, my brain just wouldn't funct...

I'm not sure if I should discuss this with our nursing coordinator - would like some input from you guys... Last semester we were assigned 2 patients per clinical day, and did not have to hand in our paperwork, care-plans etc., until the following we...

Have a complete Spring Clean throughout your house - pack up/throw away/sell/donate anything that could possibly be labelled 'clutter'. Believe me - you won't get much time to clean when you start your nursing course, and the more clutter-free your ...

Well, I have 2 Great Danes and also volunteer for the local Great Dane Rescue society. It's been tough on the dogs since I've been at nursing school, they don't get walked as often as I'd like and have to spend several hours a day alone until my daug...

Our wonderful Pharm Teacher lets us take a 3" x 5" index card into all her exams, with as much info on it as we can cram in, both sides. Bless her heart, I would definately be failing this course if it wasn't for that. Paint.

Interesting posts.....I'm British born, emigrated to the USA 4 years ago and have just started my Associates Degree in Nursing, to become an RN. After that I hope to go straight on to get my Bachelors Degree. I've been trying to find out about the ...

My first bisemester will be over by the end of next week, my last clinical rotation for this bisemester was today, so next week I have 5 exams over Mon, Tue and Wednesday, then I get a 4-day weekend before the second bi-semester, and new clinical rot...

Oh........hearing endless lectures about how vital correct nutrition and exercise is to good health, and how badly stress and lack of sleep affect the immune system........ :rotfl: Yeah, right! I am now CONVINCED I am going to end up being the pa...

When we are supposed to be having a holiday (i.e. Labor Day), and then a few days beforehand we get short notice that they are adding some sort of mandatory class that day and we have to go in When I'm going to have to leave for clinicals at 4.30 am...

That was bloody brilliant LOL! Paint

I have exactly the same problem - I get 8 hours sleep every night and yet I'll still be falling asleep in lectures, when reading, in front of the TV and when I'm a passenger in a car! I figured out that I fall asleep the most when I'm not actively p...

Try reading the first and last sentences of each paragraph - the first few sentences will have the main points of the information in, and the last few sentences will summarize the paragraph. Look at all tables & charts - these often summarize wh...

1. The first half of the proportion ( a:b ) will be the conversion rule that you know (the one you memorise), for example 32 ounces = 1 quart. So you will have 32:1 as the first half of your proportion. 2. The second half of your proportion (c:d) wil...

'Banquet' do frozen meals called 'Crock Pot Classics' which are family-sized casseroles that you just tip into your crockpot in the morning, add water and leave to cook. It literally takes just 5 minutes or less to prepare. Have a look in your groce...

No support system, no relatives, no child care facilities, husband is often away on business. I'll just be giving them a Tylenol and packing them off to school. My cell-phone doesn't work in my college building, and we're not allowed to take cell ...