WandererRNBSN

I'm so sorry for your loss. I recently lost my baby boy last september at 20 weeks pregnant. During that time i was in my Med-Surg rotation. and now i am in my OB rotation and it is hard for me especially since his due date was Jan 14th. Im in therapy and i have talked with my instructors an they are very helpful. If im having one of those days she told me to just let her know and they will find me something else to do. so far i haven't been having too bad of a day that i can not care for my assigned patients. But it increases my want for another child and the thoughts and feelings of wanting my baby here. So i'm expecting to stay in therapy until this rotation is over. Its hard to study for the subject also because of my experience. So my advice would be to talk with your instructors, assess how you are feeling each morning before, an stay in therapy :-) we will get through this rotation!

I am so sorry to hear about everyones loss. I too lost my son at 20 weeks gestation September 3rd 2010. He was orginally due Jan. 14th. So far it has been an emotional rollercoaster. Always thinking about what we could have been doing and where we should be at. I identify with the feelings that were previously mentioned. An the comments i got where the exact same, and it didn't make the healing easier. Right now i keep receiving coupons, formula and baby magazines and it just reminds me of my son and how he is not here. The night before I went into labor i felt him move for sure and i remember laughing and talking with my grandmother. Because it made me laugh. Then the next evening i went into labor...I have photos and other memorabilia. I got to spend as much time with him as i wanted. The nursing staff was excellent in being there for me and the doctor who delivered my baby. I am forever grateful for how they took care of my husband and i in our time of need. I wear my Peace bracelet in memory of my son everyday. Since i miscarried, 4 of my friends also lossed their babies in different stages of pregnancy. Perinatal loss is almost one of those losses that are not spoken about often but the support of other couples that went through it helps a lot. I just want to say thank you to all the L&D nurses that are there for us through a difficult time, everything you do means a lot to every life you touch.:hug:

I so identify with you all on the issues with studying at home. I always feel like there's something at home that needs my attention. I don't like to be separated from everything but i can most effectively studying on my bed. lol wierd but it works, but my back doesn't always agree. But i like the idea of going to the library and studying on saturday for 7hrs. That would seem so productive and i could manage to do that once a week and studying when i can at school, work an home. In the coffee shops and bookstore (barnes and nobles, etc) does the people coming and going and talking distract you? Or do you pop in earplugs and slip into the world of Nursing?

Hello all!!! This is my first Thread! I really want to know where do all my fellow nursing students can really focus and study at? I am having a hard time finding somewhere to study to where i can really focus. So far the school library seems to do it, but i can't always go as much as i need to study, nor do i have the gas to make extra trips during the week. Soo Where do you study???? :stdnrsrck:

I know this post is old but it might help somebody looking for help like I was. I went to this site and downloaded the second posters link and it worked for me. http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7programs/thread/bf3fab33-d9a4-4d36-b780-8d7ea047a335

I just wanted to say, without getting into a debate or anything, that no infant will object to anything. They are in the care of their parents, who will do what is best for their child as they see fit. But like some other posters said, if you don't want to participate then don't. It's not a big deal if you don't, clinical will go on and so will everything else. :dncgbby:

some things that helped me a lot in my med-surg semester was studying in advance atmost a week in advance, and then concentrating on the topics i didn't understand and using the book to clarify my notes. then i rewrote all of my notes, an i voice recorded my notes, and played them while driving in my car (by putting this cassesste adapter in my cassessette player and plugging into my recorder), or anytime i had downtime. i also bought saunder's nclex and the prestige review for med-surg. they both helped alot. it took me awhile to switch up my study method to figure out what worked for me. imo that's what you will have to do too, to figure out which method makes the material stick. i hope this helps! :stdnrsrck:

IMO when u attend nursing school, at least at my school, the instructors let you know what they want you to know and be able to test over. They give you the pages in the book to refer back to or to clarify more. If you read on your own you will take in a lot of information and not know what to narrow in on. Saunder's Review for NCLEX is a good book that will narrow down to the important points should you do decide to read on your own. But instructors are there to clarify and give real life examples. Also most colleges have resources you can go utilize for any special accomodations you may need.

I say do whats works for you. When i worked in LTC, I would do walking rounds with the shift leaving. then between 1 and 130 I would do my first round. and i would do my second rounds around 3 or 3:30 and by the time i was finished with that round it would be close to time to do my get ups. Once you get to know your residents, you will know which one's are heavy wetters, or need to be changed more often than others. There would be some that won't need to changed first rounds consistently but by last rounds will be wet. Also you can also do rounds when you come in and make sure everyone has went to the bathroom if they need to go, if you don't do walking rounds with the shift before.

i'm going into my third semester of a five semester program, and in med-surg i struggled with fluid and electrolyte imbalance.

I would be interested in doing this as well!

Nursing is both an art and a science, as one of my theory books say. You can't focus on just the art or just the science. As far as the motivation issue, it doesn't matter to me why people get into nursing, all that matters to me is that the patient is taking care of. Stay current in any new information, and keep learning on the job an off. Show competence in the clinical setting, an not just do the bare mininums. I'm a student nurse, im in it not because of a the media driven "shortage", but because I have a passion to care for people AND because of the science of the field, and to provide for my family. Someone's signature says 'patients don't care how much you care, but about what you know.' Merry Christmas!!!:tree:

That's what I thought too. Once you become a RN you can't work as a CNA or LPN/LVN

I had the chance to witness a stna do all patient care without gloves! Even peri care and everything dealing with the patient she refused to wear gloves. Stating that it was impersonal....yea it blew my mind.

Some programs like the one i am in have u take those classes along with your nursing classes. But you can also take them before you start the program. Thats what i did, and some of my courses transferred from the university i had attended, so now all i have left is micro and my nursing classes

There are some great study books out there for Med-Surg. I have recently bought Saunders comprehensive NCLEX review and rationale. That books give you a preview of different topics your class books will cover. and gives you tons of questions and rationales. You can use that book throughout nursing school. and I got another book just for Med-Surg and its review and rationale's. Also in the back of your class book there should be a CD-rom that you can do practice questions an a website that will help break down the book, and help study for tests. I'm doing my Med-Surg rotation in a 2 year RN program and so far this has helped