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I've never had a reaction to one before! It's been 24 hr and I have a raised, red lump. If I hold it up to the light I can see the borders the size of a quarter. It's not blistery-looking or a pustule, it kind of resembles a mosquito bite. It's harde...

Hi everyone! I'm a long time lurker, first time poster! Anyway, I'm from St. Louis, and I just got waitlisted for UMSL's clinical BSN program. I'm looking at applying at Chamberlain since I have a friend who has a lower GPA than mine and she got acc...

They're the same things. Our school was using ATI last year but their servers kept crashing during finals, so now we've switched to HESI. I like the way the HESI website is organized better.

3rd semester is supposed to be the worst. Everyone I've talked to who is a year ahead has told me about how they stopped caring about their GPA because A students start getting C's and D's... I'm an A student so I'm worried. What are some basic thin...

Thank you! 3rd semester is bad because there is just way too much stuff crammed into it. That's why at my school 4 yr BSN program just became 4.5 yr. They had to stretch it out another semester because too many people lose their minds towards the end...

This is absolutely ludicrous. What about nurses who are obese because of medication or medical conditions? Are you supposed to let your employer see your records to prove that? I'm not obese but one of my BEST nursing instructor was. She was an amazi...

Let's not forget having to deal with child abuse cases or shaken babies. I would get so depressed. Pedi nurses must be tough as old leather.

Call the doc and maybe next time he'll pay attention to standing orders.

One of my instructors said that he liked the ER because no matter what happens, you won't have to deal for long because there are only 3 places where the pt will go: out the door, upstairs to a floor, or down to the morgue.

I am in school and having doubts too. I love the things that I do at clinicals and talking to pts, but I've come to realize that this isn't a very "intellectual" field. Sometimes it doesn't feel like anything but a "trade." Of course, I'm not knockin...

I'm no dietician, but I get through long stretches by loading up on complex carbs, yogurt, and eggs. When I stick to it, I don't crash. Fruit and yogurt for snacks helps too.

This whole thread reminds me of Dwight Schrute... Assistant manager vs assistant to the manager haha

I'm about to begin my clinical rotation at a state-run mental health hospital. Some of the patients on the ward that I will be going to are sex offenders. These are people who are here because the court ruled that they are "not guilty by reason of in...

Thank you for everyone's comments. I realize now that it's not about sexual attraction but rather about power over an individual. This psych clinical will definitely a test of my ability to set boundaries.

The problem is that I am Asian, so even a tiny bit of eyeliner makes me look "exotic." I just don't want my race to trigger any creep-show behavior. Unfortunately, some people stereotype Asian women as being "submissive" and have targeted them for s...

Many professors use the same exams year after year, so usually the question that everyone gets wrong are the ones with content that weren't discussed in class, weren't on study guides/slides, or were based off of info from an older edition of the tex...

Everyone deals with pain in their own way. Someone could report their pain as an 8/10 but be joking around b/c it distracts them from how much it hurts. I know someone who has an autoimmune disease and says her pain is a 7 or an 8 daily, but she neve...

Even if they do, cost of living in Alaska is crazy expensive.

Grad student positions don't just fall out of the sky. And getting into a doctorate program isn't easy. There's a lot of competition, especially now since many jobless students are going back to grad school to delay paying off their debts. Not only d...

Good luck finding work with a pysch major. I have some friends with that degree and they're bagging groceries or working at the mall, living hand to mouth trying to pay off loans. Going to grad school is another hefty loan. Many banks these days aren...

I would stop making flashcards. If they're not working for you, don't waste time on them. What REALLY helps me out is online stuff. Many textbooks come with a code that gives you online access to practice tests, quizzes, summaries, etc. Some even off...

My clinical instructor told us on day 1 that if you're sick to stay home. Some patients may be immunocompromised and something as minor as the cold or the flu could throw them off. I feel bad for you if your school doesn't have a policy for sickness,...

Shut the hell up back there, back row people. The classroom and labs are not the place to be canoodling with one of the five male students. People are talking about your trashy ass behind your backs.

The material is not that difficult. What's hard is that it's a HUGE VOLUME of material that you have to learn in a short period of time. A lot of it is content that you are expected to teach yourself outside of class and contact the prof if you have ...

I'm so sorry. Bad things happen all the time to good people, and all you can do is learn from it and try, try again. I'm glad you're not giving up and dropping out. I've failed at things too. Looking back, I don't regret them because they were majo...