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My ex had many medical issues and I was a CNA and nursing student the kast time I accompanied him to the hospital. Mom and dad took days and I had nights. I told RN and CNA that I was a student and would help with his care in any way they needed but tried to stsy out of their way. I was there to listen to the docs and relay info to mom and dad after rounds as well as help him sleep due to his anxiety.

I agree tipping is not aporopriate while food and thank you card for all staff more appropriate. That said I've had a few cases where I got gifts with monetary value less than $5 and there wasnt a problem with this from my employer. The first example was a woman making rings out of $2 bills. I still have this in my jewelry box three years later. Another patient would hand 4 half dollar coins to anyone who entered his room. I was a PCT at the time and answered his call light when his assigned PCT was busy. I tried to refuse but he became very upset so I spoke to his RN who said that he'd been passing out coins to all staff and wouldn't take no from anyone. I kept those coins as well since not one normally found in pocket change. Once I got a card with $15 Dunkin Donuts gift card enclosed as well as words of thanks from a pt family, I know others in my department also got them. I ended up bringing a box of coffee and a couple dozen donuts to work with me one night since I could not refuse/return the gift.

I had a dementia patient screaming "I can't see! I can't see." I walked in the room (lights were already on) and saw her clenching her eyes shut so I said to her "Mrs. xxx, open your eyes." She did, so then I asked her if she could see me. Yes, she could see me and when asked what color my top was she answered "blue," which was the color of my scrub top that night. I just had to laugh at that exchange.

It is hard for all the reasons previously stated but do able. I'd like to add enjoy your school breaks. Plan to see your friends you might not see during the semester, go to a movie or whatever fun things you like to do. It will help if you can unwind a little between terms. And for the SATA questions I look at each choice as a T/F in relation to the question.

In my facility, the patients meds will be ordered for first dose when the order is input in the computer, often the patient is still in the ED, so the meds are already late by the time I get the patient in the room. It can take me 5 minutes to get the meds or over an hour depending on what part of shift the patient arrives. When ED send patient at shift change I haven't even peeked at orders and unless they are in distress I am going to settle them in, check on all my patients then return to review what meds patient has already taken that day before pulling meds. Often a.m. meds were taken at home but pharmacy will put in 1st dose at 7 p.m. and again at 7 a.m. for daily dosing. I usually end up not giving half the first dose meds because they are medically contraindicated. If I do give the meds they are late because of patient care prioritization or patient off unit.

Nearly a year out of school and still fighting to get hired my first RN position in acute care. Wish those making hiring decisions remembered they were once in my position and realize interviews do not make the nurse but rather heart.

We had a camper bring her acne abx in an old cosmetic powder jar. We held the it in health center while contacting mom to inform her med would be returned at end of camp. Two weeks into camp, camper insisted she needed the med for her (flawless) complextion, so we again contacted mom who had MD fax a script for the medication which was then identified using an online search. Only then did I dispense the medication to the camper.

How's it going? Camp is in full swing here, we've had some staffing issues at our health center, but the administration is great and we are getting a new nurse on Monday. The three of us that make up the current team work well together and will pull together to get through this weekend and keep one another going. I've seen an elephant, tigers and a snoopy all this week at camp. I even heard a report of a lake shark attack! Yikes. Snoopy got a full head to toe work up, and is well except for his scratched lens, he may eventually need glasses. Even reports of the tooth fairy around here, she's probably going to need a vacation soon with all the 10 year olds losing their molars.

I am taking my first ever RN job as a camp nurse in Maine this summer. I received and signed my contract a few hours ago. I am looking forward to learning from this thread. Before applying to camps, I had read the articles mentioned in the original post.

I used both Test Success and Fundamentals sucess in my first course and later maternity and med/surg success books.

I recently graduated, you will learn how to think like a nurse. For me, the F.A. Davis "Success" series was helpful. Practicing questions and reading the rationales until I learned how to choose the "Best" answer. Later in my studies, I would attend lecture and do test questions from the FA DAVIS SUCCESS that corresponded to the lecture material rather than reading hundreds of pages of texts as my time was more limited and I just couldn't read all the assigned reading. I would only go back to the assigned text if there was a part of the lecture I needed to understand better. In the beginning though, I would recommend reading all assigned material BEFORE the lecture so you can ask questions if you need to and forming a study group was also very helpful. Often my friend would ask me to explain something, I was able to explain to her and it also retain the information I might not have been thinking about when I studied. I know she saved my butt more than once when we studied together when I was focused on XYZ for the test and she reminded me ABC was just as important to review.

I just passed my boards 2 weeks ago, but it feels like yesterday I was sitting in my first lecture of nursing school. It was an exciting day, sitting with friends I had made when we attended orientation and making new friends. It was a long day of lecture, but now that it is over those almost 2 years went by so quickly. The friends I made in nursing school will be friends for the rest of my life, we laughed and cried and studied together. We went through personal losses and overcame obstacles together.

Congrats terri8! I took the NCLEX RN today and got the good pop-up. This weekend is going to drag waiting to check my BON website Monday. I too felt like I didn't know enough. When I was approaching the 75th question I looked at the time remaining and it wasn't time for a break so I took a deep breath and prepared to have the computer go past 75 questions. I really felt like I probably chose the answer that killed the patient on the 75th question, so I wasn't expecting to see the good pop-up when I finally found wifi. I did HURST Review and I just remember one of the videos the speaker saying you will feel that you don't know what they are asking on the higher level questions, so it must be a good thing that I felt like I only knew the calculation questions. I had a few select all that apply and a couple put in order questions which I have zero confidence in those questions.

I just graduated. I had a rolling backpack for the first year then switched to a traditional. I never took more than a laptop and notebook to class, there was no reason for us to bring our texts to class.

I don't know what I've spent over that past two school years on books and supplies but I can tell you how I chose to save money. I found uniforms for my school on craigslist. They were $5 for a polos and $10 for whites. We wear polos in lecture and lab and whites in the hospital. The price for polos new at the bookstore was $25 each. I did not find my textbooks online for my first semester so I searched the web for used and previous editions and saved at least half off the new price. Most times an immediate past edition will work just fine. Last summer I found a craigslist ad for 33 different text books covering both the ADN and BSN program at my school, the poster wanted $100 for all the books. I noticed that one book I already had in the lot was currently selling online used for $65+ and there were several good reference books I did not have in the lot. I paid $100 and within 24 hours had sold the one book for $65. I sold several more over the next two weeks and made my $100 back and now had about 20 books I paid nothing for. Because I will be done in October, I plan on passing most of my older edition study guides and reference materials to a friend starting at a different school in August.