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  1. Trouble sleeping night before clinical? Advice to remedy?

    sjalv replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

    I don't feel nervous the night before clinicals, but I do make sure to wake up at a decent hour the day before so I won't have trouble going to sleep early that night. I'm not sure if you exercise,...

  2. Bullied by Clinical Instructor

    sjalv replied to dorkiexcici's topic in General Students

    The behavior you are describing is not acceptable. In hindsight, you should have reported her to the director of your program when this toxic behavior first began, especially when she cursed at you,...

  3. First semester nursing student. Does it get better?

    sjalv replied to basenjilove808's topic in General Students

    It is important to identify why you are having trouble with the NCLEX-styled questions. Do you not understand what the question is asking? Do you have trouble picking the 'most correct' answer (the...

  4. Passed my Hesi Exit exam The nightmare is over

    sjalv replied to andyyyedm's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    It is extremely hard to read your post. Please use punctuation (commas, apostrophes, periods, etc) where appropriate, proper capitalization, and divide your post up into

  5. Nervous in clinical. Being too hard on myself?

    sjalv replied to pht15's topic in General Students

    For what it's worth, your grade in 1st semester does not determine your grade in the following semesters. My grades so far, from 1st to 4th, are/were: B, C, B, A. Of course the semester isn't even...

  6. First semester nursing student. Does it get better?

    sjalv replied to basenjilove808's topic in General Students

    Every program is different. For me, 2nd semester was the hardest because that is when med/surg was introduced and the content of our exams got a lot more

  7. Too old? Too young?? Career? Question:)

    sjalv replied to SML456's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am 20 and there are 40 years olds in my class. Don't let age be a

  8. People really need to stop coming into nursing

    sjalv replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    It really perplexes me that there are actually new grads who expect to get the best hours, the best shift, and the best pay. I will be a new grad nurse in May, and when I was discussing my job offer...

  9. Night shift and exercise

    sjalv replied to jar312's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Disclaimer: I'm a young, single guy with no kids. I just go to the gym right after work for about an hour, get home and shower, then go to bed and do it all over again the next day. Note that this is...

  10. Nursing Pins

    sjalv replied to Lissla's topic in General Nursing

    I graduate in May and have chosen not to order one. Actually, none of the other guys in my class did either. I don't see the point, and in my opinion, wearing a name badge that identifies you as an RN...

  11. Huge over supply of nurses

    sjalv replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    1. What does this thread have to do with banding together? The theme of the thread is that there is no nursing shortage. What are we going to do, blackmail hospital CEOs into hiring more nurses? 2....

  12. Is it normal to feel like you suck?

    sjalv replied to tiny_nurse's topic in General Students

    I am in my final semester of RN school and have never dropped an NG tube. I did an externship in the ER over this past winter break and I was having to ask the nurses to help me advance the catheter...

  13. Nursing student brain drain

    sjalv replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Mindless video games that require no critical thinking whatsoever. Lifting weights daily helps manage stress,

  14. How do you feel about professors locking the door?

    sjalv replied to Amnesty's topic in General Students

    I agree with professors locking the door at the beginning of lecture, but in your situation, that was ridiculous. We actually had an incident the other day where our instructor released us on break...

  15. Huge over supply of nurses

    sjalv replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    There is definitely a relationship, but for what it's worth, after shift differentials I'll be making $31.25/hr as a new grad. In Oklahoma, that's crazy. Yes, my base pay is only $23, but I'll be...

  16. Huge over supply of nurses

    sjalv replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am fortunate to live in a less desirable state (Oklahoma). I'm just starting my 2nd month of my final semester of an ADN program and have already secured a position, with which I have no...

  17. Help? I regret this career choice?

    sjalv replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

    Nursing isn't a 'horrible profession', and it isn't the problem. Your issues with nursing are minimal compared to what you might actually take issue with once you starting working as a nurse. Nurses...

  18. male nurse problems..

    sjalv replied to 2bnurseDuties's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree, but I enjoy finding any and all distractions when I should be

  19. male nurse problems..

    sjalv replied to 2bnurseDuties's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am a guy too, and I think you're being facetious, but just in case you aren't: If a coworker, male or female, requests my assistance in turning or repositioning a heavy patient, I will gladly do so...

  20. NCLEX Nervous

    sjalv replied to SF489's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    All anyone here can do is offer you anxiety-relieving techniques you probably have drilled into your brain from studying for the NCLEX. You'll have to wait until your results are available. The types...

  21. What to eat for 12hr clinical shifts?

    sjalv replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Students

    I eat 2 poptarts with a glass of milk for breakfast, then eat whatever is in the cafeteria for lunch, and I bring a pack of those ritz peanut butter crackers to eat between after lunch and the end of...

  22. Concept Map Software

    sjalv replied to Dezi919's topic in General Students

    I am quite certain that I used bubbl.us last semester for an assignment I had to do.

  23. Should I let my manager beat me at Trivia Crack

    sjalv replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This thread is too much. I can't

  24. Mens Scrubs

    sjalv replied to cjcaaway's topic in Men in Nursing

    I like Wonderflex scrubs. It's like the men's version of

  25. Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

    sjalv replied to westieluv's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If the facility feels the need to intimidate you into coming into work when you don't deem it feasible, they need to address their staffing issue so that they aren't so dependent on one