CrimsonAlchemist

I landed a job in an acute inpatient geropsych unit and I'm a new grad. It' very possible! I love it. I rarely enjoyed my medsurg rotations. Loved the psychosocial aspect. Just wanted to say that it is possible.

Definitely double and triple check yourself and don't be afraid to ask for help/longer orientation. I'm a new grad in a geropsych unit and at 4 weeks in, I'm just now off of orientation. My patient load is 4-5 right now until I'm comfortable taking m...

Physical assessment, definitely, but in all honestly, as long as you study during school, a good program will teach you what you need to know. If you really want a jump start, though, I would find possible problem areas and brush up on those. Math wa...

I guess my clinical experience was phenomenal, then. My nurses were, for the most part, willing to let us ask questions, very helpful, etc etc. Our equipment worked and, although we had to share it on the unit, as long as you didn't hog it, there was...

I've been lucky to have a wonderful fiancee that understands how important nursing school is to me. I find time to study while I'm spending time with him. It's hard, but it works. I graduate in December and we're planning a wedding for next June. Mos...

Brush up on your critical thinking skills, especially if you're going straight to RN. Assessment is the main part of the RN's job. My program reviewed the A&P, Microbiology and Pharmacology as we went. Even in this third semester, we had a quick ...

I'm almost finished with my third semester. It is hard. It is probably the hardest thing I've ever undertaken. Hours of studying in hopes of getting a 76C. That being said, it is absolutely fulfilling and I would do it all over again, given the chanc...

We also learned "Right Reason"

You terrify me.

Yes! Thank you! =)

I'm in an ADN program and we also have a wide range of ages, from 18 all the way to 50s. I'm part of the accelerated group, meaning we started last August with just our pre-reqs. This semester, we joined the LPN group, and in December we'll be ready ...

We actually use A&OX4 for Alert and Oriented to person, place, time, and situation

GrnTea, that was amazing! I wish you were my instructor! Your explanation was much better than the handout my instructors use. BUT, could you please explain in a bit more detail what you meant by "Saline is not sodium and water"...It doesn't really ...

We can do whatever we've learned and checked off on and at the hospital if we did it, we charted it. That included meds, HoT assessments, IVs, Foleys, vitals, blood sugars, etc etc etc. If we noticed something off about a pt and alerted the nurse, we...

For my school, If we can look down and hair gets in our face, it has to be secured. I grew mine out so I can just ponytail it and bobby pin any bangs that might escape. Never had a problem with that.

Your next step should be calling the Michigan BON first thing Monday morning. Admittedly, this is Arkansas, but we just got a new board that interprets the rules really strictly and denied 3 LPN students from my school from getting their licenses bec...

WHERE are you going that is $60,000/year?? I really hope that was a typo and you meant 6,000...My school has one of the highest NCLEX pass rates in the state and our tuition is about $2,000 a semester. Wow. Back on topic, though. I'd like more focus ...

Uh oh....I'm just a student and I'm already having med pass dreams...that and parasites(I'm also in Microbiology)

SNACKS!!!

Hey, I'm a student and I've recently started having clinical dates. Yesterday, I was looking at the Nursing Notes for my patient and on several notes, by multiple nurses, there was the normal note, noting whatever was going on/being monitored, but th...

I was just CYAing in case someone took it like that =) Even though it's our first semester, my instructors are drilling in how important that it is that we document meticulously. I jumped the gun a bit(as I am known to do) and I really need to work o...

It probably was Call Light Within Reach. And just to be clear, I wasn't peeking through other charts. =) I was looking through the notes for my patient to glean any pertinent information about his condition. I've worked hard just to get into this pro...

Hm it could be "Call Light Within Reach"...But the patient in question was very mobile. He was up and walking every chance he got. Lol, At one point, I "caught" him walking down the hall with a walker. He looked at me and was like "I don't know why ...

Hey, I'm in my first semester of Nursing School on the Generic Entry RN track. Tomorrow is our first clinical date! I'm really excited and terrified, just like everyone else. I've heard that many nurses at the hospital I'll be at have the "Eat our y...

It went really well =) I got to see a lot of really interesting things and although we couldn't do much, we jumped in where we could and learned a lot. Next week, we'll be on a Med/surg floor so we'll get to help out a bit more.