maliat

i agree with everyone. It's all about the inserts. Find some shoes with removable insoles. And then buy some insoles. A good running shoe store should be able to help you. I had to try on a couple of different insoles to find one that fits my feet. M...

I did it and my own version at times. The problem I've found is that in nursing school, things seem to go way to fast to do this. Most of my lecturers give us their powerpoint lecture notes. So I just go off of this. Add my own notes. It depends on t...

Just finished my 2nd year, going into my 3rd year of nursing school. Still get nervous all the time, but at least I've learned how to sleep the night before clinicals. All I can say is try to project some confidence, especially for your patients. If ...

Definitely get them. Get them plus a NCLEX book like Saunders. Even if your prof does not take questions from the test bank, you need practice. I find out what I did not study enough by doing questions in the study book. And if not the study guide th...

I know what you mean. I'm doing what we call coop (like an internship, plus we get paid), in addition to taking nursing research online. Busy, plus I work every other weekends for Coop. But I'm loving coop. We get to do pretty much everything a nurse...

I'm graduating in a year, but was recently talking to a new grad. She basically said, if you get an offer, accept it. Don't wait for something that you have your heart set on. You can either transfer within and get the job you want once you have expe...

One thing my ob teacher taught me is that it will wink when you wipe firmly with the betadine swab. I can't think of putting a foley in now without seeing her wink. Malia

I've used my book in nursing school. First used it when I was learning assessment. But it was really helpful for pathophysiology. You really have to know what's normal first, and I would review that book first. I was all for selling my books back, bu...

Car Wash. We didn't make the most money from that, but It was very decent for 4 hours work. My advice is not to do presale tickets unless you know you'll have a lot of sales. Just spend some time on signs. And don't set a price. Just ask for donation...

I had my first time giving IV meds with a syringe pump in Peds this week. In fact I gave 5 IV meds this week and one I had to reconstitute and another I needed to dilute. I really liked the syringe pump, because you just told it how much was in the s...

I live in Hawaii. I'm thinking of moving to California after I graduate. The one thing about Hawaii is that everything is so expensive. Not just housing, but also how much stuff like food costs. I admit that though I have lived in Vermont & Sea...

We have 2 SimMan, plus we'll be doing it with peds and maternal health this semester. For fundamentals, we did simman twice and I don't remember much about it. But last semester for Adult Health I, we had 4 sessions of SimMan. We do it in pairs, and ...

I'm still a nursing student, but I noticed this when what was probably the rotavirus went around. We even infected my clinical instructor. When you are the worst patient, because you refuse to go to the doctor, unless you really have to. I only go be...

I had not thought that I can say I graduate next year. But I do go around saying I'm halfway through. I just finished semester 3 of a 6 semester BSN program. I graduate May 2009. Malia

Hello- I'm still recovering from last semester. It was not too hard, but very busy. And next semester I'll have maternal health, pediatrics and a nursing elective. Classes don't start for a week, but I already have reading and other assignments. In f...

30. I'm older than some of my clinical instructors. But I know I would have hated nursing school in my early twenties. Malia

I only just finished my 3rd semester of nursing school, but I already annoy my dad. I'm always giving him diet advice that he doesn't take. And whenever he coughs I want to know if it's his ace inhibitor or is he getting a cold. Malia

I now have my own gross story, the first week back to clinicals. I dc'd a foley and the urine was so gross my instructor had me go to the dirty utility room to empty it. I thought it was just really concentrated and dark. However once I started empty...

I'm taking Adult Health I and Psych-Mental Health Nursing. Now that I've had 2 meetings for Psych nursing I'm not as nervous about this class as I thought I would be. We're only following one patient, so it's not like we're doing care plans on a week...

This semester I have a mental health clinical from 3-9:30 at night. And then I'm back in class the next morning at 8:30 am. Not looking forward to this. Malia

I spoke at our new student orientation last week. They always ask some students to talk about time management, but we always end up giving some other tips about nursing school. I tried to emphasize: 1. Get yourself organized now. It only gets harder ...

I'm starting my 2nd year tomorrow. I feel like I've already almost started because I helped with the new student orientation this past week. My brain is not ready for studying yet. Malia

I can comment on being a 2nd degree in a traditional BSN program. I'm in a 3 year program. I personally find find some parts of nursing school easy (the amount of reading and writing required) but some not necessarily hard but definitely stressful (t...

I currently use Skyscape, but thinking about changing to Pepid. I chose Skyscape originally because I could get the same references that were recommended. (I bought the RN constellation plus the Nursing Diagnosis Handbook.) But I have not been totall...

I have IBS. I've been lucky it hasn't interfered with clinicals (knock on wood.) I take the "smooth texture" Metamucil. It is a little gloppy, but you get used to it. It was recommended to me because I was having gas problems with other fiber supplem...