Texasstudentnurse

Of course I knew this was going to be hard... It is RN school. BUT I am half a semester in and I swear the nursing program instructors are so bogged down with so many students, they are overwhelmed, and we are overwhelmed, and nobody seems to be feeling like we are getting anywhere... They never have answers to our questions, and put us off until it is too late, they are constantly changing the schedules on us, and end up rushing lecture in order to keep a test date, and it throws us off... I am a 4.0 student who has a freaking C in nursing school. We start our clinicals next week and not a darn one of us know if we can do a care plan. We turned ours in THREE weeks ago, and still have not got a grade back, so we will be starting next week having no idea if we are able to do a plan of care. It is so frustrating. I am not a nurse, and so I have no clue what I am doing.. I will be honest. I really have no idea! I read and study the chapters, but so far, they are pretty much anatomy stuff which we have already had 2 semesters of... Is this normal? Everything is so darn disorganized and confusing and I am really starting to get discouraged.

So I guess this is something that a nurse will really have to deal with on a daily basis? I want so badly to be a nurse, so I will do whatever it takes to become that person, I just have a hell of a time second guessing myself! It is also hard when there is no explanation as to WHY you got it wrong. Our teacher is limited in help lol... she will say IT IS IN THE TEXT BOOK OF FUNDAMENTALS.... AAAHHHH Really? No kidding lol... but we are not experienced nurses. We are one month into this, UGH... I will roll with it like I always do... Say a little prayer for me

It is the teaching! Ugh!! Darn questions.

Thanks! Here is a for example question: Which of the following nursing activities most clearly reflects a nurse initiated intervention? 1. Safely administers intravenous gentamicin. 2. Establishes schedule for the administration of medication. 3. Observes for side effects of the medication. 4. Teaches client to self administer medication after discharge. Hell, maybe its just me? Maybe I am just not giving 100%

*sigh* I started nursing school last month. I study my butt off. I am talking I read every moment I am not showering, eating or sleeping. I did okay on the first test and then the second one came. I made a 73, which is NOT acceptable. I failed because we must have a 75. I just don't get the groove I guess. Is it really possible to read the chapters and know exactly what is the right answer lol? Of course I know it is, but it is not so cut an dry as her asking about the ABC's.. I am talking about questions that have THREE great and similar answers. I know they are weeding us out, but man. At what point does the nursing brain start kicking in? Whats worse is I have had a few years as a CNA and phlebotomist, so I am aware of medical terms and situations, but this is nothing like it. Nothing at all... How did you study for school in order to retain and pass? I retain it, but my problem is using my retained information to find the right answer when my teacher is a really great nursing instructor (meaning she is tricky and sly with her wording

Hello. I am a first year nursing student. Our teacher gave us a surprise assignment to interview a nurse on Friday and it is due on Tuesday, yay... So I am looking for a nurse that I can interview. My aunt is a RN but she is currently on a cruise, so sadly I can't interview her. If you are a RN, could you answer these questions along with the field of nursing you are in? Thank you! What are the job requirements (degree, license, continuing education)? What responsibilities as a RN do you have in the workplace? What are the major areas of concern when you intervene with a patient? How you, as a RN feel about the profession of nursing? How has the profession changed since you received a license? What was the most valuable thing you learned while in professional school? What is the most important thing to the patients you serve? How is the philosophy of the agency and their personal nursing philosophy incorporated into your practice? Very thorough questions that only a good nurse can answer Thanks for your time.

She just said to write a plan of care for the medical diagnosis of "nausea and vomiting" and it wanted the pathophysiology. This is so confusing lol... I will just have to get with it!

So.... How does this sound: Nausea is a result of conditions that increase tension on the walls of the stomach, duodenum, or lower end of the esophagus. Unpleasant stimuli, distention, gastritis and carcinoma of the stomach can produce nausea. Vomiting may follow nausea or occur without it. Vomiting is caused bu stimulation of the emetic center.

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I am a new nursing student. Our teacher is vague to put it lightly. We are doing a plan of care on nausea and vomiting and it asks for the Definition, which I got out of Mosby's, but it also wants the pathophysiology. I am not sure what to write there. I know the definition of pathophysiology, I just don't know how to write what she wants... If you ask her she will just say LOOK IN THE TEXT BOOK, but as a new student with NO experiencing in nursing, duh. I have no idea what the words on a plan of care should be yet. I enjoy learning, but I am convinced they think it is fun to stump the hell out of us with no help So any idea what I might should write under pathophysiology of nausea and vomiting... Any of you use Harkreader? Would it be in there, because I am not finding it.