ShaynaSmart

Hello, all! I'm a 4th semester in an ADN program. My school just initiated what they are calling "March Madness" for all of the nursing students, except 1st semester. It allows them to make sure we are all progressing and performing competently. They...

Good luck to you all graduating soon! 4 months to go for my class. Luckily, my last semester falls in summer so the length is shorter, but I know the work load is going to be cruel!

I feel your disdain for drug cards! I type write them, then type them and I don't retain any of the information until I read them over on my own!

One of my classmates just announced her pregnancy a month ago. Very fitting, since we are in our OB/PEDS section! She has every intention of finishing and she also plans on becoming a NP someday!

Basically, I told myself that during Spring Break, I would say, "What nursing school?" I was fortunate to not have any big papers/assignments/reading to do over break, so it has worked out pretty well. I've slept in, read FOR PLEASURE, had movie mar...

"Act the way you want to feel" - Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project and Happier at Home Basically, if you want to feel happier at work, start by acting happier at work!

Hello all! I'm in my 4th semester, one more to go after this! I just picked up Lippincott's Q&A review. I really like it and I'm using it to help me study for my pediatric/OB tests. To the OP: Clinical is what you make it! If the floor is not bu...

Ah! Yes, I do go to HGTC! They are setting up a session (I think one of the adjunct clinical instructors will be there) where we can practice anything we need to. I will definitely take a look at those DVDS!

No, as long as we pass, we are considered "golden." We may have separate check-offs for the specific semester that we are in, however, to practice new skills we have learned.

oops!

"You think this is bad? JCAHO was here earlier!"

I'm starting to get worried about that. I'll be graduating in August with my ADN and I basically just signed for my loans because at the time, I didn't have another option, no money saved up, no scholarships. Now, with my hindsight, I really wished I...

This really makes me reevaluate some of the patients I had last semester with uncontrolled HTN and worsening CHF.

May I come and work with you when I graduate? : )

I had just gotten a job in an assisted living facility. I was getting dropped off and I couldn't walk in there. I got warm, my heart was racing, my breathing increased and I felt like someone was choking me. I told my partner to circle around and we ...

I feel the exact same way! I was never any good at making friends when I was a kid, and I don't know how to do it properly as an adult! In response to the original post, I was feeling the exact same way and when I read your post, I felt better knowi...

Congrats! I am interested in seeing some responses to your question. I am waiting to hear back from a local hospital for the med/surg floor and wonder how to balance the work load and be successful.

I can't wait for that month off! I'm going to work a lot to make up for the time I was in school, but hopefully unwind and prepare myself for OB/Peds next semester! Only 2 more to go!

It's hard to make some people realize that you might not be able to spend Christmas with them, but you are more than willing to have an early or later Christmas. After all, it's not the DAY that you celebrate it on that's important, it's WHO you cele...

I feel the same way. If I get into an argument at home, I can't concentrate on homework. Everything relates to one another and it's important to take care of everything going on in your life. Balance is key!

Just as I'm reading through all these posts, that *stupid* radio shack commercial came on, the one with the little girl screaming about a new phone. Last year, all I asked for was a visit home to Michigan since we moved out of state in 2009 and ...

Very helpful! Thank you for the post!

Absolutely LOVED this article! Thank you for sharing it. This kind of reminds me of a conversation I was having with my wife a few weeks ago. We were having the "If every job paid the same, what would you want to do?" discussion. At first I said I w...

My class had a very good experience last semester and I would consider a med/surg position after I graduate, just so I can be exposed to everything I can get my hands on! Those ladies and gentlemen worked so hard and were busy, but always took the ti...

Ours are white, which at first made me self-conscious, but then I stopped caring. The tops are soft, but they aren't fitted and sometimes it feels like I'm wearing a tent! I can't wait to be able to buy cute, fitted scrubs!