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It does not sound like a safe environment to begin your nursing practice. I have been a nurse for a short time: about three years. I have practiced on med surg most of that time. However, I also worked in long term care and skilled nursing for a brie...

I am starting my third semester of nursing school and worked as a CNA for the first time this summer. I have enjoyed it very much. It has helped me learn to organize, prioritize, and overall time management. In clinical, the most patients I have been...

I'm happy to have completed my first year of nursing school. It was hard! My grades were passing but not what I would have liked. Any tips for doing better? I get test anxiety and it seems like everything I studied goes out the window come test time.

I was studying 3-4 hours every day or more. I was making Bs for most of the semester but ended up with a C+ because my last two tests were in the 70s. I get very nervous during testing; palms sweat, heart burn, etc. I do deep breathing and try to cal...

Well I do all that. Ha. Then come test time I do well enough to pass but not as well as I would wish to and I feel stupid afterwards because I'll be like, "Ugh, I should have known that!" Guess I'm going to have to try to figure out a way to make it ...

That is awesome. Congratulations and best of luck!

Since starting nursing school, I have developed horrible test anxiety. The only time I had it prior to nursing courses was when I took anatomy and physiology. The thing is that I now get it afterwards too. I also get it when I chart in the computer s...

I just wanted to update and thank you all for your responses. I saw my doctor today and she doesn't want to put me on any anxiety medication. She tends to not prescribe meds for psychiatric issues so I'm going to try therapy closer to my home! I thin...

Thank you for your responses. I'm calling my doctor today. I used to go to therapy regularly due to a lot of different things and was diagnosed w/ generalized anxiety. Now my therapist is 20 minutes from my house and school/ clinical is 20-25 minutes...

Thank you for sharing your story. I just want to point out that we should be compassionate to those that are not able to "pull themselves up by their boot straps." We all have our own story and battles. Some of us can handle adversity better than oth...

I think getting As in nursing school is doable for some people. It wasn't for me. I got an 84.25% which equals a B- in my program. I'm not happy about it but it is a rigorous program. I always strive for excellence and do my best. That's all you can ...

I think it is petty of you to care. Learn to let that stuff go now before you get a job in nursing imho. Didn't nursing school teach you that life isn't always fair?

The first semester of nursing school has been a whole new experience unto itself. I have perused nursing message boards and YouTube discovering that the consensus seems to be that the difficulties of nursing school are a fact of life. I believe that ...

Do you record lectures? I have been recording them and listening to them over and over. I go on walks and listen to my lecture. I will see if it helps by the next exam! :)

I'm half way through my first semester of nursing school. I have had two tests. I got 100 on the first fundamentals test. I took my second test yesterday and think I got an 80. It was a lot of material and I missed memorization questions of all thing...

Let me reiterate, I understand why. I just don't prefer it. It's not a natural thing for me. Perhaps, in time, it will become more natural. I am in my first semester of nursing school, afterall. :)

I completely understand why we have to document. Thank you all for the responses. Each is appreciated. I do like patient care just not a fan of writing everything down. I like to keep things in my head and am fairly organized that way (minus the fact...

Of course I did research. I read books related to what nurses do and the many areas in which they can branch into (forensic, psychiatric, etc). A book stating what nurses do is very different than experiencing clinical. I like doing direct care. I en...

I disagree about the assumption that school children eating better than inmates is false logic. How is it false logic? Tax payers foot the bill for inmates' maintenance but our free citizens sometimes have less opportunities than those imprisoned. If...

I just started nursing school and got 100% on my first exam. I would have been very upset if they accused me of cheating.Have you taken a lot of classes outside of nursing? I have, which is why I think I found the test easier than say, the abnormal p...

We are using Potter and Perry in my class. I like the book. Yes, it is time consuming but if you want to be a nurse then you gotta make the time. Now, with that being said, I have NOT had a test yet but second year students in my program highly empha...

I listen to reviews and rationales for fundamentals of nursing through audible. I learn best by listening to stuff like that.

I will be starting my third week of school this Monday. I've been extra vigilant about eating healthy and exercising. I don't learn best by reading. I do better learning through hands on methods and audio. I record lecture then listen to it over and ...

The muttering under her breath among other things you describe makes me think she may have some mental illness. "Normal" people don't act that way, it's embarrassing to themselves. Her inability to see that really makes me think something isn't quite...

People who think like this shouldn't be nurses. The sick child didn't ask to be born to parents without money.