TheAmazingMrsA

I'm in my second quarter of nursing school, and doing way better than I ever imagined. Today we had our third test of the quarter, which is considered the hardest test thus far, and I came out of it with my best grade yet. As excited as I want to b...

You know what, I give up. I left allnurses a while ago because everyone was so negative, and I'm beginning to realize that coming back was a mistake. My classmate is my friend. She was my friend before NS and she'll be my friend long after. She di...

Does your school have an English/Writing center? A lot of schools offer drop in help with writing papers and research. If that's not an option, find out who in your class is good at papers and have them proof read. Or, consider asking a professor ...

I wish I had known that first quarter isn't nearly as scary or as hard as they lead you to believe. My first quarter was so hyped up that I nearly had a panic attack before my first exam. When I realized that the exams were no harder than my physio...

I'm a rule follower. I check and double check instructions and make sure my papers conform to whatever it is the instructors want from us. However, it seems that ambiguity is a rule when it comes to clinical papers. We have to write one a week, an...

I have to come up with role plays on advocacy for a communication class. I have a few, but I'm running short on ideas. I've Googled as many as I can, but I need nursing related ones. I just need basic scenarios for two people to act out. Anyone h...

Not sure what you're asking for with "nursing significance". Are you looking for nursing diagnoses to go with COPD, because you just need to look up NANDA diagnoses if that's what you're looking for.

hodgieRN, I appreciate the comment, but in my case it's not a scholarly paper. It's a clinical paper used to document our assigned residents. Which means, I cannot share it with anyone but the instructor and I'm not even allowed to talk about the c...

I don't mean to be rude, but do we seriously need another thread about how we're all screwed for jobs? The program I'm in has excellent job prospects, with almost all of the current graduating class having jobs lined up. Maybe take your location in...

Before you buy make 100% sure you can record lectures. My school allows recording EXCEPT for the nursing program. In all of my nursing classes recording buys you a one way ticket out of the program. They have the rule due to professors sharing person...

This is one of those arguments that will never end and will always have people on both sides of the fence. I'm still in NS, and was required to get the flu vaccine to even participate in a clinical setting. However, once graduated there is no way I...

I've quickly becoming a germaphobic after listening to all the rationale about why you should never wear your scrubs out of a clinical setting, ever wear nail polish, or even rings during patient care, etc. With that said, I'm struggling to find a s...

I splurged and got a cardiac one and the sound quality is phenomenal. If you can spare the extra cash, it's totally worth it.

Ko115... wasn't trying to be rude by my comment. However, from the perspective of someone who reads the forum every day... there were literally four threads going at once about rolling backpacks; it was a bit much.

Okay, it's not my favorite word... but a little girl I used to nanny came down with rubella and she thought it was the most beautiful word ever. She keeps saying she wants to name her future daughter Rubella. I strangely like words ending in -dermal....

There are two other threads going right now about this exact same issue. You may want to check those out before starting another thread about the same thing.

If bed baths are your biggest fear, then you'll be fine. Though I haven't even started my clinicals, I am well versed from CNA clinicals in a LTC facility. I was pretty freaked out my first day, but quickly realized that it wasn't nearly as bad as ...

I completely understand how you feel. Though I haven't started NS yet (schools in my area start late September), I went through most of pre-req's being the oldest student at only 30 years old. It was super hard to make friends when you couldn't rel...

Normally I wouldn't weigh in on something like this, because the health of your back trumps fashion any day. However, I have a huge reason for being 100% against rolling bags. My school is arranged in dozens of buildings, with classroom doors acces...

Thank you everyone for weighing in with your opinions. It seems that Kaplan and Saunders are the most popular, so I'll make sure to check those ones out first. And thank you GrnTea for the advice... I'll take any I can get :)

I've been looking into getting a NCLEX book to use when I start NS this Fall. However, while searching through Amazon I realized there are a million of them, each by a different publisher. Does anyone have one they love or found some were better th...

Mine are 0600-1030 Monday and Tuesdays starting the third week of classes. Not really looking forward to it, as I'll have to be up at 0430 just to make it there on time. I'll be needing a coffee IV... STAT! It will be my first quarter of NS, and ...

I'm surprised so many of the programs require full white uniforms. Besides seeming dated, one false move in the lab and you'll have to replace your scrubs. My school requires royal blue scrubs with our school logo on the tops and white leather sho...

This may have already been talked about... so I apologize. I tried searching for a similar thread, but couldn't find one. I received my acceptance letter yesterday, with a date of June 1st to complete my health related requirements (i.e., vaccines,...

I just got my acceptance letter yesterday, and I am soooo excited! A huge congrats to everyone who made it in!