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I think nursing school, unfortunately, attracts a certain "type." These types are control freaks who literally are not happy unless they're complaining about something. Unfortunately, these types leave nursing school and become nurses who, guess what...

Put the shoe on the other foot. How upset would YOU be if your nursing instructor dropped "hints" about their faith or values system that didn't match yours? I'm a student in MN, and there was a brief, thankfully benign incident where an instructor t...

Get out. You need to say no to your parents, and nursing school is too darned hard if you don't even want to be doing it. You need to tell them that you're not continuing, you're moving out, and you're pursuing x career path. They'll either freak or ...

I said treat, but only if treating means having a "come to Jesus" talk with her. That you are willing to help her in study group, but by the time it's the night before the exam, it's too late. That you gave her lots of opportunities to study with you...

I find I need to have some constraints on my schedule. There is such a thing as "too much studying." sometimes you just have to sit down with the attitude of "I'm only gonna do what I can do, and that's it." If you're busy all day, and you know you O...

You might be surprised. Think about this for a minute. Panicking is not going to help you. Panicking while you study? You might as well just go watch TV or something for all the good it's gonna do you. You have to have a positive attitude. The good n...

The ones you like. Seriously, they will tell you what to learn and how to learn it. If you try and read your textbooks early, you'll just be chasing your tail. The things you should brush up on are med terminology, CNA skills because they won't teach...

Do not buy one single solitary thing until they tell you to. You're going to be laying out 1K in books, supplies, ect easily. They'll probably tell you at this meeting. There isn't really a good way to get ahead. Keep practicing your medical dosages,...

Maybe also make a call to HR and see how fast you accrue vacation days. I'm working a part time job at a hospital, and I'm basically burning up all of my vacation to do clinicals this spring. It's not ideal, but it will get you the job, and depending...

Have you gone for the teachers for help about how to study for their exams? They don't respond well to 'but it's not fair' but they do respond well to 'how can I do better?' Also, lots of good people don't make it through nursing school. It doesn't m...

I use them and love them. I bought old copies of the books just in case, but honestly, I've very rarely used them. With the ebooks, you can get them online or on a tablet. I have the three heaviest weight and heaviest used books on an iPad, and it's ...

I'm saying a on the restraints. I work in a psych unit, and you DO NOT apply restraints without a nurse's say so. Generally a nurse is standing right there when it gets to the point where restraints are needed.

I've heard that there are many, many BSN programs out there, and they take into account your entire academic performance, not just nursing school. The goals is to have 80% of all RNs be BSN qualified by 2020, which is not that far off. A C will get y...

I do note cards too (online so I can use the app on my phone), but I've discovered that listening to lectures is EXTREMELY helpful to me. Even when I don't think I'm listening or retaining much, it helps me. The best score I had this semester was whe...

I asked an experienced psych nurse about this. He said that when you really think about it, everyone who comes into the hospital is having some kind of mental health crisis, whether it's depression, anxiety, paranoia, hostility or whatever. In order ...

I just got hired as a mental health associate at a psych department in a hospital. They just opened a new building. Each hospital is different, but in this unit, they do plenty of "medical" things, and nurses float from other units to psych when the ...

You're working at a state facility, is there a union contract of any kind? Honestly, when I worked in a union/civil service environment (not nursing), it was not uncommon for a manager to decide that the easiest solution was to not force the unwillin...

I asked a practicing nurse this question during my training at the hospital. He said that the people that freaked out about grades, and got "perfect" grades all through nursing school were actually less prepared than those who got through with Bs and...

In my program, the first lecture we had was on HIPAA violations. We have had to be very careful about it. If you DO use your phone for some reason (Davis drug guide app, watch with second hand), you need to CHECK WITH YOUR INSTRUCTOR FIRST. Hospitals...

I don't know what your money situation is, but is it at all practical to do one of those make and take meal things (if they still exist?) And I agree that he's trying to help you. Maybe it's time to decide that one or two nights a week you will make ...

There are some programs that say that grades past a certain point don't matter anymore. You've gotten a 4.0 on your prereqs, you're volunteering at a hospital. I had a poor GPA from college, and I knew that to get into any program, I was going to nee...

I personally would try many learning styles. Try drawing pictures. Try listening to the lectures. Do you fall asleep with a certain TV show or movie playing? And then you know that movie or show by heart practically? How much effort on your part did ...

I just started a hospital job too. Honestly, I had to skip a lecture to go to the training, and it turns out that one of the questions on the exam came from my training session! I really believe that practical experience, hands on experience, is so m...

I don't think there is any intentional "weeding out," but I do think that they are not going to be sympathetic to people who aren't up to snuff. This isn't to be mean; it's much better to fail a semester of nursing school than to get out into practic...

Contact your program. I'm 100% certain there's a procedure in place for this circumstance. There was in my program. You will probably have to fill out a form outlining why you didn't get the vaccine, and it will probably require a doctor's signature....