SarahIN

WWYD if through your training you had nine different preceptors? If sometimes you got a new preceptor mid-shift? If you weren't on the upcoming schedule, though you're scheduled to be off orientation very soon? If you weren't able to get feedback abo...

I would agree with 4boysmama: that sounds a lot like my ASN program. We do what you do, minus the phoning physicians. I've never done an arterial blood draw, but I have started an IV. And we have 8 hour days. Some students in my program have 12 hour ...

Wish I had some advice, but I don't. I don't think I can read one more assignment, complete one more online tutorial - ugh. A classmate & I were just talking about how we all look "fluffy" because we've all spent so much time on our behinds study...

There is never a perfect time to have a baby, and there will always be reasons to delay. Just do it. (Says the mom of 5 who had a baby right before entering the program!)

I had my 5th child the semester before I entered the nursing program. He was born in March, and I entered the program in August - he was 5 months old. My husband works nights, so he watched (watches) the kids while I'm in class/clinical. I pumped all...

This is my last semester (WOOT!) and I'm working on a med list for OB that's due 1/25. I have the drug books & references I used for Med Surg and I have my OB book. I'm using Medscape and Epocrates, too. My problem is that some of the meds that I...

Hmmm... I'm stuck on Bicitra. I know that it's given to reduce the acidity of stomach secretions prior to c/s, as an aspiration precaution. But I'm stuck on the nursing implications for it. Am I on the right track if I state that a nurse should watch...

That's helpful Esme, thanks! No, I haven't taken the NRP cert yet. I don't think I will - when I graduate, I hope to be a cardiac nurse (adult) so I'll probably end up ACLS certified.

I'm studying for a neuro test that I have Thursday, trying to figure out why patients who have head injuries (or really, any pathology that causes increased ICP) would have hyperglycemia. Is it related to the brain not getting enough oxygen, leading ...

Thanks! That makes the picture clearer. I get it, now!

I have five children (ages 12, 9, 6, 4, and 1), I'm in an ASN program, and I work as a student nurse extern one day a week. It's a lot! I have a husband who works nights, and that helps. On days that I'm not in class, I study. When hubby leaves for w...

Before I went back to school, I looked at IUPUI, Ivy Tech, and Marian. Marian was my first choice, but money was a huge factor. When I compared the credits I had at IUPUI already (my first degree is there) and figured out what I'd need to do to get i...

I have no problem remembering drug classes and what they do, but when I'm asked about a specific drug, I go blank. I am a very good student (GPA 3.8), but can't seem to wrap my brain around the simple task of memorizing drug names! Does anyone have a...

Thanks for the tips everyone! I'll be using them!

I'm a 37-year-old mother of five children aged 1-11. We homeschool. I go to school full time. My first semester I got my 4.0. My second semester, I have one B (Med Surg II, missed the A by 8 points.) If you want to do the full-time schedule, it can b...

56 weeks!

Everyone assumes that we know how to call a code. Instructors, both in theory and in clinical, the other nurses on the floor, classmates - but I have NO idea. So help me out so that I don't have to make a fool of myself and ask at clinical. How do yo...

Skittles, I'd call the other campuses at which you want to apply and ask them. Call the nursing offices specifically, of course. I can't answer your question, since I only applied at Indy. (I'm set to graduate Spring 2013.)

Thanks, everyone! Now I don't feel like such an idiot! :)