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I think it depends on the school and what you're required to bring. I've always used just a regular backpack with no trouble, nobody in my class uses a rolling one.

Check etsy.com for the tote bag. If you search the terms "nurse" or something similar I believe they have tote bags that you can even personalize with your name or title :)

My program has 62 people. For clinical, the groups are about 7 people each. Labs group vary from 10-20, depending on which day people have clinical.

I guess it would depend on the policy of the school. In my program its common place for a student to give medications under the eye of the floor nurse as long as they are okay with supervising us and the instructor has indicated that they know about it and approve. I suppose the biggest issue was that he told his instructor AFTER giving the medications. If he had came to the instructor beforehand and let her know the situation she would've told him his options (which very well could have been only one - being that she had to be present for meds). Hopefully he doesn't get kicked out, and can turn this into a learning experience. Good luck!

We call them med carts as well!

I felt the same way going into my second clinical experience (which I just finished, going into my 3rd this January), and I must say that at the end of this semester I felt like a totally different nursing student. It may have been due to my phenomenal clinical instructor, but I really figured out the routine of the 12 hours and how I needed to prioritize and structure my day. I definitely did not feel like I was aimlessly walking around the floor anymore, but was constantly busy and able to provide proper care to my clients. My suggestion would be to work on clinical reasoning, that is what really helped me this semester. Why am I doing this care before that? Why am I holding this med? Should I go and re-evaluate their vitals now after giving that medication and what am I looking for? It helped pull my entire care together and focus on the why, not just the what. Good luck!! Have confidence in yourself, you'll find your stride.

I find that going through a checklist in my mind while I'm doing my practical skills evaluation helps me to zone into my actions and zone out of any mental anxieties I might be experiencing. And of course focusing on my breathing if I do get a little stressed out. Just be confident in yourself, you'll do great!

This will be my 4th semester out of 8 in my BScN program. Health Assessment Nutrition Nursing Research Care of the Young Family Mat/Child clinical

I listen to instrumental music while I'm studying, so that I have background noise but there's no words that may distract me. The tempo of it usually keeps me going as well. I use 8tracks so that I don't have to worry about changing songs.

I have the newest Mosby's Drug Guide and I love it. Breaks everything up simply into the different headings and it has colour text in it so its not just blocks of black writing