BajanCherry

ha... outline.. what outline... her PPTs are simply one words slides.... makes no sense! You all dont understand the frustration of my class

OH yea....and with the purchase of a new building guess whose tuition was increased!!!! OURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) (complete sarcasm)

I am not saying that I'd rather learn in sim then in clinical, however I would like to have an idea what Im looking for, what im feeling for... Example, my instructor says to me the 3rd week... assess mom who is postpartum and feel for her fundus... How am I supposed to know what it feels like if I was never told or given some kind on explanation what it feels like... I absolutely love the clinical experience but I dont want to walk in blind to every situation because my theory instructor barely spoke about it or barely talked about it... The way it has always worked in the past is we learn the new things for the secreter, whether it be how to prime an IV line, how to do a complete physical assessment on a pt, suctioning a trached pt.... things that are new to us for the semester.... My clinical instructor was too surprised and confused with us not having sim lab prior to going to the clinical site. There has not been at least 1 sim lab which makes no sense... I like to walk into clinical confident or at least have some kind of idea on what I am doing or need to to expect to do... We all went into this blind on what to do... We are given learning modules which include the required reading, and learning objective of each learning module and it was 23 chapters on exam 1....

The syllabus is correct however, 23 chapters and 2 lectures is insane to me and everyone in class... The content was all over the place and vital information for us... Its a maternity and Pedi course... That first exam was strictly maternity which is important information, so why is exam 3 only 5 chapters of breast, respiratory and hematologic... thats not logic to me.... First exam should have been broken up into 2 exams and all other content broken up to be the last 2 exams... Is what Im saying making any sense??

We typically have at least a week of sim lab prior to going out into clinical so we learn those things so I am not learning to do them the first time on a patient... thats like going into Fundamentals not knowing how to give am IM or Subq injection and Im learning for the first time out in clinical... We do have pregnant mannequins in sim lab to feel for those things...

I'm typically not known to complain about much because I know that Nursing school requires time and tons of work put into it to be successful.... Now my lovely school of mine moved campuses this september which is great because now we have a bigger campus and tons of parking (only street parking at the last campus, leads to tons of parking tix).... Ok so the semester began a week later than it usually does because of this move.... so we are shorted a week of academics... OK fine... Classes began on 9/9 and clinical began on the same day (never happened before)... Why am I heading to clinical without knowing what a fundus feels like or how to complete a physical assessment on a newborn (we didnt have a lecture yet at this point) WE all go in blind including my instructor because she didnt know that we had clinical until noon of that day. Theory is on Tuesday evenings for 4.5 hours... All in all we had 2 lectures, 23 chapters and then an exam.... How is one able to retain 23 chapters of new information???? Almost all of the class fails.. Wait can I just tell you that my instructor is teaching the wrong information in class and we got some exam questions and we all answered the questions wrong based on her lecture and nothing was done.. The other faculty sided with her... MY FRUSTRATION LEVEL IS THROUGH THE ROOF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Feel a little better now that I've got it out....

Oh I passed that math test with 100%! *yay*

I've started on drips.... It's not that bad... I walked in blind to tutoring after trying to figure it by myself... spent 3.5hours getting it! There really isn't a formula you use except to get gtt/min.... Its kinda confusing but doable!

I get it!!!! I get it!!!! I was sooooo nervous about this math!

Ok I used the ml x gtt / time... Works great to get your gtt/min... now my question is how do I solve the units/hr, mLs/hr, and how many hours with the IV pump run for.... I've tried different equations and I am LOST! I am trying on my own until class starts and I go to tutoring....

Does anyone have a formula they use they love?? I'm on break but want to get familiar with the math soon....

I found my method to be great.... We use PowerPoints for all out sections.. so I usr those new binders from staples (2in) that has the rubber outline... But it is pretty expensive but good investment! And instead of using paper folders, I came across the plastic folders that won't rip with all the movement of the folder... I'll be using it again next semester! I use the pull tabs to organize also... It keeps me pretty organized...

A great site for discounted stethoscopes and they also give free engraving.... Medisave.net! I got the classic II for my first and I like it.... I've tried the cheap ones and the sound isn't nearly as good.... But if you've got tinnitus... I'd say go for the cardiology scope!

Update! I passed the class with a B-!!!!!! She didn't :-( 780 © is needed to pass the class and I got 828.9/1010 which is a B-

I feel the same way! I finished last night and super excited about it!