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I'm in a 4 year program and last semester I had OB clinicals from 0700-1530 (one day) and mental health clinicals for 8 weeks from 1300-2000 (one day) and switched to a community site from 0800-1100. Now for medsurg, I'm there one day a week from 070...

I'm not sure on your situation, but if you're worried about lack of clinical experience, you could try getting some of the same aspect by working as a CNA? Try talking to your advisor again because it will show that you are really committed to nursin...

I don't really post my grades on facebook, but I don't mind if someone is like "A in a class!!!" because I would feel super happy for them. I usually say I passed my classes instead.

I would try a nursing home or home health care agency (if you don't mind driving and a varied schedule). Hospitals usually require previous experience as a CNA or medsurg clinical experience as a nursing student. Otherwise, if you don't mind not gett...

I'm really sorry for you!!! I would forget my watch for clinicals too but there were physical old school clocks on the wall and the digital thermometers had a timer option. The major problem was that you pulled out your cellphone. There were other op...

There's the direct entry option. Half of the students in my clinical classes are DE students and my godmother's daughter got her's after getting a bachelor's in biology. I heard they were cancelling out the MSN soon though so everybody would have to ...

I think it would be right to say "you are in my thoughts" to be neutral to the patient and show that you care, no matter what they believe in. If the patient asks you to pray with them, I think that's okay because it will provide comfort, companionsh...

I got my CNA license in August (in Wisconsin, you have to have your license before you can start working) and applied in October since my schedule got lighter and I wanted to work during winter break of college. I applied to online ads on the local j...

Every nursing diagnosis needs "as evidenced by" aka aeb and "related to" aka r/t. Here is one that I did for a class: At risk for suicide related to hopelessness, increased anxiety, poor rapport from family as evidenced by suicidal ideation, statemen...

A lot of exams are scantron now. Depending on the professor, you might do a class review of your scantron and test after your exam has been graded. Also, they will probably offer office hours before finals so you can look at your old tests. You can d...

Seconding t2091! I was extremely awkward in communicating with patients but the other nursing students who were CNAs had a lot of experience with asking things calmly and smoothly with good bedside manners. It might also help with the not really inte...

Defs go with the anonymous report! You need to be subjective as noted by the other people said! Good luck with the rest of your clinical and make sure your CNA care is top-notch instead~

If you don't have experience, you can always work in home health! I just got hired and it's mostly PRN for now but it's driving to client's homes and taking care of them. It does lack the social aspect since it's mostly working by yourself but the ho...

Wow, this sounds awesome that you love working as a CNA! You could always do an alternative to a nursing home if it gets too much for you like a home health care CNA? It's more driving but more one-on-one with clients!

It's fine to change to PRN (as needed) shift as long as you notify your employer. But not answering your phone is irresponsible and will be a major impact on future jobs since they call your past employers for job verification and they could leave a ...

I'm not sure if you guys have Evolve, but my textbooks always had extras on the website. I would recommend buying the complementary study guide with your textbook in order to have practice questions. Have you gone to meet with your professor yet? The...

For my BSN program, we have fundamentals during our sophomore year and clinicals starting our junior year. It was super exciting since I am currently taking mental health and childbearing clinicals!!!

I use a 2 inch binder for each class? And when you're printing out your powerpoints, you should decide on whether you'll print it fullsize (1 per page) or go 6 slides per page~ Fortunately, I live on campus so I can always dump my morning class binde...

Thank you for the inspirational post... right before school starts up again~ :redbeathe

I passed my Wisconsin CNA exam on 8/8/12!!! I was super nervous but I did well!

This totally sounds like the 15 day course that I took. You should have gotten time in your class to practice it but next time, try to go first to make sure you have a chance? How big is your class? These skills are easily practiced at home but when ...

Good luck in your class! I just completed a 15-day CNA course (super intense!) and I must say that the quality of your class might depend on your classmates' personality and where you're taking it. There were 2 guys in my class (they were mid-20s &am...