Sadala ADN, RN

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    Large percentage failing nursing school exams, why?

    Sadala replied to tganios's topic in General Students

    We get a list of chapters we'll be covering in the exam, but... its seldom accurate, and in fact, ?'s are pulled in from material in other classes (and not just other chapters). The fun goes
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    The Do's and Don'ts of Sternal Rubs

    Sadala replied to Delaney Schick's topic in General Students

    My dad taught me that when I was a kid. (He was an EMS trainer in a larger metropolitan area). Painful, but effective. So... I used it on everyone from high school friends who had a little too...
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    Nursing school and working PT???

    Sadala replied to xxkmpxx's topic in General Students

    I was working 30 - 35 hours per week at the beginning of the semester, but have recently backed off to 20 - 25. It's just definitely more difficult when you have less time. I do well with the time I...
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    Oh Vey, the drug cards...

    Sadala posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just some general whining. I had NO idea that doing the med/drug cards would take SOOOO long. I even have a format to use but
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    Two year wait list & I've forgotten nearly everything...

    Sadala replied to bdicenzo's topic in General Students

    I'm just in my first year, but what I think is really important, at least for our program, is cardio/pulmonary/renal systems and the different electrolytes and what they do - and S&S of being high...
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    Anybody LIKE working holidays?

    Sadala replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    How antisocial am I? I like working holidays because I can get away from the rest of my family that way!
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    Health Care Law vs Patient Outcomes

    Sadala replied to cassiemassey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't know. I think there is a reason people come to the US for medical
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    No time in the day!!

    Sadala replied to KJoRN81's topic in General Students

    I think probably everyone wonders the same thing you do and is just as
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    Help Please with Physical Assessment Presentation

    Sadala replied to asma6's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, I've got to ask. Don't they make you learn those positions in your fundamentals class (by this point in the semester)? I'm just kind of surprised. We have to do a physical assessment (head to...
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    Oh Vey, the drug cards...

    Sadala replied to Sadala's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Meh. I must be doing something really wrong, because its taking me MUCH longer than that. My school does have a lot of very specific info that they want on each drug tho
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    First Code Blue

    Sadala replied to liveyourlife747's topic in General Nursing

    People react emotionally to emergencies in different ways. The ability to be detached emotionally during an emergency is not a bad thing. The fact that you question the detachment and the way you...
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    Need to interview 2 nurses

    Sadala replied to ctqlove's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Aren't any of the nurse educators at your old school available? Some of them would have to be both educators and staff nurses... Or... you could go crash an ER in the middle of the night when they...
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    Why do they look at hematocrit and hemoglobin at a mother before labor & delivery?

    Sadala replied to Samian Q's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You can lose a lot of blood during delivery (and fluid), both of which can critically change your hgb and hct. If you go into delivery low, the risk is even greater. So its pretty important to know...
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    Gay Nurses... help!

    Sadala replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I live in the deep south. I could care less if a co-worker or another student is gay. I just want them to be good at what they do at work. Most of our nursing class is from a younger generation....
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    Help

    Sadala replied to msmartel bee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you're talking four year schools, is there an ability to start at one school and then transfer over to the one you
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    Need advice on school staff member sharing my personal situation with other students

    Sadala replied to Kaysmom8's topic in General Students

    You said it was an administrative assistant? I'd speak with the prof and the nursing school dean. I'd tell my fellow student to MYOB (perhaps in a nicer but this is the end of the matter type...
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    Which would be better for me in the long run? To work while in school or not...

    Sadala replied to sapadgett's topic in General Students

    I work in a non-medical position at the moment, but I plan to try to find something in the medical field next semester, because I do want to work while I go from ADN to BSN. If I didn't have to work...
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    Is the first semester the hardest?

    Sadala replied to countrygirl1234's topic in General Students

    I'm still in my first semester. I think things are both more and less difficult at this point in the semester. At first, I had great difficulty just orienting myself and trying to figure out what I...
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    No social life...can anyone else relate?

    Sadala replied to futuresctRN's topic in General Students

    ^ And this! The further along we go the more phone numbers of fellow students I have. I have received (and hopefully given) a lot of support from and to my fellow students. We try to help each...
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    No social life...can anyone else relate?

    Sadala replied to futuresctRN's topic in General Students

    Meh. I didn't have a social life before I began nursing school so that's not such a big deal for me. Not being able to work more though, THAT has been
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    College Algebra ughh

    Sadala replied to beckyboo1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ok. So I purposely got a BA in a liberal arts field the first time around so that I wouldn't have to take higher math and science. I got through college algebra the THIRD time I took it, and only...
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    Nursing school discouragement

    Sadala replied to KarmenB's topic in General Students

    Meh. I'm not so good at keeping things under wraps, being one of those overly sincere sorts. So EVERYONE in my life (ok, so its not a huge group) knows how stressed I am. So if something happened...
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    Anxiety during clinicals, Plz help???

    Sadala replied to Minas's topic in General Students

    I've heard other students mention the possibility of taking meds for anxiety during labs/clinicals. For me, I would be way too afraid that I would make a cognitive error. I'm not the greatest...
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    What can i study before school? :/

    Sadala replied to braxtonsmommy112311's topic in General Students

    Two things: A&P - especially the renal, cardiac, pulmonary system and how they work together. Also, NCLEX style questions and how to study for them, how to take them, etc. Numerous guides for...
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    Calling all students...need your opinions!

    Sadala replied to KBICU's topic in General Students

    I haven't had students in nursing (since I am a student in nursing) but I have had students in a different profession. I tried to teach them all of the things that I wished someone had taught me when...