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I had the worst clinical experience of my life yesterday, and my only hope is that when I graduate and begin my career as an RN that I can one day look back on this experience and laugh it off or at least brush it off?? I was completely humiliated du...

I apologize about the paragraphs....I was on the unit with 3 fellow classmates

I am so grateful, for all the advice and different perspectives.

Thank you, I love this advice! And you are right, she really is an amazing instructor even though she upset me. I have most definitely brainstormed on how I can do better moving forward. Like I said before, I really am trying to use this as a learnin...

Thanks for the support and advice guys, the different perspectives are very helpful. I am feeling much better about the whole thing and doing my very best to turn it into a positive experience and just move on.

Thanks for all your support, I feel a bit better after reflecting throughout the day......tomorrow is a new day and what happened in clinical does not define me. I will continue to strive for the best and to do what is in my patients.

Meanmaryjean, thank you so much, that is also a great suggestion.

Hi guys, I am in my third semester of nursing school and currently putting together my very first community teaching project, which I will be doing for an elementary school. I am super excited! However, I am stuck, I have all these creative demonstra...

Thank you WKShadowRN, BSN I will do that. I appreciate your help.

Hi there, first off I am sorry that you feel so embarrassed. Secondly I want to share with you that you are NOT the only person that faces such anxiety's....we had to do the same last semester and there was a girl in our class with bad tooth decay, w...

well you seem to already have 1 nursing diagnosis (at risk for impaired skin integrity)....the next step is to explain 'why' ie. at risk for impaired skin integrity related to ........ I am curious though.....is your patient 'actually' immobile, or ...

Sooooooo what the heck are you supposed to do when you get your period???? wear a tampon for 12+ hours and get TSS.....bleed through a pad and sport a red spot on your bottom?!?!?! I'm afraid student or not I'd tell her I was going to the restroom wi...

Easy fix= quit looking in the student post if it bothers you o badly...... just a bit of critical thinking....

possible nursing dx: Ineffective self health management AEB refusal to comply with or allow interventions (ambulating), that would reduce risk factors that could induce or increase poor health. You could also use: impaired gas exchange risk for i...

I'm sorry, to hear you didn't do well on your test. However it is important to remember that nursing school test questions are not like general test questions. Instead you must think outside of the box, think critically. The answer is not always what...

Thank you so much GrnTea, I will check all of those out!! I do think a supplemental book would help a lot, this gives me some direction as to what might be helpful!!

Hi guys, I just passed patho 1 and am not looking forward to patho 2 next semester...... the manner in which the content is delivered along with the fact that no matter how much we read and study, do hw, online discussions, and reflective journals.....

thanks, I will definitely check out those books!

anyone??

Can anyone help me understand the different levels of prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary). I thought I had an understanding, but we had conflicting definitions from 2 different instructors. I googled and once again found different info...one sa...

THANKS!!! That is a great way to remember it

Thanks guys, this is what my book says as well.....I guess I was more conflicted as to whether I should listen to the instructor with the explanation that matches my book or the instructor that gave a dif. answer but is giving the test.......I apprec...

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/guide-how-prepare-929760.html

I will be starting nursing school in the fall and I keep reading that I should start practicing and studying nclex style questions as soon as possible. I am wondering which nclex book is the best for a beginner? Thanks in advance.