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Feeling all of the above after an especially rough week. Hang in there everyone!

Hi! Yes, we are very involved in attendance tracking this year. Thankfully our administration in the three different division is also involved and keep up with who is virtual out of choice and who is virtual due to quarantine. There's some over lap of course, but we'll contact parents if there's no reason for an absence or there's an obvious illness or if the student just decides on a whim to be virtual for the day. It's A LOT to keep up with -who's coming and who's going for what reason!

1st dose Pfizer 1/4 - slight soreness at injection site, but no worse than flu vaccine. 2nd dose Pfizer 1/25 - soreness at injection site that lasted about 18h, but not enough for me to need Ibuprofen or Acetaminophen. No other sxs. Pretty much the same for my coworker and we very were grateful for no other side effects.

Thank you for the wonderful article and all of the thoughtful comments. All of the above has weighed on me quite heavily already and I'm only in my second of four semesters of school. It seems as though many of us are stuck between a rock and hard place. The hospital is promoting "customer service" as in a hotel atmosphere, professors are promoting "therapeutic communication & safety," third party payers are demanding "safety & efficiency," and patients are demanding everything. It seems as though it all boils down to the almighty dollar. What a sad situation when it comes to dealing with human lives - humans that could our mother, father, brother, sister, etc. How can we as nurses be compassionate and effective nurses when we are constantly watching our backs because we're worried about being written up and we're run ragged? How can we be genuine and give of ourselves when we are told to give scripted replies? How can we ensure patient safety when we are short-staffed over over-loaded with patients? I have never been a political person, but I feel so strongly about all of this, I am wondering, "How can I make a difference? Who can I talk to? How can I learn more? How can I be involved in the process?" I listened to an exasperated nurse explain to my clinical instructor that she was frustrated with patient stay limitations imposed by the XYZ insurance company. When I heard this, I thought "Who at the insurance company is making these decisions? Who are they? How much are they paid? What are their credentials? What's the bottom line of that company? How much do the top dogs make who probably have MBAs and no medical background?" I then said, "I know what I'll do when I graduate! I need to go undercover at XYZ and find out what the heck is going on!!" Well, I must get back to the crushing textbook on my lap and turn my thoughts inward to the next hurdle lurking on Tuesday morning.

Greetings, First, thank you for taking your precious time to read this and thank you in advance for your ideas. For our pharm class, we are required to do a group project on glucocorticosteroids. We were told by the prof that we could use budesonide (Pulmicort) as the prototype. The entire class was divided into groups and each week a diff group presents their prototype drug as instruction for the class. We are graded on:content, collaboration, organization, and presentation. Creativity is encouraged, however, thus far, each group has performed a skit as well as presented a PP. We must include: -brief overview of pathophysiology related to drug class -drug classification -principal indications of drug -principal actions of drug -side effects -pt teaching This whole group project thing is a new concept for the prof, as she's trying to mix things up for the students. I know from speaking w/ her that she is (and the rest of the class), a bit bored by the PPs & skits and is wondering where our creativity is. I would like to be able to do something different for the class, something interesting, something effective to help my fellow classmates LEARN. Sooo.... any creative people out there? Ideas, comments? We are a group of five, and we are allotted 20 minutes to present. The class size is about 60. I also know the prof is having us get up in front of the class to also show us that it is not easy being a teacher of which I know having taught 4K-6th computer lab for just a year. Do we have any teachers in the crowd? Any personal experiences? Anything funny related to Pulmicort? We could use a laugh to break the stress. Many thanks!

hodgieRN, Thanks for the great, encouraging post! I needed this little booster also. Nursing school is Not easy... I am thankful that I have a husband & two children who are terrifically supportive. I do not have a paying job outside of the home - maintaining my relationship w/ hubby & kids is my "job." I keep telling myself, "this too shall pass...this situation is temporary...it's not forever." Hang in there everyone and have a blessed day! We can do this!

Music in My Heart & sugarbianca,Thank you so very much for taking the time to reply. I will try printing to index cards.I hear ya' 'bout the house projects! Well, good luck with the job anyway!Again, thanks for sharing!-booncis

Greetings! I'm a little late to the call, but here I am after months of lurking, applying to school, and getting in!! I'm a 40-something , married, two children, 9 & 7. Great, supportive hubby who is just as excited as I am -- and just as overwhelmed! I have a BS in Plant Science from a million years ago, along with pre-reqs taken along the wild trip of life. I am enrolled in a 4-year program as a junior - straight into nursing. I have contemplated the medical field for a long time, so it's about time I got this show on the road. We are one-fourth of the way through the semester, and I am surviving so far. Pharm is tough. I have been scanning the boards for tips on making the pharm stick to this old brain. I know this won't be easy, but it won't be forever either. My children have been surprisingly supportive, congratulating me on my good grades so far, praising God for my good grades, and giving me lots of high-fives!! Cheers, good luck and God Speed to the Older/Perhaps Wiser/Life-Seasoned Students out there!!!!!! -booncis

Wow, these cards look great! Thanks for taking the time to create them! I may have missed something, but I'm a bit unclear as to how these are to print out. I am downloading to a Mac Word v. 12.3.2. When I open the files, I get a msg about my version not being able to use your VBA macros. Will I miss anything by not utilizing the macros? Are these suppose to print in a particular format? Perhaps the layout you used is not transferring to a Mac... I will have my tech wise hubby take a look too. I apologize if this issue has already been addressed - I did do a little searching around allnurses for info. Again, thank you so much for sharing your tools and good luck on the ebooks - hope you still get to do that project!! -booncis