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Yikes! Congrats for surviving and being exposed to prime example of how NOT to treat students when you are in a teaching position yourself one day.

I'm putting together our slide show and chose "Dream Big"....the song is perfect.

I loved my Mental Health rotation so much that I am precepting on the MH floor this quarter before graduation and am absolutley loving every minute of it. Enjoy your rotation and remember MH is a different ballgame than Med-Surg. In MH you can't do ...

Wow! That's a heavy load! We turned in our final research paper prior to the start of preceptorships. During preceptorship time we turn in weekly goals with a self evaluation. That's it. We focus on our preceptorship and only our preceptorship.

I've found the Made Incredibly Easy series are really helpful adjunct resources for clarification of concepts you are having a hard time grasping from your regular textbooks. I used the Made Incredibly Easy IV and Electrolyte books and they helpded ...

I agree. Speak up! We are adults. As long as you are polite and don't interrupt your instructor or another student mid-sentence I don't see a problem with it.

#2. The baby's safety is the first concern. Calling security does not address the safety isssue at THAT moment. By the time one waits for a security guard to arrive the situation could escalate. That would be like waiting for others to arrive bef...

Congratulations to you! A very exciting time and a big accomplishment. I'll be graduating in 4 weeks and, I too, can not beleive 4 years has passed and I made it. My family deserves it as much as I do with all their support and understanding over ...

I'd be very careful with the perfume too. As someone who gets very ill (headache/vomiting) from perfume, cheap or expensive, I'd be really upset that it was sprayed on me or even any where near my room. Just as I also think it's highly inappropriat...

Oh boy...I can't even BEGIN to tell you how much bad smells bother me. My 2nd quarter of school I was emptying a commode of liquid poop into the toilet and I tryed very hard to hold my breath through the whole thing but it was such a mess it took ex...

130 hours in my ADN program starting in May. I'll be on the Psych unit.

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one. We have graduation and pinning the beginning of June and I'm all ready in the "I'm finished" mode. After spring break I'm really going to need some motivation.

We graduate in June too and we just lost a few that were only a few points away. I feel horrible for them...especially with being so close to being finished.

Jeesh....Talk about the clinical instructor making a mountain out of a mole hill! Seriously! Did you endanger a patient? No. Did you endanger your co-workers? No. Why couldn't your clinical instructor just talk to you about it? Would a school fail...

Sorry to hear you had a rotten day. Boy I can relate... Today was my last day of medsurg clinical ever, before my preceptorship next quarter and graduation in May. I've never made an error in all 2 years until today....of all days!:imbar It was me...

So when do I stop feeling like a complete idiot at clinicals? I'm in my second quarter of clinical and I get so frustrated at feeling completely helpless and stupid. Between nasty floor nurses and just trying to figure out where things are located,...

Well... the big end of the quarter, Med Surg final is almost here. While I usually always get B's on finals, I usually get A's on the previous exams. I'm not complaining about B's but this time I'd really like to get an A on the final. Please share ...

I once worked somewhere that made a girl spray her clothes down with Lysol before she came back inside after smoking. I'm not sure if the smell of Lysol is any better than smoke. Yuck! However, she complied and did it for the sake of keeping her jo...

I suggest telling your mil and sil that you'd really appreciate their support and that your study time, schedule, money and grades are NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS! Jeesh! I got angry just reading this! :angryfire Don't let them bring you down. Sounds...

I suppose "Where's the crash cart located??" might have the same effect. :)

People either love 'em or hate 'em but I'd say.............. A backpack with wheels Trust me....you'll save your back from hauling around 65lbs worth of textbooks. :)

Oh! And never breathlessly run around the corner and say "Where's the Narcan located around here??" when you're just curious as to where it's kept.

Things not to say to your clincial instuctor...... (Actual things I have heard) I don't know WHO I gave that med to?! I didn't bring my care plan/prep sheets with me for clinical today. I stayed up all night long at party last night, so I'm really ti...

No he did not........ sit playing with an empty saline flush syringe during a lab and shoot our clinical instructor, who was up front teaching, square between the eyes with the cap! :stone

I'd recommend making an appt. with this instructor to go over your assignments. Ask specifically what you can do to improve them. Make sure you clearly understand her expectations. She'll respect you for coming to her for clarification, proving yo...