chickdude1

Wow--I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt this way! The last semester has completely drained me--I spent the first week of winter break sleeping 16 hours a day! I'm not there yet, but I'm one semester away. Thanks for encouragement to keep going!...

Sorry, Ruby Vee, but I've gotta agree with student4life..... I've been treated far too many times as a student like I'm in the way and treated like I'm not welcome. As the next gen of nursing, aren't we the ones who are going to allow the current on...

Really???!! I'm going to file that one away in "Helpful things to know...." Thanks for the info! Chickdude1

I know, I know, and I apologize in advance because I'm sure you've heard it ten million times, but you will be thankful for it someday...... The first time I moved to another state and had my own apartment, this guy knocked on my door. I don't know ...

I've seen a lot of discussion that students more often post their bad experiences, not their GOOD ones. After I thought about it, I realized that you're absolutely right--so I thought I'd get things started! My very first rotation was med-surg I. I...

THREE YEARS? Wow--you're WAY overdue!!! Thanks for sharing with us! My cohort gets along exceptionally well--the major downside of that is sometimes it's hard to get everyone's attention in order for class to start (and sometimes it's problematic t...

Oh, wait--here's a couple more: I got to spend a day in the newborn nursery during my OB rotation. My preceptor handed me a baby and said, "Okay, this one needs to be fed." Now, I'd never even HELD a newborn before, and now I have to FEED one? She...

I was able to spend the day in the surgical ICU--I thought it would be a fantastic experience. Instead, my first interaction with my preceptor was "I'm going to interventional radiology--see you in half an hour." Oh, wait--my patient needs medicati...

To Tweetie and sharann: I hope your students spoil you rotten--because you obviously deserve it!!!! Actually, I've been a "preceptor" myself when I was a CNA at the nursing home I worked at. I LOVED taking students. Whenever I was I was assigned st...

Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my bruised and battered heart! Right now I really needed the encouragement to keep going--I'm seriously going to develop my "non-listening" skills instead of my "listening" ones (when it applies to the proper ...

I think my worst report for me happened during my Med-Surg I rotation this summer. The reporting nurse wanted to launch into a tirade about an argument she had with a patient's family member. My preceptor handled it beautifully--after about only 1 ...

We had our very first clinical rotations over the summer. One of my classmates (and very good friend) had this nurse who GRILLED her about EVERYTHING. When my friend could not provide the correct answer, the nurse would hit her over the head with h...

:yelclap: :yelclap: :yelclap: I'm in my second year of the DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice) program, and I've heard this a lot, too. Here's my background: BS in computer science with a 3.95 GPA and four additional years of pre-vet/pre-nursing req...

Actually, not weird at all. After taking microbiology and one of my classmates was able to grow E. coli after swabbing the drinking fountain...... Concerning #1, think about why we're NEVER supposed to reach across a sterile field My husband has te...

I knew of a similar one. His name was Richard Weed and went by Dick. In that case, I think he was asking for it (don't you?). Then there was Martin Martin--like his parents couldn't be more original?? Is it Gwenyth Paltrow's daughter whose name is ...

All right, guys--here's my experience. When my ADN boss (and she was my CNA instructor) first found out that I had been accepted to the ND (nurse doctorate) program, her first reaction was "Oh, you're the guys who want to get rid of us." Now, I don't...

That's interesting......when I was a CNA, I was so busy throughout my shift (didn't matter when I worked), I didn't have time to complain! chickdude1

Hello, everyone! I'm a first year nursing student, and I'm currently taking a law and ethics class. Our instructor wants us to talk to nurses and find out if they have their own malpractice insurance. I'm hoping that some of you will give me a hand...

How very sad--we're all in this together as a TEAM (or else maybe I missed something??). In any event, before I entered nursing school, I worked as a CNA at a long-term care facility. There were SEVERAL LPN's that I'm planning on hiring as my person...

It's just as bad in Denver--I've been on the waiting list at one of our CC from summer of 2003--and I've again been informed that I'm not even eligible to be an alternate for this coming fall (they have two entrances per year--one in fall and the oth...

Thank you Sunnyjohn!!! I am currently in the Nurse Doctorate program (well, now being transitioned to the Doctor of Nursing Practice program--long story), and by the time I finish, I will probably have 11 or 12 YEARS of college education behind me, ...