ruralnurse84

ruralnurse84

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  1. My 2nd day of class

    ruralnurse84 replied to Snowangel7390's topic in General Students

    I'm starting my 2nd year in a couple weeks but remember being so frustrated with this same thing at the beginning. There was this one individual who never stopped raising his hand and he didn't...

  2. Nursing School Apartment Living

    ruralnurse84 replied to camelbakhi's topic in General Students

    I agree with PP...call the cops. I lived in an apartment like that once, this guy below us was almost completely deaf and he would play his obnoxious music all through the day and night. We got the...

  3. Are you or anyone you know getting burned out in school?

    ruralnurse84 replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I got so burned out the last month of my last quarter of 1st year. I have been out of school for almost 3 months and have not looked at my book once. I go back in a few weeks for my 2nd year and...

  4. Has anyone been accepted to nursing school with B's RECENTLY?

    ruralnurse84 replied to alecav's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What was your TEAS score? That can help make a difference. I got a B in Micro, C in Chem and As in everything else but had a 93% on my TEAS. Was accepted to two schools in eastern WA last year. I...

  5. CNA short rant

    ruralnurse84 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ok...I am a nursing student about to enter my 2nd year but at the moment I am a CNA working LTC. Today I was rather annoyed with the nurses. They complain about how we don't do our jobs but when...

  6. Items needed for Nursing kit for clinicals during nursing school?

    ruralnurse84 replied to StudentNurseFrye's topic in General Students

    Ours came with catheter kits, sterile dressing kits, IV supplies, needles, etc. These were for lab and testing purposes to be done and tested off on before certain quarter clinicals. For example,...

  7. Items needed for Nursing kit for clinicals during nursing school?

    ruralnurse84 replied to StudentNurseFrye's topic in General Students

    Unfortunately every school will differ in what they require so unless you can find someone a year ahead of you who has been in the program you may not get everything you need. A friend of mine in...

  8. LOVED first reading assignment for OB

    ruralnurse84 replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in General Students

    OB was our last unit last quarter and I absolutely loved it! I actually had to do the reading weeks before we even started because my first rotation of the quarter was in the birth center and I got...

  9. Internship Job in summer

    ruralnurse84 replied to sbaker935's topic in General Students

    I am on my summer break between my first and second year, working as a CNA for the summer only. I would highly recommend doing that if you can as you will learn so much just working as a CNA. I had...

  10. Going alarm-free

    ruralnurse84 replied to LittleMamaRomeoRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I have to agree with duskyjewel. Where I work there are only a handful of patients that have the alarms, I think maybe 4 or 5 out of 36. These particular residents don't typically use their call...

  11. Planning to move to a new state after graduation

    ruralnurse84 replied to sarahmac09's topic in General Students

    I have a similar problem. I am going to school in Washington state but will be moving to Montana after graduation next year to join my husband. From what I've heard you can essentially take the...

  12. One more week before I sign over my life!

    ruralnurse84 replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

    You guys will all do great! Your orientation if you haven't had it should help you calm down a little, I know mine did last year. I'm going into my 2nd year next month. I'm a little petrified...

  13. Difficult situation

    ruralnurse84 replied to kdbh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would agree with looking into the ADN programs as well and apply to as many schools as you feasibly can. I wanted to get my BSN as I already have a bachelor's but knew it might not happen with my...

  14. cna nervous for nursing school!

    ruralnurse84 replied to penny186's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I guess you have to ask yourself why you want to be a nurse. If it is something you really want to do then the time spent working less and going to school will be worth it. If you feel like being a...

  15. Getting Married in School?

    ruralnurse84 replied to teletech111's topic in General Students

    My hubby and I got married before either one of us went back to school but we have now spent our 2 year marriage mostly apart because of his schooling and now mine, with still one more year left to...

  16. Overcoming obstacles

    ruralnurse84 replied to Dtermnd2Bgreat's topic in General Students

    I dealt with losing my job a month before I had planned on quitting as I was dumb and told them way ahead of time I would be leaving for nursing school. I worked in Seattle and my nursing program is...

  17. Is it possible to create a 12-hour work shift for CNA?

    ruralnurse84 replied to RNforlifetime's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Our facility does both 8 and 12 hour shifts. Some people only want to work 8 hours where others prefer the 12s. Since I am just working over the summer for coverage I have been privilege to both. I...

  18. Cna job at nursing home

    ruralnurse84 replied to keke1982's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I was in the same situation as you a month ago. I have been in the healthcare field for about 5 years and in nursing school for the past year but this is my first time actually working as a CNA....

  19. I'm venting!

    ruralnurse84 replied to StanleyNickels's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That sounds like a crazy amount of residents to me. I think I have at most 10 or 11 and still have difficulty getting through the day or evening especially if I have showers on top of it. I say...

  20. married/engaged/involved students, how are you juggling your relationship w/ school?

    ruralnurse84 replied to richardgecko's topic in General Students

    I have to agree with pps. There is clearly something else going on if he cheated on you. Lack of attention d/t nursing school is not an acceptable excuse. My husband and I live 10 hours away from...

  21. (Just a rant) Are nursing test unfair....

    ruralnurse84 replied to opto-nurse's topic in General Students

    Trust me you are doing fine. These types of tests are to prepare you for the NCLEX and if they don't start doing them this way now, how are you going to take the harder tests later on down the road?...

  22. 26, starting from the bottom, do I really stand a chance???

    ruralnurse84 replied to JensMom520's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The majority of my class is at least over 25, with maybe a third in their 30s. I myself will graduate right before I turn 30 and eventually want to become a nurse midwife but probably won't do that...

  23. Didn't get accepted into first of three schools...advice?

    ruralnurse84 replied to danedsel's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I applied for 3 years just focusing on a few specific schools and kept getting rejected. In the fourth I finally said screw it, I'm applying to as many schools as I can. I had all the pre-reqs for...

  24. I am SO excited!

    ruralnurse84 replied to SunshineDaisy's topic in General Students

    That is a major bummer. If he wasn't a 10 hour drive away or train ride I wouldn't have been able to see him as much, so I am grateful for that, but we have spent the majority of our almost 2 year...

  25. I am SO excited!

    ruralnurse84 replied to SunshineDaisy's topic in General Students

    I am in a similar situation but without the kids. I had to move to a different town about three hours from where we used to live to go to school and then my hubby found a job way out in the middle of...