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I am a new nursing student, but not new to the medical field as far as work goes. I have had my own surgeries and babies, so I have had my share of nurses taking care of me, as we all have. In school they always say things like "think about if that w...

I'm turning 28 next month and I feel old lol I have a lot in my class that are fresh out of high school and that's what makes me feel old. I do think you look at things differently just because of life experiences. I know that people in school who ar...

I'm currently a nursing student right now in Canada and when I'm done and pass my boards I will be a RPN. I've been told we can't work in the U.S and I'm told we can if we get our credentials looked at. Our RN's can for sure I know that because they ...

Yes I'm in Ontario, so its Registered Practical Nurse. And I say the VA hospital because my bf is American and we will be getting married right after graduation and according to him, military spouses get preferential hiring. I know it goes state by s...

Thank you so much, I will have to do this. I am contemplating applying to the VA hospital once I am done. My bf is a vet and so Idk its just something I feel I would like to do.

I'm a nursing student right now and I will tell you that when I was going through my divorce I waited until my kids were both in school full time to do it. I did take PSW though and got a job in a LTC facility and worked straight afternoons pt. My ki...

I use binders, I have 3 in ones and they were hardly just big enough, I am going to buy bigger ones for this semester. We use power points and print them off and bring them to class, pluss our prof's give us hand outs.

I just finished my first semester of RPN and it was busy. My brain hurt lol A&P was crazy. They took 2 classes, so what we should learn in 2 semesters and shoved it into 1 semester INSANE !!! I had nursing Theory, which I think is your fundamenta...

I don't know if this is correct according to your test, but we are taught gloves, wash hands, eyewear, gown, mask, then hand hygiene. This is to protect the nurse and pt from transmission of potentially infective materials.

I'm just a first year and idk how things differ from the US to Canada, but we had to do Data Tools on out pt's. and I had one similar to yours. One thing that always helps me is to always think ABC's first when doing your Dx. And we are always taught...

I am a first year nursing student and my bf is also in school full time for I.T. something (lol) I have 2 kids of school age and our lives are crazy hectic. If we didn't live together, we wouldn't see eachother. My son played football on top of it al...