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It can be hard at times but it's doable. It sounds like you're doing fine. Hang in there! :)

I like this one. I was born there, I wonder if I got any "visitors" like some of the little ones in this thread.

These are so awesome. Love em!

I feel your pain too OP. I'm coming on my final semester for my BSN. My wife is a 5th grade teacher, which means she brings a lot if work home and works late often, and we have twin 1 yr old girls. I just finished my Critical Care class and I never h...

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"

I'm a little older coming into this game. I will graduate with my BSN one week before my 39th birthday. I think that many of the "old school" values that my father's generation passed down (he grew up in the Depression era Deep South) are gone for th...

How about San Antonio?

I have looked at what each class ahead of me was doing and it has scared the ***** out of me. If you're program is like mine they will start you off with relatively small bites though you will be drinking from the firehose. Each semester will build o...

Working will help. I work as an aid too, before nursing school I'd never worked in a health care setting. It helped me with a lot of exposure. Are you doing an ADN or BSN program? Try to find an externship as you get closer to graduation.

Congrats on getting in! Nursing school is hard as all ****. If you have kids it's only more so. I have twin one year old girls and at times I feel like I am one deadline away from really breaking. Don't mean to be a downer, my coping skills are in th...

I'm in my 4th semester of 5 and I've never put in an NG or done trach suction. I haven't put in an IV since 1st, and I only did my 1st (and only) Foley on a real patient in 3rd. Im more concerned with getting better at my assessment, giving report, a...

My school sold us kits for $40 that included one. I would get one in the$20 range and a penlight and scissors. I wouldn't get a super nice Littman because: a. It might get stolen, and b. you may decide you don't want to continue and your stuck with a...

I am so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine what it must feel like to lose a child. I don't know if you're a person of faith but I hope god grants you and your family peace. Your son was lucky to have a mom like you. Joel

I'm in my 4th semester of my BSN program, working as an aide for a local hospital. Today I accidentally farted in front of a patient and his wife; a very nice older couple. They were awaiting discharge instructions and I went in to get one last roun...

Good guy for taking the hit for you. :)

I guess it was because I didn't know them and I hot boxed them. (they were still waiting for discharge instructions when I left). I will burn a whole through the couch watching tv with my wife and laugh my butt off. As for the round of vitals their n...

Oh know. In fact this happened less than 30 sec after the doc left! I couldn't leave fast enough.

I have been wearing running shoes, but I'm going to just get a good pair of issue combat boots. Once you break them in they're like butter.

That's disgusting and wrong. I say report it and start looking for a new job.

What a *******!! I'm glad you were able to shed the dead weight. I am in my 4th semester in my BSN program and I would kill for that opportunity! As for males students/PCAs, I'm both and I bust my *** when I'm at work or at clinical. I take pride in ...

I suggest looking for a job as an aide. Many hospitals will hire nursing students as aides after they have completed the fundamentals course in your 1st semester. If you can find an externship that is great too. Good luck!

I have two peer interviews coming up for externships, one for a Neuro-Tele unit and one for an MICU. Any advice are maybe some questions I should ask ? Thanks

Thanks y'all! My first one went pretty well they seemed to like me a lot, though they said I wouldn't hear anything for a couple of weeks. My next one is on Monday and if they make an offer I'm snapping it up!

I guess he had the music in him!