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1. Intermediate Med-Surg

   FNPhopeful replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

   Anyone??

2. First day of nursing school

   FNPhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

   To all those just starting, all I can say is get used to a whole new way of life ! I sometimes had to pinch myself because I just felt like I was in a fog drifting through this alternate dimension...

3. Intermediate Med-Surg

   FNPhopeful posted a topic in General Students

   So can any one tell me what to expect in Inter. med surg?? Just how hard does it get? Anything I can brush up on before the semester starts to get ahead?? lab values? procedures? Any help would...

4. Fresno

   FNPhopeful replied to FNPhopeful's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Hi thanks for replying to my post! (wow I posted that a long time ago) Yeah I applyed to Fresno State with a 3.6 and didnt get in. the cut off was 3.63 (one percentage point away!) Dont listen to...

5. Did anyone hate nursing school?

   FNPhopeful replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Wow Im sooo glad you guys all feel like me. (well not glad....but you know what I mean) I thought I was the only one who hated it, because at school everyday it seems like everyone is trying to put...

6. Did anyone hate nursing school?

   FNPhopeful replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Ok good! Im not crazy. Alot of people hated it. I guess I thought it might be somewhat enjoyable, to learn all this new stuff. Which it is........but like a previous poster said its just nonstop...

7. Did anyone hate nursing school?

   FNPhopeful replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thanks everybody. Im just soooo tired at this point, Im trying to push through....... But I know the feeling of quitting would be far worse than what Im feeling

8. Did anyone hate nursing school?

   FNPhopeful posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I am in second semester and I am just sooooo tired and run down. Every week I feel like quitting. I have an hour commute and 2 small kids so thats an added difficulty. Is it normal to dislike nursing...

9. Bored in clinical?

   FNPhopeful replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

   I know I have been sneaking my lecture notes onto my clip board.....but I dont want my instructor to see me and think Im doing something other than clinical stuff. But I honestly dont knw how they...

10. Bored in clinical?

    FNPhopeful posted a topic in General Students

    Im finding myself with nothing to do for 8 hrs in clinical. Im on the OB rotation and we normally have 1 patient........needless to say I can only look through the charts for so long..... Me and my...

11. Pressure ulcers

    FNPhopeful posted a topic in General Students

    Good freakin grief! Please tell me how people end up getting ulcers as bad as the ones in our textbooks! Is there no care where these patients are?! They must be people bed ridden at home. I did a...

12. 2 patients/clinicals

    FNPhopeful posted a topic in General Students

    Anyone up to 2 patients yet in clinicals? Is it tougher? We start passing meds next week so Im predicting things are gonna get a bit more stressful and we'll also get 2 patients. Any organization...

13. Classmates!

    FNPhopeful replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

    Thanks everyone! I wish you guys were in my class! The whole situation just sucks. I mean take an already trying situation like nursing school and throw social anxiety into it as well and it really...

14. Classmates!

    FNPhopeful posted a topic in General Students

    I have never had such a hard time "socially" in my life. I feel like an outsider in my nursing class, no one talks to me in theory at all, but they all seem to know each other. My clinical group is a...

15. Fundamentals Test Questions

    FNPhopeful posted a topic in General Students

    For those that are in Fundamentals, I thought it be kinda helpful if people could post their test questions (if ya can remember them) here on a thread and we could accumulate alot of practice...