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I had a situation push me back a year on my graduation date. I was thinking of using that time to minor in biology as suggested by my nursing advisor... knowing that universities are getting a bit corporate... I wanted to see what a minor in biology can do for me as far as a nursing career? Does it open up any opportunities that I otherwise wouldn't get if I didn't minor in biology or will it merely put me in greater loan debt post-graduation? Thanks in advance!

WOW! Esme12 These sheets are awesome especially the report sheets I scramble words on to paper from report and then I have things written every where and all over the place and by the time I look back on them I'm like HUH? This will definitely help me out to stay organized!!:) Thank you!!!!!

Thanks everyone this really helps out. I'm glad to hear that I am not supposed to know everything by senior year and that experience will be what really will help me be a great nurse. I really like what OCNRN63 suggests: setting short term goals to get to my long term goal. I also definitely don't want to be the lady who's hair is on fire when there is no fire. I have been working since I was 15 years old and I've worked with those types and I didn't enjoy working with them either. It seems like everyone is telling me to step back and take a breath that I'm being unrealistic. I can see that I am being unrealistic and now that takes a lot of stress off my shoulders for next clinical and now I can learn at clinical rather than freak out thinking I have to know everything already... I think freaking out hindered me from learning and was putting a block on my brain absorbing anything. So this has changed my attitude for next clinical and I think definitely for the better. Thanks again everyone! This site rocks and so do you guys!!

Thanks. That does help. I just got a job as an RN fellow on a rehab unit so I hope that experience will help me out. The labs are mostly what I want to at least have a good grasp on right now.

I am a junior in the BSN program and I just feel depressed, incompetent, and lost during clinicals (MEDSURG II specifically). I feel like I should already know all my labs and their normal ranges by heart. I also feel like I should be able to look at the s/s of a patient, be able to now all that is wrong and nursing diagnosis interventions right after the assessment and labs... I just don't know if this feeling is normal or if I don't know enough. I want to be GREAT NURSE. PLEASE share any experiences or advice. Please keep the banal/cliche advice out of here ? I need real advice. Constructive criticism! Thank you!