Shastalee99

Hi everyone, how your week going? I have a mean clinical instructor who is evaluating my chest assessment next week. I learned it 1st semester but for some reason I'm totally freaking out about this e-val with her. I never finish my paperwork on ti...

hi everyone, i just picked up my pt data sheet for clinical wednesday. needless to say, i'm beginning to freak out. my instructor is tough and makes me shake when performing skills in her presence. real world nursing is completely different than la...

Hello Fellow Nurses, I graduated May 13th and start orientation (Med/Surg) on the 12th of June. Since I graduated, I took a break and caught up on things for my photography business I have on the side (in my spare time lol). New York State Dept. of E...

Hi New Grads! This post is to give my 2 cents on my experience with the NCLEX that would've been helpful to me when I was totally freaking out before, during and after the exam. A good friend of mine from school was sitting next to me in the other ...

No, there is no tricks, clues or short-cuts for this exam. That's what I am trying to get out there. It does not matter what the last question is. It doesn't matter how many priority, communication, knowledge, renal, cardiac, maternity or any other q...

Hey StudentNurse74, It's been a while since you posted this one but I came across it and wondered how you made out with your feelings of anxiety and being overwelmed with so much on your plate at that time. I'm in a similar situation so any words of ...

I don't know if I'm in the right catagory for this thread. I'll graduate in 4 days if I do everything else right, but at my school, nothing seems to be good enough. I have 3 make-ups. One today 3-10 and tomorrow at 7am with the instructor that I swea...

Well said. :argue:

Hello All, I'm Team Leader the last day of clinical, which helps us identify the roles of the charge nurse. During the shift I have to do a presentation on anything related to nursing, team players, nurses eating their young, delegation, whateve...

I have her now and she's awful. I get sick every noght before clinical and in the bathroom the following morning after. Nothing is good enough for her. And I work my butt off too. I'm sorry that happened to you. I don't know if we know eachother, bu...

i'd understand your worry. i'm not sure you'll get this sine you posted a while ago. if you need any advice, feel free to im me. i'm in nur 4. i'll (hopefully) graduate this may. the poster that failed 3 was correct on their way of "weeding out" stud...

Also! Kink the tubing in between your flushes so you don't get a yummy residual shower, get the bedding soaked, and make a fool out of yourself while your instructor is watching you. It'll make you more nervous and you might forget a flush or somethi...

Think of it this way, When you give someone PO meds do they take it c water or saline? It's all going in the stomach, so water is ok. Saline isn't necessary unless it's for the reasons stated from the other posters. The best adivice I've ever gotten...

They enjoy making a huge spectacle out of mistakes becuase it makes THEM feel better about themselves. They're brutal at our school. I can't wait 'til I'm out there and have a student to follow me. I'm going to help them as much as possible to ease t...

Some students don't care about their education as much as others. Especially when compaired to older or returning students vs recent HS grads. Who cares though if your grade isn't affected and you're doing well in clinical? Why upset yourself about o...

Liquor. Lots and lots of liquor. And maybe a punching bag. Lol

My mother's was 10. Yep, 10. It was scary. One minute she was talking and the next she was stirring dishwashing gloves in a soup pot like it was soup. I noticed it and thought she was hypoglycemic. She started tremoring and her mucsles got rigid and ...

Thank you so much. If you have any others, let me know. I search for hours for helpful sites that posters save.

Dear Papaw, How do you manage to be so comical and happy? Does this happen upon graduation into the real world? If so I can't wait to be there. I try to be excited and happy, but it seems that bothers other people so I mainly keep to myself and my ...

:rotfl: Are we attending the same school?? My school is exactly the same way. If you aren't following these rules, you're sent home with a U for unprepared for clinical and it counts as an absense. More than 2 clinical absesnes are high risk for fai...

WOW! We run into the same people! My family especially my husband's family (who include 5 RN's and CNA's!!) have said the same things except way more demeaning and ignorant. They assumed because I worked full time that I couldn't succeed. Too bad I k...

There's so many posts on this site that aren't negative and depressing. I see nothing depressing about all of the posters to this individual supporting her decision...

I've read many posts and agree with pursuing your Associates degree first. With a 2 yr degree, you'll jump right into clinical and gain that experience right away. You'll take your general ed. reqs with your nursing classes (in most schools). This mi...

Hello, How are you feeling? Hope you did ok on your tests, this is the best advice that worked for me. I have ADD and a learning disability (Somepeople say this isa LD, but others don't...) I have to read things over and over again constantly and exa...