Jenngirl34RN

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  1. how long for clinicals?

    Jenngirl34RN replied to bayli1's topic in General Students

    I am in an ADN program and we have clinicals all 6 quarters. The first quarter (Fundementals) we only have clinicals for 3 weeks. Quarters 2-5 we have clinicals for 6 weeks each quarter, and the...

  2. Transferring to WA State

    Jenngirl34RN replied to KimMoncayo's topic in Washington Nursing

    All of the programs are a little different and have slightly different requirements. You should look up the application requirements for each program you are planning on applying to. I don't think...

  3. Medical surgical nursing Lewis textbook

    Jenngirl34RN replied to kp1987's topic in General Students

    Here is the study guide for the Lewis med-surg book. I use it for every test, and it helps a lot. The online resources are great too. Study Guide for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and...

  4. Who supervises you during clinicals?

    Jenngirl34RN replied to calivianya's topic in General Students

    My clinical group is 7 students. My clinical instructor has to be on the floor with us at all times (we all take lunch together), and she wansers around and checks up on all of us. We can pass meds...

  5. Clinical instructor gives study guide to clinical group is this unfair

    Jenngirl34RN replied to chiasmus100's topic in General Students

    In my program we have 4 different clinical groups each quarter, then we are all together for our theory and lab classes. All of the clinical instructors come up with different handouts and learning...

  6. Ever have a clinical day where every call light was a "code brown"?

    Jenngirl34RN replied to SopranoKris's topic in General Students

    I had a c-diff patient recently. My entire 2 days last week blended into one continuous, nauseatingly stinky code brown. I got through it, but man was it

  7. Adult Health/Med Surg

    Jenngirl34RN replied to smoup's topic in General Students

    Ours is called something like Care of the Adult Client 1&2, and each is 12

  8. RN's & Nursing Students

    Jenngirl34RN replied to QueenAnnissa's topic in General Students

    We are allowed to ask the RN if we can observe them doing things, or if they can observe us doing things that students need supervision for, like IV push meds, but we are not allowed to ask our RNs to...

  9. The "Art" of Skimming...

    Jenngirl34RN replied to Fever4RN's topic in General Students

    Here is how I handle all of the reading. I sit down with the competency statements for the module and my book(s). I go through the reading material by looking at headings for different...

  10. Do nursing schools have to provide health insurance to students?

    Jenngirl34RN replied to hkneurorn's topic in General Students

    When I started school I had to sign a form exempting the school and clinical facilities from liability in case of injury, and we either had to show proof of health insurance, buy student health...

  11. Administering meds at clinical

    Jenngirl34RN replied to keeithh01's topic in General Students

    We have to have our instructor with us the first time we pass meds, and then after that we are allowed to pass anything that is not a high alert med on our own. We can have the nurse there for those,...

  12. Immunization Records?

    Jenngirl34RN replied to Miss.LeoRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Some of them you will either have to have a record or just get the immunization, like for TDaP. Influenza and the TB test have to be done annually, so unless you got them in the last year and have the...

  13. Anyone applying for Bellevue College nursing 2013-2014 program?!

    Jenngirl34RN replied to ccchristine5's topic in Washington Nursing

    Like badkat said, it totally depends on what quarter you are in and where the school can find enough placements. The hospitals I know of that either are or have been used by BC are Evergreen,...

  14. How much "dirty work" have you encountered in nursing school

    Jenngirl34RN replied to dulcet's topic in General Students

    Semantics aside, the truth is everyone has to deal with some unpleasant things when they are in nursing school. I am only 2nd quarter and have already seen and had clean up a lot of different body...

  15. Things you'd love to tell a fellow nursing student or faculty.....

    Jenngirl34RN replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    Faculty: Please try to get organized before you lecture, and please make sure you are prepared to answer questions on the subject you are teaching Student: Please stop interrupting the instructor...

  16. Is there really a huge amount of horizontal violence(bullying) in the profession

    Jenngirl34RN replied to dulcet's topic in General Students

    I haven't seen any bullying in my program, or at least not in my cohort. There was one clinical instructor last quarter whose behavior bordered on bullying towards the students in her cohort, which...

  17. Care plan books

    Jenngirl34RN replied to kp1987's topic in General Students

    We were assigned Nursing Diagnosis Handbook by Betty J Ackley and Gail B Ladwig. I really like it. It has a lot of great outcome and intervention suggestions with

  18. Need help with nursing care plan

    Jenngirl34RN replied to brandon.redd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am guessing since this is your very first case study that this is not for a real patient, correct? It can be hard doing these when you don't have a real patient to assess. The way I do these types...

  19. book recommendation? medical diagnoses into nursing diagnoses

    Jenngirl34RN replied to memory's_blackhole's topic in General Students

    Honestly, I would think twice before getting a book like that. It might get you into the bad habit of basing your nursing diagnoses on the medical diagnosis. While you will see common issues and...

  20. Care plan advice

    Jenngirl34RN replied to kizzy patterson's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It can be tough doing care plans off of fictitious scenarios with limited info instead of on real patients, but if I were you I would start with his vitals you have listed. See if you can come with...

  21. Writing in Nursing school

    Jenngirl34RN replied to carey7795's topic in General Students

    In my program we have at least one big research paper or project each quarter, and then there are sometimes additional, small essays here and

  22. Program accreditation

    Jenngirl34RN replied to jmse7en's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    You should be fine if your school is ACEN accredited, but your best bet would be to contact the admissions office of the school you are wanting to apply to and ask them to be

  23. No opinions please just facts

    Jenngirl34RN replied to wheresmyrights's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I live WA, where recreational pot is now legal, so this is actually something that nursing students and nurses here (as well as pretty much everyone else) have to figure out. The upshot is that...

  24. Reading Textbooks

    Jenngirl34RN replied to theviolinist's topic in General Students

    I only read the parts of the chapters that correlate to the lesson objectives and go over the charts. I kind of skim over the rest unless I really feel like I need additional information. Last lesson...

  25. How long do you study each day?

    Jenngirl34RN replied to VAgirl247's topic in General Students

    It completely depends on the topic. Some are fairly easy and don't require much studying at all, and others require a couple of hours a day. I do try to limit my studying to no more than 2-3 hours...