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  1. L&D Clinicals - 3 Babies!!

    krisiepoo replied to krisiepoo's topic in General Students

    HA! Mental health is next on my rotation... I have a strong MH background so we'll see how it goes Nekozuki I always want to see, smell, experience, too. I'm always asking to follow nurses around,...

  2. Teacher uses a different textbook for tests

    krisiepoo replied to smilemore78's topic in General Students

    How do you even know that? I have no clue where the teachers questions come from but in my opinion, nursing is nursing, especially the fundamentals of

  3. Don't look at the charts!

    krisiepoo replied to green34's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    In my area, there have been lots of firings of nurses and other hospital workers (but mostly RNs) who looked in the charts of those they were not caring for. In the electronic world, everything you...

  4. RNs who guide nursing students during clinicals (and do a dang good job of it!)

    krisiepoo replied to sarahdanielle14's topic in Nurses Rock

    I second this! I SO enjoy my clinicals when there is an RN I'm assigned to who doesn't roll her eyes at being assigned to a student and huff her breath every time I ask a question. I've had a...

  5. hand washing on state test question

    krisiepoo replied to Nurseeverywhere's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    when I took my CNA test, we had to do hand washing as an actual skills test. After we did that we simply stated "I would wash my hands" also "I would provide privacy", etc. However, I clarified this...

  6. Anyone doing well 1st semester?

    krisiepoo replied to CeeCee82's topic in General Students

    I did really well my first semester. I found it to be the easiest of them all (I'm in my last semester now). I think the secret is understanding how to think critically and I had the Saunders book...

  7. Please listen!!!

    krisiepoo replied to snowwhite2002's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    nice advice however at $12-14/hour not everyone can afford to do that. Part of the acceptance into our program required us to have CNA (licensure/status whatever the term is) but there's no way I...

  8. Any tips from experienced nurses about my last semester

    krisiepoo replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm glad you asked this question. I'm in my last semester too and just can't imagine knowing everything the nurses seem to need to know. I was there for the transfer of a pt from OR and they were...

  9. first clinical- first patient assignment

    krisiepoo replied to trishaevans's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    as a first semester, first clinical nursing student I would assume your role there will be fairly limited. I know at first our assignments were generally doing assessments and talking to the patients...

  10. L&D Clinicals - 3 Babies!!

    krisiepoo replied to krisiepoo's topic in General Students

    LadyFree28 that sounds awesome, I REALLY wanted to see a vag delivery but my partner got "eeny-meeny-miney-mo'd" for that while I watched the first c-birth. I know others in the past haven't seen ANY...

  11. I need a second (or third, or fourth...) opinion

    krisiepoo replied to SheIsLimitless's topic in General Students

    I fail to see how getting your lactation cert will help your grades IF you get into a BSN program. YOu need to learn to think and answer questions critically. Nursing school is HARD because it's...

  12. What is general skills lab etiquette?

    krisiepoo replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Students

    you said that you've been acused of playing around before... what was that about? are you looking for validation from this board for you to hang out in the skills lab? I think the general consensus...

  13. My scrub pants are killing me!

    krisiepoo replied to Elizabeth Renee's topic in General Students

    compression shorts or maybe try "body glide"... runners use it to prevent chafing in those areas, maybe it would be helpful for you, too? I'd say better find something that works if you're gonna be...

  14. Ugh so upset!!

    krisiepoo replied to brycross33's topic in General Students

    Here's my .02... yes it was a fairly harmless mistake THIS TIME but what if it's not next time? what if it wasn't this time? You owned up to the mistake and that's awesome but I think doing a paper...

  15. regret the nursing school i choose to attend. do you???

    krisiepoo replied to nursetobe15's topic in General Students

    fortunately or unfortunately that's how nursing school works. I've talked to doctors at work and they said med school was much the same. YOu can only learn so much in a classroom, your teachers have...

  16. I didn't want to be the "one" who went on about it in class, but...

    krisiepoo replied to Orizza's topic in General Students

    Congrats!! Our dosage calc tests are pass/fail and you fail if you get 2 wrong. You do get a 2nd shot at the exam later on. If you fail, you fail the entire semester. It's harsh, but in the end we...

  17. How Long Until Graduation?

    krisiepoo replied to RN-BSNheather's topic in General Students

    90 DAYS!!!!

  18. I feel so inadequate =(

    krisiepoo replied to Tammy90's topic in General Students

    it honestly sounds like you might be suffering from some depression right now, which is completely normal because nrusing school is a crazy thing to undertake. Can you talk to your doctor or see...

  19. This is expensive.

    krisiepoo replied to NightNerd's topic in General Students

    I'm not attempting to save money while in nursing school, I'm all about surviving :) I'm in my last semester and I work FT, own my house, have multiple dogs... quite honestly I use my credit cards...

  20. Need advice?

    krisiepoo replied to snowwhite2002's topic in General Students

    so this means you have failed your entire clinical experience or what does it mean? Additionally, our school allows you one chance to resequence if you fail, meaning you can redo 1 class the next...

  21. How would you feel?

    krisiepoo replied to gabriellegoss's topic in General Students

    ask her to let you have more patients or ask her to find ways to challenge you. Let her know you want to see and do as much as you can. I had this last semester and when I told her this stuff I got...

  22. How does a student prepare for lab practicals before the start of nursing school

    krisiepoo replied to dbuser's topic in General Students

    at my school, our classes were laid out in calendar format. We would know which lab we were doing wound dressings in, IVPB, IVP, etc so if your new school does that I'd check out youtube and just...

  23. A thank you to those who hate/hated nursing school!

    krisiepoo replied to AnimalRescueNurse's topic in General Students

    I am graduating in 90 days (yes 90, I have a countdown app on my phone) and my best advice is to exercise. I picked up running and trained for a marathon during nursing school and it helped me let it...

  24. What happens when the majority fails?

    krisiepoo replied to MilliePieRN's topic in General Students

    In our school, nothing happens. This was about the pass rate for our fluids/lytes and you essentially just have to suck it up, do a test remediation and hope you do better on the

  25. Does Nursing School=No Life Literally?

    krisiepoo replied to Marsha238612's topic in General Students

    I work full-time and go to school full-time. I also have 4 dogs that need to be taken care of so I don't have extra time to be going out and partying and carrying on a 'normal' life. I disagree that...