NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    Coping with depression and anxiety while in nursing school?

    NurseGirl525 replied to thedayyouwakeup's topic in General Students

    You need to fix yourself first. Get into your doctor again and see about getting to see a psychiatrist. Not a therapist. I think you need a psychiatrist. You are dealing with a lot. Please go and...
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    Readmission into Nursing School Letter

    NurseGirl525 replied to olivia91's topic in General Students

    I also think you need to own up to why you failed and not use the kids as a scapegoat. We all have issues going on in life. Everyone does. Most people work it out. I am a single mom, have to make...
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    Tomorrow is my first exam in fundamentals of nursing. I feel a bit scared to say the

    NurseGirl525 replied to NeoNatMom's topic in General Students

    Yeah, sometimes it's good to walk away from the books. Too much studying can be just as bad as not enough. Congrats on the 87. I'm sure you feel
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    Oh you're a Nursing student?

    NurseGirl525 replied to happyinmyheart's topic in General Students

    I just ignore it. People have certain stuff in their brains and they won't change their mind based on what you say. I just smile and go
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    4 steps of the nursing process?

    NurseGirl525 replied to KStudentNurse70's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We are learning both. We just did the nursing process last week and started care plans. Our test over it is tomorrow. We learned how to write our diagnosis last week and we always have to have an...
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    Teaching High School students about STI barriers

    NurseGirl525 replied to Murse91's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well, that's kind of what I was wondering. Is this just about STI's or STI's and birth control? Those are two completely different things and when you are talking to teenagers you have to be very...
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    Before I enter Nursing School....

    NurseGirl525 replied to DagnyT's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends on where you and what you really want out of life. You need a realistic expectation of what nursing is. A nurse does not make a medical diagnosis. So it's not really looking at the...
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    Do you think nursing programs can benefit from more rigorous prerequisites?

    NurseGirl525 replied to richardgecko's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends on the school. Some schools, like for profit ones, let anyone in, regardless of math skills. Then they struggle and flunk out and owe lots of money. I go to a community college. I had...
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    mature student

    NurseGirl525 replied to weebarra73's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm 38 and will graduate with my ASN in May 2016 and I will be 40. I don't think it is ever too late. Just make sure it is what you want and you are up for the program. This past weekend I was...
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    Is nursing the best career to choose ?

    NurseGirl525 replied to TamiamaRebel's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think many people have a romanticized notion of what nursing is. They don't realize it is a job, just like any other field. They have this vision of walking around and saving people's lives and...
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    Bsn or lpn-adn not your usual argument

    NurseGirl525 replied to BrenLanders's topic in General Students

    You won't have any prereqs to do for the ADN program? LPNs at my school have to get all the ADN prereqs done before the transition program. Then it is 2 semesters to
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    6 Hour Lecture?!

    NurseGirl525 replied to NiftyGirl2014's topic in General Students

    I have 7 hours of lecture every Tuesday and Wednesday. We get breaks and I have to have snacks and my caffeine. It's not easy but not terrible either. You do what you gotta do. I make sure I walk...
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    Blood pressure cuff?

    NurseGirl525 replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Students

    We did vitals for lecture and then beds and bath for lab. Yes, we have peer check offs and then we had instructor checkoffs on bed positions, transferring, and passive range of motion today. Next...
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    Associate of Arts or Associates of science?

    NurseGirl525 replied to bekahinpink's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Why are you getting a degree there at all? What is your final plan? If you want a BSN and plan on transferring, then just do the prereqs you need for the program to get in to. Why waste your time...
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    Thinking about nursing school while raising a toddler

    NurseGirl525 replied to kjw287638's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm a single mom. Raising an 8 year old boy. I went back to finish up my prereqs last year when he was in second grade. I had been a stay at home mom since he was born. I waited due to many...
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    Blood pressure cuff?

    NurseGirl525 replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Students

    I'm surprised you guys weren't required to have one. We were. When we go to do clinicals for this first semester we have to do all of our own manual blood pressures. I got one at Scrubs and Beyond...
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    Disabled seems to have some new meaning!

    NurseGirl525 replied to suanna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Esme, I too live in a nice house in a nice neighborhood, I drive a nice car. Drove my old one into the ground and I had to buy a new one this year. My house is paid for, my car is paid for. My ex...
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    Disabled seems to have some new meaning!

    NurseGirl525 replied to suanna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is just ridiculous that there is no more compassion from people who are supposed to be nurses. I am angry also. I'm in my second week of fundamentals and one of the things my instructor is...
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    UNDERWEAR (Yes, underwear)

    NurseGirl525 replied to nycnurse92's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My son and ex husband always in their underwear and nothing else. My son does judo and while all of the women go into a dressing room to change, none of the men do. They strip down to their...
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    Disabled seems to have some new meaning!

    NurseGirl525 replied to suanna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please don't be envious of me and my disability, I would trade places with a completely healthy person any day. To not have to take all of my meds and be diligent of my health and how I do things...
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    HIPAA?

    NurseGirl525 replied to IThinkICan100's topic in General Students

    What you did was wrong. You cannot post on social media whatsoever. Just do not do it. Your comment should have been reserved for a text, not a public Facebook post. I would also never "friend"...
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    Already doubting myself

    NurseGirl525 replied to KStudentNurse70's topic in General Students

    I'm at the end of my second week. It is very overwhelming. But you have to learn to organize yourself. If you can't organize and prioritize, you will feel this way the entire way through. This is...
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    How does everyone else survive while you go to school?

    NurseGirl525 replied to blackberry74's topic in General Students

    I am a single mom. My situation is a little different with the money. I don't have a job but I budget correctly and cut back on stuff so I don't have to have one for right now. I can live off of my...
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    Getting to the gym?????????

    NurseGirl525 replied to hmowry's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I run around my neighborhood. That way I don't have a gym to go to and I still get a workout in. It's worked for me for the past
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    First Fundamentals Test

    NurseGirl525 replied to kh2013's topic in General Students

    We have ATI books. That is what I studied out of and got an 88, which I was happy with. Mine was a lot more general than I thought and I feel like I crammed too much info into my head. I am...