lizzybeth

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1. Help....not sure how to be a nurse.

   lizzybeth replied to BetterMeRN's topic in New Nurse

   I am a new rn, graduated in may 07. I am orienting on an orthopedic post op floor. I started just a few weeks ago. I had not had any patient care for 3 months or so(orientation started in sept.) and I feel very unsure about BP's. I did notice though ...

2. just took mine today

   lizzybeth posted a topic in NCLEX

   I took mine today--same story as many of you. Strange q's, LOTS of ptioritizing, SATA, weird meds and even two on treating patients with pertussus and diptheria! We never learned about those diseases! Only immunizing against them! So, I drove home in...

3. Did anyone hate nursing school?

   lizzybeth replied to FNPhopeful's topic in New Nurse

   Yes, I have to admit that I find NS a constant source of stress. I never would have gotten into it if I knew I would feel this way, almost every day. I too, find myself just trying to get through it and then get a job at Walmart, because I only hear ...

4. unsure in clinical

   lizzybeth replied to lizzybeth's topic in General Students

   Thank you all for your replies. I have a feeling this BP anxiety may be part of my perfectionist personality. I need to practice practice practice!!!

5. Cinical uniform..love it or hate it?

   lizzybeth replied to CT Pixie's topic in General Students

   hate it, gonna burn it after I graduate!!!!! Along with my care plans!!! We wear white and we look like a gaggle of geese walking into the hospital. They appear dirty, especially if bleach is used to wash them--makes them yellow. I think a person who...

6. unsure in clinical

   lizzybeth posted a topic in General Students

   I am a senior in an ADN program and I am still unsure of myself in clinical. I am a creature of habit and feel uncomfortable with change. Meaning, every clinical rotation, I have panic attacks, and doubt myself. I usually pull myself together and am...

7. does anyone feel lost

   lizzybeth posted a topic in General Students

   I am feeling depressed and lost since being on break. I think it is because I am so used to being in studying and clinical mode--I don't know how to live normal! Even though I dread going back for my final semester--I am(in a weird way) needing it. A...

8. anyone else struggle with Anxiety?

   lizzybeth replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

   I believe that some anxiety is healthy. It makes you aware and careful. But, if it is paralyzing you and making your life miserable even when you are not at work, then you need to talk to someone and get to the root of it. I am also a very anxious pe...

9. lpn's professional role in nursing

   lizzybeth posted a topic in Student Assist

   Hello, I was wondering if anyone can help me find some good websites that could tell me about an lpn's role in the nursing arena and in relationships with RN'S and cna's. I have a paper due on this subject and cannot find a good reference with this ...

10. Anyone worried about throwing up or passing out?

    lizzybeth replied to c18436572's topic in General Students

    Yeah, (watching) suctioning of a trache patient, or anything with gag reflexes and sputum involved make me want to lose it. But, I keep putting myself in those situations because I think The more I am around something, the more hardened up to it I be...

11. How many of you started or starting with NO experience

    lizzybeth replied to *lisa*'s topic in General Students

    I too started out with no experience in the health care field. It was a disadvantage for me during my freshman clinicals because I was so nervous around the patients and had no confidence. I am a student nurse extern this summer and I have to say I h...

12. I'm so nervous!!

    lizzybeth replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Students

    Also, I just wanted to say that in time, you will see that you and your fellow nursing students are all in the same boat and there is rarely any embarrassment experienced around them! Unless they are jerks, which is usually the small population of nr...

13. I'm so nervous!!

    lizzybeth replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Students

    I get scared to death about being watched and critiqued also! My anxiety has always gotten in the way of my goals. I still feel those feelings but I decided to face them and get angry at them! Before clinical I would give myself a strong talking to--...

14. Relationships and Nursing school

    lizzybeth replied to Nony's topic in General Students

    my husband and i don't have the best relationship in the world, but he has surprised me by how supportive he is of me in nursing school. who knows--maybe he wants to ditch me when i am making money! but anyways--whatever it is it's working out for me...

15. so I'm bad at Math....

    lizzybeth replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Students

    I have always been a mathaphobic, but since nursing school, and studying for hours in Pickar, I am finding it second nature--and that is a lot to say for me! Just go over and over and over the calculations and you will be fine! Lizzybeth