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  1. Nurse vs Instructor

    motay68 posted a topic in General Students

    Let me start out by saying I'm not bashing my instructor or the RN on my clinical rotation. It was just an aha moment for me. At my clinical last week my instructor spent a lot of time in the...

  2. Question for Mom's in Nursing School

    motay68 replied to MizMaverick's topic in General Students

    Being a single parent definitely has it's challenges but I'm lucky enough to have family support. I can't make every concert and they kids have had to take on more responsibility but we make it work....

  3. Parents who decide to pursue the difficult task of nursing school (Rant)

    motay68 replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Students

    My kids really help me realize why I'm doing nursing school BUT. Nursing school ranks up there with the hardest things I've ever done in my life and I think anybody who is a nursing student past or...

  4. What would you have done differently

    motay68 replied to PaulBaxter's topic in General Students

    I'm halfway through my program. I wish that I spent less time whining about the workload and just did it. Also, I wish I worked less. It's not easy, especially if your the main source of income for...

  5. Peds hemolytic/cardiac/neuro

    motay68 replied to motay68's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thanks guys! I know it's a broad range. Once we got into course content I kissed what little free time I had left goodbye :) At least it's interesting topics so I isn't such a hardship to dig

  6. Peds hemolytic/cardiac/neuro

    motay68 posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Anyone know of any good websites regarding pediatric hemolytic disease, cardiac defects, and neuro disorders? Google makes my eyes cross with the number of websites it pops out :) It's the hardest...

  7. Losing classmates is so stressful and sad

    motay68 replied to mrsboots87's topic in General Students

    I understand what you mean perfectly. It's really hard losing friends or classmates that are doing so well, they just realize it isn't for them. It makes me feel like that could be me. I expect to...

  8. how many feel like me

    motay68 replied to eacu's topic in General Students

    LOL over the kick puppies quote. I said the same thing after a particularly miserable section in peds and substituted the word puppy for toddler. As it turns out I have neither a puppy or toddler to...

  9. Advice: Peds clinical

    motay68 replied to Pink Magnolia's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm just finishing my peds clinical... Best advice I was given was try to get the vitals while they are sleeping. Hearing crying while listening for breath sounds is difficult. And yes the family is...

  10. Microbiology In Summer

    motay68 replied to J89Mike's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took Micro during my first semester of nursing. I LOVED the course but the end it did seem to take forever because there was so much information and I was getting a little burnt out. I didn't find...

  11. Study Superstitions

    motay68 replied to USMCRN2015's topic in General Students

    I have to have noise. I need the radio blaring. Quiet in my house equals one of the kids doing something really bad. If it's to quite I can't concentrate and keep waiting to hear an

  12. Student Nurses vs. ATI

    motay68 posted a topic in General Students

    *Please know this is meant as a witty post. I do understand the benefits of ATI and how much it will help me when it comes to the boards. Doesn't mean I have to like it Each year thousands of...

  13. Questioning the nurse during clinical

    motay68 posted a topic in General Students

    While I was at my last clinical the patient I was assigned had dementia and pulled her foley out prior to day shifts arrival. The nurse taking care of the patient had let me watch her put another one...

  14. Quitting Nursing School

    motay68 replied to Hargrove86's topic in General Students

    I apologize for that. It was incredibly rude and really, if I had read it my reply through before I posted it I would have backed up and started again. It was not well said. Yesterday was a long day...

  15. Quitting Nursing School

    motay68 replied to Hargrove86's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry.... I can't feel anything but annoyance for this post. If you hate it drop out. Is anything worth making you feel like you're losing it? Nursing isn't for everyone. Neither is being a CEO or...

  16. To continue on or not?

    motay68 replied to HoneySyn's topic in General Students

    If your having such major doubts and not enjoying the science of it maybe you should reconsider your career path. Nursing is really heavy on the science aspect of things. Switching to the LPN program...

  17. Need help for a Nursing care plan

    motay68 replied to vickichou's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know where my other post went so I'll post it again.... I can not tell you how much these replies have helped me with my own care plan. I've been so worried about getting all of the...

  18. Struggling in nursing school..

    motay68 replied to EmilyEmily's topic in General Students

    OP, nursing school is so overwhelming. I hear you there. Memorizing the powerpoints hasn't helped me because the questions they ask on the tests are about applying what you learn. It's hard and...

  19. Amazing Sim Lab

    motay68 replied to Esme12's topic in General Students

    At my nursing school our mannequins are so advanced the first time I practiced putting a catheter in a male patient I literally pulled his member and orifice off in one fell swoop Our "patients" are...

  20. Questioning the nurse during clinical

    motay68 replied to motay68's topic in General Students

    Yes it really

  21. Dimensional analysis

    motay68 replied to LoriRNCM's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    To do DA you need to familiarize yourself with conversions. (e.g. g to mg or L to mL) My instructor taught us like this and I'm using the equation from esme's link. You need to worry about two...

  22. Advice on how to cope

    motay68 replied to hickchick's topic in General Students

    As a first semester nursing student I can honestly say there are a lot of differences between the clinicals and the classroom. When we ask our instructors about the way certain things are actually...

  23. I'm tired.

    motay68 replied to Julesmama28's topic in General Students

    My instructor thinks there should be a NANDA diagnosis for student nurses and to sleep disorders. I couldn't agree more... I just keep telling myself that nobody can rock sexy eye bags like I

  24. Driving an hour to school there and back

    motay68 replied to SarahStoddard14's topic in General Students

    I have an hour drive each way 5 days a week. I have come to LOVE the alone time. I blast the music and sing like a rock star the entire drive. It's the only decompression time I get because I'm a...

  25. Things are not as bad as you think...

    motay68 replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Sometimes in clinical I feel like I'm being served with cranberry