Backwardo

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1. Review specialty areas!

   Backwardo posted a topic in NCLEX

   Please study your specialty areas!! The dean of my college of nursing sat in with us one afternoon and told us to focus on pharmacology and delegation. She actually said, "Do not focus on specialty areas, they aren't going to be the majority of you...

2. NCLEX select all that apply questions?

   Backwardo replied to Nursecrystal2016's topic in NCLEX

   I tested yesterday. About half of my exam was SATA. I didn't get any other alternate format questions. I passed in 75 questions, took about half an hour. It really wasn't that bad, it was very easy to go through them and "true/false" the answers.

3. Taking anatomy 2 and nursing courses?

   Backwardo replied to haleyfreddie96's topic in General Students

   I took A&P I with nursing fundamentals and A&P II with med-surg. I finished A&P II with a high B and med-surg with an A. Totally doable! Will you be tired and a little jealous of your classmates who only have to focus on nursing? Sure...

4. Retaking TEAS V

   Backwardo replied to funsizedprenurse's topic in TEAS

   Well, here's the awesome part - you have already seen the test and now have an idea of what to expect! Don't let it bother you or make you feel bad, just think of it as a practice run. I wish I could give all tests a practice run... I scored in th...

5. Inquiring Minds

   Backwardo replied to ComeTogether's topic in General Students

   I just finished up my first semester. Maybe it's because I'm a newbie to nursing school, but the most difficult thing for me was the volume of work. I had 6ish hours of clinical look up on Sundays (including filling out 15 pages of information on m...

6. Reflections of your first semester?

   Backwardo replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in General Students

   Fingers crossed for you! First semester was exciting! The first few weeks I felt like I was consumed with stress 24/7. I would wake up feeling stressed. But I found my groove and ended up with a 90% in Fundamentals (it is just one class that incor...

7. Bed bath

   Backwardo replied to ASAMOAH ASMAH's topic in General Students

   Oh jeez, wrong thread.

8. student shortcuts

   Backwardo replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Students

   LOL! Love it! I have resorted to putting my kids' clothes in baskets, rather than folding them and putting them in their dressers. My husband and I's just goes in a big pile on my file cabinet, I don't even bother with the basket. We eat picnic st...

9. stinky patient pet peeve

   Backwardo replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Students

   I guess I just don't understand your mentality, here. I'm 11 weeks into my program, so far I've been checked off all basic CNA skills (though I am a certified CNA, we all had to get checked off in the beginning), physical assessment, injections, medi...

10. First semester schedule

    Backwardo replied to Pistachio830's topic in General Students

    I am 11 weeks into my first semester. Sunday: -Clinical look up (depends on how fast you work) Monday: -Clinical 0600-1200 -Lab 1200-1330 Wednesday: -Class 0800-1100 Thursday: -Class 0800-1100 We're split into three clinical groups, so the other...

11. Knitting during class: ok or not?

    Backwardo replied to BusyBee91's topic in General Students

    It really wouldn't bother me. Knit, snack, type....whatever. Just don't try chatting with me while I'm in my I-must-absorb-everything-the-instructor-is-saying zone and it's cool. And honestly, if your instructor hasn't said anything, I don't think ...

12. What is that stench??

    Backwardo replied to JessyHsn's topic in General Students

    You're still new - it takes time for some to be able to let that go when you walk out of the room. My little guy is in diapers and the smell of urine or feces don't bother me (unless we're talking C-Diff - nothing in the world will ever make me be OK...

13. OMG, is it only the second day of nursing school????

    Backwardo replied to SeattleJess's topic in General Students

    I'm getting ready to start week 7 and you will definitely find your own routine. I realized around week 4 that I wasn't running around constantly in a panic that I wasn't going to get XYZ done. I have a lot of weekly assignments due on certain day...

14. Is it okay to tape record on my phone my patient's report?

    Backwardo replied to strawberryluv's topic in General Students

    What?? No! You absolutely cannot do that. No, no, no.

15. I start Nursing School in a week...

    Backwardo replied to futurenurse16's topic in General Students

    I'm currently drinking a beer/watching a movie/browsing this forum. Yesterday I spent an hour shopping for my brand new baby nephew and then 3 hours afterwards holding said nephew. Some days studying will be top priority, other days kicking back ...