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Well a B is a big difference from a C. Don't retake it unless you have to in that case.

I took it with Nutrition, Bioethics, and Introduction to Nursing. I think it would be challenging to balance it with working full time but not impossible either. Good luck.

I would retake it - a C is not going to slide imo. Take it again and study a lot more.

I am taking it at the moment and I think it is easy. To study, I outline the learning objectives and occasionally using flash cards. Lab is fun and the workload is a lot lighter than Anatomy and Physiology. You have great grades and you will be fine. :)

I think this sounds like a negative work environment. Getting residents up at 3 am is just ridiculous and cruel. You have a large load of people and it sounds like you are doing a good job and working hard. Please do not let your co-workers get to you. I would honestly look for a better facility to work at with smaller patient vs aide ratios and a more positive atmosphere. Good luck. :)

Anatomy and Physiology II was fun and easy for me. I think you are going to be okay, just read through your old notes for a refresher. You do not need to have everything memorized from A&P I to pass A&P II. I agree with the above poster that you should use Quizlet. I always outlined my notes and turned them into flashcards. Just make sure to click the privacy setting so you do not get in trouble for publishing any information from lecture. My professor was really strict about warning us on that kind of thing.

I am a nurse aid at a nursing home and it is pretty physically demanding. But thankfully, only a few of our residents are dead weight. You get better at it and I like that I get exercise at work. By the way, I am only like 5 foot 2 and pretty thin and skinny. Getting stronger comes with time. You'll be okay. Edit: I just noticed that you said you are a vet tech and already deal with heavy lifting and pulling. I think you should shadow a nurse for a day and judge how physical nursing is for yourself. I know that at the nursing home I work at the nurses do not do a lot of physical labor but it is probably a lot different at a hospital.

Thank you! Next time I need to be confident and take my own initiative when working with her. Like you said, I know what I am doing so I should act like it. I mentioned this to the coworker I work well with and she said this CNA is a good person but can be hard to work with. Usually, she works in the assisted living side and likes that better. I won't be working with her much.

Also, she did tell me that other people have done things to "piss her off," as she says. And she corrected them the same way she did me.

Our dining room and living room are connected. Some of the residents in the dining room like to stay at the table after breakfast and read a book or newspaper. She says that's not okay. I thought allowing her to walk with a wheel chair was so odd too. Our supervisor was not there for that. If I ever asked her a question or was confused what task I should move onto she would be like "I am not your boss" or basically say I should figure it out for myself even though it's only my second day alone. Thankfully, I don't think I have to work with her too much. I'm usually with the girl I mesh well with. She never says "Good job" or "You are doing well", it's always something wrong. Lol maybe she has a power complex or something. Oh well, next time I'll know how to handle her better. (Just working very independently.)

Thank you. Like... She says 2 people should never be in the same resident's room at a time. But she'll do the mechanical lifts alone and that's against the rules. Or telling me that some residents should not sit at the dinning table and make them sit in the living room. I was surprised because usually we let a few of the people read their paper at the table if they don't want to sit on a couch or something. But then, she let a resident that is a high fall risk walk around while holding her wheelchair backwards. It's just confusing because I don't know what she wants! She makes me feel bad. I think most of the people at the facility like her but I have never really asked.

Hi there. So I started working at an assisted living facility. I was in training for about 2 weeks and I have worked on my own for 2 days now. I am part time and work in the dementia unit. 2 CNA's work on this unit. So I felt like my first day alone went really well. The other CNA and I got everyone up on time and had a lot of down time to talk to the residents and take them to the bathroom. Well the next day? Not so much. I got assigned to work with another CNA. She doesn't like to talk about things like "So what are we going to do now?" or "You shower him, I'll shower him." She doesn't really like to talk at all... She doesn't even really talk to the residents and I love doing that. I felt like I didn't know where she was half the time and when she was gone I was afraid to take anyone to the bathroom because someone always needs to be watching one of the residents who always gets up and is a high fall risk. Someone is always supposed to be in the main room. I am pretty comfortable with all of the residents and have fun working with the other CNA's. It makes me feel bad because this CNA I feel awkward with isn't a bad person. She's just gruff and doesn't want me to ask her questions or something. She also makes me feel bad and nervous. Some rules she follows and others she doesn't. So... Is it normal to feel stressed while being a new CNA? I just feel terrible today, the day I worked before I felt great. Was I just being babied by the CNA the day before? ok! Rant done. I know this is childish and immature to rant like this but hey, might as well complain online!

I skimmed through the article and thought it was interesting. Cognitively and intellectually impaired are going to be seen as offensive somewhere down the line too. Thank you!

Hello! I took Introduction to Nursing last semester at my college. My teacher was an older women who still worked as a nurse at a local hospital. She also teaches other classes at our school. During a lecture one day, she continually used the word "retarded" to describe cognitively impaired people. It took me by surprise because I thought "intellectually disabled" and "cognitively impaired" were the appropriate terms to describe someone who is mentally retarded. I want to make it clear that she was not saying anything negative about intellectually disabled people. But it did make me concerned that other people around me might have children or siblings who have this and it might hurt their feelings. Is it normal for people in the health care profession to continue to use the word "retarded?" Keep in mind my teacher was older but she is still active as a nurse. Not a post bashing my teacher or people who use the word "retarded." I am just genuinely curious on the usage of this word in modern times.

Hathermaizy, interesting reply. Thank you! I love the feeling after I study and feeling like I understand something new. But you are right - I am worried about my grade. I just feel so much pressure to do super well. I need to make thinking about my grade less a new goal. I want to be a nurse because I love people and being a positive force in their life. I also feel like it is a respected position and has good job opportunities compared to education or psychology. I have a lot of respect for teachers and psychologists too - my mom has been both in different times of her life. She has her masters in both education and psychology and says that was an easy education but she was proud of it too. Sure it is different for all individuals though. What I was saying was... Last year when I was an education major it felt less stressful but not nearly as rewarding as this semester, for me personally. I hope I did not sound disrespectful.

I got a 49 out of 50 on my Nutrition test. Tomorrow I find out what I got on my A&P exam. Thank you, yourPhutureNurse_! Glad to know that I am not the only stressed out student in the world.

Thank you to all that have replied! I have seen a tutoring group but the teenage boy who runs it likes to talk to his girlfriend and do his own homework most of the time. Maybe I should get a professional tutor outside of my school. I think my main problem is stress. The lab practical was really intense and we only got two minutes for each three question station. It was the first time I have taken a test like that.

Oh. And on my Bioethics paper I submitted it online, I noticed that I accidentally defined a term wrong. Our teacher is super tough on our grades in that class. I just got my B up to an A in that class and I do not want it to go back down. I would be so upset. I could not stop crying after I realized what I did. I spent like three hours writing the paper and making sure I got everything in it that I had to. We have to write a paper every week in that class. Which is interesting but overwhelming for an online class.

Hello! I know this is annoying and if you do not want to hear someone complain about their problems, then do not read this post. But I just had the worst week ever and I need to vent to some people other than my mom right now. - I studied the wrong material for my 10 point Introduction to Nursing quiz. So I got 5 out of 10 points and it dropped my grade from an A to a B. We do not have too many points in that class yet and I asked my teacher if I should be concerned and she said no. I turned in a big paper this week and I feel like I did well and will get good points. I am just so mad at myself for studying the wrong material still. - I feel like I did not do well on my nutrition test. I feel like I at least got a C but I wanted to get an A like I did on the first test. I did a speech and wrote a paper that I know I did well in that class this week though. So I hope that helps out. - I know I did really bad on my lab practical and I studied so much. I feel like a failure. I made really dumb mistakes like mistaking a picture of a lacuna with a nuclei in it for an individual squamous epithelial tissue. There was also a picture of a human model and instead of naming the "Gluteal" the correct region name I accidentally wrote "Gluteal Maximus". I cannot believe I did that. I asked the teacher if I would be given any points for that answer and she said no because that is not what she asked for. There are tons more I know did wrong. Like writing that the flagella propels a substance across a cell instead of writing that it propels the cell itself, example would be sperm cells. I just feel like such a failure. I did super well and got an A on my first A&P test but now I just feel bad and like I cannot do anything. I dedicate so much time to studying and I do bad anyways. I feel like if most people used the effort I do, they would do good. Does anyone know what I am doing or wrong or if they can relate?! I know this is a selfish and needy post but I just need support. I want to be a nurse so much... I do not want to be a teacher or some sort of counselor that requires an easier education. I want to work hard and have a job that I like and am proud of.

Being a certified nursing assistant is a hard job but I do believe that the pay is fair, at least from the perspective that there are so many options to move up in the position. Be a certified nursing assistant so that you can become a nurse in the future. I would not recommend it as a lifetime career because it would be so easy to burn out on it and it is certainly not a job you want to support an entire family with. Other people might feel different from my opinion though, so listen to what other users suggest. :)

I could not even sleep last night because I was so scared for my certified nursing assistant practical and computer test. But it was easy and I passed all of my assigned skills correctly and got the computer test done super early. So proud of myself, just want to share this. Giving myself a hour break before I start some mega studying for Anatomy and Physiology. Good luck to any other girls or guys taking their test soon. Just be friendly and fake confidence if you are nervous, you'll be okay.

I am about to complete my nursing assistant program and I am so scared for the skill test that you do in person. For people who have passed it, do you have any tips? I would greatly appreciate any advice or comfort. I keep getting the thought that I could fail the test three times and then would not make it.

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Nursing was not my first choice when I entered college last year. It was psychology. I found out that a degree in psychology will not get someone a good job unless they get their masters. Not a good degree for someone who might want to get married and start a family in the somewhat near future. I switched to teaching and thought I would minor in psychology so I could be a school counselor. But the truth is: I had little passion and drive for a teaching career. It would be an easy degree but a challenging and stressful job full of the same little children all year. The idea of nursing came into my head and it made me excited and I actually felt encouraged to go out and get my schooling done! I love to help people and would love to learn about the human body and how diseases work. I have been a hypochondriac since a child and I think becoming a nurse might help me with that anxiety. I am completely up for the challenge! :)

This is an in-depth answer - thank you! :) I am not too worried about the math aspects of the class because I actually somewhat enjoy algebra and that sort of thing. Sounds like this was a good pick for my first science class. It is going to warm me up for Anatomy, hehe.