MicheleSN

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1. Schools in AL

   MicheleSN replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Alabama

   Jeff State (in Birmingham) has a good ADN program. I complete that in August, then I'm finishing up the BSN at UAB.

2. Is it my imagination or do the nurses at clinicals hate us students?

   MicheleSN replied to MicheleSN's topic in General Students

   We arrive at 6:45 for a quick check of labs and new orders, then go to pre-conference, then we begin patient care. Lunches and breaks aren't part of our clinicals (our post-conference starts about 1:00). I'm thankful if I snag a chair at the nurse's ...

3. Is it my imagination or do the nurses at clinicals hate us students?

   MicheleSN replied to MicheleSN's topic in General Students

   Thanks again for all your perspectives. MarieDoreen: You said So, at your clinicals, students sit in on the staff's shift change reports/conferences? At mine, we students get together with our CI after shift changes (after reports from RN-to-RN ha...

4. Is it my imagination or do the nurses at clinicals hate us students?

   MicheleSN replied to MicheleSN's topic in General Students

   "I have had students who are not assigned to my patients ask me questions about labs or meds and these are the students I seek out when I know a chest tube is about to being inserted or if a patient needs and NG tube." Thanks for telling me that, Spa...

5. Is it my imagination or do the nurses at clinicals hate us students?

   MicheleSN posted a topic in General Students

   Hi: I'm new here but I thought I would ask this question since so many of the nurses on this site are so helpful and encouraging to students. I'm in the 3rd semester of a 5 semester program. We have six clinicals per semester. Of them, I've had (I'm ...

6. Uniforms, No one should be forced to wear white pants!

   MicheleSN replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Students

   We're in all white as well. I hate it. From what I understand, though, we're lucky because female students from our school just a few years ago had to wear pinafores, which I think is sexist. Now I feel worse for the guys in our class, though. Th...

7. problems encounter of students in doing physical assessment

   MicheleSN replied to maryangelgrace's topic in General Students

   Hi: I'm new to allnurses. I'm a second-semester student and physical assessments are where I feel weakest, clinically speaking. I have two main problems. a) My hearing isn't great to begin with, so although I can hear breath, heart, and bowel sounds,...