NiftyGirl2014

I was having a lot of heel pain after my shifts, and needed new shoes. My Nike Free's weren't cutting it for me and I don't find clogs comfortable. Recently bought Nike Roche's and although I come home feeling tired. That exaggerated foot pain was g...

Don't procrastinate. For the love of God. I know. We say we won't but then we do. Just don't. Be proactive. Get ahead. Personally I liked hand writing my class notes as opposed to typing. I found it was easy to get distracted on my laptop and I can'...

Honestly don't hang around the nurse's station and DON'T take up a seat at the nurse's station when there are nurses and techs that need to document on their patients. Answer call lights regardless if they're your patient or not. Help the techs out ...

I can't remember the name of the show, but a couple of months ago I was watching an episode where a "doctor" was administering insulin IM in the forearm. 😂

I absolutely love my Lily Pulitzer agenda, but once I finish my ADN, which luckily my planner will be finished by then, I'm going to try out the Erin Condren planner for my BSN!

I always stop on the way and buy a small chocolate shake & listen to a specific playlist on my 30 minute drive. And I've sat at the same computer since I've started nursing school for every exam. On the rare occasion someone takes my seat, I get...

My horror story was the anxiety I felt about starting nursing school because of all the things people had said, "you won't have a life" "you'll fail" etc. Then what do you know. I start nursing school and all those stories were just that, stories. ...

I just kind of looked at the patient, they looked at me silently and then they said "Perhaps you should take the cap off dear." And then they started laughing. I will never forget that clinical experience lmao.

I was doing my first glucose stick by myself and I don't know why I was so nervous over something so minor, but I tried to draw blood from a patients finger with the cap still on and I stood there like an idiot wondering why the needle wouldn't pop t...

I absolutely adore my Lily Pulitzer agenda. I love having a hands on planner. There's enough room to write down due dates, and then the "tasks" you'd like to complete that day, and I color code everything. I've also heard fantastic things about the...

I bought the Saunder's Comprehensive NCLEX Review that every one recommended. Truthfully, my first exam didn't have any topics relating to my NCLEX book so I didn't use it. But now for exam 2... That's another story. I look forward to really getting ...

Hello all! I just had my first exam in fundamentals and I got an 80 . In order to pass the class our 3 exams (worth 50 points each) and our final exam (worth 100 points) has to be a 78 average. Clearly, 80 on the first exam is cutting it close to a ...

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Truly, put everything into perspective for me.

In my program, Intro to Nursing is an online class that gives an overview like a previous poster stated. We talked about the history of nursing, HIPAA, intraprofessional teams, the roles of a nurse and so on. Really easy class, lots of busy work but ...

I can promise you that posting the same question several times will not increase the likelihood that someone will reply. Your instructors will more likely than not tell you what you need for the course & in order to be successful. Some research...

94-100 A 88-93 B 78-87 C Anything below a 78 is failing. No rounding and no +|- Also, our test average has to be a 78 or higher in order to pass the course.

Wow! Congratulations! Such an amazing accomplishment. I too would like to know what you use to practice problems! I love seeing these posts. It makes me feel like achieving the grades I want when I start in October won't be impossible. They just req...

$8 AN HOUR? Is that some kind of horrible joke? How long does training last? I've never thought of that. I just kind of assumed I would at least make it in the double digits when I started out. I know pay wouldn't be fabulous, especially as a new gr...

Hello! I'm starting my nursing program next month, October 8th to be exact and I received my schedule today. To my dismay two of my classes are online (Intro to Professional Nursing & Nutritional Principles in Nursing) and then I have Pharmacolog...

Hello, I start my nursing program in exactly a month and I received my schedule today. Every Thursday I have Comprehensive Pharmacology from 9-3. I've never sat in ONE class for such a long period of time, it's almost kind of daunting to think abou...

ABSOLUTELY. I completely agree!

Honestly if it was my choice I would rather meet twice a week and have a 3 hour class but that's the schedule that was given to me so I suppose I'll find a way to survive, haha. Thank you so much for your responses, I'll be sure to bring healthy sna...

Thank you everyone.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I appreciate your responses SO MUCH.

Clearly you've found a way to study that works for you early on in the program. Congratulations on your success! Keep up the hard work and excellent study tactics and I'm sure your successes will be great in your journey through nursing school! Best ...