brandiep1982

If this is a passion for you. DO IT! You have one life. However, I would find a way to do it that is less stressful... instead of an AT course, do a three or two year BSN (usually AT is one year BSN), or even do your ADN first. Also, you don't have t...

Just... no. This is one person. And this person obviously has their own issues. Brush it off and move forward. Now... if several people are telling you this, maybe ask yourself why. It does not mean you shouldn't be a nurse, just that you could figur...

Yep! I started at 32 and we have four kids. :) nothing to be embarrassed about. Life experience is valuable.

All nursing schools are different. So my experience may be totally different than yours. I also went through nursing school with four kids (giving birth to the last one during finals week of my second semester of actual nursing courses). I made it ou...

CNA courses are cake. I knew nothing whatsoever about healthcare when I took it over 13 years ago... It was incredibly easy.

Do both! Talk to both your school and the court.

I guess I am missing your point. Bc she works hard for the person they couldn't possibly have medical issues? Isn't that usually why people need help?

About the worst case scenarios... I am a worst case scenario thinker as well... however, the reason I think of worst case is so I can make sure I will be able to handle worst case. "If the worst case happens, will I be ok?" I think only once in my li...

Ok, fear can be good and it can be bad. First, if you let fear and worry consume you, you will end up like a deer in headlights and be smashed. You will fulfill your own fears yourself. Second, if you have fear and use it to drive you, push you, pr...

I find this response sad. Very sad. I hope you end your days with perfect grace and not a hint of dementia, otherwise you will likely encounter this same attitude from your caregivers.

Did I mis-read? Wasn't this an elderly patient? In CNA school we were taught many important things. We learned about dementia, alzheimer's disease, depression... all things that can cause a person to behave this way. Sometimes people can go many year...

To me personally? Personally, I sit myself down. I figure out what my goals are. I map out my path to those goals. Then I fully commit to those stepping stones and get to work. Stop doubting yourself. Do what you gotta do if you really want it.

Yes, the school closest to me that I will be applying to some day does the doctorate.

Based off what I have seen with previous graduates that I know, it is not difficult for a new grad to get hired in an ICU setting... however, I live in MO, and different regions tend to have different trends. A lot of areas no longer hire student nur...

I actually did this during micro: make flash cards, then record yourself reading the meds and the information you need to know that you wrote on the back of the flash cards you made. 1) when you wrote out the cards, you were learning one way 2) when...

yes! Exactly this.

I thought I would want to be in the ED... but now I am seriously interested in ICU (at first it was solely bc I want to get my CRNA, but now that I have done more research, I think it may be highly possible that I just stay in ICU once I am lucky eno...

Hahaha, yep. My sentiments EXACTLY! Except... I just threw mine away... but burning is a WAY better idea!

I start the 24th as well. I am soooo excited to learn. I love it. I am also so scared.

Well maybe you should consider instruction on the side. :)

Ya, those were the two I had originally narrowed it down to. I just don't see 107 as such an emergency that he needs to come before a quick med pass for pain. But I get what you are saying and why he really should come first. Thank you for your clari...

Spring 2017!!!!

Well, with a 102 and an 89, I would venture to guess you could get a significantly low grade on your lab and be able to maintain a B. I worked my butt off in micro to keep my grade up high enough that I wouldn't have to be crazy stressed on the final...

I was just asking bc you said follow ABCs. But that would mean airway/ breathing first. So I wouldn't follow ABCs for an NCLEX question? And actually, my husband is a medic too and he said 4 first and I said "but this isn't medic, this is nursing, so...

If you were going ABCs wouldn't you visit 4 first... Airway and breathing, 95% does not always= 95%... Tachycardia is circulation, c, right?