Kinda Flustered

idkmybffjill, Thank you so much for your response. I talked to my adviser today and it is very likely I will take a leave of absence. I will get some professional help and hopefully complete my preceptorship in the summer semester. Thank you again!

Hello guys, I really need some advice or at least a place to vent. I graduate in less than 4 months and start preceptorship soon. But I am really depressed and don't know how I can finish the semester. I haven't been eating and didn't sleep at all the night before. My anxiety feels so bad I feel like I have to throw up. I know how crazy this makes me sound, but I kept hoping I would get hurt so I wouldn't have to go to school. For example, I imagined going to a gas station and someone robs me and injures me so bad, and I wanted something like that to happen so I wouldn't have to go to school. I know how insane this makes me seem. I am tempted to take a short leave of absence, just for the semester so I can get my mental health together by going back to my therapist (I know I was an idiot to stop going and taking my meds). I am worried though that if I take a leave of absence I will feel worse.

Is "lac" short for laceration?

I have been reading all the replies and they have been very helpful! Thank you guys so much I can't tell you how much I appreciate it!

I am a nursing student and will soon be starting my last year before graduating. I am interested in the ER, but it is really hard to pin down exactly what the job consists of. I have looked at a lot of old posts that talk about how a lot of the work is determining priority. But it is hard to understand what is usually seen or done in the ER because "no day in the ER is the same". So, in order to get a better understanding of the variety of situations an ER nurse encounters, I was hoping you guys could answer my question: ER nurses, what did you do in the ER today? I would appreciate any answers!

These kinds of graphs are honestly useless because they only talk about gender and not race. I am sure a white woman would make more money than a black man, and that a white man would make more than both a white woman and black man. Women of color probably make the least. I am a white lady so I personally don't really feel discriminated against when it comes to the wage gap. As for all of you saying men have better negotiation skills and that is why they make more: shut up. Why do you think white men have better negotiation skills? They sure weren't born with this skill. White men are encouraged to be bold while white women, women of color, and men of color are encouraged to be passive, and that we should be happy just to get a job offer. If we ask for more we feel greedy. I think this affects women of color the most. I also think it is a societal problem that we learn at birth. And as for everyone saying that men and women make the same rates but men make more money because they work overtime: why do you think that is? After a child is born, the women is expected to cut back on her hours to be with her children. Obviously you can't work overtime then. A man is not expected to stay at home. Shame on the white men in this thread who are so offended even by the suggestion that they may be making more money than everyone else. Shame on us white women for ignoring the discrimination against nurses of color.

Good lord so many whiny men crying about how they don't get paid more than women. Personally I don't even care about the wage gap much if we are solely looking at gender, but you guys are pissing your pants over nothing. Get a life and calm down lol.

It helped, thank you. I think I will just take notes from the book on what she covers in lecture rather than the whole thing.

I am not sure if I am wasting my time as a result of the way I am studying Pathophysiology. I look at the professor's lecture notes, and while they are good, I feel like they don't go into enough detail. So I started taking notes out of the book instead. These notes take forever. I like using the textbook though because I think that it has details that will be important for when I am a nurse. The problem is that it takes so much longer then just using the notes that the professor provides. I have other classes to study for so I don't have a lot of free time. Should I keep studying out of the textbook even though it is a big time consumer? Does anyone think the extra details in the textbook are helpful?

Oakland University only looks at prenursing gpa

That makes sense, because then you have an idea of where the disease will likely be headed, right?

What do you guys think is the most important thing to take away from Patho? I am asking because I worry that I am paying too much attention to tiny details and not enough on the big picture. My professor focuses on signs and symptoms in her notes, then I add my own notes from the book that focus on the "why" behind the signs and symptoms. Am I concentrating on the wrong thing?

It did make sense thank you so much!

Thanks for all of the responses you guys they are very helpful. I planned on basically taking the profs notes and then expanding on them with info from the book. Thanks again guys!

I am kinda worried that my professor for Patho isn't covering everything we need to know. When I read the book there is a lot of stuff that seems pretty important that she doesn't cover at all (and the prof said that we didn't have to use the book). I get that there isn't time to cover everything but I worry that way too much is being left out. I am just worried that I am not being prepared for the future. I might be overreacting so I am sorry if I seem over-dramatic lol. Does anyone have any advice?