dorselm

dorselm

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  1. 5 Months In, Seem to Have Hit a Rough Spot

    dorselm replied to missninaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a nursing student about to embark on transitions at the end of the month. I have a feeling I will be writing something along these lines pretty soon. I know I'm not a nurse yet, but judging...

  2. Graduating from orientation!

    dorselm replied to NurseKatie08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You go girl! If you got through orientation and are now on you own, you must have done a good job and are trusted to care for your patients.

  3. what is the toughest being a nursing student

    dorselm replied to deepurple's topic in General Students

    If students fail the exam, I think it's because they wait too long to study. You can't study for the final like you do regular exams, especially if you have a cumulative final like we have to have...

  4. I think I'm being treated unfairly...

    dorselm replied to mzattitude's topic in General Students

    Mzattitude, I'm sorry this is happening to you. I can only imagine the stress you are going through on top of the stress of trying to do your best during clinical. Friday is your day to shine and...

  5. what is the toughest being a nursing student

    dorselm replied to deepurple's topic in General Students

    For myself, the toughest part of nursing so far has been having to do simulations. We have the Wiser mannequins that are programmed to have pulses, lung sounds, bowel sounds and more. They can...

  6. Freaked Out New Grad!

    dorselm replied to CleveRN2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I start my preceptorship in school at the end of this month and I am so scared. It's for 8 weeks and I have to earn 192 hours by Dec 19th. I will start with one patient and by the eight week, I...

  7. Difficult classmates - how do you deal?

    dorselm replied to JettaDP's topic in General Students

    I know what you mean about the immaturity in class all too well. At my school, whenever a student talks about an experience they had in clinical that relates to the topic from the lecture, you would...

  8. Are family members asking you for med advice?

    dorselm posted a topic in General Students

    I will graduate as a diploma RN in Dec 08 and recently my brother-in-law became sick and wouldn't you know it, his wife calls me to see if I know what's wrong with him. My 2 yr old niece starts...

  9. RN-MSN over RN->BSN->MSN, and MSN focus

    dorselm replied to mombabyrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The best thing to do is to talk with a counselor at some of the different schools that you want to attend. They can tell you what your options are and what path you can take with your

  10. New Grad Question

    dorselm replied to tigerlily44's topic in General Nursing

    I graduate in Dec and I just accepted a job on Friday. I won't start until Jan 19, I'd say start applying

  11. Unhappy

    dorselm replied to blondie7280's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hope you find something better because it's messed up to go to school and dedicate all of that time and money only to get out of school and be disappointed by "the real world" that nursing never...

  12. Five months as a nurse already..

    dorselm replied to KMEC2525's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I appreciate reading this because it lets me know what I have to look forward to when I'm finished with school which is four months from now. I want to work in CCU so I too will have a lot to learn...

  13. MEOW! Catty nursing students

    dorselm replied to OldShoesRock's topic in General Students

    You know how a girl can dress permiscuous(sp?) and have a bad reputation but then someone sets her straight and she starts to dress and behave more appropriately and change her reputation? That's...

  14. Help!! all you experienced nurses!! How to survive orientation??!!

    dorselm replied to sparketteinok's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You have to speak up for yourself because that nurse does not have the right to belittle you or take advantage of you, I don't care how much pull she has or how long she's been a nurse. I graduate in...

  15. Am I Weird? I Love Med-Surg!

    dorselm replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have 4 months before I graduate from school. I have one med/surg unit asking me to come there after I did a clinical rotation on the unit and the CCU where I'm doing a clinical now is asking me to...

  16. My Great First Day

    dorselm replied to natrgrrl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Congratulations, I hope I have a great first day when I when I finish school, pass my boards and start my first day of

  17. Unfair orientation discipline?

    dorselm replied to RosieD's topic in General Nursing

    Though I'm only a nursing student, I don't think I would take that kind of demoralization to stay anywhere. You are a nurse, a nurse with lots of possibilites! If one place isn't a fit, you move on....

  18. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    dorselm replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Congratulation on being accepted!!!!!!!!! I am in the full-time day program and I graduate in Dec! All I can say is hold on to your seat because its going to seem like a true roller coaster ride....

  19. Anyone Failed 1st year 1st semester in nursing school(RN)

    dorselm replied to preciousdread's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I know just how you feel as far as knowing the material and being able to show this on the test. Last semester, I was in a study group and we were learning about hepatitis, pancreatitis and gall...

  20. HELP! Newbie nurse need your advice!

    dorselm replied to Dawn_M_74's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will be graduating school in 5 more months and I can tell you now that if I have to work somewhere, where the ratio is above 7:1 , I will not accept the position. If they trick me and get me there...

  21. Should there be a 'White Nurses Association'?

    dorselm replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    At my school, we started with 96 students, of which 10 were African American and one is an Indonesian woman. There are far more male students all of which are Caucasian than there are African...

  22. New nurse making job unbearable!

    dorselm replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah:

  23. New nurse making job unbearable!

    dorselm replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    New nurse is making job unbearable because experienced supervisor is allowing her to do so, period. New nurse is showing major insubordination and it should not be tolerated. I know people in my...

  24. Is it possible to go to nursing school and work full time?

    dorselm replied to nursing_88's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I am in a full-time diploma program and I started out working full time as a CNA with one 8 hr shift on Friday and double shifts on the weekends. It worked until I my I got to my Med-Surg rotations...

  25. UPMC to take away RN sign on bonuses effective 2-29-08

    dorselm replied to dorselm's topic in General Nursing

    I truly appreciate everyone's input . However I feel like I'm being made to look like I'm money hungry and that is the only thing that I was thinking about when deciding where I'll work. Nah, money is...