wendy2016

Hello students, nurses, and other members, I'm stuck, and in tears. I am at the top of my lecture classes and have maintained a 4.0 gpa through put college. I've had 1 semester of clinicals and am in my 2nd sem clinicals toward my BSN. I found out I suck in clinicals. I'm described as mousey, awkward, timid, insecure, and fearful. Those are pretty accurate descriptions. I try to hide it, but I guess I don't know how or can't. I tried telling myself that I just need more practice so I'll be better next semester. My classroom instructor is getting reports on me from my clinical preceptor that she can't believe since in class I'm the one who knows t he answers and confident and prepared and understand what we learn. I don't think I can change who I am. This isn't low self esteem or lacking confidence. Well maybe some of it is from lacking the experience. I don't know what to do though now. I'm getting bad reports from the nursing and cna staff that I look "green" (brand new and clueless). When I go into my patients room, I know what I'm doing for my head to toe assessment and know what else to do. I just act like I'm so clumsy. I talk to the patient. But even one patient told me I look scared. I really don't know what to do about that. Can I continue when this is my personality? I've never been written up or did anything wrong, it's about my demeanor. I don't know if I'll last as a nurse if this is how others will perceive me. What bothers me is I don't know how to act like my classmates because I see them as assertive and sure, but some will confide to me they're really nervous too. I can't hide my expression and now it's taken up a lot of notice with my teachers. They tell me to just delve into it or just speak up with confidence. That "just" is not so easy. Again, I feel scared but I feel like I know what I'm doing (i ask if I don't) but I'm still clumsy despite that. Any thoughts or advice please? TIA.

I think maybe it's the wording and I'm misreading it or something? Can anyone briefly explain please because Google isn't helping me much either! For Aminocaproic acid (Amicar) it says Class: fibrinolysis inhibitor Action: inhibits activation of plasminogen. Plasminogen is a serum protease that can be activated to form clots. Antidote for TPA (clot buster) Where I am getting confused is the action and why it's an antidote for TPA. If Amicar is inhibiting plasminogen then isn't it preventing blood clots? But that's wrong because it's used to treat hemmorhage. How does preventing plasminogen form blood clots? Wait.. I'm confused haha.... please unconfuse my muddled brain! I've been studying cardiac drugs for a while. Thanks!

Hello, I have to ask, am I the only one who thinks nursing school is not as difficult as others have made it out to be? I think it's hard for sure. The amount of information to learn and the critical thinking skills you need to apply make it hard. But stay in school until late at night every night? Never have time for a family? Zero social life? Expect to go from an A student to a B student if you're lucky? That's bull crap! Each person is different, will learn at their own pace, and manage their time for better or worse. I think it's more like we joke about having no life, but it can feel that way sometimes, like in any other college major. Nursing programs carry with them a ton more responsibility and yes more lack of sleep generally (other majors don't require awakening at 4:30AM for clinical) but I think it's how you handle it and prepare. Personally calculus and chemistry have harder material for me. There are some students who may go into nursing thinking studying 4 nights before the exam is ok, and maybe for some it is, but then if not they are hit with a hard reality. So it's extremely hard for those students. However if you go into this program with studying a little each day and staying ahead of your assignments it probably won't be the hell on Earth you've heard. I'm not an honors student either. Just stay on top of the workload!

Hi Rose_Queen, Yes I was told that although I have astigmatism in one eye, my optometrist wants to try two "round" contacts instead of one for astigmatism. So I get to have more of a choice, it's less expensive, and he said that the astigmatism contact would irritate me more than the other. He had suggested Acuvue daily moist. That's recommended to wear 14 hours or less. I'll be going with a 1 week trial first. I just wondered about what everyone's preferences were :) I figured ones that are changed daily, though more expensive, are better for the environment we're working in.

I wanted to update about this now that someone actually contacted me! (maybe they saw this post? Haha) Apparently their email was being rejected by mine, which is a university email so not sure why that was happening. I was called on my phone. The woman reset my password over the phone since it couldn't be done by email. Tinynurse2b maybe that's what is going on with you too, so be sure to leave a phone number when/if you call to the voicemail. OrganizedChaos - oh I agree, I was getting really worried, but thankfully it turned out good.

Not sure. I called within the business hours at the number I found listed, 949-579-2205. (have to wait 15 minutes before I can reply here)

Yes, tt goes to voicemail, and I left one message yesterday morning.

I have lost/forgotten my password and I'm a platinum member which was quite costly. I've tried to contact simple nursing 3 days ago about resetting the pw and haven't heard back. There's a pw reset button too on the site but it doesn't apparently work because I receive no email to reset. (I've checked spam). Any advice please??? I know it's just been 3 days but come on. I paid over $200. I know to never be irresponsible with my pw's again...

Hello, May I ask what brand of contacts everyone prefers? I'm getting my first lenses soon. Acuvue oasis are very expensive. I want dailies but is there anything else good for long hours and sensitive eyes? (I'm a nursing student) Thanks!!

I don't wish to be misunderstood. I use/d those resources to learn and not to memorize answers. I don't particularly care for the books my school uses. The quizlets help me realize what I need to learn more of, then I use YouTube or some other source. If Khan Academy is more ethical and free I can gladly switch to that, appreciate the suggestion.

If the nurse lied but you said the MD was present when you reported the A-fib can't you get the MD to vouch the time or the documentation doesn't have the right time either???

I will stop using study blue for sure because that's questionable and not ethical after reading these replies. However quizlet is like hundreds of free nclex test books in one!! I use the test mode in quizlet. Maybe nursing schools will need to change and not use test banks anymore if quizlet is using them????

Sorry I did not reply right away I had trouble getting my password to work and reset it. Yes I'm asking because now I wonder. Quizlet is available free with thousands of questions to practice. Who knows if those are test banks sometimes. Other times they are marked as test banks then other times marked as student notes and then there's thousands of questions that aren't marked. It's a awesome free resource for students! I'm not about to ask my professor and be targeted as a cheater or someone to watch and question when I get a 100.

If you know for sure the teacher doesn't use them (makes up their own tests) is it ok to use as a guide or practice? Like from study blue or quizlet? Thanks.

I took a quiz in a nursing class and got a 80. Many ppl did bad on the quiz like failed so the teacher curved. One person went from a 65 to a 90. Another went from a 71 to an 88. Another went from an 88 to a 92. I went from an 80 to an 82. I compared answers that were wrong and I got the same wrong. It was a 15 question quiz. I talked to the teacher who was offended by me. I'm sorry if I didn't do it more diplomatically. I told her exactly the curves ppl got and mine. She said we shouldn't have discussed grades and she's surprised I'm not happy I got a curve. I apologized she said ok. The next day, she curved other people even higher on the same quiz. She curved the person who went from 65 to 90, to now a 96, and the person who went from 88 to 92, to a 100, and so on. Basically it was everyone but me. I am worried this is a personal attack, although I don't know what I did wrong to make the teacher this mad. I feel bad and I don't know if I should be just grateful I got any curve at all and only blame myself for my grade. But I'm worried she's going to continue to grade me wrong in the future. When I give a paper and presentation will she grade me fairly? Please let me know any suggestions. I'm afraid to speak to her again. TIA.