SNKerri

I just have a quick comment... It seems as though alot of times we dicuss the ADN who has "been around the block" and therefore is more mature and has life experience. The issue that I wonder about and have experienced is the ADN that was 17 right ou...

Nearly everyone in my program looks up all of thier drugs when they get thier patients in the Davis Drug guide. It doesnt take long and it can be made quicker if you first look up all the drugs(in a semi alphabetical way so that your not flipping all...

I love powerpoints! A good way to keep students involved and still use powerpoints is to leave a few blanks on each slide where the important stuff goes. This way you still have most of the words written out but the students must pay attention to get...

BURN MY STUPID WHITE UNIFORM!!! :) thats first!!

All you can do is your best! With that said: - Review and rewrite all notes as soon as possible after class. I try to schedule at least a half hour to do this after every class to make the notes stick. - Get a good NCLEX review book and do questions...

If you are a nurse manager..a. What are your responsibilities? b. What environment do you work in and how does it effect the way you do your job? (specific stressors) c. What are some characteristics that you consider vidal for a nurse manager? I hav...

In my school, you get kicked out after your first med error.

Senior year...health class...they were trying to keep the school under control so they were only telling us that an accident had happened. That was when the kids started to be pulled from class....mostly the ones who's fathers/brothers/aunts/uncles w...

For me and my classmates doing all of the reading is the difference of about one half of a grade. say somone who did all the reading got an A-, the person who didnt would get a B+ or a B. The reading really helps to rienforce lecture material and can...

I am a senior nursing student. I was SO dissapointed on the unit the other night when a group of RN's were talking loudly about "that new GN who made a HUGE med error" they explained details and talked about how disgusted they were. They gave enough ...

sorry...got frustrated:( ....thanks all for listening

It's strange how sometimes on these forums people can vent and get thier frustrations out and be supported and other times they can be made to feel foolish. I just need a place to vent and possibly hear other peoples opinions. I wanted to thank peopl...

For Med-Surg 1 I think maybe if you are bored or having nothing to do after you finish up with you pts(who are not likley to be boring everytime, think traction or first ambulations or high pain or high anxiety or removing foleys and first time toile...

I don't know about everyone else but when I entered nursing school we were warned that nursing would be our LIVES for the next few years. We were warned that it would be hard and that a lot of the work would be self learning. I know that some of the ...

I was 6th on the waiting list and I was told that there was probably no chance of me getting in! I didnt! BUT...at my school if you are on the waiting list then you are automatically in for the next fall...i'm graduating may 2007! good luck!

I love my Cherokee Rockers! They are all white all leather and cover the entire foot! They are light and soooo comfy! I must confess that I have thought about buying an extra pair just to wear around the house when cooking and cleaning b/c my feet/kn...

same here just had my med surg 1 final today! cant wait for OB and Med surg 2 but first....Winter break! :)

I was just wondering what your theory on every single person in the health care field getting some sort of theraputic communication course/instruction? I was once treated very badly by an orthodontist's assistant who went through only 8 weeks of tra...

I would suggest lots of flash cards, high lighters and coffee. We had med-surg 1 our first semester and it isnt bad if you keep up with the reading and make sure that you review and anatomy and phys that you are unsure of! GOOD LUCK!

We are a BSN program that goes by GPA for admission and we have a fail rate of about 5-10 per semester so we will start with about 70 people and end with b/w 40-50 at the end of our 2 year clinical portion. I have no idea how many we loose to pre-req...

Just finished One of 4 in my nursing program also! YAY for us! Now im just waiting on the grades!

I think that I am over reacting but right now I am so upset/stressed that I thought i would get some perspective. I am currently doing a group project for my research class with myself and 4 other girls. 2 of the other girls are really participating...

u can not ask questions about the questions. You dont have the pt in front of you. you have to just take the ABC's and Maslow and go from there..... Urine/Feces in a bed, not so bad even the fall resulting from an impatient pt would not be as bad as ...

So...I start clinicals tomorrow 4:30 pm-11:00 for the first time.... I am SOO nervous that i am actually having trouble typing and thinking! I have NO hospital experience and I felt prepared for clinicals up until today..now i feel like i know nothi...

Keep your hopes up! I switched majors then worked my butt off to get all my pre-reqs got good grades and still got put on a waiting list for an entire year b/c they accept the freshman who came in as BSN majors before they consider transfers/switchin...