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I am the other student that lucianne is refering to. And as I stated there, I am new to this site and did not look through the site when I joined, I just joined straight away. I was not looking for the answers, just any keywords or pathways that I had not thought of. And also friendship with other student nurses and nurses as we have something in common. rn/writer - yes you are right newbies more than likely do not know about your recurring problem. I feel that you are being harsh when you say that people are looking for an easy way out. You have no idea what situation the other student or myself is in. I accept that there are students out there looking for that easy ride, but please dont pressume that this is the case we me, or the other student initially as you dont know our situations. You say that you take seriously only the threads that start with 'I googled this etc'. Well I had already done a search on my topic and as stated I was looking for other keywords that I had not thought of, or that would help with my work. I did not ask my question specifically and started off generally and would have become more specific if I received any responses. And for the record I do not believe that the response by tjusnjon was aggressive - I totally understand where he is coming from, from a nurse I recently encountered. I have noticed that some students have more confidence that others, and find it hard to ask for help. This does not mean that they are not a good student, it may just be there personality. And do not have the potential to become a good nurse. I feel for learner drivers when other drivers become frustrated by them. They were not magically born with driving skills were they so why get frustrated. People tend to lose touch with what it was like to learn to drive. It is the same for nursing and every other profession. I joined this site in the hope of friendship, guidance and support at this stressful time. I cannot believe that we as students have received responses like these. This is so not what I wanted from joining this site.

Thankyou Cindy for responding to my thread. Any information is always helpful. Lucianne - in response to you saying that 'you are frustrated with people who come to sites like these for information etc' Well just to let you know that this is the first site that I have joined on a professional level. Personally I am a memeber to another site with women who share the same condition that I have, and am naturally used to learning from others. Just to clear something up I am NOT looking for the answers, only different pathways to follow. I agree that gathering and learning the information is the best way. As stated before I was only looking for other suggestions. There could have been something that I had missed or not thought of. For the record I did not state that you were 'mean' and 'uncaring'. And it works both ways you dont know me either. You dont know what my situation is, or if I am doing well on my course or genuinely struggling. You have suggested that I should have written the question a different, basically more specific. This is my first professional thread that I have started after my introduction threads, and answering a thread by another student (you can check this if you like). So basically this is one of my first threads here. I wasn't sure how specific to be, so I started off generally, and would have become more specific in time if I received any responses. This site is all very new to me and I had no idea that there were sites like this one. Thankyou for the keywords Lucianne I do appreciate any guidance. I have come across these but I have not put them into a search.

lucianne - I have already got information on the side effects of antipsychotics I was merely asking for other input from other nurses. The weight gain issue is what I am really doing. I'm new to this site, and of course dont know anyone here, and therefore I would not beable to know that references are not kept by yourselves. I do know how to complete a research, and have been doing this all a long. Research articles are released all the time and was hoping for more key words to use my searches. I appear to have received all your frustration towards students, and I'm sorry to upset people as I would never do that intentionally. I seem to have gotton this site all wrong. Maybe I shouldn't be here. It was not so much the response that I would potentiallly get, but the contact with other student nurses and nurses. I only found this site a short time ago and I joined straight away hoping for support, friendship and guidance as we have something in common. Again I apologise for any frustrations arised. I did not read any information on the site first, I just joined straight away. I clearly see what a mistake I have made. hsieh - thankyou for your reply it was very kind of you.

thanks for the welcome becks

hi everyone i'm new to this site and justed wanted to say hello. i'm a student nurse in mental health. i'm currently in my last year, yeh! i can't wait to finish and start working, i am abit nervous though. i can't believe that this time next year i will be qualified. its a strange feeling but i'm really looking forward to it. becks

Hi I am a student nurse in mental health, in the UK. I am currently in my 3rd yr now. I know how you feel, it is very strange at first. The first 2 hrs on my first ward I felt like an alien. Over the first few days I spent time going round each patient and introducing myself with my name and telling them that I am the new student on the ward, and I gestured a hand shake (most returned with a hand shake). This appeared to work with most patients as they said that they dont always know who is who on the ward. I then made a note (in my head) of anything they appear to be interested in and use that to help the conversation. This of course does not work with everybody (and I dont know what type of ward/place you are in), but from my experience they liked and understood the introduction. But dont take it to heart if the response you get is not a good one, they are all there because of their mental health problems. Oh yes, and dont be afraid to say that you dont understand what they are saying and ask for clarification, its better than getting it wrong (this could frustrate them more). One patient totally ignored me when I introduced myself, and I just made no big deal out of it and carried on with the interaction briefly. I agree, you need to relax, and even if you get as far as saying 'hello my name is ..... and I'm new to the ward etc then you have made a start, and you can also make a note of what they are doing for the next time that you talk to them. I'm not sure how your placements work as I am from the UK but I thought I'd reply to your post anyway. I hope this helps abit. I hope that it works out for you. You'll find your way. Becks

Hi everyone I'm new to this site and I am a student nurse in mental health. I'm currently looking into the side effects of antipsychotics, particularly weight gain. Has anyone got any advice or links to assist me in this project. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks Becks