Hey Everyone, I received another “ask me a question” on my nurse blog. This question comes from Brittany and here is what she ask: “Hello, I am in my first year of college and I am stuck between deciding upon two majors: teaching and neonatal nursing. I would really love to become a Registered Nurse […]
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Can you Get into Nursing School with a D Grade? Registered Nurse RN
Hey Everyone, I hope everyone’s Saturday is good. Mine has been a day of recovering from a cold. I promise I will be making a personal post very soon. I received another “ask me a question” and I actually have two more to answer after this one. WOW…I can’t believe the huge response I have […]
Code Blue Experience as a Nursing Student | Registered Nurse RN
Hey Everyone, I hope every one’s week is going good. Once again, I keep forgetting it is Monday because I done clinicals all weekend again and it feels like it is Friday or Saturday. I have pulled a total of 72 hours (6 clinicals day doing 12 hour shifts) and remember I have to get 240…so […]
Working During Nursing School | Is Dosage and Calculations Hard? | Hours for Clinicals?
Hey Everyone, I hope everyone’s week is going good. My week has been very interesting (that is for a later post). I received another “ask me a question”. I seriously LOVE LOVE getting questions….its fun hehe! This question comes from Kim all the way in Milwaukee, WI. Here is what she asked: “Hello… 1)Are you […]
Nitroglycerin for Chest Pains | Nursing Clinicals Stories | Registered Nurse RN
Hey Everyone, I hope everyone’s week is going great. My week has overall been good….who can complain when I had a true snow day today. Everything this week has played out perfectly really. Monday….I done assignments (started writing on my Population Based Community Assessment Paper), studied for a test that I might not even have […]
Nursing School Senior Practicum | Everything is Going Great in Nursing School
Hey Everyone, So it’s Saturday and I LOVE Saturdays (especially when I don’t have anything to do). Today I have been playing catch up on assignments that are going to be due and of course studying for my HESI exam which is March 27, 2009….so the count down is on. I have only been in […]
Best Books for the HESI Exam Preparation? Registered Nurse RN
Hey Everyone, I hope everyone is doing wonderfully! I received another “ask me a question” and this question comes from Jenna. Here is what she asked: “Hi sarah. I am also in nursing school in Oregon. It is very difficult and half of the time I don’t know if I am coming or going. I […]
12 Hour Nursing Shifts- My First Experience | How my Senior Practicum is Going…
Hey Everyone, I hope every one’s week is starting out with a bang. I keep forgetting its Monday because my days feel a little thrown off. It is probably because I pulled clinical hours this weekend. What are 12 Hour Shifts Like in Nursing? I worked Saturday 7a-7p and Sunday 7a-7p. I have already completed 24 […]
Senior Semester of Nursing School & it’s Projects So Far | Registered Nurse RN
Hey Everyone, I hope every one’s week is going good! Are you ready for the weekend yet? I know I am! I’m so ready to be a Registered Nurse RN. Today I had class from 815am-330pm. It was the first day of real classes. Let me tell you….this semester which is my last (thank goodness) […]
Best HESI & NCLEX-RN Study Guide Books: What Books to Purchase when Studying
Hey Everyone, I hope every one is doing fine and dandy this Friday! I received another “ask me a question”…..I’m so loving it 🙂 This question comes from Brenda and here is what she asked: “Hi Sarah Just happen to come across your blog and love it! I am preparing for HESI/Boards here in Michigan. […]
Dosage Calculation Problems for Nurses in Nursing School & Some Practice Problems | What Every Nursing Student Should Know!
If you are a nursing student or a soon-to-be nursing student you will be required to learn how to do dosage & calculation problems for nurses. Dosage and calculation problems are solved in order to figure out how much medication you need to give your patient. You will see these problems on NCLEX-RN & HESI […]
Evolve HESI Study Guide Review for Nursing School | Registered Nurse RN
Hey Everyone, It’s almost the weekend…woohoo! Isn’t there just something about after working all week by either going to school or to work that makes Fridays so awesome!!?? Although right now it really doesn’t matter to me because I am on break and it feels like everyday is the weekend……I do enjoy Fridays when school is […]
Studying for the Exit HESI & NCLEX-RN exam, Check out My Study Log I made!
Hey Everyone, It’s that time of year again where I am having to studying for my HESI exam. Last spring of 2008 I had to take my mid-curricular HESI exam which I was super stressed out about because at my school you have only 3 times to take it and if you fail it the […]
Nursing School Clinical Day in the Emergency Room ER and Outpatient Oncology Clinic
It’s Sunday and back to the grind tomorrow! I swear the weekends just fly by way too fast. But hey it is almost over for me. This week was busy but overall a good week. I got another older adults exam out of the way and it actually wasn’t that bad. However, I am very […]
Senior Practicum Clinicals on an ICU Step Down Cardiac Unit
I found on where I will be fore my senior practicum clinicals. I hope every one’s week is starting out great. Monday’s are always so tiring but hey at least we are getting closer to Friday right? So today my Senior Practicum clinical was announced. This is my very last clinical that will start in […]
Day in Intensive Care Unit ICU Clinicals and Rotation in a Wound Care Clinic
Here is about my day in the ICU and wound care clinic during my nursing school clinical rotation. Can you believe October is almost over and November is just around the corner?! I swear it feels like that I was just writing a post the other day on how my first day was of school. […]
What is a Home Health Clinical Rotation for a Nursing Student Like in Nursing School?
Thursday was my home health day rotation. I enjoyed it! I can definitely see myself doing that type of work after I get some experience as a RN…… probably about 10 years down the road. I think you have to have some major experience to be a home health nurse because you are on your […]
Nursing School is Very Time Consuming
I have been MIA a little bit but I have some good excuses LOL. Let’s see…I am on fall break which consists of no school for Monday and Tuesday of this week. I actually only have to go to school only one day this week which is absolutely awesome! I don’t have class on Wednesdays. Thursday […]
Nursing Student Starting IVS and Experience with Inserting a Supra Pubic Foley Catheter
This week I got to start many IVs and insert a supra pubic Foley catheter. Okay this week once again was really busy and a little stressful but it’s over and I am very happy about that. I have so much to do that I just wanna scream but I keep telling myself that this […]
Resource for Nursing Care Plans, Cardiac Step Down Clinicals
I have got to say this week was an exhausting week. I have been wanting to make a post all week, but when I come home I either have to study or pass out and sleep. Monday I had my test for my care of adults class and guess what I made LOL….102 (there were […]
Video of Grace a Alzheimer Documentary Interesting for Nursing Students
This week in my older adult class they showed us the Grace Alzheimer’s documentary in nursing school. The lecture class on Friday was partly boring and extremely sad (most of the class left in tears). The lecture was on dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. I actually could barely sit through the whole lecture because it was […]
Nursing Student’s Clinical Experience in the Intensive Care Unit ICU in Nursing School
Here is my experience in the intensive care unit (ICU) as a nursing student. Yesterday, I got to rotate in the ICU. Overall, I liked it but I don’t think that place is for me. The nurse I was with was once again great. I was shown everything and got to do a lot of stuff. Nursing Student […]
Experiencing a Dying Patient as a Nursing Student and Clinicals at the Nursing Home
This is my experience I had in a nursing home and with a dying patient as a nursing student. Thank goodness the third week of school is down and I have about 11 more to go 🙁 Thursday’s clinical (we are at a nursing home) wasn’t too eventful but it was sad. While me and my […]
Drawing Blood and Performing Wound Dressing Changes in Nursing School
This week I got to draw blood and change a wound dressing! I love being a nursing student. I hope everyone’s week is going awesomely! My week has been eventful, especially clinicals. I got to say I LOVE this semester’s clinicals. I have got to do some fun stuff and the nurses have been great. […]
Older Adult Nursing School Clinicals and Nursing Care Plans
Today I had my clinical for the care of the older adult which I think I am going to really like. I got assigned my patient today who I will have for the next 5 weeks. Keep in mind I am at a nursing home right now so I will have the same pt because the […]
What is your Senior Semester of Nursing School Like?
Here is how my first day of my senior semester of nursing school went. It is now 8:00 at night while I am writing this post. I just now got to set down and relax. I have been going non-stop since 6:38 am (lol when I got up) this morning. I better get use to […]
Saving Money on Textbooks for Nursing School
I saved a lot of money on my textbooks for nursing school. I was able to buy my textbook mostly online. Regarding clinicals, I am now in the clear for my clinicals with all of my paper work done. I saved some major money on my textbooks which I am very happy about. I went at 10:00 am […]
Getting Prepared for Clinicals in Nursing School
I am getting prepared for nursing school clinicals.I finally went and got my TB skin test for clinicals. I had already planned on getting it done and figured I could even do it during the first week of school since we really don’t start our clinicals until the second week. Completing my Requirement for Clinicals in […]
My Nursing School College Financial Aid Experience
Are you getting financial aid for nursing school? Well I did, and here is my experience with it.It’s Monday, and school starts two weeks from today. I was hoping to already have everything thing in order for school. For instance, my tuition would already be paid and my financial aid would be good to go which it […]
Buying Textbooks for Nursing School
This month I am going to have to buy textbooks for nursing school. I can’t believe it is time to do this. I swear it just felt like I was celebrating the fourth of July the other day and BAM its fixing to be August. August is going to be a super busy month for […]