Hello everyone!

Today I had a client that was telemetry monitored. I was watching my patient’s rhythm on the monitor in his room, and it looked just like A. Fib. So I ask him - have you ever had A. Fib. before? He says no. The staff nurse was also in the room and comes over to look and tells me it is not A. Fib.

So a little later I’m looking at it again and I think - I swear that has to be A. Fib. So I show my instructor and she says “it probably just looks like it”.

Again later, the computer is alarming that this patient is in A Fib, and so I get my instructor and the staff nurse and tell them again I’m pretty sure IT IS A. Fib.!!!

Finally, they get a 12 lead EKG - and I was right! It truly was new onset A. Fib, and I caught it first. I felt really happy - like maybe I won’t be such a bad nurse.

I just wish others had believed me hours earlier hehe…

ONE WEEK LEFT OF SCHOOL! AhhhHhhHhhhHh!

Does anyone feel like these results translate to actual NCLEX pass rates? We took our final ATI comp test today in class; 180 questions. According to my results, I have a 95% POP the NCLEX first try. Is ATI harder than the actual exam? This was a great confidence booster, but I want to make sure I’m adequately prepared. Thanks!

Basically the title- I graduate soon and absolutely can picture myself doing both of these specialities, even though they are seemingly polar opposites (lol)

What I love about adult psych: -i have a lot of experience with mental health, having been in crisis myself plenty of times when i was younger. i thrive in chaos and am genuinely intrigued by the human condition. i am very good at making people feel heard and understood. I love not knowing what to expect each day. That’s part of why i chose nursing as a career. i’ve always wanted to be a psych nurse, but a part of me feels like i’d yearn more for the medical aspects of nursing and regret it.

What I love about NICU: -oh gosh obviously the babies, being in a critical care setting and being able to care for the sickest of the sick is truly a privilege and so beautiful to me. i feel like it’d be very rewarding. i think i would enjoy being of assistance to families in their worst and scariest time as well. Although I’m afraid that i would get bored with seeing the same types of cases and having every shift scheduled out so routinely, however i can see how this aspect is also probably why so many people love it.

Obviously both have positives and negatives, just like any speciality. I am well aware of the negatives of both. Having two interests being so different and specialized is stressing me out! I don’t want to regret not trying the other. I don’t want to regret starting as a new grad somewhere that might limit my opportunities in the future. I wish there was a job that somehow combined adult psych, ER, and NICU 😂 I sound crazy, but I always get torn between 2 decisions that seem pretty different.

I’m starting my ABSN program in a couple of months! It’s 16 months long. I graduated from undergrad in 2024 and I’ll be living with my parents during school so I’m itching to get a good job in a good city as soon as I can after I graduate with my ABSN. I’ve heard that that’s pretty easy to do, but I’m still not entirely sure how that works or how feasible that is for me.

I’m searching for advice mainly on the following things: 1. When (16 month program) should I begin applying to jobs? 2. How do I make myself stand out as an applicant? I have no CNA or medical work experience, all my experience will come from these classes and clinicals. Is there anything in particular I should try and do while I’m in school to be a better applicant when the time comes? Also, can I only apply to (or should I only apply to) New Grad Residencies?

Any and all info would be much appreciated!

Ok so it's my first semester. I have done so good on clinicals, case studies and everything except for the exams. The exams are the only thing I'm bad at and they are the only thing that count on my grade. I will probably end up with a D. I have to make a 95 on my last exam and the final to pass. I don't think that will happen. I'm trying to be realistic here. Should I attempt to stay in or withdraw? Has anyone failed or withdrew then reapplied for the next semester and got back in? I want to reapply for the fall. Give it to me straight guys. Thanks!

Are there rules on lash extensions for your program? Is it banned or are there restrictions?

Just curious…

Is this deep enough for intradermal injection please help 😭

Hello y’all. I have just started my application for nursing school (MSN entry to nursing program), ordering my transcripts and all that.

Since I only have a little over 5 weeks left of my last 2 classes of prereqs (A&P and microbiology), I am tempted to take the HESI before I am done to get it over with. This way I can get my application in by the priority deadline and have an advantage to being accepted. Since I am not done with A&P, do you think this is a bad idea?

I have straight A’s in all my prereqs so far, so I think I have a good chance of doing pretty well. I’m only a little worried about getting questions on things I’ve never heard of before. Like I hear there are “general science” questions about geology or something like that occasionally. I am also not great with math, so I’m hoping that won’t hurt me too badly.

I’ve heard some say that you should apply for RN positions before you graduate and sit for the board. I don’t even know how to make my resume reflect that for an LPN position. They’re referring to residencies. I don’t want to do long term care at all, so i’m wondering if i should apply earlier to jobs. It’s so hard to do online tho, and it seems there typically aren’t LPN residencies and i’d have to do a PRN position because i’ll still be in school for my RN program. How would i explain on my resume? Do you think there would be PRN hiring? I just really don’t want to do med-surg or long term care. Do you think only hospitals would be interested in PRN shifts? This is mostly just resume help that i need.

How do y’all get pt information for care plans? We have to go to the hospital the day before our clinical and write everything down, admitting diagnosis, labs, etc… I was just curious about how other programs handled this!

Finished my first day of nursing school and after 6 hours of class, I have about another 8 hours worth of coursework to do afterwords. Have to read 2 chapters in the text book and take notes on both, then I have a bunch of pre class quizzes and material to do before class tomorrow. These aren’t graded but in orientation it was stressed that these were important to understand material not gone over in class. Is this normal?? This is brutal idk if I can do this for a year and 3 months.

I’ve been prepping since my last post. I went on Yourbestgrade and did around 2.5k questions, Watched videos on Uworld, looked at quizlets and old docs. My average on YBG is 61.3 just right above the national average. I’m still so scared. Anyone have any words of hope or advice for how they deal with test anxiety?

I’m in my second semester of Nursing School, and I’m a few weeks from finishing, but have a cyst near my tailbone area. Honestly, the worst pain I have ever experienced. I called out 3 days of work, haven’t been able to study or read any material, and I am considering not attending clinicals tomorrow. I haven’t been able to sit, stand, or even lay in bed comfortably. Three days ago, I was prescribed Ibuprofen, and antibiotics, and nothing has helped. Honestly, I regret not speaking up sooner, and telling the doctor that neither Tylenol or Motrin, has been helping with the pain. Now I’m here suffering. Currently, writing this from the ER, and am waiting to be seen. I’m allowed to have to clinical absence, and I can makeup near the end of the semester, but clinical is tomorrow and Wednesday, and this abscess might need to be drained. If I get an incision, and I’m not given adequate pain meds? I can’t realistically say, I’ll be able to power through the week. And honestly, Nursing School isn’t so forgiving. Has anyone been through this?

I have a felony drug conviction (intent to import) from 11yrs ago on my record (No it can’t be expunged). I am attempting to go through nursing school to get my BSN. Speaking with the school, they advised me that I would have to sign a waiver stating that even if I complete the program that it’s no guarantee that the BON will allow me to sit for licensing exam. I know it’s an uphill battle and that there will be countless hoops I will have to jump through but I am 100% committed to this endeavor because I know that it IS possible. I’m hoping to connect with people who have made it happen. I’ll be going to school and for licensing in VA.

I have no idea how to schedule myself as a tech on a medsurge floor.

I prefer weekends as it’s more money and way way quieter. But do I do Saturday and Sunday Days or Saturday Day and Sunday Night?

HI everyone I would like to ask what kind of book in Anatomy and Physiology should I buy for advance study? I'm not really sure what would I buy if the thirteenth Edition or the Eleventh Edition, Or any Reco of what kind of anatomy book should I buy TYIA🎀✨

I’m currently a sophomore finance student who is very unhappy with their major choice. I’ve always been interested in nursing and I’m thinking about transferring schools and switching my major to nursing. Is it too late to do this?

I would go to a CC first for a year and get the pre recs done and then transfer but would I essentially be starting over from year one?

I could also just thug it out for 2 years and get an ABNS degree somewhere.

Thanks

I'm still upset I missed my class by half a point and I have to waste 3 months doing 1 online class. I'm upset I won't be able to graduate ontime and im scared honestly.

I'm scared the other pass fails in the other 2 semesters will get me and I'll fail. It's been 2 days since I learned of being held back. Some times I'm okay and I'll accept it but other times I'm really upset..

Please encouragement, help coping. I'm so disappointed

And would i be able to pass my pre-req classes only studying teas material?

Hello everyone. So a lil backstory about me, I work full time at a dealership, currently doing my pre-requisites for Nursing. (By this summer semester I will be doing anatomy 2), I've been trying to look for part time medical jobs, that will be pay me and certify my for phlebotomy but I have not found anything. Of course my school does offer courses to be certified , but considering I am already doing school full time and still working full time, I do not want to take on any more course work, and pay for extra classes ( my fafsa won't kick in till fall) The nursing school I want to attend says it's best if we have medical experience, is it really worth it? Should I wait on looking for another job until I GET closer to applying to nursing school? What do you suggest ? If your situation was anything similar to mine

My advisor recommended me to pick up this as a minor since I only have two classes until it’s completed and had a few spots open for electives since I came in from highschool with a lot of credits. I asked her “does this just make me look smart and offer not much as far as job prospects?” and she said “Yes basically” LMAO. I have to do two electives anyway so obviously I picked up the minor which I’ll finish by next sem. But for everyone who has the same minor, has it helped you with jobs?

Completing my capstone this semester. The list of tasks that students are not permitted to is pretty ridiculously long and includes blood sugar, hanging IVs and a bunch of other skills that we have learned and performed on mannequins. My preceptor keeps offering to secretly let me draw labs/change dressings etc because she feels that the list is unfair and that I won’t get any experience if I follow it. I want to take her up on her offers but I’m so afraid of getting caught and kicked out of my program…but I also want to make a good impression on her because I was hoping to be able to list her as a reference. At this point I think she’s thinks I’m super lame :( should I be jumping on these secret opportunities for learning, understanding that the chances of getting caught are pretty slim, or am I right to be a stickler for my school/the hospitals policy?

Hi all! In college, I was on the nursing route and volunteered in the emergency department at Kaiser and shadowed a PA at a derm facility. I also completed my EMT certification but I kept procrastinating on finding an EMT job since I was a full time student at the same time and in all honesty, I didn’t like the whole ambulance scene. I really wanted an ER tech job but no one would accept me without ambulance experience. So as time went on, I didn’t put my EMT certification to use and ended up getting a lab assistant position after college. I began to lean more towards becoming a CLS (clinical lab scientist) at one point, but now I am certain that nursing is the career I want to pursue. Also, I would like to mention that my EMT license expires next month (may 2025) and I believe it is too late to renew it.

So my question is, will it look bad on my nursing school application that I didn’t use my EMT license? Should I even mention that I received one?

Exactly the title lol. Can I take a CNA course over the summer and wait to use it until the next summer? Is that a massively bad idea? I don’t want to work while I’m in school and it’s not a course that I can just take at the college I’m currently at.

So I’m in my last semester of nursing school and all we have left are capstone clinicals where we follow a nurse and are supposed to take on patients with their supervision to learn how to balance workflow based on acuity, workload etc. The problem is that our school severely restricted our ability to pass meds every other semester by requiring us to fill out documents with every little detail about medications that we gave so most people gave maybe 2 or 3 meds each clinical rotation and only now can we pass them without those forms. I also have very little experience pulling meds by myself,using EPIC to document, programming pumps, who to message about what etc. With all that being said, I’m about 5 clinicals in and I get the feeling my preceptor thinks I’m supposed to basically already be a functional nurse in the facility because she basically never answers my questions with anything other than “if you were alone what would you do” then tells me if I get it wrong “who told you that”, “didn’t I tell you this before”, “what did you learn in school”. If I take too long to pull meds because I genuinely don’t know what I’m looking at she’ll say “what’s taking so long”. If I pass meds perfectly she still says “you need to go faster or you’ll get behind”. When she reviews my documentation she asks “why did you put this, this doesn’t make sense” which like, idk, I’ve never done this and you didn’t tell me about anything on here. She also randomly leaves me at the nurses station to go talk to other nurses which is fair but like it’s for 30min-1hr at a time and I’m just sitting there. I have 6 more rotations and I dread every one. Are these valid complaints or should i just take them on the chin and bite the 72hr bullet