This forum is for nursing students to vent (let all of their stress out); I know nursing school can be stressful! Also, I would like to know what type of nurse you would like to be?

Freshmen here~ (I have a loooooooong way to go)
Majoring in Nursing right now. I'm not sure on what type I'd like to be yet. I mean, as long as it pays well.
I'm really dreading the buttloads of chemistry and biology courses I'll soon to be taking for my next couple of terms.

I'm in nursing right now and will complete next year. Sometimes I wonder why I got into this field but in the end, I'm glad I chose this major. I meet so many new people.

I think I want to work in the Peds department when I'm done. I don't know how some could deal with ER. I had to work in the trauma unit 7 PM - 7 AM for 2 weeks of clinicals. Some of the stuff I have seen...

How'd you guys choose this major, anyways?

me too! nursing student...

have been thinking of changing my major several times but i've never done it...guess will stick this through to the very end

how i chose this course? dunno really...hahaha...still trying to figure it out how bout u guys?

YAY for nursing!!!...im happy with my major b/c i wanna feel like im giving something back to the world by helping ppl..^^...

im aiming for RN status

I used to be in nursing but found it wasn't for me and now I'm blissfully a linguistics major lol ^^

When I was in nursing though, I wanted to go into maternity stuff because I love working with babies <3

Nursing students unite! mwahah
Im a freshman in college and plan on goin into nursing....
Plannin a lot of stuff rite now and just hoping they will work out

Yay! I'm in my 2nd year for RN now. Still got 2 more years to go. Seemsl like forever.

Nursing school is really really stressful, as I have to study in my 2nd language.

I don't know what I'll be doing in the future, but I think I would do maternal nursing too. I love seeing new babies being born

how can u going to a nursing major? do u have to major in a science course or what? I am confused about it. I want to major in nursing but my university doesn't offer it, only to RNs. They told me if I wanted it I should go to community college that has it.

Where nursing school did u guys go to?

hopefully by next fall, im going to start applying for the nursing school. the thing that's holding me back is that i haven't finish taking my science courses- chemistry1 and 2 and microbiology. if i pass chem this semester.. im going to start sending out my application to different nursing school. i heard it's very competitive to get in! ;/

Second year here. I'm ADN though. Anyone else ADN? The pre-regs that you take before you actually get into the program weed out a lot of people. The teachers are so blunt, too. They keep on reminding you that about 2/3 of the class will fail or drop out

I took all of my science courses already. AP1, AP2, Micro. I don't have to take Chem since I'm only going for two years instead of four. I'm taking Pharmocology now and man is that class boring.

BTW this is in Texas so it might be different for you guys.

*Sigh* One semester at a time man.

^^Agrees, pharmacology was quite boring. ZZZZzzzz. I know what area I'm going to be spending a lot of time on when NCLEX comes along...

Right now, doing critical care in 5th semester of nursing. Quite exciting yet nerve racking at the same time due to the fact that the patients have highter acuity.

Senior in college, going for BSN. One more semester to go and two lower GE's to catch up on.

Favorite prequisite class is Microbiology. That class was just interesting all the way. Don't know about you guys but bacteria and viruses just interest me.

hey...angella here.

i'm planning to become an rn.

i graduated from saint martin's university last winter w/ a bachelor's in biology & i'm currently finishing up some prerequisites for the lpn/rn program. i finished up a cna course this summer so all i need now is to obtain my cna certificate to apply to the lpn/rn program for fall 2006.

my future goals after getting my rn license is to continue on w/ my studies & eventually get my masters in nursing. i know i have a lot of schooling ahead of me...but i ain't complaining much.

i'm going for RN

and right now i'm a freshmen at community college...

*sighs* one subject at a time for preq to get to the rn program lolx.

right now i haven't decide if i should take CNA next semester or Biology or Chemestry...cuz yeah i heard bio and chem are hard..so i haven't decided yet. lolx

i heard male nurses are in high demand lol

Yeah! Male nurses are in high demand! Now some of the patients prefer male nurses than women and also they are saying they can lift and move patients better!

Depends what program you're aiming for. Are you going for LPN, RN, or BSN? Community colleges offer LPN and RN programs while universities offer BSN. I'll be graduating next semester with my BSN and will take my boards shortly after. I hope I pass on the first try. For the nursing program, there are certain prerequisites that you must take and you apply for the program at your college. See a counselor for more details. I'm not very good at explaining all of this.



Quite sexist but quite true. I had to lift a 400+ lbs. patient today and if there wasn't my 2 male nurse friends with me, the only thing I could have probably lift of her was her toe.

That's great you guys are doing this to improve the health care field. I have some really dumb and mean people in my clinicals that I just want to choke.

I'm actually in my first year of college, and nursing is a major. I want to get my RN and Bachelors in sciences, then go to grad school to become a nurse practitioner. =)

That is awesome that you want to do this! Remember nursing is not easy and try to stick with this program if you can! Let me tell you I have struggled with this nursing program, but I am still sticking with it! Anyways, Good luck in the program!

One of my friends is studying to be a nurse. He said that he had to spongebath people. Then he asked me if I wanted one. I said no....honest! >_>

nursing stud here! sophomore!
nursing's that bad huh?

^^she's my schoolmate..hehe

i'm a sophomore nursing stud too..i'm keeping my fingers crossed coz our capping and badging's coming up..

can't wait to do duties in the wards..

I still haven't gotten over getting grossed out by the things you see in the hospital. Last week I saw the largest decubitus sacral ulcer with some necrosis going on. What gets me the most though is the smell x.x

congratulations with the upcoming capping and badging!!! and good luck!!!

as for me, i still have about two semesters to go before i start getting into all that stuff. right now though, i have to get through like, 18 chapter exams every other two weeks and the first one's coming up this tuesday

Hell yah, the wound care nurse at my hospital smells like dead flesh *shudders. I'm still in high school, but I've been at the hospital for 2 years now doing rotations but this year I'm strictly stationed at nursing year round.

I'm aiming to get a masters in nursing right now and then go on to be a nurse practitioner.


*edit: oh wtf, how did I drifted into the college section *sigh....

i'm considering nusing but i can get quite squeamish.... how do you guys deal with that? i mean, just the thought of giving someone a shot makes me nervous! i also heard that nursing has a high job satisfaction, and i can see how someone would see it in that light but on the other hand, i see it as being around ill people, maybe even those who might not live. i just wanted to hear your guys' opinions on this matter.

i'm planning to go into neonatal or pediatric nursing... any advice?

I'm a freshmen and I chose nursing as my major but I haven't figured out what field I want to go into yet. Plus I have no clue on how many fields there are. Are there any books out there that I can buy that goes into detail about the description of each nurse?

im a nursing major too..well pre-nursing, since im a freshmen.
but im plannin 2 b a nurse practiioner..iuno they make close to 100 grand in urban areas...

im just a freshman at this course.. and its so very tiring already.. i wonder if i could finish it up to the end..

aw man, now i feel like i wanna change my major to nurse. cus i was deciding between nursing and teaching!!! which 1?!?! =[ but i already applied to schools.

is it true that nurses have really stressed out jobs?

and that ther's a lot of burnout?

nursing is so confusing for me. ; i'm a sophmore now and everyone is like applying for the upper division already and i'm still not sure what I should be doing. Maybe i'm in the wrong field ;

Yeah, the smell gets me too. I did have one patient though that got ran over by a lawn mower. It looked really bad, but I did not think it was gross. I did feel bad for the 6-year- old girl! They had to amputate one of her legs and they saved her other one. The leg they saved has 3 toes missing though. Her father accidentlly ran over her with the lawn mower. It was muddy outside and she slipped and fell down and the dad had headphones one and did not pay attention to where he was going and ran over her. He felt so bad! I felt bad for him too.

man, I'm planning to major in nursing too but it seem so hard. I'm going to a nursing school.

Any advice on future goals? Cuz I don't know which field I'm going to. I still want to major in nursing.

I don't get about undergraduate and graduate school. During our freshman year, we have to study in some course first so we can pass it to get into that program? Please anwser this question. I got accept to a college but they said that I did not get into nursing program yet and that I need to at least get a 2.5 cum gpa and get a c or higher in bio and chem during my first semester. So, does anybody is the same as me? I'm very confuse now.

LoL what do you do in nursing? I seriously have no clue!

LPN, RN, & BSN

^What does each letter stands for?

How are they different?

ah crap! i made a new topic about nursing majors.....

i'll repost it here...my question...


hi.

to anyone who is a nursing major or knows anything about nursing

i go to community college. my major is nursing. i'm planning on transferring but i don't want to transfer to cal state..and my parents are gonna freak out..i don't know why..maybe because i'm korean and they expect me to go to UCLA or blahblahblah..

could anyone tell me a great university or any university that has nursing majors (not calstates..no offense to anyone who goes there...its just..i've been stuck in my hometown forever..and i'd love to live in an apartment farrrr away and a independent life!! ^^;;)

lol i kind of want to reconsider my major now

LPN = licensed practical nurse
RN = Registered Nurse
BSN = Bachelor of Science in Nursing (It's just a degree you get when you graduate)

The Hierarchy of nurses goes like this:
Registerd Nurses > Licensed Practical Nurses > Certified Nurses Aide (CNA)
RNs get paid the most but you have to go to school the longest out of the three. The lower you are on the chain, you kinda do more of the grunt work like bathing the patient and such but RNs do that kind of stuff as well.

what about nurse practioner?

Nurse practioner pwns the other three. I think you need to go to grad school to become one. One of the main difference between NPs and RNs is that NPs can prescribe medications.

what kind of degrees do u need to be a nurse practioners..like get a bachelors..later get masters

do u need phd?

You need a PhD to be a nurse practitioner.

could anybody describe to me what a CRNA does and what their working conditions will be like? thanks!

Have you try googling?? There will probably plenty of information about it. I hope this site helps http://www.aana.com/crna/careerqna.asp and if not try searching it again.

Heh... that's exactly how I thought when I was in highschool.. the whole "I'm too good for CSU's". Anyways, no UC offer a Nursing program for the basic generic student, UCLA offers one for nurses who already have an RN license and those wanting a master's. I think some private universities offer nursing program, but that I don't know because I never considered private schools so never researched.. $$ problems..
CSU's are great though, I hope you re-consider your options.

I thought I wanted to be a nurse all my life but realized it's not for me... I'm doing Nutrition now. Good luck nursing students I admire ya

yeah i'm thinking about applying to cal state long beach

does anyone go to long beach and is in the nursing program?

I'm surprise that there are few nursing students around here ......come on future nurses, lol. share the experiences...

is this thread dead? i agree with LUI share your experiences..although i'm a futur nurse..there's nothing to talk about other than i'm volunteering at a local hospital..

Haha, after seeing the Engineer's thread, I got jealous and was gonna bring this thread back. But then I got caught up with school and blah blah.

Right now I'm doing my pediatric/maternity rotation. To be honest, working with kids are a lot more different than I thought it would be. Aside from the usual nursing care than we provide, I thought that the kids and I were gonna have fun talking about stuff like music and tv and video games and other stuff like that. I also thought it would be refreshing to have younger patients. My expectations were met to an extent but this semester has really opened my eyes to what it means to be a pediatric nurse.

For one thing, these children usually has a parent staying with them in the hospital. It's hard for a student nurse to go about their business under the watchful eye of the parent. It makes me self-conscious anyway. Also, it's really depresing to see a sick kid. I used to think working with old people was depressing because it was like looking into the future. But nothing tugs at your heart muscles like a little kid screaming for mommy And then there is the fact that kids can be unreasonable. And it's not like you can blame them. Young kids lack the cognitive capacity to really understand the scope of the situation. Finally, calculating medications for children is such a pain in the bottom! You have to worry about safe doses and dilutions and all that nonsense.

Despite all that, pediatric nursing does have it's up sides. I've met some really cool patients. This one kid was listening to his iPod and I asked him what he was listening to. That led to a nice conversation. And then another patient of mine was korean and his mom was staying with him at the hospital. So I walk into the room and they are watching a k-drama on tv. And so a lightbulb went on in my head and we started talking about k-dramas and I mentioned that I liked Full House with Bi and Song Hye Kyo and the mom got super excited and we as had a bonding moment lol

On the academic part of it all, I have a test comming up and a monster 30 page paper due at the end of the month. I have no life