nurse anyone?

[tatsxxx11]

My advice is to never give up! They'll be some really challenging times, especially in your last year. I went to a hospital school of nursing, living there, which was really tough. No breaking up clinical work from your time at the college, i.e. complete all your liberal arts/science courses first, like you can do now a days at a lot of junior college programs. You ate, slept and breathed nursing 24/7 and they really put you to the test, especially near the end. Do they still have you do "mass meds," that is give meds to the entire floor? That was the most stressful; one med error and you were OUT! Some people were weeks from graduating, when that happened to them. They were allowed to return the next year to retake that last semester. On avearge, only half of the starting class graduated. But it was all worth it and my graduation day was one of the proudest of my life! Psych was the worst for me. We had to LIVE in a state psych. hospital for the entire summer! That nearly did me in and to this day! And oh yes, how well I remember doing my first male cath! No practicing on Mr. Penis for us! lol! Of course it couldn't be an unconcious, older guy, NO, he was in his 30's and gorgeous. I just about died on the spot! One funny story...a few weeks before graduation, we all were, well, partying...on the roof (flat) of the nursing school, which overlooked the cemetary and a very busy main road. "Someone" stole from the nursing Lab "resus-a-Annie," the human sized replica we practiced our CPR on. Well, seems Annie was feeling a bit despondent and hurled herself off off the roof into the cemetary below! People driving by thought a nursing student had attempted suicide and within minutes, the police, the MICU van, the entire ER staff were out there! Wow, did we get in trouble Luckily, they let us graduate! Hang in there...it will all be worth it! And oh, may I recommend the OR/Recovery Room??? BEST job in the hopsital!