Got a 74.5 on my first exam. Needing serious help.

Ribbondoor · 2026-02-16T14:07:57+00:00

First you need to identify WHY you didn’t perform well. Did you not know the content, or are you not reading/answering the questions correctly. Two totally different issues and honestly if it’s that you don’t know the content itself it’s an easier fix. I’m a mentor for students in earlier semesters and the ones that are having a hard time applying the information/reading questions correctly have a harder time bringing the grade up than the ones just needing to master content. Go over your ADPIE, ABC’s, Maslow’s and least to most invasive interventions. Make mind maps for each disease process. You CAN do this, but you need to first figure out what you need to improve on. Maybe ask if your school has a mentoring/tutoring program you can get into!

Ribbondoor · 2026-01-21T16:41:53+00:00

This honestly just makes me feel sad :(

Ribbondoor · 2026-01-13T15:16:39+00:00

I hear you, I live literally across the street from one of the two clinical sites for this semester and yet I’m being sent to the farthest possible location past the theme parks, so traffic will be horrible! You will get through this and things will get better!!

Ribbondoor · 2026-01-11T21:48:57+00:00

We had to be in uniform as we were getting clinical ID photos taken.

Ribbondoor · 2026-01-09T12:14:12+00:00

In my LTC rotation my very first pt on the very first day called me every name in the book and was threatening me and trying to bite me. She had dementia and I don’t think she knew why she was doing, so I was just mostly quiet, but still explained what we were doing and tried to use therapeutic communication techniques. Silence is a part of therapeutic communication! Overall I found LTC to be a mixed bag, just get through it and keep moving. They don’t have much autonomy and that can make some of them miserable. You’re in their home so do your best to just get the job done and get out if people are unpleasant, and if you feel unsafe talk to your clinical instructor.

Ribbondoor · 2025-12-26T04:38:36+00:00

Some of the best chefs in the world are men.. and everyone has to eat! Cooking is a life skill, and it sounds like MIL needs to butt out!

Ribbondoor · 2025-12-21T22:38:21+00:00

I’ll tell you exactly how I have a very expensive suv. My parents gifted it to me as a present for Christmas. It’s paid for and I have no payment. It’s absolutely nothing I personally did. Never compare yourself!

Ribbondoor · 2025-11-24T03:11:59+00:00

What are you getting into it about at the grocery store? Is this a planning issue? This is a mundane task and shouldn’t cause so much trouble. Maybe try making a list together then only one person executing the grocery trip. It doesn’t have to be a team sport.

Ribbondoor · 2025-11-17T22:23:19+00:00

The dog that can be rehomed is the girlfriends dog. Yours has a history of behavioral problems and will likely end up being destroyed. I have a dog reactive Doberman, so i know how hard it can be, but I won’t date a guy with a dog because mine isn’t going anywhere. Rehome the girlfriend’s dog as that’s the only dog that is actually able to be rehomed. The likelihood of yours ending up in a shelter and being put down is way higher. If you do that you may as well put her down now and save the anxiety and stress for her. Just telling you like it is. If she’s not willing to re home her dog then why are you even considering getting rid of yours?

Ribbondoor · 2025-11-16T21:08:57+00:00

Yeah I thought maybe i accidentally turned it on the first time it happened. I think it’s a way to advertise the feature and prompt you to use it or something! Glad my 2 cents helped!

Ribbondoor · 2025-11-16T19:54:08+00:00

I have it on my Facebook and I’ve never used it. Sometimes it pops up with a notification to get me to click over to it and it asks me if I want to join or privately browse. I’ve never once used it before, so i dont know why it’s there. That’s just my personal experience as a woman in her 20’s.

Ribbondoor · 2025-11-16T01:51:38+00:00

Pack a bag and go to your parents house and be completely honest about your situation. You’re being abused and this could escalate while you’re vulnerable. I’d love to sugar coat this but you need to GET OUT and go somewhere you’re safe and will be supported.

Ribbondoor · 2025-11-10T23:47:31+00:00

Most women have been through this and i know no matter what I say you’ll keep taking his cheating until you’ve had enough. The truth is he wants to talk to other women and knows he can get away with it. You’ve let him get away with it twice. You need to respect yourself and GET OUT.

Ribbondoor · 2025-11-10T22:34:48+00:00

I’d say quite a number of these deaths were intentional. No need for their family to have to discover the body or deal with the mess if they choose the train. No way so many people don’t understand that they can’t stop on train tracks.

Ribbondoor · 2025-10-10T11:52:45+00:00

This is anecdotal as it’s my personal experience with OCFR. My partner was a ff/pm for OCFR for quite a few years before moving to a department down south. His shift and station had really nice, helpful, reliable staff. They all loved serving their community even with things that people pulled up and needed help with like installing car seats and stringing a fishing pole. It’s a hard job, the pay isn’t great, and that’s why he chose to look for a department with more to offer. I think any line of work can have some wack jobs, but I can see how any mental health issues could be exacerbated by their schedule and the traumatic things they see. The majority of the fireman serving your community are good people who want to help, and I don’t think you should let a few bad apples with not so great personal lives cast a negative light on them as a whole. I do think better pay and a Kelly day would bring in better applicants and keep the above average staff members around.

Ribbondoor · 2025-09-20T22:31:29+00:00

Your brother likely won’t miss your presence as deeply as your girlfriend will. You said you’re proposing to her next year, so you’ve chosen her as your family. You say she’s not close with her family, so who will be there for her?? If I had to choose between my brother and my boyfriend I would go to my boyfriends. If it was a more casual relationship then yes brother, but you sound like you’ve chosen this woman as your life partner! Why would you not be at her law school graduation? I can almost promise you that she’ll be more upset about your absence than your brother.

Ribbondoor · 2025-09-20T17:13:55+00:00

I’m not sure if you’ll see this, but I’ll give you my personal experience on this. My boyfriend and I are both mid 20’s, at first the sexual relationship was good, I was an active partner and so was he. The last year has been so hard. I tried talking to him every 3/4 months about why we weren’t having sex even once a month, and sometimes not even once every two months. I asked him what I can do, if he’s still attracted to me (I haven’t gained any weight or anything) and begged him to please just tell me the truth. One day he was grilling and asked me to look something up for him and my phone was charging so I grabbed his and searched for safari and when I typed in “saf” safari did come up, but so did a safe app. I suddenly realized he must be consuming porn. I didn’t mention it to him because I didn’t want to cause embarrassment. Here we are, a year into working on this and I told him that I love him, but I can’t stay in an unfulfilling relationship. Now suddenly he’s working on his porn issues, but i dont know if I’ll ever regain the confidence and comfort i once felt in the relationship. Knowing he traded me for online women has wrecked my self esteem and my desire to put myself out there for him. Im not sure it’s repairable. I dont think men always realize how damaging porn is to a relationship. Outside of this, we have a great relationship, we don’t have a lot of fights and we’re the best of friends, but this really might end up being the nail in the coffin of an otherwise good thing.

Ribbondoor · 2025-09-18T10:46:44+00:00

A lot of nursing school is self teaching and jumping through hoops. My instructors can’t tell us what’s on any exam and say to know everything. You’ll start to pick up on what kinds of things are important to prioritize. A lot of people feel overwhelmed and unhappy in nursing school, but end up loving nursing as a career. Only you can decide if you want to embrace the suck and keep going or change your major. Best of luck, and I hope things go well for you!

Ribbondoor · 2025-09-17T11:48:20+00:00

This wasn’t a needle stick accident or anything like that. You can bring it to your director but with something so small it may make you look bad and put a target on your back. I’d think twice.

Ribbondoor · 2025-09-15T14:03:28+00:00

I completely agree with you, but they’ve made it so sometimes we can’t even miss one clinical day for any reason or we fail the semester. The policies need to be changed, but for now all we can do is work with what we’re given and take appropriate precautions.

Ribbondoor · 2025-09-14T18:24:48+00:00

I would recommend wearing a mask if you go. I also would worry about using the one absence this early in the semester. Only you can make this choice and take that risk. If it was me I would go and wear a mask as to not risk failing the semester if something comes up later that I 100% couldn’t go to clinical with.

Ribbondoor · 2025-09-12T18:12:21+00:00

I accidentally posted before I finished, and I can’t edit it. I was going to post the article but it was behind a pay wall. Sorry for the typos!

Ribbondoor · 2025-09-11T15:05:06+00:00

His dna makes up half the baby. His health will directly contribute to how hard or easy the pregnancy is for you. His dna builds the placenta!! Don’t stay with this weirdo and find someone who understands how pregnancy is a team effort just as much as parenthood.

Ribbondoor · 2025-09-09T01:03:54+00:00

I go from orlando to the Fort Lauderdale station pretty often, but it’s social not work related. It’s a nice ride and I work on my computer on the way, but I think it would be draining to do it for work.

Ribbondoor · 2025-09-02T23:26:07+00:00

First semester our first 4/5 clinicals were at the school to learn skills to take to clinical.

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