Hey everyone! 👋 Let’s keep it real for a second. Nursing school and clinicals are a vibe, but the burnout? Absolutely exhausting. 🥵 Between 12-hour shifts, memorizing drug classes, and trying to maintain a social life, it is incredibly easy to run on empty. If you are feeling overwhelmed, you are definitely not alone. Here are three quick ways to protect your energy before you hit a wall: - 🛑 Set hard boundaries: When you are off the clock or done studying, actually disconnect. No checking emails, no reading chapters. Your brain needs an absolute break. - 🥗 Fuel your body right: Coffee is a food group, but it cannot be your only food group. Hydrate with actual water and pack snacks that won't give you a sugar crash mid-shift. - 🗣️ Vent to your crew: Do not bottle it up. Lean on your classmates or coworkers. Nobody understands the chaos of a chaotic clinical day quite like another nursing student.

Why do we check a chest X-ray immediately after a central line or chest tube insertion? Not just to check the placement tip, but to definitively rule out an accidental iatrogenic pneumothorax.

: Label your emergency drugs directly on the syringe immediately after drawing them up. An unlabeled syringe filled with a clear paralytic looks identical to an unlabeled syringe filled with Normal Saline.

Sorry I couldn’t upload Day 9 yesterday, but Day 9 is finally up now. 🧼 Consistency is not about being perfect. It’s about keep pushing, even when the schedule doesn’t go exactly how you wanted. Day 9 is about Infection Prevention & Control, including standard precautions, isolation precautions, PPE, hand hygiene, and sterile technique. Full guide is in the Classroom tab. 🩺📚

Day 8 is ready in the Classroom tab. Today I’m studying Burn Management, including burn depth, Rule of Nines, TBSA calculation, Parkland Formula, burn phases, electrolyte changes, and escharotomy indications. The main focus is understanding the priorities: airway first, then fluid resuscitation, circulation, infection prevention, and recognizing when a burn is restricting breathing or blood flow. Key points from today: Airway first with face/neck burns, soot, hoarse voice, or stridor TBSA counts partial-thickness and full-thickness burns only Parkland Formula = 4 mL LR × kg × %TBSA Half of fluids go in the first 8 hours from the time of burn Emergent phase = shock, edema, hyperkalemia Acute phase = wound care, infection prevention, hypokalemia risk Escharotomy = tight circumferential burn restricting circulation or breathing Full study guide is posted in the Classroom tab. 🩺📚