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  1. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    Oh dear Esme! We're keeping you in our prayers!! You're definitely one of my favorites around here and have helped me tremendously. Get better soon! We love and miss
  2. Chiropractor Looking to Start Nursing School

    I'm currently an adult student in a traditional BSN program. We have kids, dogs, a house, etc. For me, I could not imagine doing everything while worrying about making enough income for the bills to...
  3. Asking professors for references

    I asked my clinical instructor and my advisor (because we talk a lot). They both gave me outstanding recommendations and went out of their way to do so. My clinical instructor told me to let her know...
  4. Pre-Nursing student STRESSING PLEASE HELP

    In all honesty, if you're at the minimum requirement, you probably won't get in. I'm in a BSN program and the minimum requirement was a 3.0. The lowest GPA accepted was a 3.7. Halfway through the...
  5. Another GPA Question

    I'm in a BSN program where the min requirement is 3.0. The lowest admitted GPA was a 3.7. Good luck to you! I certainly hope you are able to get into a
  6. WANTED: Instructor and Student Perspectives on ATI in the Classroom

    I hate ATI. Sometimes it's helpful, but it is mostly a waste of time. In our program there is a running joke. We have to know how the world works in the NCLEX hospital, real hospital, and the ATI...
  7. What to do over the summer?

    Thank you so much for your reply! I will definitely check out CLC! My school pairs with a local hospital for a summer externship. I plan to do it; but it is incredibly competitive within the program....
  8. What to do over the summer?

    Hey all! I am currently in a BSN program and I have this summer off. My heart is in women's health and always has been. Is there anything you'd recommend I do to help give me an extra boost to get...
  9. Failing nursing school!!!

    Fundies seems like the hardest semester just because you are transitioning from pre-req thinking to nursing school thinking. First, do something else. What I mean by this is start doing something...
  10. Thank you, Grntea! This definitely helps me understand the process of writing careplans more easily. This is one of the careplans due on the first day of classes, before the semester even
  11. Thank you, anewdawnlvn2015! This is exactly what I was having trouble
  12. ATI Med/Surg (Chronic Care)

    Have you been studying the ATI modules? Most modules have extra practice questions and scenarios you can go through. If you click around, there should also be practice finals somewhere. Does your...
  13. I would look at the ABGs, look at the pts appearance for pallor color or nasal flaring, and I would want to auscultate lungs for crackles - which is fluid. I guess I'm still thinking black and white....
  14. Fake patient without any given data. I am using my nursing diagnosis manual with all the NANDAs. I'm just trying to figure out how I would assess the r/t. Is it something that be heard through a...
  15. Hi all! I am writing a careplan for impaired gas exhange r/t fluid and exudate accumulation at the capillary-alveolar membrane. However, I am having trouble finding how one would assess this. What...