KellyVT

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1. How to do amazing in nursing school?

   KellyVT replied to AspiringNurse0223's topic in General Students

   You mentioned you still had to take A and P. If so, that should be your focus. It is the foundation of everything, and if you don't have that strong foundation you will struggle. If you have already taken A and P, then brush up on your weak points. ...

2. Nursing or Vet Tech LVT/BSN

   KellyVT replied to Cbugsharpe's topic in Career Support

   Thank you, it is nice to hear.

3. I feel like a failure

   KellyVT posted a topic in General Students

   I am a month into my second semester of NS. At clinical this week my patients IV infiltrated (NS) at end of shift and I did not notice. I thought it looked off 2 hours prior and felt it (not cool, not blanched) and asked the pt if they had any pain (...

4. Nursing or Vet Tech LVT/BSN

   KellyVT replied to Cbugsharpe's topic in Career Support

   As a current nursing student and former lvt, I say go for the human hospital. There are so many things skill/asepsis differences, and as much as my veterinary experience has helped so far, I also feel like I have a million bad habits to unlearn. :/ Y...

5. Can I Explain My ADN Grades to Schools I Apply to?

   KellyVT replied to zoa190's topic in General Students

   And it could be courses you need for your RN to BSN that will transfer like Composition II and Statistics, so you wouldn't really be throwing money away, in fact you'd be saving it.

6. I Think I Messed Up =(

   KellyVT replied to Subvers658's topic in General Students

   There is a CLEP test for Developmental Psychology. I am not familiar with veteran benefits, however I thought the fee was covered for active duty, so maybe it is for veterans. I CLEP'd out of Biology, as Nursing is my second degree. If you have to pa...

7. With a criminal record should I even try to get into nursing school?

   KellyVT replied to missjackiep3's topic in Criminal

   One of the biggest mental health care organizations in my region have a position called a Peer Counselor. It requires that you have a condition, or past condition and you are actively managing it. I think they provide training, but it would be a grea...

8. Bookbag for nursing school?

   KellyVT replied to abarreto's topic in General Students

   I got a Northface haystack for 45 off amazon. It has a padded back and better straps than my old jansport, so it's more comfortable to lug around when I have had a heavy book load. I don't think you can go wrong with any of the brands with a lifetime...

9. titers

   KellyVT replied to KellyVT's topic in Student Assist

   I got my titers back, and my last MMR was in 1987, surprisingly I still have substantial antibody levels to all 3 diseases. I had chickenpox when I was 4 and the varicella came back positive, too. I guess I am one of the lucky ones. Thanks for the p...

10. RN to BSN without statistics/chemistry

    KellyVT replied to hospnurse's topic in Online Learning

    Some programs will allow you to CLEP out of Chemistry. I heard the exam is brutal though. As far as Statistics, the only place I found a test out option (through DSST) is Old Dominion University. They do have an online program. If you are not strong ...

11. titers

    KellyVT replied to KellyVT's topic in Student Assist

    That's what I am praying for. My vaccines were given in the correct time schedule. I had chicken pox when I was 3 or 4, so hopefully I still have immunity. If they come back negative, the cost of boosters is going to kill me.

12. Summer Classes

    KellyVT replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in Pre-Nursing

    They offered 2 of our fall nursing classes as 5 week versions, so I took them both to make fall easier (I work full time). Nursing dosage calculations wasn't bad at all (but I have experience from being a vet tech), but medical terminology was surpri...

13. Aspiring nurse who needs to work. Part time nursing school? LPN to RN?

    KellyVT replied to xBri47's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I have to work full time while in RN school, many have. Mind you it will be awful, but it can be done. As others suggested cutting down expenses is a good start. Have you considered other jobs? I am a server and bartender, I hate it, but it is flexib...

14. Taking pre reqs while in nursing school?

    KellyVT replied to FutureRNjas's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Those two courses for us are required for graduation, but not prereqs per se like A+P I and II, Chem, Bio, Math etc. Personally, I am taking Micro during next summer semester, where I will have no other courses, because I still need to work full time...

15. titers

    KellyVT replied to KellyVT's topic in Student Assist

    thank you for the responses! So since I have records of 2 MMRs during childhood, if I come back indeterminate on one of the 3, I just get one MMR booster and I am done? Or am I wrong? Will I need 2?