manofbess

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1. How many guys in your class?

   manofbess replied to Scrubz's topic in Male Students

   I want to say we have 7 guys out of about 70 students. From what I'm hearing, this is higher than average.

2. Freaking Out...

   manofbess replied to cjudesaenz's topic in General Students

   My first day was last week and it feels like it was so long ago because we've been speeding through lab, lecture, and clinical (today was my first day of that--and it wasn't really that bad). Now I can see why people say nursing school comes and goes...

3. Clinical Jitters?

   manofbess replied to MISS_TCM's topic in General Students

   I was pretty anxious leading up to today, which was my very first clinical day. I'm a first year, first semester nursing student and I know jack squat. But I, along with my group, made it through. I just made sure to get a good night of sleep, asked ...

4. What are you sacrificing to go nursing school?

   manofbess replied to BSNtobe2009's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Now that I think about it, I haven't sacrificed that much. I don't have kids and I'm not married (although I have a significant other). I did resign from my job and I moved out of my apartment. Financially, times have gotten rough and this time a ...

5. Who starts in January?

   manofbess replied to flygirls2's topic in General Students

   I start on the 8th too. We'll see how I feel about it all on the 7th

6. I'm teaching HS students via my nsg degree

   manofbess replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

   Congrats! You have my ideal job! I taught middle school before getting accepted into nursing school; with my nursing degree, I'd like to return to the school setting and teach or become a school nurse. That won't be happening for a while since it ...

7. what did you do in your former life?

   manofbess replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

   It seems like I've had 9 lives because I've had a lot of "former lives" in less than 3 years! I have a BA in Journalism/Mass Communications with a focus in advertising. I didn't intern in undergrad b/c I transferred into the program junior year and w...

8. UNC--RN to BSN (online)/RN to MSN

   manofbess replied to manofbess's topic in North Carolina

   Hey buddy, Thanks! I had no idea you were looking into UNC also. I checked out the school's website and I saw that there are only like 30 or 40 students in the RN to BSN program. I figured there would be more than that, but I guess people have more t...

9. UNC--RN to BSN (online)/RN to MSN

   manofbess posted a topic in North Carolina

   Hey fellow North Carolinians, First off, Happy Thanksgiving! :) Second, I come to ya'll with another question (like I haven't asked enough of those!)...I haven't even begun my RN program just yet, but I know when I complete it and pass boards, I want...

10. Anyone else gone broke just preparing for school?

    manofbess replied to manofbess's topic in Pre-Nursing

    congratulations! now that is a blessing indeed :) you have a lot to be thankful for tomorrow!

11. Is applying 2 multiple schools a given?

    manofbess replied to springgarden's topic in Pre-Nursing

    It's not always a given. I applied to one school and thank God, I got accepted. Some people apply to others to see what their options are. Financial aid, distance, prereqs, high school and college grades, etc. are all factors that lie in how many ...

12. Anyone else gone broke just preparing for school?

    manofbess replied to manofbess's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Thanks again for the additional responses! :bowingpur I suddenly don't feel so bad and if you all can make it through, then so can I! BSNtobe2009, my particular school requires that you be a CNA and while there are a few around here that don't, th...

13. Anyone else gone broke just preparing for school?

    manofbess replied to manofbess's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Jilaweez, we certainly will make it through! My family's never had it easy either, so I know that they can't really help me. They put a little bit into my bank account when I was in undergrad, but now that I've been on my own for over 2 years, I'm su...

14. Anyone else gone broke just preparing for school?

    manofbess posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    How many of ya'll are already financially unstable and nursing school hasn't even STARTED? I didn't realize it was going to be so costly. Since August, I've had to fork over 400 dollars for a CNA class, I had to turn in a deposit to reserve my space ...

15. Thinking ahead about my course of study--please advise if you can!

    manofbess replied to manofbess's topic in General Students

    Thanks again for all the additional responses. I did decide that I would take A&P II and Micro over the summer. I will be attending a hospital school that has a loan forgiveness program which pays 80 percent of your tuition for that semester on t...