2bNursewith7kids

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1. PDA software

   2bNursewith7kids replied to catzy5's topic in General Students

   I have the Palm T/X model. This is the one that can go online. I also forgot to mention that, if you get a PDA, it is important to buy a good memory card for it. The memory cards are used to hold all the various software that you purchase. You actual...

2. LPN clinical schedule.....this seems like alot!

   2bNursewith7kids replied to MrsBradyMom's topic in General Students

   Hi!~ I don't know which posts you read in which RNs go to clinical sites every 2 weeks, but that sure sounds like very little clinical time unless it was the 1st semester. The first semester of clinicals, we literally started the 2nd week of classes ...

3. Friends and nursing school

   2bNursewith7kids replied to nursecher's topic in General Students

   I have to agree with this post in that, when you are younger you may need the support system more than us 'mature' students. I, too, am older, married, and have children. I have friends that I've developed over the years. These are the people that I ...

4. 19 Days & counting.......

   2bNursewith7kids replied to ChargeNurseAmy74's topic in General Students

   It can be very stressful going into the nursing courses. You made it through the pre-reqs so that is always a great thing. I am just going into my 2nd clinical semester, but the first one is down for me so I know what you are all going through. The o...

5. PDA software

   2bNursewith7kids replied to catzy5's topic in General Students

   A PDA is an amazing tool to have during clinicals, from your very first semester on! I cannot tell you how invaluable it was to me. I just completed the first clinical rotation and I'm on to my 2nd semester. I was the only one in class who had a PDA,...

6. Med/Surg. I Rotation

   2bNursewith7kids replied to 2bNursewith7kids's topic in General Students

   Thanks to everyone for all the great posts. I will sit down later and go to the online links that were provided. I have heard 'war stories' from my sister, who went to school for two years to become a physician's asst. She told me that, during her m...

7. Med/Surg. I Rotation

   2bNursewith7kids posted a topic in General Students

   Hello! I am about to enter my 2nd semester of nursing school. Our 1st semester covered the fundamentals of nursing, which was a crash-course on all of the important nursing procedures that one performs as an RN. Can anyone tell me what I can expect f...

8. Just out of curiosity. What is passing at your school?

   2bNursewith7kids replied to Conrad283's topic in General Students

   WOW...it seems lots of colleges have slightly lower standards than ours. We must maintain a minimum of an 80 average in all courses (nursing and science), also maintain a minimum overall GPA of 2.7 (which is basically a C+). Clinicals are pass/fail a...

9. 1st years: Whose had Orientation?

   2bNursewith7kids replied to beth66335's topic in General Students

   Tomorrow, the Nursing Directors are holding a dinner at the school. It is for the support group of the family. They will discuss how important it is that us nursing students have support, have time to study, and things of that nature! I'm surprised y...

10. Starting FIRST WEEK September?

    2bNursewith7kids posted a topic in General Students

    I start on Sept. 5th, after the holiday weekend. It seems as if the majority of schools have started or will be starting prior to the holiday. Anyone else not starting until the first week of September?

11. The Difference between "Scrub" pants and "uniform" pants?

    2bNursewith7kids replied to DesertRain's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure what the difference is either. We were able to choose between cargo-style pants (pull-on) or the drawstring variety. Our college just gave us a piece of paper with all that we needed for our uniforms on the page. We were required to go t...

12. Who's got the dorkiest student uniforms?

    2bNursewith7kids replied to tutored's topic in General Students

    Our uniforms can make you almost blind if you look for too long. They are that really royal blue shade. The color is beautiful but too much of a good thing can squash the effect. Both the tops and pants are royal blue, even our warm-up jackets are ro...

13. GPA now that you're IN the program...?

    2bNursewith7kids replied to shannonFNP's topic in General Students

    I have to agree with the posts that say that, in the long run, you will not be judged by your GPA. How true that is! I would imagine that everyone in the nursing programs are going to have decent to excellent grades. Most programs INSIST that the stu...

14. Background Check?

    2bNursewith7kids posted a topic in General Students

    Our college requires all students to get a background check prior to the start of school. We were given a website to go to in order to obtain the background check at a cost of $56, which the student has to pay. Are there any other nursing students wh...

15. I guess it is worth it because

    2bNursewith7kids replied to SA2BDOCTOR's topic in General Students

    Hey, I'm right with you! I started buying books one or two at a time starting in May. I still have 4 or 5 more to go! And I've got enough loans taken out right now to have purchased a second home! And if that isn't bad enough, I no sooner went in haw...