4evrhisma

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1. Nursing School Application Essay Example

   4evrhisma replied to zefutebolera's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I agree with trepinCT, I think you should leave out the "definintion of a nurse" part, because it's not "somebody who cares for a sick person." There's actually several definitions in the dictionary. If you wanted to use a definition, I would use the...

2. low income---> chance to go to a university

   4evrhisma replied to barbie q's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I would pursue all the financial aid possible! When I got my 1st. bachelors, I went to a community college for three years, and worked on getting good grades. I come from a low income family, and was the first person in my family to go to college. Wh...

3. Help! I can't change my age!

   4evrhisma replied to sassy nurse lady's topic in Pre-Nursing

   it's age DISCRIMINATION and it's illegal. My advice would be to document everything. I recently started a job where the last person was laid off. At first I thought my supervisor didn't like me at all because she didn't talk to me, and when I said s...

4. Student Looking for Job in a Healthcare Setting

   4evrhisma replied to Divinely_Me's topic in General Students

   I was kind of in the same boat. Lots of stuff on my resume, but completely unrelated (my first career was in theatre stage management). I enrolled in a CNA program, but it was literally so much time so I couldn't do it with my school schedule, so I h...

5. Study Aides that will help me study and remember information

   4evrhisma replied to nlw59bba's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I got a couple of cd roms for biology and chem, called biotutor and chemtutor, from amazon. They've helped out a lot, even though it's not in the exact order as the books. For math/stats, etc. I use mymathlabdotcom along with the textbooks, and that ...

6. Tuition Prices

   4evrhisma replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Pre-Nursing

   My CC in CA for this semester was $26/credit, but I heard it's going down to $20 for next semester.:wink2: It was only $13 when I went 10 years ago.

7. Can you share your thoughts....

   4evrhisma replied to Carla25's topic in General Nursing

   Well, my all time favorite verse is Matthew 19:14. I saw a Precious Moments figurine I can't stop thinking about. It's a little girl with a tear on her cheek, and she's holding a letter that says, "Dear Child, I never said it would be easy. I said it...

8. Future Specialty?

   4evrhisma replied to walktheline's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I think it's great you want to do hospice. My son was in hospice his last month (he was 14 mos), and how your resident's daughter felt about you is exactly how I feel about my son's nurse, I'll literally never forget her. Even if it's hard for the fa...

9. The letter......Spring 07

   4evrhisma replied to NRSNFL's topic in Pre-Nursing

   If it's the National Deans List, I would definetly do it. I was in it 2 yrs my first time around in undergrad when I got my Bachelor's. I didn't buy the book, because I was broke. The school's deans list I didn't get a letter to be in it, they just d...

10. How are male nurses perceived?

    4evrhisma replied to hemlok2's topic in General Nursing

    I'd just like to tell a story from a patient's perspective. My son was a patient at the local children's hospital for over a month. He was a year old and in critical care. Weeks into his hospital stay, I asked his nurse for that day if I could hold h...

11. Future Specialty?

    4evrhisma replied to walktheline's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Pediatric Special Needs or Pediatric Acute Care and later postmasters in genetic nursing Depends what program I can get into. I didn't think about nursing until I had a son with a rare disorder and disabilities that passed away. Now I work as a care...

12. What's everyone taking this fall?

    4evrhisma replied to Christinmomof3nrs2be's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Interm. Algebra for Bio and Math Majors Geometry refresher class Stats Disability and Society Techniques for Developmental Disabilities 11 units math, and so far stats is my fav. For alg. and geom. I have the same teacher, and he has the tests on the...

13. Shows, things, or people that motivate you to persevere

    4evrhisma replied to narcissistic's topic in Pre-Nursing

    :kiss I saw your post, and thought, It's the truth!. My son was 14 mos. when he became an angel and also had a genetic disorder. I also only remember a few of his doctors, but the nurses were the ones there with us all the time, for him. They inspire...

14. Pray For My Friend

    4evrhisma replied to chase4myheart's topic in General Students

    I'm very sorry for your loss, and I think it's beautiful how you are able to look at her passing as inspiration, and celebrate her life. You are going to be able to help so many people with your friend in your heart. My thoughts prayers are with you...

15. Need CNA info

    4evrhisma replied to luvthesquish's topic in CNA/MA

    hi rachel! i'm in the same boat, just starting a cna program. i found sample test and guides at this website. you can search by state (there's a link to sample tests on the left, and then see if your state is there.) it was helpful looking at them,...