tsmith9031

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1. For all who are nervous about school starting or Feeling Overwhelmed

   tsmith9031 replied to margaretptz's topic in General Students

   It made me tear up as well. Thanks so much for sharing!

2. Does everyone feel overwhelmed when they start nursing school?

   tsmith9031 replied to tsmith9031's topic in General Students

   Thanks everyone for your words of encouragement. I really am so excited and have waited a long time for this opportunity to become a reality. Im willing to work as hard as I need to to make my dream of becomeing a nurse come true. Good luck to ever...

3. What is your passing percentile?

   tsmith9031 replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

   Ours is 80% in theory and clinical for Nursing and Pharm is 80% in dosage lab and Theory. They do not round and you must have 80% in all 4 areas to pass. They look at them as 4 different classes. We have about a 40% pass rate for Nursing I. I go to a...

4. Does everyone feel overwhelmed when they start nursing school?

   tsmith9031 posted a topic in General Students

   I started this past week and all of the homework I have seems so overwhelming. I have been working for hours and hours all week (which I did expect) but I feel like I havent got anything done. I am really excited and interested in what Im learning I ...

5. Anyone taking Micro with Nursing?

   tsmith9031 replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

   I will be taking Micro in a 8week course over the Summer with Nursing II. I am dreading it because I took half of a semester of it before I had to drop (I dropped due to an illness, I had a B in the class when I dropped) and it was hard at the cc I ...

6. Clinical hours!!

   tsmith9031 replied to nubiafl's topic in General Students

   I am also here in florida and no we do not get paid for clinicals. After your first semester you can get a job at the Hospital as a nurse intern.

7. Can't stop studying!!!

   tsmith9031 replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Students

   Are any of you guys scared to unwrap your books? I am so scared something will go wrong and I wont be able to start and I will be stuck with a thousand dollars worth of books. I know this sounds crazy since I have taken the cpr class, aids cert., had...

8. Food And Nutrition Spring 2007

   tsmith9031 replied to bblair's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I will be taking Nutrition along with Pharm and nursing I. It is a coreq in my program so you cant take it before hand hope its not too hard since the other 2 are going to kill me by the end of the semester.

9. Nutrition

   tsmith9031 replied to lisabeth's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I will be starting in January also with Pharm and Nursing I

10. very discourage, what should i do at this point?

    tsmith9031 replied to jbdang's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I will be starting the nursing program in Jan. Like all CC we have to take A&P 1, A&P 2, And Micro for our nursing program. My Profs in these classes (3 diffrent Profs) have all said they make them harder to weed out the one who wont make it ...

11. Who starts in January?

    tsmith9031 replied to flygirls2's topic in General Students

    I start Jan 3rd. I'm so excited hopefully the Xmas holiday will make time go by fast

12. Please Help!!!

    tsmith9031 replied to tsmith9031's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks everyone. It is a huge relief. I am so happy I get to start. I am also nervous because I know it is going to be a tough program. Im in florida and my program placed first in NCLEX exams passing rates. I am married with 3 children and I also wo...

13. Please Help!!!

    tsmith9031 replied to tsmith9031's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks SUEMOM2KAY I talked to the Nursing Director today. She was hesitant at first but since I wasnt struggling with Micro when I dropped and my GPA is pretty good I can still start in Jan YEAH!!!!!

14. Please Help!!!

    tsmith9031 replied to tsmith9031's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks! I am going today.

15. Please Help!!!

    tsmith9031 posted a topic in New Nurse

    This is my first post so hopefully it is in the right place. I have a question. I was taking my last Coreq (Microbiology) in the Fall term, I had to drop due to being in the hospital. I dropped on Oct 11th and then got my acceptance letter in the mai...