Catherine's mom

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1. Is it time to throw the towel in?

   Catherine's mom replied to MttoRN's topic in General Students

   I am in a similar situation--I was in an RN program in Minnesota last fall, completed the first semester and then my husband got his dream job and we moved to Virginia. I don't regret moving, but I was totally unprepared for the frustration of tryin...

2. Anyone age 35 and and up and a nursing student? (say hi)

   Catherine's mom replied to Mandylpn's topic in General Students

   I will be 44 this month, there is a mix of ages in my class (1st semester in an ADN program). However in my practice group I am paired with 3 students who are all 20, the same age as my older daughter! I am really enjoying the program, but I find...

3. What color is your uniform?

   Catherine's mom replied to manna's topic in General Students

   Ours are a royal blue scrub top and jacket with school logo embroidered in white, and white scrub pants. Shoes have to be all white.

4. Fall semester is nearing!

   Catherine's mom replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

   My first of 4 semesters starts Aug 25, and I will be taking Foundations in Nursing with lab and clinicals. I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!

5. Support from family/friends?

   Catherine's mom replied to echo*echo's topic in General Students

   My husband is incredibly supportive of me, I gave up a full time job to go to nursing school full time so he is the sole moneymaker of the family. On top of that his job is very stressful and he travels a lot. My kids are divided--the girls (20 and ...

6. Anyone attend North Hennepin in Minnesota?

   Catherine's mom replied to neonatalRN's topic in General Students

   I am starting nursing classes at Inver Hills next month. I don't where my clinical spot will be, although I have heard that they try to get it close to where you live. The instructors here seem really nice. I don't know anything about North Hennepin...

7. Anyone starting next month???

   Catherine's mom replied to KAYfutureLPN's topic in General Students

   I am starting an ADN program on Aug 25th also. Today I get my physical, am waiting for my CPR card to arrive to turn in to the nursing director by Aug 1. I already have my uniforms (we needed to have them for the nursing assistant class). I get my...

8. Tips for remembering abbreviations for "Times of drug admin."

   Catherine's mom replied to colleen10's topic in General Students

   Here's how I remember it: "a" comes before "p" in the alphabet, so "a" is before and "p" is after--meals etc. For the b.i.d., t.i.d, and q.i.d. I think of b as bi (two), t as tri (three) and q as quad (four). Hope this helps.

9. Clinicals Start this week!

   Catherine's mom replied to PowerPuffGirl's topic in General Students

   You will do just fine. After you get your feet wet so to speak it will all get easier. I had clinicals in May in a nursing home, it was a very interesting experience. I found my instructor to be extremely helpful, she very calmly coached me and t...

10. Microbiology

    Catherine's mom replied to camkib's topic in General Students

    Congratulations! We finished our testing on Tuesday, and we had Proteus vulgaris, which is what we figured from the gram negative results and the small size of the rods. I'm glad to have it done with also, now I only have 2 papers left to write!

11. How much are your books going to cost?

    Catherine's mom replied to fnimat1's topic in General Students

    Our book list comes in at about $800 for all of them, but the dean gave us a heads up at orientation about which books are essential and which books we could share for at least the first semester. Our bookstore also has a "nursing students only" day ...

12. how many tries?

    Catherine's mom replied to Cynthiann's topic in General Students

    I was accepted the first time around, will start this fall. For the fall 2003 year my school had over 400 applicants for 60 openings, and they had a lottery system. I was lucky and got the first alternate position! I have since heard that they have...

13. Tired of summer school!

    Catherine's mom replied to Cynthiann's topic in General Students

    I am taking Micro and Medical Dosages (I take the final in this tomorrow morning-yeah!). My Micro teacher made the comment that we were nuts to take it in the summer. Can't wait till the end of July, this class is boring! Looking forward to the e...