courtenia

Latest Activity

1. IV access ports

   courtenia posted a topic in Student Assist

   I am a nursing student in a large metropolitan area and have had the unique experience of having clinicals in several different urban hospitals. And so, I see many different styles of practice from the nurses. My biggest concern about the discrepanc...

2. SUNY Downstate Summer '09 looking for CPR class

   courtenia replied to 12345nurse54321's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I go to SUNY Downstate and am in the accelerated program. I'll graduate this summer...so I'll meet you in June. Congrats on your acceptance. Prepare yourself for some hard work and many many challenges. But you will also become a better person! (...

3. Accelerated Nursing Programs

   courtenia replied to courtenia's topic in General Students

   Our program is only 15 mo. because all students are required to have a prior Bachelor's degree and were also required to complete all of our pre-reqs beforehand...(A&P 1 and 2, Chemistry, 2 semesters of psych, microbiology, statistics, etc) So in...

4. Accelerated Nursing Programs

   courtenia posted a topic in General Students

   I am in my second semester in an Accelerated Nursing Program and I am getting worried about how much I do NOT know. I am doing well in classes and on exams, but when I get to the clinical sites (I am currently in my second clinical experience--Med Su...

5. Survived my first day alone!

   courtenia replied to theatredork's topic in New Nurse

   Hi to KGrands, I saw that you are a Downstate Accelerated nursing grad. I started at Downstate this past June and am dying to find a grad to alot of questions. My most dire question is: did you feel prepared to be a nurse when you were done? I suppo...