sh1901

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1. ACLS for soon to be GN? Advice please.

   sh1901 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm hoping to get some advice regarding ACLS. I'll be graduating in December and they are offering an ACLS course for us to take in October so that we would have that certification when we graduate. Do you think that it is worth the effort mid-seme...

2. They bumped up our minimum passing grade point average...

   sh1901 replied to semester1kid's topic in General Students

   Ours is 75 with 70% of your grade being from exams throughout the semester and 30% being from the final exam.

3. am i too old?

   sh1901 replied to glitterygirl's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm 33 and in my last semester, but there are MANY folks older than I am (both male & female) in my class - so please don't let your age be a hurtle for you...you will have other hurtles, don't create one that isn't really there! I would think th...

4. No Pinning Ceremony??

   sh1901 posted a topic in General Students

   Well, after all this hard work, we find out at orientation this semester that we will probably NOT have a pinning ceremony at the end of the semester. I'm kinda upset about this. Our first semester they started hyping up the pinning ceremony, how m...

5. What would you like to have at your school?

   sh1901 replied to bonestAx's topic in General Students

   I had the same suggestion as Silverdragon...as a student I would find it very useful to have someone come & talk about the different areas of nursing. Have you thought about doing a quick survey of your classmates to ask what they might be inte...

6. Note-taking tips

   sh1901 replied to ErinRN2B's topic in General Students

   I use good old fashioned pen & paper. I also use a digital recorder & use it to "fill in the blanks" after class. Our instructors post their powerpoints as well and I print them out before lecture and will use them as well. Be sure you don'...

7. Student Nurses Association

   sh1901 replied to 1234student's topic in General Students

   If you are going to volunteer for something where you will have hands-on with patients, make sure you check to see if you need a preceptor present. I know that we had to have one present when we were doing community service that involved hands-on.

8. lvn background check

   sh1901 replied to miia's topic in General Students

   Were they to send the background check to you or to the school? Relax, make a couple phone calls. :)

9. I failed nursing school and need some advice!

   sh1901 replied to raang5's topic in General Students

   I think that you really need to think about this test anxiety thing and if you do decide to go back, you need to seek out some support to deal with that. If you are going to have that much anxiety over an exam at school, what are you going to do whe...

10. Well I make it past pre-nursing? Fear...

    sh1901 replied to Lovely2014's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Good Luck with A&P...my best advice for A&P is that when you get that blank diagram of something that you need to learn (muscles, nerves, organs, etc.), don't fill it in until you've had a chance to make a bunch of copies of it so that you ca...

11. Going to Nursing School at an Older Age

    sh1901 replied to AmaurosisFugax's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm almost 33, but there are plenty of other student in my class at NS that are 50+ and I don't think that any of them feel that they are over looked or treated unfairly. As for the nursing shortage - well, I think that it is difficult to determine...

12. to those of you who had the summer off...

    sh1901 replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

    Gee...anyone get the sense that there is some tension with the start of the semester?? (BTW, that was sarcasm)

13. Fall 2010 applicants for ccac

    sh1901 replied to rebecca6890's topic in Pennsylvania

    Hi zc727 - I think that it really varies by campus. We needed to have our "packets" from the book store for our orientation for 101 (which is typically your longest orientation). Did you get any letters from the school stating what you needed? If ...

14. At what age did you decide on nursing?

    sh1901 replied to Wan2BRN's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hey Paco386 - Thanks for the encouragement. I have indeed thought about how I can use my education degree, I guess that I just get frustrated that I've had that degree for 10+ yrs and its just been sitting in my safe collecting dust while I worked i...

15. At what age did you decide on nursing?

    sh1901 replied to Wan2BRN's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'll be 33 in a few weeks and will be finishing NS in December. I have a full-time job, husband, 2 kids in middle school and my Mother In Law lives with us. If you want it bad enough, you make it work regardless of what else you have going on. BTW,...