shakeitup82

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1. How old were you when you began nursing school?

   shakeitup82 replied to jpearl119's topic in General Students

   I started school when I was 18 and will be 22 when I

2. Classes

   shakeitup82 replied to Francis77's topic in General Students

   It really depends on your study habits so you really have to tailor it to yourself. One big mistake I've seen a lot of my friends make is just try and memorize everything. This may work short term but...

3. Do friends outside of nursing school give you a hard time?

   shakeitup82 replied to hunnybaby24's topic in General Students

   Luckily, I chose to live in themed housing my freshman year, so everybody on my floor was some sort of health major. It was one of the best decisions I made! We all became really good friends so we...

4. study abroad

   shakeitup82 replied to ou2010's topic in General Students

   No, as far as I know it's only our students who can go. Sorry! I would definitely check with your school though...I know we're not the only ones who do something like

5. Nursing student taking drugs

   shakeitup82 replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

   Ok we're getting off topic...back to the original

6. Nursing student taking drugs

   shakeitup82 replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

   All I'm saying is that the poster said it wasn't a CRIME to which you told him to cite his source because you haven't heard of any states where it's not a crime. He didn't say it wasn't ILLEGAL.

7. Nursing student taking drugs

   shakeitup82 replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

   First of all, not in Alaska. Secondly, just because you pay a fine doesn't make it a CRIME. If I counted correctly there are 11 states where it is decriminalized to an extent. It's basically like...

8. Nursing student taking drugs

   shakeitup82 replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

   Not true, I go to school in MA and we decriminalized marijuana possession for up to one ounce. You just pay $100, they take it, and you can be on your way with no further

9. study abroad

   shakeitup82 replied to ou2010's topic in General Students

   Do you mean other students as in ones who don't go to the

10. study abroad

    shakeitup82 replied to ou2010's topic in General Students

    I know at my school it's basically impossible to do a traditional study abroad for nursing, unless you did it very early on with all pre-reqs. I've never heard of anybody doing this though. For people...

11. cheating classmate

    shakeitup82 replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    I have a similar situation in my nursing classes. There is one girl who cheats on EVERYTHING. It's so frustrating because we would all be stressing over an A&P or Microbio exam we just took and...

12. Class sizes

    shakeitup82 replied to sproeber89's topic in General Students

    There are about 90 nursing students in my year and we all have Pathophysiology, Pharmocology, and Nursing Interventions together. Our skills lab for Interventions is 20 people and out Developmental...

13. Loan Forgiveness Programs

    shakeitup82 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everybody! I'm still in nursing school but I'm thinking ahead! I was wondering what everybody's experiences were with loan forgiveness programs, either through the government or with hospitals you...

14. Course Load

    shakeitup82 replied to Bo Shoi Ming's topic in General Students

    You should be fine I think. It will be hard but you won't drive yourself crazy over it. I took A&P, Microbiology, Sociology, and Psychology in one semester and did pretty well (As and A-s and a B...

15. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    shakeitup82 replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

    I want to buy lots of plane tickets and travel