coffeeaftermidnight

coffeeaftermidnight has 3 years experience and specializes in Home Health, Hospice and Med/Surg.

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1. dissecting cats

   coffeeaftermidnight replied to tessa45's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Some A&P classes disect fetal pigs and not cats. My A&P professor didn't have us dissect a cat or a pig. We dissected different body parts typically from cows and sheep, but he felt dissecting the cat or pig was a waste of time and a waste of...

2. Cheap textbook sites?

   coffeeaftermidnight replied to wannabe an rn's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I buy and sell on half.com and have great experiences there.

3. How to make A&P reading less boring

   coffeeaftermidnight replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I highlight and I also write down some notes as I read the text (I'm keeping my book so it's in the margins). I also find it helps me to read chapters in sections, try to break, answer a few questions, get a cup of coffee (whatever) and come back t...

4. Please help, I am getting bad grades in AP1 and am very discouraged?

   coffeeaftermidnight replied to TrinaCNA's topic in Pre-Nursing

   How strong is your science background? I took biology for science majors the term before my A&PI class (taking now) and it has really helped so much! My professor was just speaking about how the pre-req's for A&P have dropped for our colle...

5. Why the HURRY to Get into Nursing?

   coffeeaftermidnight replied to PacoUSA's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I couldn't agree with you more. I'm currently still working my "first career" as management in a corporation - 8-5 job BUT once I'm accepted to nursing school I'll have to quit that job and give up an income. I don't plan to work while in nursing sch...

6. Why the HURRY to Get into Nursing?

   coffeeaftermidnight replied to PacoUSA's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm 32 years old. I have four children. Nursing will be my second career. Currently, my life is on hold for school. I work 40-50 hours per week, I go to school full time in the evenings, my weekends are consumed with studying. I'm in a hurry beca...

7. Associates in Nursing vs Bachelors?

   coffeeaftermidnight replied to twinboys's topic in General Nursing

   Many universities offer a "fast track" BSN for individuals already holding a Bachelors in another field. It's often the same number of terms as the Associates. It might be an option to check out. :)

8. To all the moms out there: How did you do it?

   coffeeaftermidnight replied to Karina1481's topic in General Nursing

   Well, I'm in the middle of doing it. My children are 15 (stepson), 8 year old son, 3 year old daughter and 18 month old. I work full time, 8-5 in a corporate job and I go to school at night and do online classes at a local community college. Right ...

9. Is Regular Biology a Pre-Req for A&P?

   coffeeaftermidnight replied to ktdidit's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I took Bio1010 (biology for science majors) prior to taking A&P1 and I'm soooo glad I did! It wasn't required but it gave me such a great foundation for the first part of A&P. I noticed others in the class have struggled with diffusion, act...

10. I feel so hopeless ! :(

    coffeeaftermidnight replied to hopefulUS's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I know the last thing you want to hear is you have time - but at 19-20 years old, honey, you have time! Cherish the time you have while you are young to go to school. Work hard, keep up a can-do attitude and you will reach your goals. I'm 32 years ...

11. A&P 1: Need Some Help

    coffeeaftermidnight replied to emt3352's topic in Pre-Nursing

    The Molecular Transfer Lab was dealing with Diffision, Osmosis and Active Transport.

12. Challenging Classes

    coffeeaftermidnight replied to coffeeaftermidnight's topic in Pre-Nursing

    So far I have to say my most challenging class was Biology 1010. I earned an A but it was tough! I'm in A&P I right now. I'm so, so thankful I took Biology 1010 last term. Many of the concepts covered this first week were in that class which...

13. Paying for Childcare while in school

    coffeeaftermidnight replied to blessed2bfree's topic in Pre-Nursing

    My tuition and books for full time enrollment at a community college is slightly less than $2000 per term. My student loan is for over $5000 per term, leaving $3000 to use as I wish. Considering a term is only a few months, so that would cover most...

14. Challenging Classes

    coffeeaftermidnight posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    What class has been your most challenging out of all your pre-nursing classes? :)

15. mom of 3 starting mid-quarter Feb.

    coffeeaftermidnight replied to 2bnurseTV's topic in Pre-Nursing

    It is doable but you have to prioritize. My house isn't nearly as clean as it used to be. :) I'm also married, have four children (14 year old step son, 8 year old son, 3 year old daughter and 16 month old son) and I work full-time in a corporate man...