tuchipie

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1. First year nursing student

   tuchipie replied to munozg23's topic in Student Assist

   Wow, do I know what you mean. I have about 7 months left in my nursing school and when I was about 3 months in I remember thinking to myself 'maybe nursing isn't for me' I felt so overwhelmed and out of my element that I second guessed myself hard. ...

2. Do whiners make it through nursing school?

   tuchipie posted a topic in General Students

   I have been attending nursing school for 9 months now. We started in a class of 39. We are currently at 23 students remaining. Slowly but surely those who could not handle the stress or the rules have fallen by the wayside. There are those who co...

3. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

   tuchipie replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

   Carolc, this time it is you who is making me laugh. I am currently in the classroom that has an air conditioner that will not cool the room enough and during the winter did not warm it enough either. Water leaks when it rains and when the wind blow...

4. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

   tuchipie replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with Carol. I was on a waiting list at the local community college program and had been on it for 2 1/2 years. It was a lottery every semester. The program whould have cost me about 2800 dollars to complete. I am paying 18,000 for the private...

5. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

   tuchipie replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

   I am in the middle of my LVN program and when I am finished I will have taken out $18,000 in student loans to pay for my education. Maybe for some people that is not alot, but it is alot for me and my husband who is not working full-time yet in this ...