ussmcfaul

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1. Is this doable or am I setting myself up for failure?

   ussmcfaul replied to JPbaby09's topic in Pre-Nursing

   a little more about calcium channel blockers. here is a quote "ccbs (calcium channel blockers) also slow the rate at which the heart beats and are therefore used for treating certain types of abnormally rapid heart rhythms." ok, i'm writing this to s...

2. Is this doable or am I setting myself up for failure?

   ussmcfaul replied to JPbaby09's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hi, I myself was a slacker in high school. But once I began college I became completely dedicated. I myself took A&P 1, A&P 2, and microbiology in 1 semester and got A's in all of them. I also studied my butt off in chemistry on my own to cle...

3. Huge let down from one of my profs

   ussmcfaul replied to Holly.G's topic in General Students

   Re: my experience isn't the norm I did say that "SOME opinions are based on fact" and that was my only point. The teacher in me is actually tough. For example when someone in my class asks "how many questions are on the exam?" I want to applaud the t...

4. Can Nursing be a Co-major??

   ussmcfaul replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Students

   "Why did you double major??Whats the point of majoring in Bio if you want to be a Nurse?You must love science! lol" I do absolutely love science. I got into nursing because of my personal experiences being a patient. One of them was when I was in IC...

5. Huge let down from one of my profs

   ussmcfaul replied to Holly.G's topic in General Students

   Both my mom and I have revealed personal things to our instructors and it came back to bite us in the a$$. I'm not saying all instructors are like this, but there is some truth to it. When my mom was in nursing school, she admitted to the teacher tha...

6. Huge let down from one of my profs

   ussmcfaul replied to Holly.G's topic in General Students

   "This just really put me down.....the fact that im trying SO HARD in school and im finally getting decent grades 70s-80s-90's considering in high school I got nothing more than 40's and 50's... " There is a lot to comment about this post. I actually ...

7. Nursing school stress

   ussmcfaul replied to b_howard's topic in General Students

   "My cohort is so so so tight...we are like one big family. I love it and I am happy I have these people to lean on." In my program it seems like everyone is so competative, there is no comradery. I feel completely on my own. I wish I had a group of p...

8. Can Nursing be a Co-major??

   ussmcfaul replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Students

   I'm majoring in nursing and Biology. You have to be organized and completely dedicated. Not to mention, have a real interest in what you're studying.