FitMommyRN

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  1. University of South Alabama FNP Spring 2017

    Hi! I'll be in the dual role RN to MSN starting in the spring. Just finishing up my castlebranch stuff now.
  2. Georgia Perimeter's Nursing Progran

    A lot of us work. It all depends on what else is on your plate. I wouldn't recommend trying to work more than 20-30 hours a week. The most ideal job would be something you could schedule around exams and clinicals and check offs. I tend to work a...
  3. Georgia Perimeter's Nursing Progran

    Glad to hear they've implemented a limit again. We were glad it changed from the way it used to be but felt that there should be some incentive or gpc wouldn't have the skilled graduates like it has for so long.
  4. Georgia Perimeter's Nursing Progran

    I'm staring down my graduate date of May 1st. It's been a long, terrifying, exhausting experience. I don't really know what kind of advice to give. For me, I don't read the book. I study the power points, use outside sources like the "reviews and...
  5. Becoming a Tech

    I found that most units require one semester of clinical. On the applications I was filling out, there was always a spot where you checked off whether you were an MA, CNA, or were currently enrolled in an accredited nursing program. I landed a te...
  6. Textbooks cheaper.

    You should really, really consider buying previous editions of your textbooks. At most, the chapters may be in a different order, but I haven't noticed any differences in the information. This semester is Psych, Pediatrics, and my three required te...
  7. Med Surg Advice

    Med-surg was waaaaaaaaaay way way WAAAAY WAY more interesting than fundamentals. Therefore, it was also kind of fun. It's like problem solving: you have some labs, some symptoms, or particular pain or any number of things so WHAT'S wrong with them?...
  8. Good study method or too OCD?

    I'm like Jennie.K. I stopped reading the textbook after my very first nursing school exam and I've gotten all A's. I don't retain the information from these long-winded textbooks. I learn everything in lecture and clinical and use my books as a re...
  9. When do you find time to work out?

    I don't find time, I make time. That's the key. I work part-time, have a family, and am full-time in school. I lift (heavy lifting) for about 75-90 minutes a workout, 5 days a week. I listen to recorded lectures while I'm at the gym. Just like ...
  10. What time do you start clinical?

    The schedule says 7-7. Considering shift change starts at about 6:45 and we get our @sses handed to us if we miss report, we get there earlier. I try to get there around 5:30 to go over the chart. Our patients are assigned the day before but it's ...
  11. Less job opportunities with ADN?

    Depends on where you are and the reputation of your program. I'm in an ADN program that churns out well prepared RNs with excellent skills who find work with few issues. Those who do spend months looking are usually the ones who want a specific hos...
  12. My Advice for Getting into Nursing School

    Aren't there other capacities in which you could use your degree? I'm sorry you feel this way. My program is extremely nurturing, wildly difficult, and *gasp* fun. I also, while searching for tech jobs the other day, found 6 RN positions right up ...
  13. Social life of a nursing major?

    I still manage to have a social life. Maybe I'm the exception. I usually found that I had one full day of fun and frivolity a week last semester (first semester of nursing courses) and I got an A. However, I also found fundamentals to be relativel...
  14. Poor GPA :( any RN programs?!

    It also depends on if programs accept the higher grade in a repeated course. Some programs average the two together (if you got an F and then an A, they'd average them). At some programs it counts against you if you retake a course. They don't wan...
  15. Will my tattoos hold me back?

    I see a few peeking out of the scrubs of nurses and techs when I'm in clinical. I've seen a few half sleeves showing on a few docs. The only tattoos of mine that show are my arms and a chest piece. I simply wear a long sleeve shirt under my scrubs...