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1. Nervous about starting school.

   spritez replied to justchill's topic in General Students

   I think that's a little harsh. We all handle stress differently and we all have different strengths; it's unfair just to write off those who struggle as being uncaring and lazy. And though I'm not certain of your age, I'm inclined to believe you may ...

2. A&P Textbook

   spritez replied to yisy4u's topic in General Students

   Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th edition. Elaine Marieb.

3. How did everyone do this semester?

   spritez replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

   ^ That does suck. 4 A's, 2 B's :) I'm happy with that. Especially cause one of the B's was A&P.

4. KARDEX- What is it and when is it used

   spritez replied to MissDilini's topic in General Students

   The kardex is kind of a patient cheat sheet. It lists all the important information to get a quick summary of your patient's needs. From my experience in clinicals, it has your client's basic biographical information, sensory deficit & disability...

5. A Typical Week at Nursing School?

   spritez replied to iwanttobeanurse33's topic in General Students

   Every school is going to be different, especially with how many clinical hours you're doing. Plus it varies largely by the year of the program. But if you want an idea of how my first year of BScN went... Semester 1: 7 classes/wk Nursing Theory - 3 ...

6. Any non-native speakers ?

   spritez replied to nonnativespeaker's topic in General Students

   There are many non-native speakers in my 4 year BScN program, but most of them are fairly fluent in English. They did struggle sometimes with grammar in papers, but otherwise there was no issue. I think it might be challenging to take any university ...

7. Frustrated and Nervous

   spritez replied to cupcake231's topic in General Students

   ...then what makes you think this would be an issue? Sounds like it's just a blood pressure thing.

8. Tired and Burned out

   spritez replied to Dandy Girl's topic in General Students

   Definitely feeling you on this! I finished 1.5 weeks ago, but I was completely burnt out by all the term papers due, and then headed straight into exams. It's not fun. I found one thing that can help is to go out for lunch or dinner with a friend whi...

9. Health Assessment

   spritez replied to cupcake231's topic in General Students

   Practice, practice, practice! It's tough to juggle all your courses, but you'll make it easier on yourself when it comes to Head-To-Toe testing if you take the time to make sure you understand the assessment skills taught every week. Good luck! Asses...

10. What do you wear to class?

    spritez replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    They let you do that?? We are strictly prohibited from wearing our scrubs or nursing shoes on our way to our clinical placement. You can pick up all sorts of microbes and bring them into the facility. Seems to make sense to me.

11. Nursing School GPA

    spritez replied to spritez's topic in General Students

    Thanks for all the replies! I'm a bit confused, what is 'c = RN' supposed to imply?

12. Nursing School GPA

    spritez posted a topic in General Students

    What do you consider a good or decent GPA in nursing school? How much do GPAs matter in the long run? What kind of GPA do you need (or how much do GPAs matter) to get into a master's program? Thanks!

13. A&P I

    spritez replied to heavenleedesire's topic in General Students

    I found general psych to be a walk in the park, but I know others struggled more with it. Depends on your strengths; I've been interested in psych for a long time so I had a basis for the class before starting. A&P is notorious in my program for ...

14. first day of summer break...and it sucks!!!!!!!!!!!

    spritez replied to sophie<3's topic in General Students

    I was basically in the same position as you for one of my classes (I was in first year BScN.) We needed a 63% to pass the course, and I needed a 59% on the final to achieve that or I failed my entire first year. Someone called in a bomb threat on our...

15. Nursing School Competition

    spritez replied to spritez's topic in General Students

    Test banks?! Alright, that is just unethical and academically dishonest. I don't think that was the case with these students whispering to each other. We get a lot of information at my school which trickles down from second year students as for hints...