Jivane

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1. Eek! I dislocated my patella...can I start nursing school in the fall?

   Jivane replied to ILstudentnurse's topic in General Students

   I feel your pain! I have patellar subluxation--basically, my knee caps are constantly dislocating. In my case, surgery was recommended, but not required. Due to sports and school, I declined. I can usually work mine back in to place--practice makes p...

2. nursing student needs advice on personal anxiety and patient empathy

   Jivane replied to medstudentcutter's topic in General Students

   I'm currently in nursing, and have had anxiety all my life. Unfortunately, my nursing program 'strongly discourages' (AKA: Doesn't allow) any kind of prescription medication that 'alters the state of mind,' during school/clinical, so any anxiety medi...

3. Recommend a good A&P review book

   Jivane replied to Nurse2bESK's topic in General Students

   I used Hole's Human Anatomy and Physiology. It's our textbook and workbook, but I found it to be amazing! The text and workbook coordinate well, and give a lot of practice. You can find these online for not horrible expensive.

4. The Classes To Take In College

   Jivane replied to angela47x3's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Your college should have a list of requirements for admission, as well as 'general studies' classes to take. Although my school does not usually accept high school graduates directly in to the nursing program, it is recommended that students enroll i...

5. Cats in the the facility

   Jivane replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe I'm a little naive, but I'm completely shocked they would allow a (non-service) animal in the facility! Personally, I am highly allergic to cats--Asthma, Hives, etc etc. Even if a cat is in the same house as me, I have a horrible allergic reac...

6. Question for current nursing students:

   Jivane replied to jil_'s topic in General Students

   I would definitely brush up on basic math, and review the metric system!! Surprisingly, this is what most people in my program are struggling with. We had several people already fail the first exam

7. Suspended

   Jivane replied to ajuma's topic in General Nursing

   Regardless, if you post, you should be open to all constructive criticism. You couldn't have possibly expected everyone in the world to agree with you, and pat your hand.. Sometimes tough love really is best. People need to hear other opinions freque...

8. Suspended

   Jivane replied to ajuma's topic in General Nursing

   I strongly agree with THIS PART of what they said. The job market is not simple, or 'easy going.' Everyone makes mistakes, but in this job field, it is important to own up to those mistakes, and take what comes with them. If you quit, or go as far to...

9. Buying textbooks online?

   Jivane replied to C-lion's topic in General Students

   I have always bought my textbooks online, and never had an issue. Just make sure you have the correct ISBN, Title, AND edition. Make sure you check all three. Otherwise, no issues, just money saved! I think they just reccomend you buy them from the b...

10. GPA

    Jivane replied to UCDAVIS JESSICA's topic in General Students

    This is not the case with my school. I am currently re-taking a pre-req, simply because I wanted an A. No one has ever said anything about it at our school :)

11. Changing nursing major to something different

    Jivane replied to dfj22's topic in General Nursing

    Well, there is one thing to address here.. Do you want to be a nurse? If the answer is yes, then you need to keep trying, and keep looking. There are other Nursing schools out there. I had a 'rough' undergraduate semester (I was in and out of the hos...

12. Question about Assisted Living

    Jivane replied to jaelpn's topic in General Nursing

    WHOA!! I have never heard of that before.. I just don't see how that's legal, with the whole "Duty to Act" thing.. I work in an ALF, and we have to be current on ALL med certifications, CPR/AED, etc., or we are automatically suspended.

13. university of phoenix RN and clinicals???

    Jivane replied to alyCNA's topic in School Programs

    I haven't done their program online, but I did do a large portion of my undergrad online. I have to say... I am a very good student, but the online classes I found MUCH harder than in person. Especially with things such as math and sciences. I did a ...

14. i dont wanna be a nurse

    Jivane replied to guest01/18/17's topic in Career Support

    Maybe Teaching?

15. i need some advice!

    Jivane replied to carly23's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't start worrying yet. There are a lot of people who do not think they will do well until they apply themselves! However, it is very important to 'make the grades,' AND understand what it is you're learning. After all, Nursing has a lot of ma...