2ndyearstudent

2ndyearstudent CNA

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2ndyearstudent is a CNA and specializes in CNA.


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  1. Look into CNA work. You can usually schedule your shifts around your class and clinical times. I had no problem doing this and I worked as a LTC CNA, a Home Health Aide, and a CNA on a Med/Surg floor duing nursing school. I worked days and evening...
  2. Hesi Test

    The best way to study for HESI is to study your regular class topics - with the addition of using NCLEX review questions on the topics you are covering. My program used the HESI tests to evaluate your stregths and weaknesses and give you a directio...
  3. "Students with good grades = not good clinical nurses"

    I think you may have identified a reason for that.
  4. Grade Inflation in Nursing School

    This is very different in Associate Degree Programs. For the most part, grade inflation there is nonexistent. In general I would say it isn't any harder to get a C in an Associate Degree Program than a BSN program, but it sure as heck is a lot har...
  5. The Grading Scale For Your School

    Man I'd do a lot right now for a 90% = A. I need a 10/90 on my final to get a C and a 85/90 to get an A in my final class of nursing school. I think my 4.0 is his-to-ry.
  6. Care plan advice

    My care plans changed every time I changed instructors. I finally figured out I have to do a draft early, well before it is due, then run it by the instructor. They all have their own preferences for care plans so get them to tell you what they want...
  7. Gripes Galore...Need ADVICE!!

    You don't deserve any of the respect you appear to be expecting early in the program. You haven't done a thing. You are the exact equal to a kid outta high school who got into the program same as you. Nursing school is like boot camp in a lot of ways...
  8. When you begin conversation with a strawman that includes the phrase, "..how do you live with yourself?" you pretty much forfeit the opportunity to respond as above. The problem you are going to run into with your sources and your tone is you sound ...
  9. Be careful, there is another commonly used chemical that kills thousands of people a year. It can cause pneumonia, suffocation, spread disease, is toxic by itself without secondary causes and has many other known dangerous mechanisms of action. It i...
  10. Could it be...don't have to take Chemistry? :)

    Chemistry is heavily involved in Anatomy and Physiology...and in Nursing School. You may not care where iron is located on the periodic table but there is a whole lot of stuff about iron, many other ions, and many other chemistry concepts you do need...
  11. Question for Career Changers

    Engineering. In the 90's it was great - lots of work, lots of bonuses, promotions, stock options and comp time. I worked my butt off, but I saw rewards, both intrinsically in doing the job well and extrinsically in the aforementioned goodies. Then th...
  12. Is there an easy way memorizing drug names?

    I learned them through sheer repetition. I remember first year getting thrown name after name in my first semester and being completely overwhelmed - Lasix, Bumex, Lovenox, Heparin, Atenolol, Narcan, Nitroglycerin, Nitroprussin, Metformin, Lantus, No...
  13. I am in the same boat. I have a Bachelors of Science in Engineering and am going to graduate with an ASN on May 16. I was always auto rejected for any student aid due to the number of undergrad credits I already have and I had to fill out waiver for...
  14. Help: Can't find a CNA job!!

    Yep. Get a job in a crappy nursing home to get some experience so a hospital or clinic will look at you.
  15. 12 hour shift clinicals

    The only thing I would not like is the amount of time it would take away from studying for exams and completing assignments. Two twelves plus three days of work in a week doesn't leave much time for the constant grind of nursing school.