caskew7

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1. Has anyone taken TEAS 2nd time and was successful?

   caskew7 replied to llr26's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I did retake the TEAS for a second time and only was below the score i needed by a few points (my school required a 75%). It was the English portion that proved to be my weakest area. So I went home and reviewed it a little and once i re-took it i ha...

2. L&D nurses: Advice please!

   caskew7 replied to magn1jes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   In my personal experience, I've found that every woman that I've known who desired a "natural" birth winded up getting a C-section because of complications such as the baby going into distress, excessively long labor, or no cervix dilation, etc. To e...

3. Cute/useful gifts you received after being accepted

   caskew7 replied to Jessicias85's topic in General Students

   Before I started the program, my mother (also an RN) purchased me all kinds of goodies including a Littman cardiology III stethoscope, my school uniforms, nursing shoes, and other little tools like my penlight, etc. Needless to say I love my mother :...

4. Lots of FREE medical, etc. books on Kindle today!!

   caskew7 replied to RileyPuggle's topic in General Students

   Wow! Thank u so much for sharing the link. My DH and I just downloaded Kindle for Mac and got a ton of free books. This is amazing and I'm so grateful that u shared. Now I have lots of reference material to look at on my nurs school journey

5. Call me crazy....but......

   caskew7 replied to NikiRN2012's topic in General Students

   Wow! It's good to hear there is someone out there like myself. I too find it difficult to enjoy summer/winter break. I relax for like the first few days - week and then i'm all "I wanna go back to school, I'm ready for the new semester!!!". I get bor...

6. Academic Suicide?

   caskew7 replied to DoingGodsWork's topic in General Students

   I think that you should try to postpone A&P II until the summer because last fall semester I had that class, the corresponding lab, and my upper level psych class and i seriously worked my butt off for A's in those classes. A&P II can be an i...

7. Skills Lab kit

   caskew7 replied to Yummy Chocolate's topic in General Students

   My school only requires us to buy our stethoscope, hemostat, bandage scissors, reflex hammer, pen light & a BP cuff is optional. I wish we could get that other stuff so that I could play with it a lil bit (he he) but I believe the rest is provide...

8. Just Got Accepted.....Any Advice?

   caskew7 replied to DoingGodsWork's topic in General Students

   I'm starting nurs school on Jan 10th so I've been prepping myself by looking at youtube vids of nurs skills like bedmaking, handwashing, ng tubes, wound care, etc. I have the majority of my textbooks already so i try to skim thru them. we've already ...

9. Do you use youtube for clinical demonstrations?

   caskew7 replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Students

   I love using youtube for demonstrations and I'm not even in nursing school yet lol. I start on Jan 10th and I've been trying to prep myself by looking at skills videos like bedmaking, wound care, and ng tube insertions. I think its a great resource/r...

10. Is anyone else excited?

    caskew7 replied to heavenbound's topic in Pre-Nursing

    super duper excited here too! trying to prepare myself mentally but still unsure of what to expect haha. Nevertheless bring it on. Congrats to all the other accept-ees as well!

11. needing to make a decision...

    caskew7 replied to kbucksn's topic in General Students

    I don't remember having a substantial amount of chem on my TEAS exam. I would suggest getting the study guide and review everything in it well. My only trouble with the exam was the English portion with all the grammatical 'rules' ugghhh it was so tr...

12. For those going to 2nd semester--what will u do differently?

    caskew7 replied to UumiNurseX's topic in General Students

    I really, really like this thread. I don't begin nursing school until Jan 10th but by seeing what you all talked about changing has helped me to learn what I should do in advance. I plan to read everything ahead of time, take good notes, print out &a...

13. Just accepted for Spring 2011

    caskew7 replied to finalscore3b1g's topic in General Students

    Haha thank u! My mom-in-law is an RN too plus I have 2 other close friends who are RN's that I can rely on if needed lol Good luck to u too!

14. Just accepted for Spring 2011

    caskew7 replied to finalscore3b1g's topic in General Students

    Yay! Congrats to us Spring 2011 nursing students!!! I too start Jan 10th and I can not wait and am super excited/nervous at the same time. I plan to work my BUTT off to maintain my 3.0 GPA. I've already submitted all my paperwork (physical, immunizat...

15. Anatomy and Physiology 2 study tips?

    caskew7 replied to Carla0912's topic in General Students

    Hi Carla0912, I just got an A in A&P II so speaking from experience I believe that those who get the higher grades put in the most work. I usually began studying for an exam exactly 1 week before the test. I would start with an hour of study and ...