SpookySqueeek

SpookySqueeek has 3 years experience and specializes in As an aid: Med/surg, neuro, cardiac.

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1. Easiest and Toughest Classes In UT Arlington RN-BSN Program

   SpookySqueeek replied to commonsense's topic in Texas (UTA)

   Sara, there's not a whole lot you can take concurrently with Prof A&B because you have to finish that in order to take any of the other NURS courses. You could take it with Medical Terminology, though. That class is super easy. Four tests, no oth...

2. Easiest and Toughest Classes In UT Arlington RN-BSN Program

   SpookySqueeek replied to commonsense's topic in Texas (UTA)

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3. Jobs outside of hospitals besides nursing home/LTAC/home health?

   SpookySqueeek posted a topic in Job Hunt

   So, like every other new grad out there, I'm not having much luck landing my first job. I have my ADN and I'm about half way done with my BSN. I'm a great student, participated in our student nurse organization, and I volunteer, so I would think I'd ...

4. Easiest and Toughest Classes In UT Arlington RN-BSN Program

   SpookySqueeek replied to commonsense's topic in Texas (UTA)

   Ok, right now I'm taking Holistic Health Assessment and Health Promotion together. Neither one is really hard, in my opinion, and I currently have A's, but Assessment in particular is time consuming and I'm finding it hard to get everything done on t...

5. Nurs3645 Professional Nursing

   SpookySqueeek replied to sassrn's topic in Texas (UTA)

   Champ, thank you thank you thank you! I have been having such a hard time finding anything for this assignment. It seemed silly that the hardest part of it so far has been finding an article, lol. Googling that title and then looking at the related a...

6. Do Not Underestimate the Difficulty Level of Nursing School

   SpookySqueeek replied to tenjuna's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thank you, this is awesome! I'm now in my final semester of an ADN program, and like OP, I'm one of those good students who underestimated just how challenging nursing school would truly be. My first go 'round I tried working full time nights along...

7. Future nurses getting used to the job

   SpookySqueeek replied to Brian's topic in General Students

   I have a really hard time with retching. It's not the vomit, not that that smells great or anything, but the sound of retching that makes my stomach turn as well. I also get the urge to cough whenever I have a patient who sounds really wet.

8. Do experienced students (cna, emt) do better in nursing programs than non-exp???

   SpookySqueeek replied to Aka Mommy's topic in General Students

   I was a nurse aid for two years before starting nursing school. Like the others have said, it has it's pros and cons. Some of the pros were that I did indeed have a leg up on basic clinical skills like vital signs and patient ambulation because I did...