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  1. Has anyone ever failed and had to readmit?

    I barely passed my Fundamentals course. Anything below an 80 is failing, I had an 81 at the end of the semester. Our professor warned us that no one ever passes the make up exam. They are notoriously hard and consist of 5 open-ended essay style quest...
  2. My first semester (Jan. 2012) it was never really explained what the lab was for. We had to figure it out ourselves, and then we heard from upper classmen that faculty was concerned that our class wasn't practicing enough. I guess they forgot that we...
  3. Feel like a hippocrit when doing health teaching

    There are several ways a patient could respond to you educating them about healthier choices. "Why should I listen to you? You're just as overweight as me?" But even if you were at the ideal weight, the patient could say: "What do you know about it? ...
  4. Smoking and the Nursing Student

    I don't want to sound callous but talk is cheap. Everyone's saying I'll quit after school, but then that becomes I'll quit after I pass NCLEX, I'll quit once I find a job, I'll quit once I get handle on being a new nurse. I've begged my mom for years...
  5. How do you store your stethoscope?

    During the semester I kept handing over a knob on my dressing. During clinical it was either around my neck or in my giant smock pocket. Over the summer it was in my bag I took to clinical. So excited to be going back in two days!
  6. Do you read the entire book?

    I don't think we read the entire book but most of it. Reading is what works best for me so I read every single assigned chapter at least once. Then when I study the slides I refer to the text to clear anything up. Even though all the reading was tedi...
  7. Not willing to do the dirty work?

    That is very frustrating, but I've learned to not let what others do or don't do bother me. I don't have to time to care what other's do. I do everything to the best of my ability, and do exactly what I think should be done for the time I'm there. I ...
  8. That's ashame (sp?) about your friend, but going through nursing school is very different than pre-reqs. You might you feel very comfortable telling others about your personal life, or may not. It really depends on the people in your class. I'm in an...
  9. Uniforms

    Mine's ok. I have no idea who decided that white scrub pants and snap-button top was a good idea, though. I'm always worried that Mother Nature will show up unexpectedly; not to mention the fact that there's the very high possibility of getting bodil...
  10. First med error

    In regards to what to say just tell them exactly what happened. I was raised to always tell the truth, and that has never steered me wrong.
  11. Misdemeanor charge effects

    At my program, and I believe this is likely to be how it is at all programs, once you are accepted into the nursing program you must submit a background check and drug test. When I went to get my packet of information I was told that if anything came...
  12. First week in classes. Mental meltdown.

    Just wanted to add something quickly, that I found to be very helpful. I color coded my text books on the reading list. Every time it was Fundamentals, I highlighted it yellow, Lab text, Skills book, and DVD all got another color. So every time I wro...
  13. First week in classes. Mental meltdown.

    I, too, know the feeling of absolute panic that sets in once nursing school starts. I have had to retake more pre-reqs that I'd ever want to admit, and I still passed my 1st semester of nursing school. It was not easy, and for awhile I was on the fen...
  14. Im so excited! Starting L&D soon!

    First day back is on Wednesday I start with Peds then we'll switch to OB later. I was excited, but I'm getting more nervous the closer it gets. Not all that excited about watching ladies have babies honestly, but knowing how long that can take I migh...
  15. Are C's really the new A's in nursing school?

    In my program to pass you must have an 80 or better which is a C. A 90-100, B+ 87-89, B 85-86, C+ 82-84, C 80-81. I don't think anyone strives for a C. I know everyone in my program worked really hard, and those that did not do the work didn't pass. ...