samrusrn

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1. Several things are making me consider dropping nursing school

   samrusrn replied to samrusrn's topic in General Students

   Yeah, I thought surgery would be best for me, but I don't actually know...I'm a first semester student so I haven't been in OB yet. I heard you either hate or love OB, so I honestly do not know. If I get to see surgeries, that would be great and I fe...

2. Several things are making me consider dropping nursing school

   samrusrn replied to samrusrn's topic in General Students

   Thanks for the comments everyone. I couldn't help, but notice that someone mentioned that I thought nursing was beneath me and this is definitely not the case. Like I mentioned before, I respect nurses a lot and it is clear to me that they do a lot w...

3. Several things are making me consider dropping nursing school

   samrusrn replied to samrusrn's topic in General Students

   Thanks for the comments :) That's the problem that I'm facing - I have no idea what to do otherwise. I can try entering into B.A. PA programs, but those require 5-6 years to finish & what are the chances they'll accept me? I had the chance to wor...

4. Several things are making me consider dropping nursing school

   samrusrn posted a topic in General Students

   I'm 3 weeks away from ending my first semester at my nursing program and I am not looking forward to next semester. Things have not been going so great for me and I am starting to feel very stressed out and unhappy. I just feel like I'm stuck and I a...

5. How many semesters are clinicals?

   samrusrn replied to GodIs082010's topic in General Students

   My 2 year nursing program (ADN) has clinicals every semester. We started about a month after we entered. They will each last about 3/4 months.

6. Not doing as well as I had hoped - questions for the future

   samrusrn replied to samrusrn's topic in General Students

   Thanks to everyone who has replied, it has helped a lot:). I am REALLY hard on myself and I'm always stressed because of this. I see that getting a A is possible so it makes me feel bad, but I shouldn't let this get to me.

7. Not doing as well as I had hoped - questions for the future

   samrusrn posted a topic in General Students

   My skills class is going to end in about 6 weeks and I'm pretty disappointed with the way I have been doing. I'm sure you hear this a lot - an A student not doing as great as they thought they would, but I am having trouble studying and changing the ...

8. The rolling backpack debate

   samrusrn replied to winterlights08's topic in General Students

   I wouldn't worry about it - get the rolling backpack :). It's your health! In my class, all the females use rolling backpacks, but none of the males do (maybe they see it as feminine or weak?). I'm the only girl who doen't use them, but I feel fine ...

9. Feeling a bit discouraged...

   samrusrn replied to samrusrn's topic in General Students

   Thanks for all the advice everyone :). I don't find the material hard and I'm used to spending a ton of time reading (bio degree), but I do find it boring. I just thought we'd jump more into medicine, but it's learning how to do beds, clean people, e...

10. Feeling a bit discouraged...

    samrusrn posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone :) I have been feeling a bit down so I thought I'd ask for help. I just started my first semester of nursing school a week ago and I amazed by the amount of reading we have to do! I was not crazy about the first chapters (nursing hist...

11. What is Your School's Selection Rate?

    samrusrn replied to Clodhopper's topic in General Students

    They told us that 48 people applied this semester and that half got accepted. It used to be more than 100 each semester.

12. How do you do a study group?

    samrusrn replied to KLBatchelor's topic in General Students

    I never had a lot of luck with study groups, I always found them distracting. I had a couple during my time at my university, and we spent most of the time goofing around. I always tried to avoid them and I want to continue doing this. The people in ...

13. Calling all Associate's Degree Students that already have a Bachelor's degree!

    samrusrn replied to kammel's topic in General Students

    I had one course left to complete my B.S. in Biology, but I chose to return to community college to finish my pre-reqs and enter a nursing program. I was able to get a pell grant my first year, but I am unable to get anything this year because I have...

14. Is taking 3 science classes insane?

    samrusrn replied to Beautifulvirgo's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Not all college students are equal, but from my own personal experience as a tutor, I have seen a lot of failure when students take one major science course (ex: anatomy) let alone two or three. If you don't have much of a science background, I woul...

15. How long is your commute to nursing school?

    samrusrn replied to BlueChocolateCat's topic in General Students

    Less than 10 minutes . When I had no car, it took me about 25 minutes when I took the bus.