sweetpepper

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1. Looking for advice regarding Practitioner Program

   sweetpepper posted a topic in Career Support

   I am a new nurse in my first year of nursing and I was interested in possibly applying for grad school next fall. The grad school I was interested in only required 2 years of experience and they would allow you to get your 2 year of experience while ...

2. Study Tips for Peds..please help!

   sweetpepper replied to tjusnjon's topic in Pediatric

   Know your Ericson's Developmental Stages, lol. I would get a lot of questions such as what toy would be appropriate for a child "X" age, and then you would have to choose a toy based on what was appropriate for their developmental age. Other than tha...

3. Passed out on first day of clinical!!!

   sweetpepper replied to TraumaRN1983's topic in General Students

   that is hilarious. I can only imagine how overwhelmed I would be if that happened to me. It just so happens that one of my classmates passed out while trying to start an IV on a patient, but she went on to finish clinicals and she passed boards, so h...

4. Considering Nursing School Help!

   sweetpepper replied to lomay's topic in General Students

   I don't think there is a single nurse or nursing student that has not been scared at some point in time about messing up or not being able to cut it. I can recall each semester thinking that it was just a matter of time till something happened, but I...

5. Nursing school to overwhelming

   sweetpepper replied to Stefnee's topic in General Students

   I hate to sound repetitive, but really "hang in there". I know it seems overwhelming and you feel like you'll never get there but you will. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Take your time, prioritize, and keep trudging on. One thing that mi...

6. impact of nursing studens on RNs.

   sweetpepper replied to Alanna's topic in General Students

   I've been fortunate I guess to experience both sides of the spectrum in my experience. I've been around nurses who don't have the time or inclincation to help students or to teach and I've also been around some FABULOUS nurses that were willing to ta...

7. Just got my acceptance letter!!

   sweetpepper replied to kimber3ks's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hey Kim, Hang in there and I'm sure you're going to do fine! I would probably take my stats course over the summer so that I could devote my time during to Nursing classes the other semesters. I've been in a class with several mothers during my time...

8. Mandatory Practice NCLEX outrage!!!!!!!

   sweetpepper replied to daisywill's topic in General Students

   At my school the HESI is required at the end of the second and fourth semesters, however your grade on this test is not used to determine whether you are allowed to remain in nursing school or not. We take the test and from the results of this test t...