hermione77

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1. What is your grading scale?

   hermione77 replied to smoup's topic in General Students

   Oh how I envy the 90-100 = A. My school: 93-100 = A 85-92 = B 75-84 = C Below 75 = failing Must maintain 3.0 I'm in a BSN program.

2. Tips for Nursing Students also working full time jobs (40hrs/week)

   hermione77 replied to IanTeig1982's topic in General Students

   It's not impossible. Several students in my program are working FT. I work FT and do school FT and so far I have a 4.0. That said, school is my priority and while I'm happy with any gpa above a 3.5, if work starts interfering with my goals and grades...

3. Test Ethics Question

   hermione77 replied to studentRNclassof15's topic in General Students

   Cheating happens in my program and each time an instructor finds out, she or he will just change our final exam to make it extremely difficult. The cheaters are never punished outside of that, which punishes us all. So for me, no way would I say some...

4. We're not here for that

   hermione77 replied to happynurse49's topic in General Students

   At my school, this attitude varies. One semester's clinical instructor told us it doesn't matter whose patient it is, if they need personal care and you aren't busy, you do it. The next semester's instructor told us we would NOT be doing personal car...

5. How long do you study each day?

   hermione77 replied to VAgirl247's topic in General Students

   I work full time (weekday evenings after class), so I really only look at the material for maybe 15 minutes a day during the week just to refresh whatever is being covered the next day. The weekends I have to do marathon homework or study sessions, w...

6. Why is nursing school "hard?"

   hermione77 replied to Jaykalkyn, BSN, RN's topic in General Students

   A lot of people say you can't (or shouldn't) work full time and go to nursing school full time. However, I do it and so do many of my classmates. You learn to find your rhythm, prioritize, and become super organized. It is a lot of material but you'l...

7. Reading Textbooks

   hermione77 replied to theviolinist's topic in General Students

   It is course and professor dependent for me, but I rarely read the textbooks. I do read the ATI books and I review the power points. I make a lot of notes on the power point slides during lecture, which also helps me. It seems that at my school the p...

8. Was it hard to take Pharm and Patho together?

   hermione77 replied to GodIs082010's topic in General Students

   I took them together in the summer session and worked full time. It's doable.

9. Difference between BSN and ADN

   hermione77 replied to SaraStevenson's topic in General Students

   Totally depends on where you live, from what I can tell. In my area of the country there isn't a hiring preference for the most part and pay is really similar.

10. Full Time Work - Full Time School. Tips!

    hermione77 replied to Stephalump's topic in General Students

    I'm doing this right now. Everyone is spot on when they mention a calendar. How you do that is up to you -- wall calendar, day planner, phone calendar, or some other option. I actually just have a word document with all my due dates, test dates, etc ...

11. Book reccomendations for the Science Portion.

    hermione77 replied to BrittanyDorner's topic in TEAS

    @jonesel9 That strategy really helped me. Hope it helps you too!

12. Review Session/for TEAS V Exam

    hermione77 replied to jonesel9's topic in TEAS

    @jonesl9 I completely understand. I was nervous about the math too, but once I started looking at the study materials, I realized it was more basic than I'd feared. Lots of stuff like fractions, decimals, percentages, and algebra were on there, but v...

13. Need Imput about TEAS V Score!!!

    hermione77 replied to Themary89's topic in TEAS

    I think if there's a way to get As in your courses and still improve your TEAS, then sure, do it. But 80% is still a darn good score and I think will make you very competitive, especially if you do well in your science courses. As for what program I ...

14. Nervous about Teas

    hermione77 replied to Jamjams's topic in TEAS

    I got a 94.7% (99th percentile for both national and program) and here is how: I used portions (though not the whole book) from Complete Idiot's Guide to Nursing Entrance Exams, Cracking the Nursing School Entrance Exams (Princeton Review), and McG...

15. I will never get into a nursing school

    hermione77 replied to blez's topic in TEAS

    There are schools that don't require an entrance exam. For example, I don't think any of the public schools in Kentucky do. good luck!