auralae

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1. Did they ask for your GPA, yes or no?

   auralae replied to Bunsbuns's topic in Job Hunt

   I have never had anyone ask, and I graduated from the ASN program a few years ago. I am about to wrap up my MSN, recently took a promotion, and they could not have cared less about my grades. They didn't ask to see anything. As long as you graduat...

2. How Do I Apologize to Professor?

   auralae replied to Valr's topic in Student Assist

   I would play it by ear. But in all honesty, a commute is no excuse for being late. I live 30 minutes away from my designated hospital & I leave an hour before I am scheduled to be there. This takes care of any traffic issues or if I need to stop ...

3. What has been your favorite clinical experience so far?

   auralae replied to AlwaysLearning247's topic in General Students

   I have had several favorites- I am in my final semester. My absolute favorite was the oncology unit. Some others were the ER, the elective surgery unit, and the orthopedic unit.

4. My school says to only buy books from their bookstore...

   auralae replied to aspiringrn1987's topic in General Students

   Our school custom built a packet for our first semester. About one month before that semester started, the same exact packet was offered on amazon. All it took was a call to the bookstore to verify the ISBN's. They weren't thrilled about giving them ...

5. How a stethoscope can get stolen?

   auralae replied to osi2011's topic in General Students

   Isolation rooms. You have to leave it hanging outside- you usually won't have time to go put it away somewhere else!

6. Scholarships for work commitment?

   auralae replied to notnursezelda's topic in General Students

   I'm in Missouri and our Dept of Health offers money in exchange for work at either any hospital in the state or any clinic in a county of need. I'd look at your state's dept of health website for something similar.

7. RN program acceptance letter & drug dosage calculation questions

   auralae replied to pmabraham's topic in General Students

   One of our instructors gave us a practice set of questions during first semester. I pull it out a week before we have to go back for a "skills fair" & math exam to study. It has always helped me pass each time.

8. Buy nursing books from School bookstore or other websites?!

   auralae replied to a0646504's topic in General Students

   I agree with many of the others! Check first that the edition isn't going to change before you begin. I have successfully bought from amazon, abebooks, and Chegg. I have never had an issue with the access code not working except for through a rental....

9. Might not graduate over FB

   auralae replied to BookWorming's topic in General Students

   I think the issue all boils down to professionalism. Grades have nothing to do with how one is able to conduct his or herself. Our school made a point of telling us upfront at orientation that being unprofessional in any way would not be tolerated- a...

10. Who supervises you during clinicals?

    auralae replied to calivianya's topic in General Students

    My current clinical experience sounds nearly identical to how your clinicals were. We are in 3rd semester- we have class all day once a week, and then that afternoon we drive to the hospital to get our patient information. The night before clinical, ...

11. Failed my 1st Fundamentals Exam

    auralae replied to Fever4RN's topic in General Students

    Don't give up. New class, new question and new test format all add up for a huge change and a difficult task! I don't know how you studied, but what I have personally found the best results with is by utilizing the textbook's chapter questions, the b...

12. How soon to prepare for NCLEX?

    auralae replied to Mandy0728's topic in General Students

    My school is similar, during the first semester of the program we lost 40% of our group. I haven't looked into how many we lost after second semester.

13. Where do you all get textbooks from

    auralae replied to maj0079's topic in General Students

    Some of our books are reused throughout the 4 semesters, some aren't. I have bought and rented from Chegg, Amazon, Abebooks, and a discount bookstore in town. I made the mistake of buying from the school's bookstore once during my gen eds- I'll never...

14. How to get over being shy?

    auralae replied to mdm063's topic in General Students

    I was the same way. As a child, I was so shy that I would sometimes cry if I got embarrassed. I went through first semester watching my clinical partner talk away with patients, classmates, etc. It finally hit me about halfway through that if I was g...

15. Flu shots as a student anyone?

    auralae replied to yupthischickanurse's topic in General Students

    Our nursing program requires us to have one, along with several other vaccines that we have to keep up-to-date. I'm surprised that it's not a requirement if you are in a nursing program.