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  1. Just starting at 21

    It can be hard at times but it's doable. It sounds like you're doing fine. Hang in there! :)
  2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

  3. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    I like this one. I was born there, I wonder if I got any "visitors" like some of the little ones in this thread.
  4. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    These are so awesome. Love em!
  5. There no crying in....nursing school

    I feel your pain too OP. I'm coming on my final semester for my BSN. My wife is a 5th grade teacher, which means she brings a lot if work home and works late often, and we have twin 1 yr old girls. I just finished my Critical Care class and I never h...
  6. How much do new BSN nursing grads make?

    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"
  7. Losing respect for nursing students

    I'm a little older coming into this game. I will graduate with my BSN one week before my 39th birthday. I think that many of the "old school" values that my father's generation passed down (he grew up in the Depression era Deep South) are gone for th...
  8. How much do new BSN nursing grads make?

    How about San Antonio?
  9. New Nursing Student .…

    I have looked at what each class ahead of me was doing and it has scared the ***** out of me. If you're program is like mine they will start you off with relatively small bites though you will be drinking from the firehose. Each semester will build o...
  10. New Nursing Student .…

    Working will help. I work as an aid too, before nursing school I'd never worked in a health care setting. It helped me with a lot of exposure. Are you doing an ADN or BSN program? Try to find an externship as you get closer to graduation.
  11. New Nursing Student .…

    Congrats on getting in! Nursing school is hard as all ****. If you have kids it's only more so. I have twin one year old girls and at times I feel like I am one deadline away from really breaking. Don't mean to be a downer, my coping skills are in th...
  12. What didnt you do in school?

    I'm in my 4th semester of 5 and I've never put in an NG or done trach suction. I haven't put in an IV since 1st, and I only did my 1st (and only) Foley on a real patient in 3rd. Im more concerned with getting better at my assessment, giving report, a...
  13. My school sold us kits for $40 that included one. I would get one in the$20 range and a penlight and scissors. I wouldn't get a super nice Littman because: a. It might get stolen, and b. you may decide you don't want to continue and your stuck with a...
  14. Personal Experience after Many Years as a Nurse

    I am so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine what it must feel like to lose a child. I don't know if you're a person of faith but I hope god grants you and your family peace. Your son was lucky to have a mom like you. Joel
  15. Has this ever happened to you?

    Good guy for taking the hit for you. :)