soxley

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1. A bit concerned about my age beginning nursing school...

   soxley replied to mical's topic in General Students

   Ugh! When I see the topic of this type of post, I cross my fingers and hope the OP is at least older than me...alas. Another young one worried about being too old. This thought has NEVER crossed my mind (and I'll be turning 38 when I graduate). ...

2. Family zone in PICU pt rooms

   soxley replied to bame rn's topic in PICU

   My son was in the PICU off and on for months during cancer treatments and almost exclusively for the month prior to his death. It was never a question of if I would be welcome in the room. Thankfully this wasn't an issue with the hospital my son wa...

3. Tommorow is the first real day of clinical! Confused!

   soxley replied to cate3624's topic in General Students

   My first day of clinical we did patient care stuff like baths, bed changes, vs, etc. We also sort of tagged onto a CNA and assisted them (passing out food trays, feeding, that kind of stuff). Have fun!

4. Pregnant and nursing school?

   soxley replied to JNcCole15's topic in General Students

   I started with my first semester of my ADN program when my little munchkin was 7 months old. She just turned one and I'm in the second semester. She is my only little one at home. That being said, I am glad I didn't wait any longer. When they a...

5. Males asking for female patients?

   soxley replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Students

6. Ebooks for textbooks?

   soxley replied to aeris99's topic in General Students

   Ebooks!!! I love them HOWEVER I am not a fan of the kindle platform. I love my kindle for reading novels, etc, but it's just not terribly functional IMO for a textbook. I bought, through the bookstore, an ebook bundle that was through pageburst ...

7. New nursing student advice

   soxley replied to AlyssaSUNYOrange's topic in General Students

   I love PERRLA software for all those APA papers!!! It made my life so much easier!!! They have a demo video on their site and a free 30 day trial. I tried it for one paper and was hooked. I didn't have a separate planner because I keep everyth...

8. It's my birthday! & all I want is

   soxley replied to Jamjams's topic in General Students

   I'm 37. Will be 38 when I graduate. Age means nothing. I feel lucky I have so much perspective and focus. I'm not sure I would have straight out of high school. So happy birthday!!!! And be proud that you've started the journey now. :-)

9. Supplies

   soxley replied to johsonmichelle's topic in General Students

10. Advice Needed: Buy or Rent These Books?

    soxley replied to ltran's topic in General Students

    Buy! But I'm all for ebooks. So I'd say get the ebook version if you can. I love them.

11. 10 Things You Should Know About the First Semester of Nursing School

    soxley replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

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12. Surviving Nursing School- financial wise

    soxley replied to jofapcastillo's topic in General Students

    I guess I should also add that I'm super happy and feel very lucky I am not working. Between the 10 month old and school, I'm wiped. I couldn't imagine having to work as well. Good luck!!

13. Surviving Nursing School- financial wise

    soxley replied to jofapcastillo's topic in General Students

    I quit my job as well and we're doing it on one income. It's tough!! But we almost never eat out, never buy anything spur of the moment, plan meals for a week or two at a time, and have made a budget and stick to it religiously. The hardest part...

14. Using tablets/ipads for school

    soxley replied to Shinnichi's topic in General Students

    Love, love, love my iPad for my books and online content/learning. I was super excited to use it for notes in class...I got one note, Notabillity, a fancy keyboard, etc all with the intention of using it for taking notes in class. But it didn't rea...

15. CSN RN Spring 2014

    soxley replied to Minigia06's topic in Nevada

    Hi everybody! I just had to say a quick hi! I'm in my first semester of the program at CSN (full time RN track) and it's been really awesome so far. I've hardly been back to all nurses since classes started and ran across your thread and it broug...