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  1. Reflections of your first semester?

    I just finished my first semester, and I'm not going to make light out of it: it was hard! But it is doable. It does get hard sometimes to balance family, just remember to focus on quality time with your spouse and children. I forced myself to have ...
  2. Why in the world would you go lvn route???!!!??!

    It really is dependent on where you live. I live in a rural area, and I was far better off going the LVN route first. I know many new RNs that are driving from 50-80 miles to work in order to reach a level of pay that is worth it versus what an LPN m...
  3. Cultural Diversity and Tattoos

    I have no problem with people having tattoos. However, we are covered in skin, the majority of it can be inked without showing in typical work attire. Don't ink arms, necks , and faces because they can hurt you in an already competitive job market...
  4. Nursing School changing criteria to pass classes

    80% In the LPN program I am in. I don't find it too difficult except in adult nursing, right now I am thrilled to maintain my 89 in it, that class is about to eat me alive! I've wondered what the level of difficulty in the curriculum is among the sc...
  5. Knitting during class: ok or not?

    The thing is though, its all about perspective. I don't know how distracting knitting would be because I having experienced it. But I routinely hear eating and slurping noises, people on phones, interrupting professors, all of these very obnoxious ...
  6. I am a student being bullied :-(

    Im a student myself, but this topic has been discussed between me and the multitudes in my family and friends that work in healthcare. Basically, all these answers are somewhat correct. Yes, you have to toughen up some. But nor all workplaces have ...
  7. Knitting during class: ok or not?

    I would ask your instructor. Personally, by far the most distracting thing to me is when students play on their phones constantly. Followed by the handful of people that have stories about "someone they know had that, blah blah blah". Storytelling b...
  8. Online vs. Classroom/Hybrid

    They each have their place. I have done my prereqs online, I can work at my own pace, and don't have to deal with distractions from silly students. I can't imagine taking my nursing program online though. It does me some good to use all my senses. I...
  9. Sticky situation .. What would you do?

    Yes, this remark is what got this whole thread sidetracked to begin with! Its as if its OK for some to be condescending but not others..... anyway, i would go as far up the chain as needed to fix this! Get your fellow students involved too.
  10. Need Advice

    Also, my tip specifically for A&P is to watch a you tube lecture on the chapter you are going to be covering in class BEFORE you have your class lecture, or before you start studying the chapter if you are taking it online. I went from making C'...
  11. Need Advice

    I'm no expert, but I have figured out this much in my earlier years in college and in the nursing program now. Everyone has a unique way in which they learn and retain information. Some use notecards, others read text a lot, others watch all the yo...
  12. Why did you decide to become a nurse?

    I guess that's me, too! I've always been a bit of a "mother hen". Grouchy at times, but always want to help make things better :-)
  13. PLEASE don't use photos as avatars!

    It isn't that there will be legal action taken against you, but if you are in nursing school, you are pretty well at their mercy as to whether or not you remain there as far as conduct goes. I reviewed our list (it's about a 40 page handout!) of gui...
  14. In the last 6 months of my father's life, he had a multitude of health issues, knew he didn't have long to live, and he and the family wanted him to be able to spend that time at home and not in a nursing home. Between a bed sore he acquired during ...
  15. how many of you actually read all the chapters?

    I mainly read only the sections that include material from the outlines/powerpoints and what we touched on in class. I'd say when it's all said and done, I pretty much do the reading eventually. I just don't see where the time is to read chapters b...