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  1. After Hypoglycemia
    Your facility should have a protocol, and I'm just a student (and a Type 1 who has been sent hypo in a hospital from a doctors insistence that I be given a sliding scale that was waaaayyyyy to high,...
    May 20
    Forum: Nursing Student Assistance
  2. RN-New Grad Versant Ukiah Valley Medical Center
    All residencies are for med-surg.
    May 20
    Forum: California Nursing
  3. having trouble with prerequisite courses! need advice!
    At my school they tell you not to apply with less than a B. However, LVNs bridging get in with C's. in addition, those LVN seats never fill at my school. I would retake for the A, and speak to...
    May 20
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  4. "For-profit" schools... As bad as they say?
    I went to a for profit school the first time around for a degree in Hospitality Management (I was a casino pit boss and table games HR coordinator). I actually got a lot of really good real life...
    May 16
    Forum: General Nursing Student
  5. Lower GPA student, having trouble getting into a school for my RN
    Gpacalculator.net will tell you exactly what you need to do to raise your GPA. Try some programs that give points for experience. Your GPA is not terrible. I too have GPA issues. I suffered from...
    May 16
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  6. Horrible Professor!
    I read some of this posters other posters, and no they are not. They also seem to have a serious beef with nursing as a profession. A lot of blah blah blah it's a vocational degree not a real...
    May 15
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  7. 30+ club!  Lets do this together.
    Hi! 33 (34 this month) two kids (13 &2) and changing careers after 15 years as a Casino dealer, pit boss, and table games HR coordinator. Following my passion after a layoff. I want to get my BSN...
    May 15
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  8. Horrible Professor!
    Please be nice, just as interpersonal skills do not seem to come easily to you, perhaps college level science did not come easily to the OP. Just as you seem to need an instructor to teach you to...
    May 15
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  9. Horrible Professor!
    Here is the problem, just because one student may not find it complicated doesn't mean another will not be baffled. In my gen chem we have baffled students. My professor works with them. He...
    May 15
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  10. Horrible Professor!
    As I stated, I understand that I should, as a responsible student, use ALL tools I am equipped with. I will reiterate that one of those tools is a teacher who teaches. I may not always like the way...
    May 14
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  11. Horrible Professor!
    I think, as an older student, I feel ripped off when the instructor doesn't teach. Even if I am using grants to pay, I paid into that money with my taxes from age 14 on. I'm 33. It's ridiculous...
    May 14
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  12. Mental Illness--Debunking the myths/sharing some insight..
    Eating disorders are so vast and very personally dependent. I did not believe myself to be any more than the weight on the scale. I simply held the delusion that life would get oh so much better...
    May 8
    Forum: General Articles About Nursing
  13. scholarship? loans? advice please!
    Pell first and foremost. Try for scholarships of course, and then a SMALL loan. You are investing in your future. It's not the end of the world to take a SMALL loan through the federal government....
    May 8
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  14. Taking Chemistry in a 5 week session?
    I did the dreaded Chem/Anatomy in a full semester structure. I don't work and I was often slightly overwhelmed with the sheer volume of learning I was doing. I don't recommend combining them in...
    May 7
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  15. Mental Illness--Debunking the myths/sharing some insight..
    As a number 6 I can tell you sometimes you don't even know what the horror was but it attacks every part of your life. Relentlessly. Well written. :)
    May 5
    Forum: General Articles About Nursing
  16. Mental Health Awareness Month
    I'm still me too! I LOVE that. Don't ever feel ashamed. I have diabetes as well as an eating disorder. Neither of things is any less of a real condition than the other.
    May 5
    Forum: General Articles About Nursing
  17. How do you talk to patients with weight issues?
    As a sufferer of an eating disorder, (recovered) nobody could have just addressed my weight with me. They just couldn't. A nurse did change my life, but she didn't address the weight. She only...
    May 5
    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  18. Mental Health Awareness Month
    Student here ( and mother, and career changer). I have PTSD, and secondary diagnosis of eating disorder. I didn't want to admit for a long time that anything wasn't "right" with me. I mean sure, I...
    May 1
    Forum: General Articles About Nursing
  19. Anatomy and Physiology Coloring Workbooks
    I liked Netters
    Apr 26
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  20. Fall semester?  Too much?  Not enough?
    I talked to my General Chemistry Lab Instructor today, she feels its doable with the lab work she has seen out of me. And I'm amazing with Excel so if that helps at all with Stats I have a huge...
    Apr 24
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  21. Fall semester?  Too much?  Not enough?
    No I took general already I need real O Chem for my the BSN programs I want.
    Apr 23
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  22. Fall semester?  Too much?  Not enough?
    I don't work but I do have kids, and yes math is a tougher subject for me (I have good study habits for it and can pass with A's but it takes me more work than the next person I think). I think I'm...
    Apr 23
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  23. Fall semester?  Too much?  Not enough?
    I'm taking Physiology, Organic Chemistry, and some sort of silly music appreciation course (it's my last "fluffy" course.) I tackled Anatomy and Intro Chem in the same semester and did fine. My...
    Apr 22
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  24. Schedule question A&P1 and Chemistry????
    Loans... I decided that this was a singular goal and I was going to begin treating it as such. I took out grants, loans, and have a few scholarships. We cut back (no more cable, slower speed...
    Apr 21
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student
  25. Schedule question A&P1 and Chemistry????
    I quit working with Anatomy and Chem combo'd. It was kicking my butt! I have 2 kids as well 13 and 2. My house is really messy ATM but I've got A's. it's doable but personally I don't recommend...
    Apr 21
    Forum: Pre-Nursing Student