cooljewels

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1. considering nursing... need advice and help

   cooljewels replied to tinu's topic in General Students

   You are correct. You can't complete your RN in a year because you need a certain number of clinical hours in the hospital before the board of nursing will grant you licensure. If you wanted to complete your RN degree in one year you would have to d...

2. considering nursing... need advice and help

   cooljewels replied to tinu's topic in General Students

   I don't know what state you live in, but in New York you need so many hours of clinical experience in a hospital before you can even take the NCLEX. The NCLEX is the board exam that you must pass before the State Board of Nursing will grant you lice...

3. considering nursing... need advice and help

   cooljewels replied to tinu's topic in General Students

   Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the advanced placement classes are for those who already possess an associates or bachelor's degree in nursing and are now trying to further their education. Although you do possess a BS in Pharmacy, you h...

4. Nursing school does get harder, right?

   cooljewels replied to Scrubz's topic in General Students

   Me too! Amen to that!

5. Nursing school does get harder, right?

   cooljewels replied to Scrubz's topic in General Students

   A wise man once said "be careful what you wish for". I thought the same exact thing when I was in my first semester, taking into consideration that I was a technician at an area hospital before I even entered nursing school and was already familiar w...

6. Working During Nursing School

   cooljewels replied to future_nurse08's topic in General Students

   I would say that it all depends on how well you manage your time, how much you have on your plate, and how difficult your school's program is. My school has an extremely difficult program because they have a 98% N-Clex pass rate to maintain. There ...

7. Fluid and electrolytes killing me

   cooljewels replied to mani3433's topic in General Students

   The only electrolytes that we went into depth with this semester were sodium, potassium, and calcium. We didn't discuss magnesium, chloride, or phosphate at all. I can tell you how I memorized the ones that we discussed and hope that it helps you a...