alissa8168

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1. Single mom and nursing student

   alissa8168 replied to Shayla2019's topic in General Students

   I'm a single mom of an 8 year and just finished my 2nd semester. Its hard but it can be done! I also work between 30 and 50 hours depending on the week. Luckily I work from home so I am able to get that done on odd hours usually when he's at school o...

2. Am I going to hate nursing

   alissa8168 replied to AmberDray's topic in General Students

   I think you should prob make yourself uglier

3. Going back to school at 30

   alissa8168 replied to JJL618's topic in General Students

   I'm 30 and in my first semester of nursing school. It's the hardest thing I've done in a long time but I love it and am glad I made the decision to go back. Go for it!

4. BP

   alissa8168 replied to neogirl's topic in General Students

   Just posting to say you're not alone. We tried in lab then I went home and tried again. Finally after trying on different family members, checking my notes, watching videos and hearing samples, I think I'm beginning to get it

5. How old were you when you started nursing school?

   alissa8168 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

   30 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G925A using Tapatalk

6. Do you consider yourself a "pre-nursing student" or "nursing student?"

   alissa8168 replied to NolaLj's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm accepted into a program but I won't call myself a nursing student until I start nursing classes in August.

7. Question for Day Shift Nurses Who Own a Dog

   alissa8168 replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

   I know when I was younger I went to the town youth bureau and they set us up with odd jobs, I did babysitting and cleaning jobs through them. Maybe see if your area has a youth bureau around and you can get a high school kid to come after school to l...

8. It seems that some students are not a good fit for nursing.

   alissa8168 replied to Banana nut's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I've seen this in my pre-nursing classes as well. I've had classmates talk during the whole class, sleep, refuse to take a test because they didn't know we'd have one (even though it was on the syllabus from day one), etc. It does annoy me a little b...

9. Two Lab Courses at Once

   alissa8168 replied to miss_xtine's topic in General Students

   I took A&P I and chemistry together and got an A in both without any issues. If you have time to dedicate to studying, you should do fine.