PudgeMC ADN

PudgeMC has <1 years experience as a ADN.

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   Failed Capstone clincial....

   PudgeMC replied to sophia_29k's topic in General Students

   I didn't know a single person who won an appeal after failing a clinical portion of nursing school. I've seen people win appeals regarding their didactic grade, but never the clinical portion. Good luck though. If you do have to retake it, try to g...
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   Lose vs. Loose

   PudgeMC replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

   I always think "Strawberry Shortcake"
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   Average Pass Rate in ADN program

   PudgeMC replied to angel0309's topic in General Students

   My school has a graduation rate of 42% in 36 months from a 24 month program. NCLEX pass rate is 97% though. My first class had 165 people. I'm currently in the final class and we have about 65.
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   Job vs grades while in school more important?

   PudgeMC replied to Mikespeese's topic in General Students

   I'm 4 weeks away from graduating from my ADN program. I had to work full time while in school (40 hours/week), which meant my two days off were spent in class and at the hospital. A's in my program are very hard to come by and I did pretty well. I...
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   Be more confident they say

   PudgeMC replied to SNgirl21's topic in General Students

   My checkoffs were the same way, and I'm sure your classmates feel the same way right now. It gets better. Confidence comes with doing in nursing school. Spend a little more time in the sim lab if you need to, but I think you'll be fine.
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   Is this really that controversial?

   PudgeMC replied to djksjdalksjf's topic in General Students

   Ofcourse it's possible, but why? I don't tell them my address or my GPA, but if asked about life outside of the hotel I offer that up. We don't always have to be so guarded.
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   Is this really that controversial?

   PudgeMC replied to djksjdalksjf's topic in General Students

   In hospitality making small talk is a major part of the job. It's how you connect with people and make more money. I work in lodging and I tell people I'm in nursing school all the time. It's a conversation starter.
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   Macbook Air or Macbook Pro for Nursing School?

   PudgeMC replied to tmccstu2018's topic in General Students

   I have an Air and I don't even utilize everything it can do in nursing school. I understand the other commenters concerns about the cost, but they last longer than cheap PC's so there's that. It also runs our testing software much better than PC's ...
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   Very Low Gpa...Is there still hope?

   PudgeMC replied to Futurern2013's topic in General Students

   I had a 1.3 my first semester of college. I'm going to begin my final semester of an ADN program this Fall. I currently hold a 3.5 after a lot of hard work. You can do it, it will just take time. You may have to pad your transcript in order to g...
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    What is your week like in nursing school?

    PudgeMC replied to LorvenaD's topic in General Students

    All I would say is be adaptable. There are going to be weeks that you need more or less time for studying, family, etc. Our program is set up so that we have seven week terms where we have one class. (2 hr classroom, 2 hr seminar, 8 hr clinical.) ...
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    Pre Nursing Mom, wife working full time.

    PudgeMC replied to Shesblessed's topic in General Students

    I am a husband and father of one (4yrs.) I work 40 hours a week. 0700-1500 on the days that I don't have class. I can't imagine what it would be like to have three. That being said, you can do it. It will be hard, and I wouldn't expect straight A...
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    Intimidated by being only male

    PudgeMC replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in Male Students

    I have 1.5 semesters left of school. I'd say my cohort is about 10-15% male. You'll make friends with people of both genders. Don't sweat it. School is hard enough as it is.
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    need help with an assignment

    PudgeMC replied to jane931's topic in General Students

    If his H&H is low then yeah, that with the vitals is consistent with a bleed somewhere. If he's in pain, than all of those things would be elevated as well (except BP would be elevated.) Need more pieces of this puzzle to determine those things...
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    My best friend puts down being a nurse

    PudgeMC replied to mindfulnursingbabe's topic in General Students

    -I will work as a nurse while I'm in med-school whether it's per diem or part-time and if I can handle full-time then so be it - my time will not be wasted -I will always have my nursing license and a job if needed I doubt that you will be able to ...
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    My best friend puts down being a nurse

    PudgeMC replied to mindfulnursingbabe's topic in General Students

    Don't PA's spend a little bit of their time in a cadaver lab while in school? That sounds a bit worse than a little bit of incontinence to me.