iWish ADN, RN

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1. Are there any nurses that actually LIKE nursing?

   iWish replied to CShel's topic in General Students

   Honestly, I think it's a mindset thing. Yes, this public and anon forum for nurses is a great place to vent and relate with others going through the trenches. I have honestly only had one job in my whole life that I would look forward to going to, an...

2. Advice for new EM nurses

   iWish replied to MD married to RN's topic in Emergency

   Thank you for the advice! Steady watching for more tips and tricks as I start my new journey in the ED.

3. ER help

   iWish posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi everyone! I’m so nervous and excited typing this right now. I’m a new nurse in my 1st year of practice. I graduated in the middle of the COVID pandemic which means I didn’t get my last semester nursing clinical, and no nurse residency programs ...

4. Switching Fields & Terrified

   iWish posted a topic in Career Support

   Good Morning! Apologize for the length This has been on my brain for a couple of months now and I'm scared of the responses I'm going to get. So back story, I graduated in the Summer months of 2020 from my ADN program. Passed NCLEX and landed a...

5. When to start BSN after ADN

   iWish replied to iWish's topic in General Students

   I don't know why I asked this question knowing dang well I was going to do it anyway. & y'all were right, I should have waited haha but oh well. I'm so busy & stressed all the time. I am determined to finish what I started here though. Litera...

6. When to start BSN after ADN

   iWish replied to iWish's topic in General Students

   Thank you for the advice. This was my concern.

7. When to start BSN after ADN

   iWish posted a topic in General Students

   Hi everyone I'll be graduating from my ADN program in the near future. I want to get started on my BSN as soon as possible but I'm worried about starting to work as a new nurse and also balancing a RN-BSN program. I'm really excited to start working ...

8. Can someone please help me arrange my classes for my remaining semesters?

   iWish replied to Futurern119's topic in Pre-Nursing

   If there's any way you can enroll in a course this summer, do it, and knock the gen bio out of the way. If you can't this is how I'd lay out the semesters. Fall: Gen Bio, Gen chem, and Phil. Spring: Anatomy 1, statistics, and nutrition Summer: Anatom...

9. ARE MOST RN SCHOOLS LIKE THIS??

   iWish replied to Anon143's topic in School Programs

   This is common grading criteria for nursing courses. In my program 75% is passing. 74.9% is failing. If you score anything lower than a 77% on an exam, you have to remediate with the professor and the academic advisor plus filing out paperwork. There...

10. Struggling with depression

    iWish replied to DavidASmithRN2B's topic in General Students

    Think small and take one day at a time. Literally, one day. This is how I manage. Make small family goals to accomplish weekly and incorporate them into your schedule. Ex: Tuesday nights I will take my family out to eat. It may be only for an hour a ...

11. ABSN VS ADN

    iWish replied to amas's topic in General Students

    In my personal experience, the ADN program is more flexible time wise than the BSN. I was previously enrolled in an extensive BSN program. It was hectic and basically impossible with my family life. I switched to an ADN program and it's much more man...

12. Pre Nursing Mom, wife working full time.

    iWish replied to Shesblessed's topic in General Students

    YES! It's doable. Single mom of 3 right here (6, 4, 2.) It's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life and I was a single mom in the Army before this (active duty.) My biggest hurdle was getting over the feeling of guilt when repeatedly having to ...

13. How many care plans do you do?

    iWish replied to Rionoir's topic in General Students

    Ours is this way too, but it could change with each clinical since it is up to our clinical instructors. My CI last semester was by the book, care plan for every clinical day, due 72 hrs after clinical ends, etc. I had classmates that had 7 days to c...

14. How many care plans do you do?

    iWish replied to Rionoir's topic in General Students

    This! The detailed care plans are tedious but I remember things I've learned so much more than doing the shorter care plans.

15. When you feel like giving up

    iWish replied to iWish's topic in General Students

    Thank you! What I did was I took about 8 weeks to "be sad" and not think about school. After that I started doing my research for other schools. Just keep in mind, it's May and there could be application deadlines approaching soon. Not to rush you, b...