stephaniej1229

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1. Anxious, depressed, and might need to go to HR.

   stephaniej1229 replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

   For one of my prerequisite classes, (I am currently a nursing student in an RN program who occasionally browses these forums) I was required to read a book titled "dealing with people you can't stand". I would recommend this to you, because it talks ...

2. First day of Nursing School

   stephaniej1229 replied to LavenderRN's topic in General Students

   I just survived my first week of nursing school. I can say there are some differences between our schools, my first day we did syllabus and then went over a lecture. The rest of the week was more lectures, a meeting concerning osha and safety at our ...

3. How far in advance do you get your class/clinical schedule?

   stephaniej1229 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Students

   Starting in a few weeks as well and I am wondering the same thing to myself! We were told that as soon as the faculty knows, we will be informed. However with classes seeming to be creeping up so quickly I am anxious about finding out as soon as poss...

4. Minnesota ADN program lost accreditation

   stephaniej1229 replied to jme2018's topic in General Students

   I probably won't have much sound advice on this, I am in MA. My school was approved lately with a warning, they just have to update specific policies and paperwork type stuff. I was nervous at first, but my school is working hard to make sure their a...

5. Pregnancy/Newborn during nursing school

   stephaniej1229 replied to lanna23's topic in General Students

   Hello! I can't help but strongly agree with these other posts....being a mom is HARD!!! I can tell a lot of mothers have responded to this! When my first was born, he was a sweet angel, yet he was colicky and cried and screamed his little head off co...

6. Trying to figure out what program to do

   stephaniej1229 replied to ImCagey's topic in Pre-Nursing

   My advisor once said to me that many choose to do LPN first to get in the workforce quickly. After a more stable income is established, you can always consider bridging to RN or even just being happy where you are. That is the sweet part about nursin...

7. Trying to figure out what program to do

   stephaniej1229 replied to ImCagey's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Forgive me, as I am just beginning my nursing classes now so I don't have a ton of input, but from reading your post I just wanted to make a quick comment. I don't think anyone can tell you what would work best for your situation, only you can say th...

8. Gen, Org, Bio Chem Difficulty

   stephaniej1229 replied to Rafaeld500's topic in Pre-Nursing

   For my prereqs, we were only required to do a basic chemistry course for nursing that covered organic and many other aspects of chemistry. I was told it won't even really count if I were to perhaps change my major and need an actual chemistry course ...

9. PlanB after getting kicked out of nursing program

   stephaniej1229 replied to brennareilly's topic in General Students

   It's true what they say about nursing being competitive. That was the first thing my advisor talked to me about when registering for prereq courses. She literally said, if you want to get into this program I suggest you work to get A's in all of your...

10. Macbook Air or Macbook Pro for Nursing School?

    stephaniej1229 replied to tmccstu2018's topic in General Students

    While there may always exist horror stories of HP computers being unusable in a few short years, I have learned a few things. I personally don't like Apple's computers.....I just think HP is more user friendly. However, you need a bit of knowledge ab...

11. Social Media and the Workplace-Don't do it

    stephaniej1229 replied to stephaniej1229's topic in HIPAA

    Thank you! I can't wait for school to start this fall. I am new to this site and I have enjoyed it but I sincerely can't understand why this is an issue at all? I mean, I'm only 32 but I can remember when social media didn't exist. You CAN have a bad...

12. I FEEL STUCK

    stephaniej1229 replied to nurseinfuture's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I am 32, and just finished my prerequisites and start nursing in the fall. I took my prereqs part time for two years while I worked full time and running a household with my two children and fiance. I go to a community college and my advisor told me ...

13. Social Media and the Workplace-Don't do it

    stephaniej1229 posted a topic in HIPAA

    There are SO many posts here about social media, posting about work or patients. I just wanted to write a quick post about this, why so much confusion on the topic? Honestly, no one should ever write on social media about work.....ever. I am not a nu...

14. Too old for nursing school?

    stephaniej1229 replied to cookiecutter2018's topic in General Students

    I can relate to you quite a bit, my first attempt at college was, well trash to be blunt. The same as you, knew where the parties were and didn't give my classes the time and attention they required. Plus, I did pick a major that would have never bee...

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

    stephaniej1229 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    I am 32, have been working on prerequisites for the past two years and begin nursing courses this fall! It had been awhile since I have been to school, so I was a bit nervous about it. I guess at first I thought it was too late to start all over to f...