nrstob08

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1. semester starts 27th Aug - reading ahead?

   nrstob08 posted a topic in General Students

   I am starting the 3rd semester 27th August. Apparently it is the toughest semester at NIU and have therefore decided to start reading ahead. Is anyone else reading ahead? For those who have read ahead in the past, was it worth it? or would you have ...

2. Target of clinical instructor's venom HELP!!!

   nrstob08 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I recently started my clinicals and got off to a rough start. I have since got a handle on the routine at our clinical site and i am enjoying the experience except for one thing. I have been the only target of the instructors snide remarks and put do...

3. What are good nursing schools/programs in Illinois

   nrstob08 replied to sara29's topic in Illinois

   Northern Illinois University nursing program is highly regarded. They had a 100% NCLEX pass rate last reporting period

4. Passed the NCLEX-RN at 254, I'm foreign-educated, and it's my first attempt.....

   nrstob08 replied to rn4ever?'s topic in NCLEX

   congraculations & all the best when you start your new job

5. Most RN's first borns?

   nrstob08 replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

   1st born no ETOH father

6. Kishwaukee College Anyone???

   nrstob08 replied to Duggerchick's topic in Illinois

   we have had people dropping out. I know of one person who decided that nursing was not for them and another one who gave up after doing badly on the 1st set of exams. The thing is, you can never ever give up, you have to keep going until the last da...

7. Kishwaukee College Anyone???

   nrstob08 replied to Duggerchick's topic in Illinois

   congraculations!!!! i am at NIU but just wanted to wish you the best of luck. My advice is to study really hard especially for your first set of exams, know your work, be open to input from your instructors and your classmates. It will get rough a...

8. So what are you doing this three day weekend?

   nrstob08 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

   I will be studying, we got our powerpoint notes yesterday so i now have a guide as to what to focus on while studying. i am going to try and get ahead with some of our reading assignments.

9. How was your first day of nursing school?

   nrstob08 replied to RN_student2006's topic in General Students

   the first day went pretty well. Have a lot of reading to do though!!! we just went through the syllabus and started the lecture. my first day was not as bad as i thought it would be. I was really excited to see that we have a lot of guys and that ...

10. What do you promise to do this semester as a student?

    nrstob08 replied to jessicaj's topic in General Students

    I promise to: * excercise and eat right!!!

11. Who starts nursing school TOMORROW? (28th)

    nrstob08 replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Students

    school strats tomorrow but only have my first class on tuesday, i am super excited. Good luck to you all!!!!!

12. NIU Nursing Students

    nrstob08 replied to kristen3g3tp8's topic in Illinois

    Jov thanks for sharing all these details with me, i really appreciate it. these are my classess this semester:Prof nursing (Koren M), Patho (Lash A), Clin develop 1, Hlth Asse lrng lab (Rosenberg K), Health assessment (Rosenberg K) and Fundamental Nu...

13. NIU Nursing Students

    nrstob08 replied to kristen3g3tp8's topic in Illinois

    thanks jov you have been very helpful. I was wondering about how you deal with rude instructors and whether you have ever had to confront an instuctor about the way she talked to you? or is respect etc a thing of the past in nursing school? i have ...

14. NIU Nursing Students

    nrstob08 replied to kristen3g3tp8's topic in Illinois

    Jo thank you for answering my questions. My clinicals are at kindered hospital, i dont know who my instructor is, i did call the SON to find out but they too didnt know who it would be at the time i called, so i am just going to wait and see. my nex...

15. Orientation: What was your experience?

    nrstob08 replied to SummerGarden's topic in Pre-Nursing

    we had a tour of the school of nursing, we went through the clinical requirements, and rules of the school, we ended the orientation with a representative from the student nurses association giving advice about how to succed(sp?) in nursing school. e...