ally21

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1. Working at a nursing home

   ally21 replied to pinoysn's topic in Geriatric

   I'm a brand new RN and landed a 3-11 shift at a LTC facility. I can sum it up in a few words: I HATE IT. Everyplace wants experience around my area so I took whatever job I could get. I had orientation on 7-3 shift and didn't think it was so bad...

2. Luzerne County Community College Experiences?

   ally21 replied to Sweet_Rose's topic in Pennsylvania

   It's a challenging program, but overall it's great. Never realized how much driving was involved with nursing school until I was assigned a clinical over an hour and a half away. That's one of the things that sucked majorly... people would camp out...

3. Had Job interview today!!

   ally21 replied to RossayRN's topic in New Nurse

   Congratulations

4. There is hope!

   ally21 replied to greenfaery's topic in New Nurse

   Congratulations. I am happy for you as well.

5. Is anatomy one of the toughest courses for nursing?

   ally21 replied to Toots71506's topic in Pre-Nursing

   A+P is important and will help you in your nursing courses. The nursing courses I took expected us to know how the body functioned. They never retested us on that content. If you didn't know something it was expected that you review the A+P conten...

6. Dropping because you're scared

   ally21 replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I post stalked you, sorry. Lol I was just seeing if anyone went to LCCC. And this is a really old post, so sorry for bumping it. I graduated May 2010 and unfortunately quite a few people failed the final. I personally know of 3 people who failed ...

7. LaCharity's Case Studies or Exam Cram Questions

   ally21 replied to SICU_Murse's topic in NCLEX

   Case studies help. We did so many of them in school for this extra class my school had us take.

8. trying to become a RN

   ally21 replied to branch2010's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Sorry if "nut job" offended you or anyone else... but I'm sticking to my guns about thinking those who take classes besides their regular nursing courses are very brave. I'm sure it is possible to complete the program in 2 years, but I can't imagine...

9. Testing in one week So Anixous

   ally21 replied to jabwemet's topic in NCLEX

   Before I went in for my test I reviewed labs and tried to grasp why they might be low or high. Dosage calculations were also reviewed along with metric conversions. So glad I did that because I had some conversions I had to figure out. I looked at...

10. Help! Take the NCLEX PN 5 times!

    ally21 replied to sky2010's topic in NCLEX

    You are going to concur this test! I have faith in ya! But try not to just memorize the lab values. Instead, try to grasp the reasoning in why a lab value might be low or high. I took the nclex-rn on Friday and it needed more knowledge than just...

11. trying to become a RN

    ally21 replied to branch2010's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Were you accepted into the nursing program or advised to take the gen eds? My advice to you is to get all your general classes out of the way before starting the nursing classes. I went to an ADN program and although it says 2 years, only the brav...

12. So much Anxiety!

    ally21 replied to leaveittogodRN's topic in NCLEX

    Awesome!!!!! Crossing my fingers for you. The PVT worked for me, so I'm positive you'll see a big fat R.N. next to your name soon. :)

13. icky question....but

    ally21 replied to glitterygirl's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Oh dear, first year of nursing school was sooooooo expensive. I think I spent over $700 on books and supplies including a stethoscope, BP cuff, clamps, scissors. The only good thing about the books was they were used throughout the entire program. ...

14. ocd,,,picky weird question

    ally21 replied to glitterygirl's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Oooh, you would like to know what was in my bag when I went to school? Ok well, I wish I had gotten one of those bookbags with wheels. I didn't, so I carried around a tote. We were required to bring our books to class. For my notes I would write t...

15. Can a shy person become a good nurse?

    ally21 replied to DaynaDawn's topic in Pre-Nursing

    The worst that could happen is that you'll receive plenty of tough love. Clinical instructors will push you to your limits to try to break you out of your shell. First year of nursing school I was sent home because I wasn't assertive enough. The t...