mafiamom

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1. Life with kids and nursing school?

   mafiamom replied to NESS2bNURSE's topic in General Students

   i have a 16 month old and was worried about this myself... i will be watching this thread! i greatly admire all you nurses who have multiple children and made it thru school, work, family and wife duties.... you ROCK!!! women really are just so stro...

2. Weird habits you've picked up since starting Nursing school

   mafiamom replied to Kiringat's topic in General Students

   remind me to keep my distance from you!!

3. OK lets get down and dirty...

   mafiamom posted a topic in General Students

   all you nurses who are in clinicals - and have never had any patient contact EXCEPT what you experienced in class, where you prepared? my fear is that i will go thru all this training and get out there in the hospital and be like - ummmmm oh my GOD!!...

4. anyone taking an accelerated BSN course?

   mafiamom replied to mafiamom's topic in General Students

   WOW! that is just NUTS:uhoh3: - 13 months may be a bit TOO accelerated.... i dont blame you in the least for doubting, that is just so much information crammed into your head at once - i cant imagine keeping it all in there! GL to you, you can do t...

5. HELP!!! Math Diagnostic Test

   mafiamom replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Students

   ya know what? that kind of math scares me more than any class i have taken so far! when you are 36 years old and living life - you just dont DO that kind of stuff anymore, kwim?? i made it thru some seemingly IMPOSSIBLE science courses with A's - ...

6. anyone taking an accelerated BSN course?

   mafiamom replied to mafiamom's topic in General Students

   see that is so TRUE!! LIFE is what makes the whole thing so much harder. it will certainly take discipline to do the most important thing at the time... my baby is gonna go into shock a bit i think! - thank goodness her gma will be watching her, it...

7. How Did You Pass Pathophysiology??

   mafiamom replied to SA2BDOCTOR's topic in General Students

   i agree with this poster! i too had to figure out that i am SO NOT an audible learner! what i found worked for me was every night i would re-write my notes from that day in my own words... it made me think about what i was writing and made it easier ...

8. anyone taking an accelerated BSN course?

   mafiamom replied to mafiamom's topic in General Students

   thank you all so much for your replies, i appreciate the info and the heads up!!!

9. Anyone from the Lehigh Valley area?

   mafiamom replied to mafiamom's topic in Pennsylvania

   nice to know that they are good to work for! i hope you are able to move back to the valley! GL!

10. Anyone from the Lehigh Valley area?

    mafiamom replied to mafiamom's topic in Pennsylvania

    ty for the reply. it won't let me pm right now for some reason so i will try a bit later. as for why i am interested in the accelerated program... i have a 4 year degree in psychology and 2.5 years of chiropractic school. i also have a 16 month old...

11. Is there a practical part???

    mafiamom replied to mafiamom's topic in General Students

    YIKES! then i better get on the ball before they change it!

12. anyone taking an accelerated BSN course?

    mafiamom posted a topic in General Students

    i currently have a psychology degree and was 2.5 years thru a chiropractic degree when i had a baby.... chiro school is out now, but i hate for all that education (ugh all that studying - all the dissection, all the memorizing UGH!!) to go down the ...

13. Intro to Microbiology Summer 07

    mafiamom replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Students

    definitely study as you go! there is SO MUCH material to memorize that there is no way to cram it all in at the end. GL!!! and YAH to being almost done with prereqs!!!!

14. Anyone from the Lehigh Valley area?

    mafiamom posted a topic in Pennsylvania

    i live in Bethlehem PA and am considering the desales university accelerated BSN program. anyone go to desales? or have any info on st. lukes or lehigh valley hospital? i really appreciate any info you have and look forward to getting to know some ...

15. Weird habits you've picked up since starting Nursing school

    mafiamom replied to Kiringat's topic in General Students

    well i am not in nursing school yet, but i took micro - so UGH - totally freaked out about germs... i also find my self evaluating peoples ankles and fingers for edema, and asking a ton of questions when people tell me random symptoms they are having...