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1. New Students: Where is your first clinical experence?

   livesay replied to Alternator81's topic in General Students

   We just signed up for a hospice rotation, with a local home health program. After that we go to a LTC facility for 3 visits, then to the hospital for 3 visits. we have orientation for 3 hospitals and 2 LTC facilities that we will be going to over t...

2. 1st years: Whose had Orientation?

   livesay replied to beth66335's topic in General Students

   Ha ha just starting and already sleep deprived from being so excited lol!!! Sorry should have said i had orientation on the 8/17 and start the 20th!

3. 1st years: Whose had Orientation?

   livesay replied to beth66335's topic in General Students

   I had orientation 8/20. It was great. The instructors all really put us at ease, they all had a great since of humor. We went over the real important stuff in the handbook, and they made everyone a bag that had diff stuff in it, and a poem. It ha...

4. Whatchya think of my uniform

   livesay replied to studentADAM's topic in General Students

   Fantabulous !!!!!!!! I had to model mine last night! Exciting isn't it!!!

5. Pacing with Worries

   livesay replied to mike1973's topic in General Students

   i went to my orientation today, and everyone was a wreck. it started at 9am and a woman sitting beside me said she got there at 7:45 because she was afraid of being late! :selfbonk: i didn't sleep at all last night because of nerves, but now after ...

6. Roll Call---How many start their RN this month!

   livesay replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

   I start on the 20th also! Very Very excited, seems like it has taken forever to get to this point. We have our orientation on the 17th, and the 2nd year nursing students are having a welcome lunch for us that day as well. I think that is really ni...

7. Counting Down the Days...

   livesay replied to *Blessed2BaNRS*'s topic in General Students

   I am so envious that some of you have gotten your books already! I have to wait till after my first class to get mine. We have a paper that our instructor has to sign for finiacial aid saying we showed up for our first class. But not much longer n...

8. Help. I have ADHD. How can i study effectively?

   livesay replied to Wise Guy's topic in General Students

   I am ADD, so i know where u are coming from. I found it helps to stay very organized. I make sure there is a place for all my stuff i need for school. If not i spend hours looking for that paper i laid down. I found that while reading it helped ...

9. Sticker shock before I even get started!

   livesay replied to livesay's topic in General Students

   The health dept here did not do any of that. Only the Hep B shots that i had already gotten. I had a positive ppd, thats why i had to have the xray. I called everyone trying to get it done cheaper. I had a heck of a time finding a doctor to do the...

10. Sticker shock before I even get started!

    livesay posted a topic in General Students

    I was wondering, what kind of medical tests and or shots did you have to have before starting your nursing program? We had to have a drug test, prove all our shots were up to date, have a rubella tither, PPD (or chest xray) and have or start our Hep ...

11. ** Any Class of '09ers out there?? Post here!!!

    livesay replied to kayel's topic in General Students

    Name: Sherry School: Dabney S Lancaster C C Program: ADN What area of interest at this time: I worked at a few nursing homes as a CNA, from that experience I think I would like to work Hospice. But I am sure that could change as I go thru the progra...

12. Passed my TEAS

    livesay replied to livesay's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I had my appt today with the head of the nursing program, I went in fully expecting to be told, that i would find out in a few weeks. (There are a total of 40 seats for the Nursing program, and I had been told this morning that there were only 8 spot...

13. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

    livesay replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

    HI all, So glad to be here! I am Sherry, married for almost 16 years, and have a 15 yo daughter, and a 17yo son. I will be starting the ADN nursing program at Dabney S Lancaster in Va. I am SO excited. I have all my pre-reqs done already. I am l...

14. Help me get an A!

    livesay replied to mvanz9999's topic in Pre-Nursing

    That was quick! Hope u do well in your class.

15. UnPatiently Waiting on Fall 07 decisions

    livesay replied to BouBou's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I too am waiting. I just got the results for my TEAS & critical thinking test back. I have an appt with the program head today, then the waiting will begin. My school will sometimes wait right up until the week before classes start to let u kn...