mir_mom

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1. Sadistic CI? I need an opinion.

   mir_mom replied to AliveToday's topic in General Students

   I thought it was very unprofessional. It is one thing to send to friends who are nurses but not professional to send to students. If a student said soem of the things in that email, they would be jumped all over by every CI I have had.

2. how are you paying for nursing school? or how do you plan to pay for nursing school?

   mir_mom replied to mashamontago's topic in General Students

   I get financial aid but with all the added costs it doesn't pay all - we have to pay membership fees and raise money for stupid events and it is a big burden when you have a family like I do and a husband out of work.

3. Do you have to plan and fund your own graduation?

   mir_mom replied to Tayloran's topic in General Students

   Yes we do too and it is expensive enough for nursing school and then we have to pay for the previous classes graduation and then we have membership fees and then have to raise money for the fund for next year students. I didn't want to belong to a c...

4. Should I continue with nursing? On challenge, the perception of nurses, etc.

   mir_mom replied to runner28's topic in General Students

   Do you have access to the financial resources that would enable you to go to med school - very big bill? Can you make the grades? If so, I would go for med school or at least pre-med now, see how you do in the harder classes like organic chemistry ...

5. any instructors or such out there

   mir_mom replied to momtojosh's topic in General Nursing

   With the shortage of nursing instructors it is no wonder there are some bad ones out there. And there are. In our program we have some great, mostly good ones but there are a couple borderline, and one really bad. Just like in any job unfortunately a...

6. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

   mir_mom replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

   It makes it hard to sit and listen to all of you lecture us about the dangers of overweight and obese when you yourselfs are all very very overweight. Not just 10-20 lb overweight but huge. Maybe you need to practice what you preach it is hard to lis...

7. Anyone NOT winning Mom-of-the-Year award?

   mir_mom replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

   Im a mom too and it is hard. My little one is 7 so she understands more. I hate that sometimes I have to miss her field trips and she gets upset. But someday it will be over and she will be proud of me just like your little one will be proud of yo...

8. Vent! Inconsiderate None NS Students!

   mir_mom replied to drosagain's topic in General Students

   I go to a community college and I get financial aid and so do a lot of people. I still study hard for my classes no matter what because I have worked before and paid taxs. Teachers just have to be strict if things are going on that interupt the cla...

9. Failed... Want to transfer to a new school. Please Help!

   mir_mom replied to Butterfly83's topic in Student Assist

   I've seen much worse in clinicals. We had students not id the patient at all for meds and were not given unsatisfactory. We had students talk in a public place talking about a patient that id the patient and were not given unsatisfactory. This is a r...