awoods0042

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1. anyone having experience with coding?

   awoods0042 replied to neatnurse30's topic in General Nursing

   I am a medical records coordinator, which means i get to do coding/billing.. i'm 21 and never taken a class about coding in my life..i'm in nursing school lol i got promoted from activities because i'm so "organized" it's really easy once you get the...

2. Missed my clinical day

   awoods0042 replied to kikwon89's topic in General Students

   The second alarm clock thing works! My clinical instructor scared me to death last semester so she was my alarm clock.. i was so scared of being late i'd wake up an hour before i was supposed to. We could only miss one clinical, and if you were mor...

3. Would you not work your last year of school if you were able?

   awoods0042 replied to KeithT66's topic in General Students

   Last semester i worked 40 hours a week as an IPS designee at a nursing home. Plus 32 hours of school a week. It was rough! This upcoming semester.. which starts my last year will be much different. I dropped down to 24 hours a week.. and I cant wai...

4. Do nursing student feel like they may fail EVERYDAY ?

   awoods0042 replied to LeesG's topic in General Students

   Umm.. well. Even when my grades were A's i knew that if i got lazy, and failed a test, that i could fail the class... its sad that one test could fail you in the class.. and at least in my program if you failed a class you failed out of the program ...

5. Are nursing instructors really that bad?

   awoods0042 replied to Kyla.ann's topic in General Students

   The Nursing Instructors, aren't really that bad. They want you to learn, and be able to possess the skills that it takes to take care of people. Your dealing with life and death as a nurse, so they want to make sure your competent. Until they real...

6. Is Nursing school Hard?

   awoods0042 replied to klott86's topic in General Students

   Nursing school is INCREDIBLY HARD. It's the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. Your life is suddenly ripped away from you.. you lock yourself in your bedroom, for 6 months at a time, and you come out long enough to go to class, eat &&am...

7. Do whiners make it through nursing school?

   awoods0042 replied to tuchipie's topic in General Students

   he he.. This is funny. I started my first semester of nursing school in january. I was always a straight a perfect student, and up until then i had always worked full time and was used to my lifestyle, only being 21. =) After my first failed test ...

8. Silly question--what to wear for class

   awoods0042 replied to knittingmonster's topic in General Students

   Well.. Last semester we had 8 hours of class 3 days a week, and one day of clinicals. Let me tell ya.. i lived in my sweat pants. Not only did we have to be there by 730, we had to sit there for 8 hours.. sometimes i would get fancy and wear jeans....