mysticpenguin

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1. Prospective State College of Florida (Manatee) ADN Students

   mysticpenguin replied to corsair's topic in Florida

   If you don't mind my asking, what were your GPAs? I am probably transferring from my community college in Montana down there :) but i have no idea if I'd even be able to get in with my grades!!

2. Best and worst states for new grads?

   mysticpenguin posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hello everyone! I am currently a nursing student in Montana; if all goes well I *should* be graduating in bit more than a year. I am 22 years old, married with no kids or pets, and plan to leave Montana after I am done with school (we are originally ...

3. Do you think you'll/have you put on weight in NS?

   mysticpenguin replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

   People use nursing school as an excuse for gaining weight just like they use, well, just about everything else as an excuse for gaining weight. In the past year (during which I've been in NS and have been working 20+ hours/week) I have totally revam...

4. Air Force Background check

   mysticpenguin replied to snp81's topic in Government

   You'll be just fine, trust me. They will almost certainly grant you a waiver...and if this commander does not decide to waive this incident, you can switch recruiters again and again until you find one whose commander WILL waive the incident. But a...

5. Exercising while in NS...

   mysticpenguin replied to jagtag's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   It definitely is. I personally actually began a whole new lifestyle when I began nursing school... it's been half a year since I've missed a workout (I work out for 1.5 to 2 hours 7 days per week and I'm also on a very strict diet.) Where there's a...

6. How can you afford BSN program and housing?

   mysticpenguin replied to girtenbt's topic in Student Assist

   You can take out student loans to cover living expenses while you finish school. In my mind, it's worth it because if you drop out of school to pay your bills, you're just going to get stuck -- that's what happened to me and it took me a few years t...

7. I have totally confused myself about tonicity of solutions....

   mysticpenguin posted a topic in Student Assist

   It seems I only come here when I need help! LOL! I am studying for my physiology final and my notes on tonicity of solutions are incredibly confusing 8 weeks after the lecture on tonicity.... My question is: do hypertonic solutions contain a higher ...

8. Will working as a CNA during nursing school help me get a job?

   mysticpenguin posted a topic in General Students

   I keep reading / hearing about all these new grads who can't get jobs because they have no experience. Some of my fellow students are getting certified as CNAs during our next intersession (after Finals next week) and plan on working as CNAs to get a...

9. dental assisting before a CNA or RN

   mysticpenguin replied to millerma1993's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I think you have to have a degree to join the Peace Corps, but there is a similar domestic program called AmeriCorps and they actually offer scholarships in exchange for volunteer work, I think to the tune of about $4,000. All nursing programs are di...

10. dental assisting before a CNA or RN

    mysticpenguin replied to millerma1993's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I think you've been mislead about the requirements to become a dental assistant. I looked up accredited dental assistant programs in Indiana on the DANB website (that's the organization that awards accredation to programs) and found this one: http://...

11. Moving To MT

    mysticpenguin replied to NurseDianne's topic in Montana

    Pay is extremely low here...I'm a nursing student originally from Massachusetts (husband moved us here) and the pay for every kind of job you can imagine is lower here than anywhere else in the country I've lived (5 states so far). Cost of living is...

12. JOB iDEAS WHiLE iN FULL TiME SCHOOL.

    mysticpenguin replied to miidgett411's topic in General Nursing

    Personally right now I am waitressing while in school full-time. I was working full-time and taking classes but it was just too much. There's only one hospital (and one chain of clinics) in the town where I'm living and going to school, and we're a...

13. How did you memorize path of bloodflow in the heart?

    mysticpenguin posted a topic in General Students

    I'm taking a summer anatomy and physiology class, and my lab instructor wants us to memorize the flow of blood through the heart. (IE, in through the vena cavae, right atrium, tricuspid, right ventricle, pulmonary semilunar valve, and so on.) Did an...