Michael076 replied to anniemichellena's topic in New York
Wow, 10 minutes!! In my Hospital every bathroom and shower room has really loud irritating emergency call bells which ring louder and faster than a normal call bell so we respond rapidly always within one minute max. Because the bells are so loud the...
Michael076 replied to labrador4122's topic in New Nurse
Well maybe some skills came easier because I was an aide in my last year of school and had more hospital exposure. Someone completely new to the environment may be more intimidated by spiking an iv bag. I too wish we had more clinical time in school....
Michael076 replied to labrador4122's topic in New Nurse
Honestly who cares if he did not know how to spike the bag. My instructor told us you could teach a monkey how to spike a bag, hang a piggy back, give a shot, etc. Not to mention as a student he is obviously a little nervous and insecure. Big deal af...
Believe me I am a few weeks in as a new nurse and injections and iv's are easy now. Just take your time my school had bad clinicals as well but my teacher always said you can teach a monkey those skills and they focused on critical thinking. She was ...
Michael076 replied to mahkev2000's topic in Male Students
I graduated from nursing school with a 3.6 adn - however when I was young and dumb I got a 2.7 overall for my bachelors in business. I hope my business degree doesn't screw me going forward from a gpa sense. I hope schools look at the difference in t...
Michael076 replied to lpn2rnMay2005's topic in NCLEX
1. How many questions did you take on NCLEX? 75 2. What study materials did you use? Did you take a test review course? saunders, some kaplan, ati practice exams and videos 3. Did your SON offer any testing (ERI, ATI, HESI)? ati 4. How long did you w...
Michael076 replied to nursinggrad2007's topic in NCLEX
Congratulations!!! I just ended my exam and the computer shut off at 75 questions. Not sure if I passed or not. I am going to be a mess for 2 days now until the results post. I was a great student but that test was really whacky I just don't know. Th...
Since you had chickenpox naturally you are immune. I have heard of some breakthrough cases of chickenpox after natural immunity but these are rare and mild maybe a lesion or two, and you can think of it as sort of a booster dose for your immunity. I...
Michael076 replied to nurse2btracy's topic in New York
I go to SCCC and I can tell you nursing exams are much harder than A&P. I got straight A's in all my sciences now i'm consistent B or B+. I feel anatomy is more memorizing while these exams are based on critical thinking and it seems there could ...
Good luck, They should not expect us to perform every procedure perfect during clinical because humans are much different than working on dummies in lab. The one thing I can't stand is not getting enough quality clinical time, then they expect you to...
Were you working many hours while in school? What led to you having to do the lab work to begin with? Believe me I am not placing blame, I do not know the complete details pertaining to your situation. However I was fired from a high paying job a few...
Michael076 replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in Educators
As a second year nursing student my biggest pet peave is the lectures are something I can do on my own. In my program the lectures are power point slides that instructors read. Writing or rewriting is the worst way to learn and does not promote criti...
If I were you I would apply to both Stony Brook and Suffolk. If you get accepted to both go to Stony Brook and get your BSN directly. Call them and make an appointment to see what prereqs you need for Stony Brook or check website. I met with the assi...
That's great and good luck with getting into the program. I will be graduating in December of 2008. My advice is try to do everything in your power to get A's in those 4 core prereq classes such as A&P 1 + 2, Micro, and the other one forget the n...