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  1. I really don't like Boston

    BBPP you did not say exactly where in the Boston area you are moving to. If your husband is working downtown, you don't necessarily have to work there too. But if you did want to work in town, and your going to live outside of Boston, you can use the...
  2. Please Help: It seems that I do not know nursing content :(

    Kaplan was freaking me out. I got rid of the book, literally tossed in trash. Went back to Saunders and am scoring in the 70's. I am taking the test this Sunday so I better get more questions in. I feel like I forget everything I learned in school.
  3. How much did you study for the NCLEX-PN?

    I am following BalaSharks footsteps. I bumped my test up to Aug 27 from Aug 20. I am procrastinatng big time. I have done a few hundred questions in Saunders and that is it. But I have had my parents visiting from Florida, my 13 year old needs rides ...
  4. PLEASE HELP!!! so embarassed about sweating!

    I feel your pain. I am a "head sweater". During clinicals this year I would break out in dripping head sweat by 0700. I keep my hair short, no make-up because it justs runs right down my face. In the deep winter of New England I work in short-sleeve ...
  5. Need Advice- what route should I take for RN license?

    The very first thing to do is check out the pre-reqs for all programs; ADN, Second Bachelor's, Direct Entry Master's. You may find, as I did, that you'll have to repeat a few if they are outdated. I had to retake Anatomy and Physiology and Microbiolo...
  6. Questions about MATH.

    I suggest that you get a good math for nurses/dosage calculation book. The one I liked best was Anna Curren's DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS FOR MEDS. Start at Chapter 1, work your way thru all of the exercises and you will be fine come the beginning of LPN sc...
  7. What you wish you would have payed more attention to.

    As a new PN grad these are my suggestions for advanced studying. I too wished I had a better grasp of math at the beginning. My suggestion to you is to go to the bookstore and look at the following: Math for Meds by Anna Curren. She also publishes th...
  8. What was the toughest part of Nursing school for you?

    2 things; getting there! I live way south of Boston and had a long difficult commute to class and clinicals. Some days it was over 2 hours in bumper to bumper traffic and of course I would be chastised for being late. It was hard to swallow all of th...
  9. Any PN students here?....

    Hello LPN students!! I graduated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had our PN ceremony THursday nite. I have to fill out my paperwork to send in for NCLEX-PN. I am so brain fried I can't even write my own name. I think I will take the day off and fill out forms an...
  10. menopause twice in life??

    I am also an endometriosis survivor. Since the age of 15, I had days every month where I fainted, projectile vomit, agonizing pain, etc. Birth control pills worked great for me, but when I tried to get pregnant and couldn't I did 7 IVF's with no luck...
  11. Any PN students here?....

    Hello PN students! I have one more clinical day (Monday, a maternal-newborn rotation) then the final is Tuesday!!!! I will be at my dining room table surrounded by towers of books all weekend. I told my husband and son they are on their own. If they...
  12. Any PN students here?....

    Good luck to all graduating LPN's. I have 8 days left, graduation is 6/22/06. It can be done!!!:mortarboard: :mortarboard:
  13. Any PN students here?....

    It can be done!! I also have a long commute; 100 miles round-trip in AWFUL Boston, Massachusetts traffic plus clinical locations can be a long trip too. I am 49 y.o., have a 13 y.o. son, a husband who works too much and elderly parents in FL that I h...
  14. EC Graduate

    So glad to hear your Excelsior experience was a great one. I am going to apply for the LPN-RN as soon as I get a straight answer from the Massachusetts BON re: do they accept Excelsior? CONGRATULATIONS!!
  15. Any PN students here?....

    I will be done with the LPN program on June 22nd!!!! I was originally in the RN program at the same school but flunked my final in the 3rd semester of a 4 semester AD program. Didn't want to go back to that hell, just wanted to be a nurse after all o...