Ancher

Ancher has 2 years experience.

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1. Is 51 yrs old too old to start LVN school?

   Ancher replied to tperkins740's topic in General Students

   IMO, you have a very long time ahead of you on this earth and many of those years you will be working. If you think nursing is where you need to be, do it! Srs, its only 1 year after prereq's.... What do you have to lose?

2. Opinion on what to do next

   Ancher posted a topic in General Students

   Hello, I recently finished my ADN and I have several paths ahead of me. The issue, I'm having trouble weighing the pros and cons. Hopefully one of you with experience may chime in. To begin, I plan on continuing my education. I would like to earn a ...

3. Am I too old????

   Ancher replied to Roxy Simms's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Just hit 35 and I graduate in 22 days. I started the program back when I was 32. I don't regret my decisions... yet, lol

4. Fundamentals Passed

   Ancher replied to mitterlola's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Made an A! Congrats! That really is quite an accomplishment. Keep up the good work and dont give up!

5. Pharm Class

   Ancher replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Students

   A great place to start with Pharm is memorizing the suffixes. Heres a couple my school made us memorize. After you have that down, start relating common effects(ie side effects) to those medications. Remember that even though they are "side effects" ...

6. I'm in my program, second year but did not take one prerequisite? What should I do?

   Ancher replied to beachlover1989's topic in General Students

   I'm in a similar position. It is a pud class (Interpersonal communication), but I will not be allowed to graduate and/or take my boards until its completed.

7. I don't know how to study 😩

   Ancher replied to stacylethani's topic in General Students

   Just finished my ATI pharm final today with a Tier III. What I did was take tons (and I mean tons) of practice question. I used saunders pn test bank from evolve, pharmacology success, and the ATI practice exams along with the unit exams. In total, I...

8. I'm failing out of nursing school

   Ancher replied to BusyMan's topic in General Students

   I'm a non-traditional student and Im also a father of two. Before nursing school, I was a 4.0 student. I had a natural ability to with memorizing things, as im sure most nursing students have. When it came to nursing school, I was thrown out of my ga...

9. ATI Fundamentals Final

   Ancher replied to JulianaRose's topic in General Students

   ATI fundamentals and Saunders PN. I scored Tier III. Personally, I had more NG tube questions than i expected, lol.

10. When to take TEAS and where to find practice tests?

    Ancher replied to Ready-Set-Go's topic in General Students

    I CRAMMED for 2 weeks prior to the exam. I purchased the TEAS ATI study guide book and the Mcgraw-hill book for practice questions. Get used to the format of the ATI book, it closely resemble all the primary "go to" info for many nursing programs. A ...

11. Preserving your marriage while being a good student?

    Ancher replied to blaundee's topic in General Students

    Make a point to spend time together, and when you do, keep school talk to a minimum. Give compliments and thanks for all the patience they have. I also randomly bring home flowers. But a biggie... Communicate!

12. How many chapters?!?!

    Ancher posted a topic in General Students

    Im in Unit 2 of my program, and currently I have 35 chapters to read for next weeks exam. Heres my breakdown... [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Linton: Ch. 5,12 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Potter/Perry: Ch. 6, 11,16, 24, 25, 29, 30 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Pagana: Pulse Oxi...

13. NCLEX mastery app PN

    Ancher replied to CourtCourt25's topic in NCLEX

    One of my instructors HIGHLY recommended The RN and PN mastery apps for androids and apples. Also, she recommended the ATI RN Mentor app. The combo is about 50 bucks,she said it was completely worth it.

14. Do they teach CPR in nursing school?

    Ancher replied to natmanzo's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I think the certification of a CPR license is only 2 years. Funny thing,My schools nursing program has the American heart association CPR as a pre-req for clinicals, but they don't even offer it. I have to go elsewhere to get certified.

15. TEAS V- MATH HELP

    Ancher replied to FLstateGirl's topic in TEAS

    Heres a great post from this site that I referenced a ton while studying for the TEAS. https://allnurses.com/teas-exam-help/how-i-passed-804222.html Good luck on your test!