lehaley1989

lehaley1989 ADN, RN

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  1. Severe Anxiety destroying me help..

    lehaley1989 replied to THENBHD's topic in General Students

    Agreed. As a nursing student, I think it's normal to be a little nervous before each shift. But anxiety this severe could begin to impact your patient care abilities and really needs to be addressed...

  2. Human physiology and Microbio during summer?

    lehaley1989 replied to leepakuee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would really advise against taking both classes during an 8 week time frame. If I had to choose one of those classes to take over the summer, I would probably pick micro. Micro is important to...

  3. Starting Pre-Reqs!!

    lehaley1989 replied to Soon2beNurseSmith's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you haven't already, you might want to consider identifying your learning style. There's a great questionnaire that you can find & take online called the VARK Learning Inventory, and I pretty...

  4. Hair does in nursing shoes

    lehaley1989 replied to Moonsun1996's topic in General Students

    I would strongly advise against this. Most nursing programs have very strict clinical dress codes. In fact, I'm not aware of a single program that allows unnatural hair colors. Mine also requires long...

  5. Flu - Missing Class

    lehaley1989 replied to Phlebotomist21's topic in General Students

    Yikes! I'm sure your school will figure something out for you guys, but what a stressful situation to be

  6. Quitting Nursing school before it even begins?

    lehaley1989 replied to guest517's topic in General Students

    I just began my second semester of nursing school. I didn't feel like I had a decent handle on things until about week 5 of my 1st semester. And that feeling of being completely overwhelmed? Yeah,...

  7. Flu - Missing Class

    lehaley1989 replied to Phlebotomist21's topic in General Students

    I'm surprised by this as well. To be fair, it isn't my school that requires the flu shot. They make it well known that students are welcome to opt out, but that most (if not all) clinical sites...

  8. Nursing school, 10 month old, and no support

    lehaley1989 replied to futurenurseShari's topic in General Students

    Nope, I'm in school in Wisconsin. You could definitely pick up a NCLEX book and take a look, but I think it's more important to brush up on your anatomy & physiology. I used Khan Academy to...

  9. Nursing school, 10 month old, and no support

    lehaley1989 replied to futurenurseShari's topic in General Students

    In my program our theory classes are offered between the hours of 8-4 or 100% online. We have AM (6 AM - 3 PM) or PM (3 PM - 11PM) clinicals. Many of the students are second degree, so a lot are...

  10. Extra Study resources

    lehaley1989 replied to Angel_eyez's topic in General Students

    I've been considering a NRSNG subscription too, so I'd love to hear what everyone thinks about it. My program requires us to have access to ATI (taking an ATI test is a benchmark for most of our...

  11. Additional resources for 1st semester success

    lehaley1989 replied to EdVedder's topic in General Students

    Calculate with Confidence is an awesome book to pick up if your school doesn't already require a dosage calculations book. I actually used it to teach myself dosage calculations before my first...

  12. Is nursing for me

    lehaley1989 replied to Big_Mike's topic in General Students

    Yikes, that's a lot of money to have to borrow. Since it's an ABSN program, do you have student debt from your first degree too? That's what scared me away from the ABSN programs in my area. I have to...

  13. Just got my acceptance email! What should I do now?

    lehaley1989 replied to EdVedder's topic in General Students

    Planner: I have a Blue Sky Day Designer and I love it! It separates days into 2 columns: one that lets me break down where I need to be during the day and one that lets me outline my to-do list. It...

  14. Schools grading scale

    lehaley1989 replied to Ibyn26's topic in General Students

    This is a pretty common grading policy. In my program, you have to meet 2 criteria to pass: an 80% exam score and 80% overall grade. Extra credit points are occasionally awarded, but are not added to...

  15. I'm In, Now What?!?!

    lehaley1989 replied to ERNurseErica's topic in General Students

    Some things that you could start working on ahead of time are dosage calculations and reviewing your A&P. If your school doesn't require a dosage calculations book, I would recommend picking up a...

  16. Not Vaccinated-In Need of Advice

    lehaley1989 replied to scouteb's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I second this. While you could definitely try for exemption, most clinical sites want their student nurses to be fully vaccinated and I suspect you may run into problems with this. I would recommend...

  17. Stethoscope for nursing school?

    lehaley1989 replied to marisa.m's topic in General Students

    My school did not require a specific color or type of stethoscope, our instructors just encouraged us to test the school stethoscopes then get what we could afford before clinical. I did find that...

  18. I didn't get in

    lehaley1989 replied to Dreamer05's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Except that's not true. It's entirely dependent on where you live and what hospitals you're applying

  19. Taking notes and reading?

    lehaley1989 replied to Middleburg08's topic in General Students

    I'm a 1st semester student, and I discovered pretty quickly that it wasn't going to be feasible for me to read all of the assigned chapters word-for-word. 3-5 chapters per class per week x 3 classes +...

  20. I got in! What should I do now?

    lehaley1989 replied to Atljamie's topic in General Students

    In the months before I started nursing school, I spent some time brushing up on my A&P and started teaching myself drug dosage calculations. If your school doesn't require a dosage calculations...

  21. I didn't get in

    lehaley1989 replied to Dreamer05's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For some people yes, taking a semester or two off would be a bad thing. The point is, the OP asked for advice from this community. If they didn't want to hear a variety of opinions from people, they...

  22. I didn't get in

    lehaley1989 replied to Dreamer05's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    People aren't giving this advice from a place of negativity, and we're all fully aware that there is a lot that goes into selecting a school. Unfortunately, many of us just know from experience that...

  23. I didn't get in

    lehaley1989 replied to Dreamer05's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Agreed. This school may be your preferred choice, but you mention that it gets a lot of applicants. Not trying to be negative, but what if you apply a second time and still don't get

  24. is there anyone got in nursing program after retaking courses that you failed?

    lehaley1989 replied to sandyisb914's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing schools are highly competitive. They often have hundreds of extremely qualified students applying for a very limited number of spots each semester. Nursing is also consistently named one of...

  25. My Top 5 Study Tips for New Nursing Students

    lehaley1989 replied to RachelP_CRNA2B's topic in General Students

    If you haven't taken the VARK questionnaire mentioned in the post above, I strongly recommend doing that first. Figuring out your learning style will help you determine the best way for you to study....