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    Failed Capstone clincial....

    PudgeMC replied to sophia_29k's topic in General Students

    I didn't know a single person who won an appeal after failing a clinical portion of nursing school. I've seen people win appeals regarding their didactic grade, but never the clinical portion. Good...
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    Lose vs. Loose

    PudgeMC replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I always think "Strawberry
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    Average Pass Rate in ADN program

    PudgeMC replied to angel0309's topic in General Students

    My school has a graduation rate of 42% in 36 months from a 24 month program. NCLEX pass rate is 97% though. My first class had 165 people. I'm currently in the final class and we have about
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    Job vs grades while in school more important?

    PudgeMC replied to Mikespeese's topic in General Students

    I'm 4 weeks away from graduating from my ADN program. I had to work full time while in school (40 hours/week), which meant my two days off were spent in class and at the hospital. A's in my program...
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    Be more confident they say

    PudgeMC replied to SNgirl21's topic in General Students

    My checkoffs were the same way, and I'm sure your classmates feel the same way right now. It gets better. Confidence comes with doing in nursing school. Spend a little more time in the sim lab if...
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    Is this really that controversial?

    PudgeMC replied to djksjdalksjf's topic in General Students

    Ofcourse it's possible, but why? I don't tell them my address or my GPA, but if asked about life outside of the hotel I offer that up. We don't always have to be so
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    Is this really that controversial?

    PudgeMC replied to djksjdalksjf's topic in General Students

    In hospitality making small talk is a major part of the job. It's how you connect with people and make more money. I work in lodging and I tell people I'm in nursing school all the time. It's a...
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    Macbook Air or Macbook Pro for Nursing School?

    PudgeMC replied to tmccstu2018's topic in General Students

    I have an Air and I don't even utilize everything it can do in nursing school. I understand the other commenters concerns about the cost, but they last longer than cheap PC's so there's that. It...
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    Very Low Gpa...Is there still hope?

    PudgeMC replied to Futurern2013's topic in General Students

    I had a 1.3 my first semester of college. I'm going to begin my final semester of an ADN program this Fall. I currently hold a 3.5 after a lot of hard work. You can do it, it will just take time....
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    What is your week like in nursing school?

    PudgeMC replied to LorvenaD's topic in General Students

    All I would say is be adaptable. There are going to be weeks that you need more or less time for studying, family, etc. Our program is set up so that we have seven week terms where we have one...
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    Pre Nursing Mom, wife working full time.

    PudgeMC replied to Shesblessed's topic in General Students

    I am a husband and father of one (4yrs.) I work 40 hours a week. 0700-1500 on the days that I don't have class. I can't imagine what it would be like to have three. That being said, you can do it....
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    Intimidated by being only male

    PudgeMC replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I have 1.5 semesters left of school. I'd say my cohort is about 10-15% male. You'll make friends with people of both genders. Don't sweat it. School is hard enough as it
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    need help with an assignment

    PudgeMC replied to jane931's topic in General Students

    If his H&H is low then yeah, that with the vitals is consistent with a bleed somewhere. If he's in pain, than all of those things would be elevated as well (except BP would be elevated.) Need...
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    My best friend puts down being a nurse

    PudgeMC replied to mindfulnursingbabe's topic in General Students

    -I will work as a nurse while I'm in med-school whether it's per diem or part-time and if I can handle full-time then so be it - my time will not be wasted -I will always have my nursing license and...
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    My best friend puts down being a nurse

    PudgeMC replied to mindfulnursingbabe's topic in General Students

    Don't PA's spend a little bit of their time in a cadaver lab while in school? That sounds a bit worse than a little bit of incontinence to
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    Full time work and school??

    PudgeMC replied to Quitaphil's topic in General Students

    I work 0700-1500 5 days a week. I'm not getting A's, but I'm doing well. This isn't ideal, but it's reality at this point in my life. I work in a hotel, so in my downtime i do get to study (a...
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    Was I wrong?

    PudgeMC replied to Munch's topic in General Nursing

    How can she call the PT "HER PT" if y'all both worked half of the shift? Isn't she the one that told her that she was gonna try to get the orders changed in the first place? I would've done the same...
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    Having to teach yourself?

    PudgeMC replied to JJL618's topic in General Students

    We had over 100 powerpoint slides this week. There isn't enough class time to go over all of that, let alone all of the reading that goes along with it. We are expected to teach ourselves a large...
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    Feeling Anxiety Right Now

    PudgeMC replied to ManWhale's topic in General Students

    Nervousness in nursing school is universal. I have given a ton of IM injections in clinical (mostly Influenza and TDAP's), but I still get nervous when the RN is watching me draw it up. I get...
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    Hate clinicals?

    PudgeMC replied to Blinkie2003's topic in General Students

    You gotta get checked off on all those skills. Those are the things that really make me look back at clinical days and think I accomplished something. I just got checked off on IV Push and it was a...
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    Hate clinicals?

    PudgeMC replied to Blinkie2003's topic in General Students

    Clinical aren't my favorite thing to do, but I don't hate them. I've disliked certain rotations, and felt as though some days were wasted (looking at you Mother/Baby 1.) Generally I learn a good bit...
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    I am a second semester ADN nursing student, and I cannot get comfortable around male pt's!

    PudgeMC replied to lindssmithh's topic in General Students

    I also had to do this. I always picked a female patient until I was comfortable with
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    I am a second semester ADN nursing student, and I cannot get comfortable around male pt's!

    PudgeMC replied to lindssmithh's topic in General Students

    I had a similar feeling during my first clinical rotation, but in reverse. I'm a male. I wasn't so freaked out about doing peri care on women, as I was always worried about their feelings about it....
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    Wearing a beard as a male nurse?

    PudgeMC replied to Jarl Redbeard's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm currently in an ADN program and we are allowed to wear beards as long as they are well kept. Mine is a bit shorter than yours, but I've seen guys in my cohort with longer. I would just check the...
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    Pre-nursing classes

    PudgeMC replied to RebeccaMichelle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My ADN program only requires Human Development. If I were to choose one of the three that you mentioned, I would take HD. It will really help with your Mother/Baby classes. My first degree was in...