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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 luck though. If you do have to retake it, try to get a pump after a patient is discharged and play around with it running into a sink. This will help you get familiar with the buttons and how to set rates and dosages without endangering a patient.

I always think "Strawberry Shortcake"

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 65.

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 are very hard to come by and I did pretty well. I made a very high (78-79) C in one Med/Surg and one OB/Peds. Other than that, I've made all B's. I had a very high GPA entering the program, so my GPA is still well above a 3.0. I also have a 4 yr old son and a pregnant wife at home. If I were single it would've been a breeze.

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 you need to, but I think you'll be fine.

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 guarded.

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 conversation starter.

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 also runs our testing software much better than PC's do. I'd make the same decision if I had to do it over again.

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. You may have to pad your transcript in order to get the GPA high enough. Try getting some certificates and the like that may be useful if nursing doesn't pan out. Good Luck.

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 class. (2 hr classroom, 2 hr seminar, 8 hr clinical.) I normally spend 3-4 hrs a couple days a week sitting down and studying for class, and another 3-4 hrs one night preparing for clinical the next day. This is just a guideline though. This changes week to week.

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. It will be hard, and I wouldn't expect straight A's after pre-reqs. Just for reference, I study a minimum of 20 hours a week + probably 12 hours/week being AT school. It's a lot, but it's doable.

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 is.

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 more pieces of this puzzle to determine those things though.

-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 a job if needed I doubt that you will be able to work at all (let alone nursing) while in med school. Some schools actually have you sign a contract stating that you will not work while attending said school. The second part is true if you keep up with your license. I do feel kinda like time is money when it comes to med school. The faster you can get in, the faster you can practice. But like you said, it is your journey and I hope you make it work. Good Luck.

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 me.

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 little.) This helps quite a bit. I also never have to take work home with me. It's low stress and i only think about it when I'm there. Not sure if this is the case where you're working.

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 thing.

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 portion of the content that we are responsible for. We do have a dedicated class to learn dosages. Intakes are included in this class. This isn't even a NUR class though. It's AHS (allied health services.)

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 nervous giving SBAR's sometimes too, even though I've been looking at a chart for two days. I don't get test anxiety, but pretty much all of my classmates do. Just breathe and remember all of the work that you've done to have the chance to take those tests and give those injections. Side note: I don't get nervous administering IVP. Can't really explain this. Anyway... you'll get through it. It gets easier.

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 really good feeling knowing that I am able to do a RN level skill. Before that it was Accuchecks, or IVPB, etc. Just take something from every rotation. Not every day will be awesome, but not every day working will be either. Also, my mother baby bad experience comes from being a male student (230 lbs at that) I think. I didn't get a lot of opportunities to observe or go hands on with the OB aspect. I did learn a lot in my Nursery rotation though.

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 during the rotations though. My background is in hospitality so I need all of the clinical time I can get.

I also had to do this. I always picked a female patient until I was comfortable with women.

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. I learned to just grit my teeth and go for it unless they gave a clear indication that they didn't want me to complete that particular task. I've gotten much more comfortable as I've gotten more experience. This is just a part of nursing. One of my fundamentals instructors would always say, "We are always up in someone's business." It'll get better.

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 dress code in the Student Nurse Handbook of the program you want.

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 hospitality and it required Nutrition. I thought it was a joke. It will be important in nursing school to know which foods offer certain nutrients, but it doesn't require its own course. Good Luck