Fullmetaljacket96

Today was my first clinical, and I had to do my last set of vital signs before it was time to report to the nurse and leave. I could've sworn I documented them but at noon, the nurse assisting me, emailed saying I didn't document the vital signs and she needs them from me. I'm just now getting the email and it's night now. She already left the hospital and before I left the charge nurse said the patient might be discharged that afternoon. I feel horrible because I may have caused a big problem for them because of this. What is usually done when something like this happens?

I've been to several doctors in the past and one told me that I had a small heart murmur. I want to go into the Air Force as a nurse. Could this prevent me from getting in?

Well I don't see how you can know ANYBODY'S scholastic ability on here, regardless of how many times they've posted, unless they openly stated their GPA scores or IQ, etc.

It's doable, but it can be hard depending on the person. I'm terrible with managing my time and science is a difficult area for me so I can only take one or the other at a time.

You ought to retake it. I agree with what other users said. That kind of thinking won't do you any good whatsoever in the nursing program. They don't care about what goes on in your life and why. I'm taking CNA classes. If a student missed one clinical day, he/she gets a U (Unsatisfactory). If a student missed 2 clinical days, he/she gets another U and he fails the class. And that's just ONE example of the many many reasons you can get a U. Doesn't matter if you get into an accident or your gramdmother just died. They don't care about any excuses.

I thought all nursing programs across the board worked by a point system, or whatever it is you call it elsewhere.

Sorry wrong category, I was trying to put this in the student section.

Right now my GPA is 3.3 and I have 42 competitive points. After classes end next week, I should have 50 something points (not including the TEAS which I made a 62, which equals 7 points in my school). I'm going to take a few classes in the summer so my points should jump up to around 80, assuming I get all A's in the classes. I asked my advisor this same thing but he just gave me iffy answers. I always hear how nursing admissions are super competitive and that even having high B's and a decent GPA like a 3.5 isn't enough. I just want to have a rough idea of where I stand. I also have a C in A&P 1 which I feel could really hurt my application. I already submitted my application because it was due last week, and I'm still having to take a few prereqs in the summer so they told me my application would be "provisionally considered."

Neither is actually required, they just said these were optional courses though it would be a good idea to get at least ONE math class under my belt. More people I know seem to be taking quantitative literacy than statistics, not sure why.

I'm planning on taking a math class over the summer along with chemistry, and I'm stuck between quantitative lit and statistics. I don't even want to take a math class but I feel if I can do well at it, it could really boost my points for entry into the nursing program.

So I'm applying for the ADN program in the fall and I sat down yesterday and calculated the points I have right now from the courses I already took. I estimated points I would have for some courses I'm taking right now and over the summer so altogether I came up with like 70-80 something points. I honestly have no clue if this is good or bad though, nobody seems to be talking about how many competitive points you need or at least a benchmark. Would this be a good amount of points to get into the program?

I'm currently taking prereqs for my associates in nursing and was thinking of getting some kind of job in a clinical setting while I wait to finish my degree that way I can have more experience, so I'm considering phlebotomy. I've been seeing these little signs around my town advertising 3 day phlebotomy courses and certification with a phone number or site. But 3 days seems pretty short to me, how would you even learn anything in that short period of time? It is legit or a scam? Should I just enroll in the 8 week phleb course at my college?

Alright, thanks for the advice.

Interesting. So it's not too early to start doing paper work and talking to a recruiter, instead of waiting til when I get my bachelor's?

Hi guys, so I'm currently working on an associate degree in nursing and I'm seriously considering going into the military as a commissioned officer nurse after I get my bachelor's. The two branches I'm looking at are Air Force and Navy. I'm kind of leaning towards the Air Force since I'm a little more familiar with it and I've got a few cousins in the AF, but I've been reading a lot of stuff online and everyone is saying that it's extremely difficult to get into the AF as a commissioned officer, especially for nurses, that it's very competitive because there aren't many positions open, and if you aren't in the ROTC program it's especially going to be tougher because most positions are given preference to the incoming ROTC graduates. So I don't know if all of this is true or not and I virtually know nothing about the Navy, their website isn't as informative as the AF's. Is there a big difference in admissions into the AF or Navy for commissioned nurses or is it the same?