AmyJo2018

Term 1 of my ADN program is done, sort of. Actually it's not; I have to retake pharm due to being less than one percent from passing, and I withdrew from skills/clinicals early on. I just couldn't cut my work hours enough to be successful. This re...

Thank you everyone! I really love this forum; It is so encouraging!

Wow, now thats tenacity!

So Sen. Walsh made a slip of the tongue when she was tired? Think of the damage a tired nurse working a long shift with minimal breaks could do. I think she illustrated the point right there, but being too partisan to even notice.

In our state you may sit for the pn/nclex after completing your second term of the ADN program, which is what I plan to do. The tech college that I attend has a PN program with a long waiting list. Our PN program also, only starts once a year in Ju...

Greetings PreNursing Students: I am currently in the middle of first term and thought that I would jot down some fresh advice. -Get your course packets and textbooks as early as possible and start reading through the chapters, following the course ca...

Oh yes, that amount of time will be plenty!

It looks like this post has been appropo for the masses. It is quite timely for me, a 51 yo first term nursing student, whose first week was horrible. I have to redo 3 out of our 5 first skills and the work load is something I will have trouble nav...

Please don't be too discouraged. You certainly are no failure. Anyone who can complete all the work of an RN program, while not passing, and still be concerned about their standing with their parents and employers shows maturity and planning. I ho...

Thank you for sharing your story and encouraging others to do the same. I mean, that is the point of a forum, eh? I'm sorry it turned into a catty pile-on, but your post is helpful and may be what someone needs to read in the future. Providing tha...

I am amazed that so many educated professionals can read a post and pull only what they want to see out of it. I usually read all comments to a thread of interest, but I stopped on the second page. Some of 'you people' are disgusting, and at the ve...

An uninvited back-rub in a secluded closet? Whether you said anything to him at the time or not is irrelevant. Management/HR should definitely be involved. You did the right thing. Again, after being hauled into the office and (hopefully) reprima...

Btw, my community college requires their Nursing Assistant course as a prereq to nursing. I feel your pain on the age thing. I will be fifty-one when I start core classes in the spring. And yes, after twenty-four years at Walmart I make way to muc...

I would err on the side of caution where anatomy and chemistry are concerned. Taking one class in a semester to ensure a proper grade is, in the long run much less time consuming and cheaper than having to retake classes. I also worked 40 hours whi...

{ When loading a syringe the teacher kept firing questions at me. I finally said to her st one point, "I must not have done this correctly because you keep asking me questions." She said, "Not necessarily." } I wonder if the questions were just an...

I have taken both gen A&P and AA&P online. Both are doable, but as for me, I learn much better in a class and I've always enjoyed the classes more at college. A hybrid seems to be good medium.

The Nursing Assistant course is a required prerequisite for my ADN program. I haven't become certified as most nursing students don't. I may though, as I am not getting into the program until spring. Phlebotomy sounds very interesting to me as I fe...

I just read the headline on a newspaper in the doctor's office today. It seems some employers in California/Colorado are relaxing the 'no THC' rules due to a scarce number of eligible workers. I guess the point being when a requirement starts to be...

Find out if there is a grade requirement for either class. We have a 'B' requirement for chemistry, so I didn't want to pile on more headaches (another difficult class) when I took it. Actually, I had to take it twice. If you have the time to spre...

After being told twice that chances were good that I would be in the Nursing program starting this fall, alas I will not be starting until spring '19. This means that I will enjoy the summer with no homework, WHEE! I am not as excited to sit out the...

Thanks for the suggestion. I will be checking out what our college offers. My adviser didn't suggest much of anything, so I came up with MA pharm - a more basic class than Nursing pharm. This forum is definitely a help!

Thanks! I know I can find student ahead of me that will let me borrow their book for a semester.

I am currently in microbiology and we discussed bed bugs in our parasite lesson plan. Bed bugs are not like fleas; jumping about from floor to furniture. They have one area where they have all that they need as far as security and nutrition. Beds...

I started my prereq's in 2014. I work full time and never took more than two classes/semester. I also had to do a couple "do-overs". I am pleased to announce that I am currently in my last semester of generals and will be starting in core in the f...

Hi! I am fifty and will be finishing my generals this semester. No way are you to old.