chris85

Well my first semester was easy, but they have since changed it and made it a little bit harder. First off you gotta be dedicated and hit the books hard right at the beginning of each semester. If you start out doing bad, then it will be hard to make up for it later. Another thing is to go get a Lippincott NCLEX review book and learn how to answer the questions. These questions are unlike anything you've ever seen before. You have to learn a whole new way of thinking to answer them. If you don't take good notes, find someone that does and study with them cus they probably wrote down something that you missed during the lecture. Note cards help, if you can find the time to do them and study them. And lastly READ, READ, READ! If you get behind on your reading then it is hard to catch up, so get a routine going and stick to it. Some people say it is better to read before class, which is mainly a personal thing. If it helps you then do it, if it doesn't then don't bother. I did it most of the time and I think it helped me cus some of these teachers (so called) suck......and can't teach. Thats about all I can think of, but mainly you just gotta find what right for you and what is the best way that you learn.

Congrats ya'll.............and welcome to hell. lol I wish I could say I was kidding. I just graduated on the 15th and couldn't be happier. But don't let me scare you. It is possible, it just takes alot of work and it will wear on your nerves. Also you will leave school knowing that you are very capable of working in almost any hospital situation. Me and another fellow graduate are starting out at UMC ER and I am not scared one bit, because I know I got the tools to be great.

I am currently a nursing student in an ADN program and was wondering about my chances of being excepted to a CRNA program in the future. I have researched all the requirements for the programs and have read other post on here similar to what I am asking now. I have a cumulative GPA of 3.45 for my three years I've been in college, but my nursing grades aren't that good. I am passing, but my scores aren't as high as I'd like. Although I have maintained at least a 3.25 so far. I know I still need my BSN, and science courses are my thing. I believe I could make an A in almost any science course. My actual questions is, even with good grades in everything other than nursing, is a low nursing score gonna keep me out? I understand their are other things that determine if i am accepted but right now I'm just worried about making the acceptable grade. My overall grade in my first two semesters was a B, now I am in my third semester and I believe I still have a B, but i worried that it won't stay like that for long. Another thing I'm worried about is repeating a semester(I don't know about other schools, but at mine if you fail a semester you get the chance to repeat it, but you only get one repeat). I am pretty sure that if I have to repeat a semester I am out of the running to get into CRNA school. But the thing about that is the previous semester(failed semester) doesn't go on your transcript. Anyway, I am just wondering if CRNA would be a possibility. Any feedback would be appreciated.

I got a couple plans for my first couple years out of school. So here is my christmas list to myself coming December 2006. 1. Dove hunt in Argentina 2. New shotgun for dove hunt 3. Ford f-150 crew cab 4x4 4. Move out of my parents house(I really can't wait for that day to come) 5. Titan t1 home gym 6. New four wheeler 7. and a bunch of other things I'm sure I'll find along the way.