KristaB

I also got all of my non-nursing courses out of the way first. It makes life a lot easier not having to worry about anything other than nursing courses. As for the financial aid, my program expects that most students will have the support classes do...

Zach, Re: the gloves -- get a pair from lab and take them home. Put them on and take them off, refold and repeat as many times as you can. :) Seriously, practice makes perfect. Last quarter when we did sterile gloves, it would take everyone five o...

Zach, Evergreen hires Unit Techs. You might want to look into that. :) Krista

I'm with the majority of the other posters. I worked full time for an Internet company, and looking back, I can't *believe* how much I gave up for them. My kids see me more now, in school full time, than they ever did when I was working. I also was...

We have navy blue scrub pants (or we can wear white -- but I've yet to see *anyone* in white pants!) with a white polo top. We are also required to wear a navy blue lab coat, either short or long sleeved. They really aren't bad at all. We also hav...

I'm lucky that my husband has the flexibility in his job to adjust his hours around my schedule. So far, we haven't had to use any babysitters -- and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we won't! Krista

I also have three -- 6, 4 and 14 months. Krista

I'm down to one caffeinated beverage a day (down from 5-6). I wouldn't recommend going cold turkey -- the headaches and fatigue are atrocious! I cut back slowly, taking one out about every 4 days and replaced that beverage with water. Krista

Apples, bananas, bagels, string cheese and diet cola. This is my nursing school diet, boring as it may be. Boring but portable. :) Krista

Ohhhh, good to hear I'm not the only one with the Potter & Perry *and* Perry & Potter books! Back to school in two days! (And my reading assignments were out of the Perry & Potter for the first of the quarter, not Potter & Perry ...

My kids and I go back on the 3rd! I'm *really* looking forward to having them back in school! I finally finished my reading assignment for Friday. I decided not to procrastinate before the start of the quarter. :) Krista

I'm bored already, too. I can't believe I can't wait for school to start again. We had our big family thing at my house over the weekend. At least the house is still semi-clean. Disneyland was awesome; that was by far the highlight of my vacation...

Well, I could introduce you to my parents. 30k a year must be average for a private school. The state universities here run around 4k or so per year. Community college is considerably less... Krista

I would check with the veterinary school you are interested in. They would be the ones that would best be able to answer your question. Krista

Congratulations, Brandy!! Krista

Congratulations!! :) :) :) Krista

Congratulations, Metron! I'm so happy for you! :) :) :) Krista

I'm also happy this term is finally over! I doubt I'll be bored, though -- we were given a LONG reading list to have completed by the first day of class. Krista

I have the "cheap" Littmann, the Select, I think. It works great! I think it was about $35 -- definitely better quality than the ones they sell in the bookstore on campus, but not like a Card III. Unless you have problems hearing, there is really ...

I'M DONE!!!!!! :) :) :) Until January 3, anyway. Krista

I'm 29 (30 next month, yikes!), married 7+ years with three kids (6, 4, and 14 months). I finish my first quarter of an ADN program today (YAY!) and I'll be done with that in 6/03. I've known I've wanted to go into nursing since high school, but was...

Great job, Peace! :) Krista

Hi everyone, The director of our nursing program found out that I was taking statistics online next quarter, and urged me to reconsider. She bases this on her experience of failing an online advanced statistics course that she had to take for her do...

Dgh: I'm taking all of them online. This is my last "easy" quarter of nursing (not full time), so I wanted to get statistics in this quarter and I'll work the other two in around my hard quarters, knowing that they're both easier classes than the s...

Yeah, that's a bummer because I definitely *cannot* work it into my schedule around nursing classes. I still have to take statistics, sociology and nutrition before the BSN program, all of which I'll be doing by correspondence or online. They do o...