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I am an ex-nursing student (I was a nursing student for 2 years but changed it to special education, that's another whole story :)) but if I learned anything in nursing school, it's how strict the HIPAA laws are. Someone was telling me a story about ...

I feel like I am the last one in school! All of my friends are taking finals this week or last, and are either home or going home next week! My sister is coming home Wednesday and my other sister is done on the 15th! I am not done until the 20th! Oh ...

Congratulations to everyone who is done/almost done! And to everyone who isn't I hope we all do well on our upcoming finals! I am so looking forward to having a nice break, but in a way I wish we didn't have one because I'm afraid I am not going to b...

Thank you so much for posting these! During junior high my school was awesome about giving everyone a choice about dissections from the start. If we didn't want to, there was a computer version to do. High school was kind of a hassle but they let me ...

Wow, don't complain about being short staffed when you have an attitude like THIS towards new CNAs/students!

Ugh, I am NOT looking forward to doing this. Not because I don't think I can handle seeing an animals insides or will be grossed out, but I am really against dissection of animals and animal cruelty.. This really sucks!

"If doctors, like airline pilots, died with their clients they would take a lot more care with the orders they issued." That quote right there reminds me of how I got over my fear of flying! The pilot doesn't want the plane to crash JUST as much as y...

My friend is a teacher and HATES it. She said she would like to do nursing, but obviously is going to wait it out and make sure a, she really wants to do nursing and b, gives teaching some time. She used to waitress before hand and actually made the ...

Oh my gosh I don't think I could ever climb over the stall wall, I can barely jump a fence! I work in retail (I'm still a student) and once a girl I worked with called out because her daughter is sick. She has one daughter. No lie, 5 minutes later ...

I am the baby of the family, the 3rd born. I am not a nurse yet because I'm still in school. Alcoholism runs in the family. But my family wasn't dysfunctional though. Anyway, me and my sisters are all going to school for jobs in healthcare (Physical ...

I was this close to going there, but I was offered a really good scholarship at my school so I didn't. But, I heard it is a pretty good program. One of my friends is doing this program.

Wow, I have a learning disability and I am shocked at peoples attitude's of those with learning disabilities! Especially because the term "learning disability" is SO broad. There are so many different kinds of learning disabilities. I have dyslexia. ...

Does anyone know if there are hospitals who will pay for your education AFTER you are a registered nurse? Or generally do they have a program and you have to go through it? I'm not looking for example (I still have 3.5 years!) but just wondering if h...

I posted something like this about a month ago, and generally the answer was yes, go for it! Not saying that people are aren't CNAs are BAD nurses and not saying they are better, but I just got a lot of answers saying that since you will be above a C...

Hello everyone! I am a pre-nursing student. I just started my freshman year in September. So, since I have 4 years, do you think it would be helpful to work as a CNA? Can someone tell me about what it is that CNAs do and the duties of a CNA? Where do...

Well I am only a freshman so I am not in the "nursing school" part yet, but so far I have written 6 papers. And my English professor asked me what my major was and I told her nursing, and she said "Oh you will be writing a TON of papers then!" I don'...

I know they always say to get a year or a couple years of experience in Med/Surg, and I am NO WHERE near deciding where I want to work yet, but I was just wondering something. Now I know they say this to gain experience and in case you don't like a c...

UGH me too! I always find myself with my eyes slowly closing and I keep yawning, it drives me crazy! And I have this one professor who ALWAYS turns the lights out as soon as he walks in because he has "sensative eyes". I always get so sleepy in his c...

I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend anyone by this! I didn't mean it like that. I meant that a lot of times I have heard (and have had people told me) that you should gain experience in med-surg, and it might even be a requirement for certain jobs. I a...

Thanks! Yeah I am not worried about it at all yet, I am going to try to go through clinicals with an open mind so I don't try and like something I don't really like just because I wanted to do it before. Does that make sense? For example, I could end...

I have used my Macbook for my Sociology class. But I will admit I only did it in that class because I saw one other girl who brought hers in. No other classes have I seen laptops. I wasn't sure if it was because they aren't allowed or what. So I only...

I'm sorry, I don't mean to hijack your thread, but can someone tell me exactly what an externship is? Sorry again :)

I THOUGHT these were new! I wasn't sure though. I was on last night and I thought something looked different but I couldn't tell if I just hadn't noticed them before!

Thanks everyone for your replies! Like I said I have a lot of time to think about it! My goal right now is to do something in OB or NICU, but that could change once I go through clinicals! Which still won't be for another year and a half! I was just ...

Well I am a good 3.5 years away, but I know one thing I am going to do when I graduate (and many times before!) and that is go on a shopping spree!