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I am so happy to hear that I am not alone in this! All of my friends in nursing school fall asleep the minute they hit the pillow. Its so frustrating because they don't understand why I'm always tired. I have resorted to Ambien. I started out on Lunesta from a friend who's a doctor but I hated it. Then I asked my regular doctor for Ambien and she was really hesitant to give it to me. I'm trying to stretch this bottle out. I usually only take it the night before clinicals because otherwise I'll only get an hour or two of sleep which isn't safe. I even quit work my second semester because I was so nonfunctional due to being so tired. People need to sleep and not be afraid to do whatever they need to do to get them through. I keep thinking the stress will all be over when I graduate in December but I'm sure I'll have an all new stress being a new grad nurse!! Good luck to everyone!

Yep, no need to read ahead. The teacher will tell you everything you need to know and will explain it much better than that big text book will. My teacher published an outline book so we didn't even have to take notes in class. We didn't read the big book at all. Good luck and purchase some note cards to make flash cards!

It really depends on your professor. We had a periodic table with us for each of the tests. Also, you will want to have your basic math skills down because our teacher got very angry at some of my classmates for not knowing basic math. He is a chemistry teacher, not a math teacher!! But we did have to learn our acids and bases about mid course. Overall, I think if you just really pay attention and take really good notes of example problems given in class, you will do fine. Make sure you do all of your assigned homework because those problems will most likely appear on the tests. Lastly, if you havn't already signed up for your class, go to Ratemyprofessor.com and try to get a professor that the students rate as a person who explains things very well.

What we learned/used the most in the class is dimensional analysis. It is so easy but its a basic concept you have to master to get through the course. Here is a web site that might help if you are not already familiar with it. http://www.chemtutor.com/numbr.htm#da Chemistry is a piece of cake if you just do all of your assigned homework. Good luck and don't stress about it too much. Trying to learn something from a book may be a little harder. I always need a teacher to explain things to me.

My ASN program is 72 credit hours total. About 30 or less credits were prereques.

I do not sign up for my classes unless I've read about the instructor on that site. I have had a couple problems with it but overall, I am a big fan. Before I heard about the web site I took a math class and loved the instructor. The following semester I learned about the web site and looked her name up and everyone gave her horrible reviews..so I dont know how that happened. Then everyone was giving my humanities teacher rave reviews so I took him and I hated his teaching style. I wanted to cringe everytime I had to sit through one of his boring lectures where he tried to make funny and I wasn't laughing. So yeah, I don't always agree with it but it has definitely helped me out with a majority of my classes.

I think it is doable if you are not working a full time job. You will want to make sure you stay on top of your studying. Get those flash cards ready! You really want to concentrate on this course and get an A.

I would agree with the previous poster. If you want to do nursing there are so many schools out there that you can get into. There may be wait lists but you can get in. I finished my prereques in August 2005 and was accepted in September 2005 to begin the nursing program in August 2006. I believe it is worth the wait

There are soooooo many threads on being nervous and second guessing yourself before school starts on this forum, especially under the general nursing student section. Sounds like it is completely normal to me and the only people who are ticked at you are the ones who are on a waiting list. Don't let them get you down, just think about what's best for you and if it's something you really want to do. I'd say to give it a shot. You didn't work this hard to give up.

Shadowing is where you follow a nurse around for the day or for a few hours to see what they do. You usually have to sign a form for patient confidentiality (sp?). So it's just to get a feel for what a nurse does on a day to day basis. It is not like volunteering or anything like that. You don't DO anything, you just watch.

I agree with Bethg5. I took Medical Terminology online while I was taking Micro and I invested all my time in Microbiology and not nearly enough time in Medical Terminology. I would have rather taken it in a classroom setting because I learn better from a teacher than trying to do it on my own. I got a "B" in Medical Terminology and an "A" in micro, so you just live and learn. No big deal.

name: julie school: valencia community college, fl program: rn what area of interest at this time: not sure. maybe oncology or icu. would love to eventually become a crna. biggest fear: failure what you'd like us to know about you: i have a degree in hotel/restaurant management and love to travel. i've been out if the country several times. i have a boyfriend of 4 and a half years who is a chef. i have been taking my prereques part time so it's been taking a long time and i'm really excited to get started in the program this fall.

I agree with Supermo. A&P 1 was easier. Be sure you have the same teacher for both or A&P 2 will be harder. I knew and loved my teacher's teaching style. I like to understand how things work which is what A&P 2 is about with the different systems. Memorizing bones and muscles is a little harder for me although I got an A in both classes.

My mom is a nurse so she took me to work with her one night. It was fun! She also hooked me up with a person in NICU so I got to tour that department too. My local hospital here will allow you to shadow if you are enrolled in classes (any classes, doesn't have to be nursing as long as you have a background check on file at the school). Maybe you could check with a different hospital in the area and see if they will let you shadow.

You can bash Florida all you want. Hopefully people will stop moving here so the price of houses will come down and I can finally afford one! haha. I love living here, just struggling to afford it.