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No need to feel guilty. If people aren't grateful for the care you give them, then screw them. Unfortunately a lot of the population that you serve have grown up getting "free" government care at no cost to them, so they expect to be catered to. I...

Well suck up your pride and get on some medicine if you actually have it because nurses need to be able to focus. My roommate just got diagnosed and she said that nursing school was hard for her b/c of her lack of concentration. Finding study partne...

I think you have your schools backwards. You should use Jeff State as your fall back in case you don't get into UAB. People who don't get into UAB go to Jeff State. UAB's website has always been easy for me to use. It has all the pre-reqs that are...

That's the whole reason why I got into nursing.

Hi, I'm David. I graduated in May and just passed my boards this past Wednesday. I'm starting in the ED at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. I went to UAB for nursing school too.

The nursing scholars program is just a program that gives UAB students an advantage to get into UAB's nursing school. I was a part of it. I believe that you have to have all your classes done at UAB and have at least a 3.2 pre-nursing GPA. It's re...

I think you are making a mountain out of a mole hill. Exactly what type of special considerations does a gay patient need? Seriously dude, stop being so sensitive. Gay patients don't deserve any more special consideration than straight patients do...

Why would you even entertain going to Jeff State if you could go to UAB? The programs are the same length once you actually get into the SON at UAB, but you come out with a BSN instead of having to go back to school to get it, if you so chose. You ...

During my first 4 semesters ours was 92-100 A, 83-92 B, and 75-83 C, with you having to make a 75 on everything. They just recently changed everything to a 10 point scale like other undergrad programs on campus. They say they're did so because they...

I have just a regular Landau lab coat, but I rarely wear it. The only times that I do wear it is when I'm at a clinical that we don't wear our uniforms and have to be in professional dress. I have never worn my lab coat while performing any procedu...

Honestly, since you have a previous degree and lots of medical experience, nursing school won't be that difficult for you. I have a biochem degree and I worked in pathology for 3 years before starting nursing school, and it has seemed really easy to...

Could you not work as a tech on a PRN basis, or work weekends? I'm willing to bet that the hospital would want to keep you in some form since you've been there 6 years already. I work weekends at a bar and it has never interfered with my school at a...

I rarely read my books unless I didn't understand what was taught in lecture. I mainly focused on the notes I took in class. I don't learn from reading the texts. I learn from hearing, seeing, and discussing things. It also made people mad that I...

I just finished my 4th semester at a BSN program. Here was my schedule for last semester: Mon 9-12 Critical Care elective 1-4 Mental Health Tuesday nothing Wednesday 1-4 Peds Thursday 8-4 Psych Clinicals Our peds clinicals were kind of differe...

I'll be graduating in May and moving to wherever I work shortly thereafter. I plan on getting a nurse residency/internship in critical care and I'll take the NCLEX ASAP. I've already started looking and applying for jobs. I don't see the point in ...

I will be working & drinking. I work at a bar, so they go hand in hand. I won't even think about nursing school until it's time for class. I'm in my last semester of my BSN program, so I'm just going to coast. I also plan on reading a lot and...

I work in a bar Thursday-Saturday. Easy money and I can pay my bills. It has never interfered with school either.

Yes, they're building a women's & infants facility right next to University Hospital. Parking at UAB is a pain. When I worked at UAB I rode the shuttle from a lot which is like 2 miles from the hospital. That cost like $15/month or so. I had so...

She said that's days and it's $3 or $3.25 for nights and $6 for weekends.

I'll be heading to an ICU somewhere. I'm currently doing my peds rotation in the PICU and will be precepting in the SICU next semester. I'm applying for critical care residencies at several major medical centers to help me figure things out.

I have a friend that just started working in the SICU at Vandy this year. She said that new grad pay is $19.50. She says it's the lowest in the city, but worth it considering the experience that she's getting.

I have an ex who is a semester behind me, so I'm hoping she can hook me up with some ladies in her class. I'm friends with all the girls in my class, although I wouldn't rule out dating a few of them.

We started last semester with 84 in the class and 5 guys. This semester we are down to about 75 with the same 5 guys. We are all pretty young too. I'm the oldest at 24. The class a semester behind ours has about 18 guys out of 80. I don't know w...

I don't think my program gave preference to males. There are only 5 guys in our class of about 80, and I'm sure more than 5 guys applied for this semester. Our admissions are based strictly on pre-nursing GPA and then overall GPA. I would hope that...

I'm one of five guys in a class of about 80. It really doesn't bother me. I'll normally say some smart-ass comeback when they start talking about periods and what not. I think they feel comfortable around me because we're discussing all this stuff...