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I am starting the 3rd semester 27th August. Apparently it is the toughest semester at NIU and have therefore decided to start reading ahead. Is anyone else reading ahead? For those who have read ahead in the past, was it worth it? or would you have ...

I recently started my clinicals and got off to a rough start. I have since got a handle on the routine at our clinical site and i am enjoying the experience except for one thing. I have been the only target of the instructors snide remarks and put do...

Northern Illinois University nursing program is highly regarded. They had a 100% NCLEX pass rate last reporting period

congraculations & all the best when you start your new job

1st born no ETOH father

we have had people dropping out. I know of one person who decided that nursing was not for them and another one who gave up after doing badly on the 1st set of exams. The thing is, you can never ever give up, you have to keep going until the last da...

congraculations!!!! i am at NIU but just wanted to wish you the best of luck. My advice is to study really hard especially for your first set of exams, know your work, be open to input from your instructors and your classmates. It will get rough a...

I will be studying, we got our powerpoint notes yesterday so i now have a guide as to what to focus on while studying. i am going to try and get ahead with some of our reading assignments.

the first day went pretty well. Have a lot of reading to do though!!! we just went through the syllabus and started the lecture. my first day was not as bad as i thought it would be. I was really excited to see that we have a lot of guys and that ...

I promise to: * excercise and eat right!!!

school strats tomorrow but only have my first class on tuesday, i am super excited. Good luck to you all!!!!!

Jov thanks for sharing all these details with me, i really appreciate it. these are my classess this semester:Prof nursing (Koren M), Patho (Lash A), Clin develop 1, Hlth Asse lrng lab (Rosenberg K), Health assessment (Rosenberg K) and Fundamental Nu...

thanks jov you have been very helpful. I was wondering about how you deal with rude instructors and whether you have ever had to confront an instuctor about the way she talked to you? or is respect etc a thing of the past in nursing school? i have ...

Jo thank you for answering my questions. My clinicals are at kindered hospital, i dont know who my instructor is, i did call the SON to find out but they too didnt know who it would be at the time i called, so i am just going to wait and see. my nex...

we had a tour of the school of nursing, we went through the clinical requirements, and rules of the school, we ended the orientation with a representative from the student nurses association giving advice about how to succed(sp?) in nursing school. e...

congraculations on your new job 1. wear gloves whenever you are going to get in contact with bodily fluids 2. be a team player, help your fellow aides if you have finished working on your people (they will really appreicate it) 3. dont be af...

i work the 6am - 2pm shift and sometimes the 3pm-11pm shift, usually i get to work with 8-10 residents. It does get really crazy especially in the morning when everyone wants to get up and get dressed at the same time. If i am really busy i usually ...

thank you for sharing your experiences. I am really looking forward to hearing more of your experiences at nursing school, do keep us posted!! All the best with all that reading.

i bought a Dell Axim X51v two weeks ago and i love it. i have downloaded medical abbreviations and terms on it and hope to purchase a bundle from skyscape at the end of the month. Cant wait to start using it in clinicals it is very handy

keep your A&P, Nutrition, Microbiology and human development books you will need them as references

like hlfpnt, i too file my notes according to the date, with the my most recent notes at the top and the previous days at the bottom, i found that this really helped me stay organised I also have a 3" file for each of my classes and keep all my class...

I am an ISFJ, it was the first time i took the test and it was pretty accurate

Hi Joy I am starting my first semester at NIU this fall, do you have any advice for me? I am interested in knowing things like what you wished you had known in your first semester, what are the instructors like etc etc I am really nervous about patho...

start Aug 28th its a 5 semester program so i will finish in the Fall 08 but graduate in 2009 really excited and scared at the same time. I know my life is about to never be the same again for the next two years so i am really trying to enjoy the summ...

Hi everyone Congaculations on making it this far!!!!! I start on August 28th, this is a dream come true for me, at times i really had doubts about whether i would get into the program. Its so competitive but i really thank God that i got accepted. I...