Finallyy

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1. Calculator not permitted?!

   Finallyy replied to Finallyy's topic in General Students

   Your sarcasm is appreciated. I was given a prognosis and I obviously beat it or I wouldn't be sitting here today. If I ever make it far enough to become a nurse, I'll actually have some compassion...

2. Calculator not permitted?!

   Finallyy replied to Finallyy's topic in General Students

   I think it would take more time to do it on paper than with a calculator. But I'm not disagreeing, a calculator won't always be around. I am just hoping no one expects me to do this crap in my head....

3. Calculator not permitted?!

   Finallyy replied to Finallyy's topic in General Students

   Lachrymologist - you can relate to me because most people out there are like you and I. I went to the doctor's office the other day, and talked a lot with the LPN. She told me she is terrible at math,...

4. Calculator not permitted?!

   Finallyy replied to Finallyy's topic in General Students

   Well everyone... I'll be honest here. I can't divide to save my life. I've had tutors in high school and whatnot, I just cannot divide. I also could never simplify fractions. I would get taught how...

5. Calculator not permitted?!

   Finallyy replied to Finallyy's topic in General Students

   Well I usually make littly tiny errors with division and whatnot without a calculator. Now that I know I can't use one........ What type of math is involved in the dosage calculations that would...

6. Calculator not permitted?!

   Finallyy posted a topic in General Students

   The school I'm going to doesn't allow its students to use calculators for dosage calculations. This scares me. are dosage calculations possible, and comprehensible without

7. Where were your clinicals?

   Finallyy posted a topic in General Nursing

   In Hospitals? Specialty clinics? How far away did you have to drive? If it was in hospitals - what

8. Does LPN school effectively prepare you for the NCLEX-Pn?

   Finallyy replied to Finallyy's topic in General Nursing

   Ok! Thank you so very much. Your advice was very helpful and put things into perspective. I'll go check out those forums. Thanks

9. Does LPN school effectively prepare you for the NCLEX-Pn?

   Finallyy replied to Finallyy's topic in General Nursing

   I guess no one intends on replying...... good night, see you all in the

10. Does LPN school effectively prepare you for the NCLEX-Pn?

    Finallyy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok gang, I just came back from a bookstore and was reading some prepatory books for the NCLEX-PN and I read some of the sample questions and guessed every single one of them WRONG. Granted, I haven't...

11. Scared of nursing school...please help!

    Finallyy replied to Finallyy's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm....maybe your program has pre reqs because it's at a college? the LPN school I chose is at a vocational school, and the only pre requisites is an entrance exam, a background checm and a drug test....

12. Scared of nursing school...please help!

    Finallyy replied to Finallyy's topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone - I'm still here.... Thank you all for the comments, I need all the help I can get.... I'm still going through with it. I have heard so many great things about it that all these bad things...

13. Scared of nursing school...please help!

    Finallyy replied to Finallyy's topic in General Nursing

    From what I have been hearing, LPN school is almost like bootcamp. Is this true? Is it the bookwork that's so hard, or the clinical? My friend said both. I almost felt as if she were jealous that I...

14. Scared of nursing school...please help!

    Finallyy replied to Finallyy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. She made me feel terrible. She also told me that most of the math will be fractions - fractions are my weakest area of math. I'm just so insecure now. Any advice from anyone is really...

15. Scared of nursing school...please help!

    Finallyy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm on my way to beginning LPN school at my local vo-tech. I was excited about it and confident in myself because I grew up with a terminal illness that familiarized me with the medical field. I'm...