Nope I never felt uncomfortable being in class with all those women. Infact the only time it really hit me that I was outnumbered was in clinicals. We had 9 girls and me. My female instructor loved to...
Hello, I am from Oakland County and went to both OCC and MCC. Taking prereqs at both. In Oakland County the waiting list is crazy for the nursing program. At MCC there were 2400 students waiting on...
Thank you. I have to pay more attention to the fine print. I ordered my book online and thought shipping only took 3-5 days. Nope, thats when they get their stuff together, then it goes into snail...
I also could not find the time to date. I did have some study partners and a snow mobile female friend but that was it. I was one of the students who had to read, re-read, do study guides to just make...
I am shocked. In my RN program we have to wear white scrubs with white tops,,,,,,,You mean you girls can see my boxers:smackingf We have the option to wear a lab coat.
Wow, what a difference in schools. My instructors like us using recorders so that they don't have to repeat themselves. I have not heard that we could not use recorders in the classroom. I can see it...
Hello, My patho class starts on the 28th. I have my patho book and ordered a book from half.com called patho made easy. When I get it I will let you know. May be your library has this book. I also do...
Hello, I would take A+P I before, so I could get the terminology down. Plus it teaches about hormones, genes, DNA, etc. Plus, I would not want to wait until summer when the semester is only 8 weeks...
Hello, Here are some tips I found helpful with school. Since I had a long drive to school I put notes on tape and listened to them while driving to school. Since you have children that take up much of...
Hello, Like Dratz has mentioned, you do watch them take them correct. And again if they have many it does take a long time. Do you crush the cup or rip it after giving the med, if not this could help...
Hello, I had simular experiences with women being a male nursing student. One lady even stated " Whats wrong with you, nursing is for women". Obviously she asked for another nurse. I worked as a...
My ears must be burning. The second week of July I visited my sister in NC. Had this dilemma of no male scrubs. So I left her an old teal scrub top and asked for anything with a male theme. Nascar,...
Hello, New here, just finished and take my NCLEX-PN on 8-24. I went to NC to visit family and the topic of male scrubs came up. I talked my sister into making me some scrubs with NASCAR, FOOTBALL,...
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Hello jksapphire, Thank you for the reply. After I wrote that post I found an book on pathophysiology made easy on the web. Ordered it. You can see how I want to prove them wrong.
Hello, I just had to resert on 8-10. CPR is something everyone should know. The reason it is performed is to bring someone back to life. I'm glad you decided to take this class as you may have...
Hello, I just finished my LPN program and yes, I too was scared. Had to do flu shots and did great until my last shot. On a CENA. She made me nervous and made her arm stiff, the needle bounced off and...
Hello *lisa*, I just graduated from the LPN program in Michigan this past June. My school makes it mandatory to take the LPN program first and if you pass and have all your pre-req's in they let you...
Dabuggy replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in LPN to RN
Hello, Just finished my LPN program in June and take the NCLEX-PN on 8-24-2006.UGH. Made a lot of friends including some instructors. One of my instructors told me she did not think I would pass my...