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Have a good sense of humor, it definitely helps.

If you know how to study then you will do just fine, don't worry! It is a lot of hard work, and yes some people do just drop out after they find out how much work is involved, but don't let that deter you! Many a 4.0 student finds themselves making C's in nursing school (not all mind you) so don't get upset if your gpa doesn't hold. It takes a lot of studying, learning how to think critically, and just the dedication and desire to do it. Good luck!

Congratulations!! I'm not laughing, I haven't inserted a foley successfully on a real, live person yet so I'm very proud of you.

I have 12, and I think one more class would have put me over the edge. 12 is doable. That's one extra class on top of the nursing classes I have to take.

Wow, you are really busy right now! How old are your small kids? Do you have any family close by (I know you said you're away from family and friends, but anyone?)? I hope you have someone who is helping you keep your sanity. Just take a deep breath and focus on the end, not the process of getting there. If you only have one more quarter, you're almost there! You're doing a great job! Quarters are what, 10wks? So count it down in weeks and maybe it will seem more manageable? You've certainly got a lot on your plate at the moment, but it will be worth it in the end and it's such a short period of time in the grand scheme of things. You can do it!!!

Micro will be challenging this summer I think because it will be only a 7 (?) week course due to the switch. Ouch! I don't have any idea how the new students coming in will have their program structured. It's a big secret . It's not even up on their website yet... I know that usually psych is a 2nd year (winter quarter) class, but thanks to the switch I'll have it spring quarter this year. But I don't know if they plan to keep it as a first year class or it will go back to part of the 2nd year for new students... Who knows!

It's actually a very good program, and the instructors are great and very helpful (for the most part ha ha). Your program will be a little different than mine because we're switching this summer to semesters and that's kind of thrown the organization for a loop, but we're told it all evens out in the end. Best advice I can give is just to prepare to be challenged and pay attention to what and how the instructors tell you to study. It really is a different way of thinking and approaching problems. Are you taking prereqs spring quarter?

I'm right across the river, student at Shawnee State and currently doing clinicals at Bellefonte. I'd love to go to work at KD when I graduate!:)

I'm an MDC mama too! And a selective/delayed vaxer. Still just a student nurse but thought I'd throw my .02 in. I'm in agreement with some others here that the basic premise of vaxing is sound, but I'm worried about the fact that no one has bothered to study what the body's response is to getting so many vaxes at the same time, especially on babies so young. We just went for a 2mo check up for my youngest, and they wanted to give him pneumococcal, dtap, hep b (didn't have at birth), ipv, hib... Seems like a major onslaught to an immature immune system. So we delay, and get them selectively one at a time.

Check with the ICAN support group, there are many women there who suffered PTSD after a c/s and they usually have many resources and citations available for anyone who asks. Their main website is www.ican-online.org

Our CI doesn't want us to take any forms into the room either, but we're not expected to do it in 5 minutes! Also, our instructor informed us that she expects us to have to go back into the room more than once because we're probably going to forget something, so that takes a little of the pressure off. She swears in time we'll have no problem not taking forms into the room and still remembering everything... I'm definitely not there yet!

I'm doing it now! I am due in a few weeks with #5, and my others are 14,11,6, and almost 3. I won't sugar coat it, it's not easy! My husband works evenings, so I'm almost always here alone with the kiddies for dinner/baths/homework, and I'm in class during the days (and he's here with the toddler). I study while the older ones work on their homework (give toddler a coloring book and let him do his "homework" too), study after they go to bed, study during commercial breaks when we're watching TV together (lol), and anywhere I can get even 15 minutes to spare. One thing that has helped a LOT is that I go through my notes, type up the important points (before a test) and have my daughter (11) read them to me as we drive around town on errands, while I'm cooking dinner, sometimes while I'm in the shower, etc. She loves helping me study, and it's like having my own little audio book of my important notes. This may or may not be an option for you given the ages of your kiddies and whether or not they'd be interested in helping, but it has helped me a great deal. I have As in 2 of my classes and a very high B in the third at the moment (only 3 more weeks to go in the quarter) so I have to say so far, so good. Again, it's not easy and I do lose some sleep to study sometimes... the stress level is definitely high, and the house is not nearly as clean as it should be.

I don't know of any schools that focus on that aspect in particular (not that I've looked), but I have my M.A. in anthropology and have to say it comes in very handy in nursing school. I think the two fields ARE integrated to some degree, regardless of where you go to school (even if the classes are not titled "anthropology"). I focused on cultural anthropology, which may make a difference, but IMO a discipline that promotes an awareness (of others) without judgment is a positive thing regardless of where you go with it.

Just a SN for now, but work registration in the local ER so I've seen a few... And this is my first post here, I feel like I fit right in! 10yo boy - I asked "What brings you in today?" and he replies: Well, I had me an itch on ma butt, so I went to scratch it. And when I pulled my fingah out, I had me a big ole WORM!" (all said with a huge grin on his face). 19yo girl who wants a pg test. RN triage informs said girl we do not do pg tests, try the local health dept, wal-mart, or dollar store (yes, they have them for $1!). Pt leaves, returns w/in 5 minutes c/o abdominal pain and lady partsl bleeding. *sigh* 40ish yo male presents with "headache" x1 hours. RN triage asks pt to remove hat, at which point blood pours down pt's face from a gaping head wound. Gee, bet he did have a headache! 50ish yo female, looks like Elvira... "What brings you in today?" : well, when I was about 3 I got hit by a car... blahblahblahblah and then when I was 14 I was raped and caught chlamydia so I had to take some pills for a while... blahblahblahblah and then : RN triage interrupts "What is your chief complaint TODAY?" : I just been feelin' tired. (brought by EMS of course)