future L&Dnurse

UNM is based on gpa, science especially, your application essays, and letters of recommendation. They also prefer to take New Mexico residents and really like previous experience in health care as a tech or volunteer or something.

UNM does not have a waiting list, actually. You have to complete 2 or so years of prereqs and apply for the nursing program, and then you either get in or you don't. It is fairly competitive, but there's no waiting list. CNM does have a waiting lis...

The best person to answer your question is your clinical instructor. That said, I have chronic problems with tendonitis and what I suspect is carpal tunnel in one wrist. My wrist started aching last semester and I had to wear a brace for about 3 wee...

I'm guilty of being negative about nursing school more often than I'd like. Like you, I loved pre-reqs, my husband is the best guy ever and is so supportive, good grades, pre-reqs finished before clinicals (don't they have to be?). It's still stres...

http://www.mdconsult.com/ if your school has privileges, you can access this website and search there. The very large majority of articles I've used in school have come from this site, it is a lifesaver.

Yeah, 1st semester was a little different for me, too. I didn't feel overwhelmed by the work load in my 1st semester - it was a lot but I could keep on top of it. 2nd semester was harder, 3rd semester kicked my butt and was really challenging for m...

I was a SAHM so even $1 is a salary increase for me, but I would do this even if I was taking a big pay cut. There's some value in loving what you do, and in making a difference, and while you can't assign a $$$ value to that, I personally value it ...

I'd work one or two days, and study the rest of the time. :) (and actually plan to do exactly that with my own free time that I will have in a couple of weeks),

5.5 years total (3 as a nursing major). I started out in a different major, took some time off to have babies, and then started back in nursing.

If you're deeply attached to your 8 hours of sleep per night, my biggest piece of advice is to chat with people further along in the program that you trust and find out if there are any classes where you don't really need to do the reading. And do y...

I graduate in May, turned in an application for my top choice position in the 2nd week of March, and have accepted the position from HR as of last week. It seems like midway through your last semester is the typical time frame. You can try to talk ...

I agree with the suggestion that you have backup plans for your backup plans, and then back up THOSE plans. You need to have a nice big group of people who can help with your kids, be available if you can't go pick up a feverish baby from day care b...

I remember learning in my very first skills class that you NEVER tie anything to any part of the bed that moves. Not restraints, not foleys, not vent tubing, nothing. Isn't that a really basic rule? I hope that she takes her year off to really thin...

We have GOT to be classmates. I private messaged you. :)

That's awesome. :)

Sorry I didn't respond sooner, I didn't end up subscribed to the thread for some reason and didn't know you'd posted! Thank you so much for the offer! I interviewed someone I work with who has 1 year of experience during my last shift, so I won't n...

I have an assignment due in mid-April. I am supposed to interview nurses who have worked for 1, 5, and 10 years about how they approached nursing when they first graduated, what they do differently now, etc. If anyone is willing to let me interview...

I know this is off-topic but are you freaking serious? I almost fell out of my seat. We have a very high number of teen pregnancies here and the laws are such that underage mothers, from the second they become pregnant, are basically emancipated and...

Apologize, explain why you were absent but try to do it in a way that doesn't sound like you are making excuses, and ask how you can make up the time. I have found that instructors seem to respond really well if you can explain why you missed and wh...

Isn't it a great feeling Congratulations to those who passed! As far as preparation, I didn't ever buy a HESI book (to be honest I didn't know there were any!) but what I did is use my Saunder's Comprehensive NCLEX book and I just studied as much as...

I did it. It was the only class I took, so I was able to just focus on that material and really, I didn't find it that bad. It was intense, but in retrospect I would say it was good preparation for the intensity of some of my clinical rotations.

One of the hospitals here pays more for the BSN than the associates, too, and I have heard that another hospital intends to eliminate associates-prepared nurses from their payroll entirely (I don't know if this rumor is true or not, it's been circula...

I'm graduating in mid-May :w00t:and have ordered announcements to send out. They arrived today and I am wondering how far in advance I should send them out. Any guidelines or etiquette rules you know of about this?

There will always be students who are better than others, it's a fact of life. If people are trying to make you feel guilty for doing well when they are not doing as well, the easiest way to quiet them down might be to avoid giving them ammunition. ...

My program assigned us topics, so you might peek through the application packet one more time and see if there are any suggested. If not, I would focus on what nursing means to you and what it is about you that would make you a great nurse. My guid...