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  1. Starting Nursing at 52 and Nervous

    eyeball replied to eyeball's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I haven't been on this site for a while and am blown away by all of the positive and encouraging responses. Hearing from all of you has helped me calm down and believe I can handle this. Thank you all...

  2. Just took NCLEX...i'm a nervous wreck!

    eyeball replied to LaliRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had an almost identical experience to your's...computer shut off at 75 questions, lots of SATA, infection control, prioritizing care,meds, and not a single dosage calculation. I was an A student...

  3. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    eyeball replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What does evryone mean by the "good

  4. Opinion needed-trads,non-trads and very non-trads

    eyeball replied to 2blessings's topic in General Students

    So why did you feel the need to mention that he was gay twice if it had nothing to do with his being annoying? Would you have described him as an "annoying heterosexual

  5. Last semester of the year ! But I do not want to be a nurse anymore

    eyeball replied to iamhere's topic in General Students

    I am also in my last semester....3rd semester for me was ROUGH: the workload was very heavy and both my med-surg clinical instructor and psych clinical instructor were really poor (each in different...

  6. Just out of curiosity, what is your favorite class?

    eyeball replied to Jewl's topic in General Students

    Med Surg III: Cardiac telemetry, MI's, arrhythmias

  7. Study Help with Psyciatric Nursing

    eyeball replied to RNwannabeme's topic in General Students

    Ditto to previous post. get an NCLEX book (I used Mosby's) and practice the psych questions. There are repeating themes to the types of questions and it really helped me get the hang of how to...

  8. Much Older People Going Into Nursing

    eyeball replied to MissMaryMack12's topic in General Students

    Miss Mary Mack... Part of me wonders if you posted this to be cheeky and get everyone all riled up just for the fun of it! Here's my story: 51, went back to do prereqs at 48. I have a 4.0 and just...

  9. Can I survive NS without previous health care experience???

    eyeball replied to AniraP's topic in General Students

    Absolutely you can survive. I'm entering final semester and have done very well in NS despite my lack of prior healthcare experience. Those with previous experience may have a smoother experience in...

  10. Please Share Your 5 Most Effective Study Strategies

    eyeball replied to jd2nurse's topic in General Students

    1)Read the chapter and highlight important points. Then re-read and take notes. Think about the concepts as you read about them. 2) Ditto to the recommendations to practicing N-CLEX questions...

  11. Clinical Instructor Woes

    eyeball posted a topic in General Students

    I have a Clinical instructor (Medsurg3) who is unlike all others I've had. She is an employee at the hospital where we do clinicals and let us know right off the bat that she doesn't "hover" over...

  12. Should I keep my A&P textbooks for nursing school?

    eyeball replied to bellefemme's topic in General Students

    Definitely keep them. I am in second year and I refer to them

  13. Clinical Instructor Woes

    eyeball replied to eyeball's topic in General Students

    Resolution! After my clinical instructor's tirade of Friday, it was clear to me that nothing but misery lay ahead. It was an awful weekend (more lost sleep, crying, inability to concentrate)...

  14. Clinical Instructor Woes

    eyeball replied to eyeball's topic in General Students

    I appreciate all of the responses you have given. I'm guessing stuff like this happens more than we know. Maybe when the dust settles I'll feel as if I did the right thing but right now it seems it's...

  15. Clinical Instructor Woes

    eyeball replied to eyeball's topic in General Students

    To all of you who care to bear with this saga: sorry so long but I sure would appreciate any of you who can get through it and give feedback. After days of ruminating, losing sleep, wrestling in my...

  16. Clinical Instructor Woes

    eyeball replied to eyeball's topic in General Students

    Thank you for all of the thoughtful replies. I did discuss this with some of my clinical buds today and they all see the problem but no one wants to rock the boat. One of them suggested that I talk to...

  17. New Nursing Students age 50 and up

    eyeball replied to seasoned hopeful's topic in General Students

    I am 50 and just completed my first year of nursing school. Back when I was applying to schools I applied to our local community college and Johns Hopkins University. I was thrilled to get into both...

  18. The "weeding" out

    eyeball replied to mom35's topic in General Students

    First of all, beware of rumors...they have a way of escalating as they are passed on. By the same token, nursing school instructors have a very different approach from most other instructors I've had....

  19. Are nursing classes better than anatomy & physiology?

    eyeball replied to rello's topic in General Students

    Med-Surg (which you'll see a lot of in nursing school) presupposes that you understand normal anatomy and physiology so that you can understand how it goes wrong. I loved A and P and worked to really...

  20. Clinicals...ugghhhhh

    eyeball replied to Nicole2010's topic in General Students

    Washyourhands has said it so well...totally

  21. Going to have a student!

    eyeball replied to ShayRN's topic in General Students

    Gosh- I wish I had you as my primary nurse!!!! The fact that you are a) excited to have a student and b) wanting to do the best job you can do is pretty amazing. Last semester (my first) I had one,...

  22. considering nursing school at 45 yo

    eyeball replied to turtlesrus's topic in General Students

    Oh yeah, consider it....I'm 50 and am ready to finish first semester of nursing school. There are a lot of reasons to NOT DO nursing school but age isn't one of

  23. A & B students!!!

    eyeball replied to TWUness1's topic in General Students

    I have an A average. I do all of my printing of on-line materials on Saturday to avoid last minute "my printer wasn't working I don't have the lab handout problem". My program relies heavily on...

  24. Anyone worried about throwing up or passing out?

    eyeball replied to c18436572's topic in General Students

    I'm a first semester NS and seem to tolerate blood,pee,poo, ugly bedsores ok. But last week I changed a C-diff diaper and came close to being sick to my stomach. I kept turning my head over my...

  25. lost in clinical.. confused about nursing school...:(

    eyeball replied to miniangel729's topic in General Students

    Hey! Ist of all, don't give up on Nursing School. It's hard to tell from your post just why clinicals aren't clicking for you. My first piece of advice is to figure out why. Ist: Sounds like you have...