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I am in my first semester of nursing school. I waited 2 years after finishing my prereqs and I was nervous at first, but I love it! The classmates are wonderful, the teachers are so supportive, and I still have plenty of time to spend with my family ...

I attend NS in CA, I just finished my first semester and I was wondering what opinions are about which semester is the hardest. I thought first semester was tough but I did pass all classes with some breathing room, I am hoping that the difficulty st...

I have been a member on this site since waiting to enter a nursing program, now I write you as a new grad RN in CA, and its been quite a journey of emotions, and so sad to be where I am now. I have applied to over 100 employers, that consists of hosp...

Please don't be offended, but really start to consider that the job market is non existent for new grads in most areas right now. If you have a Full time job and are thinking of quitting, think about that really hard. It is so hard to get a job as a ...

I waited 1 year to get into physio, another year to get into micro, and then waited 2 years to enter the nursing program. I completed a very tough nursing program with many ups and a couple of downs and a constant stress level to graduate last Decemb...

I am not sure if this will be helpful, but I just took the NCLEX and Kaplan helped alot. It also helped to focus on the medications and the side affects in psyc and also prioritization, and most appropriate response to a psyc situation. I am sure thi...

I can not believe I passed and I am now an RN !!!!!! I went out to dinner and celebrated and have rechecked the sight to just look at my name come up more then I will admit :) Thank you for all the posts and support. A special thank you to Silverdrag...

I start the rn program at my school in 2 days, after being on the waitlist for 2 1/2 years. I have taken all my prerequistes and took all the classes towards my BSN as well and have a 3.5 GPA. I am so nervous. We were given an assignment of reading a...

This was sent to me on feb 8th 2007. I must say that I looked back at my posts today, and could not believe how true this is. I just passed the NCLEX and finally feel free for the first time......well now I have to get a job....so I should say parti...

Hi, I got 54% on my diagnostic, 66% on my readiness, and on question trainers 1-7 55 50 62 54 60 62 respectively. I also scored an average of 61% on all qbank. I took my NCLEX-RN on 2-25 and had 265 questions, I thought that I absolutely failed and l...

I am sorry you are going through this. I am not sure if this helps but I when I was checking out schools, one of the schools had not received accreditation yet. I inquired about this and they told me that if the school became accreditated after I gra...

Hi, Daytonite is right call the lab, but here is my wild guess ( something you can never do as a nurse) gram positive or negative bacteria found in the blood and the degree in which it was present. Well I told you it was a wild guess, I should have ...

I am just venting about being scared that I am going to do something to jepardize me finishing the last 4 days of preceptorship. I am getting more nervous, one of my preceptors is very difficult and makes me nervous, and it takes alot to make me nerv...

so you would put in 200ml an hour and that the bag has 100 ml which would run the bag over 30 min, does that answer your question?

I graduate from RN nursing school on Dec. 19th, I have a step daughter who is 16 and a 5 year old who was born an hour after my organic chemistry final, and I can't believe that I am almost at the finish line. My advice is that you 1) Let the house ...

I am so glad that you are making the best decision for yourself. I must say that I have a 5 yo son and I have been very stressed. I have gone through so much this last 2 years and I read one post who stated that you had decided not to abandon you chi...

I have been tired of the "roller coaster" since semester 1 and it did not ease up but got tougher as the semesters came and went. I am know about to finish my classes in 3 weeks and then start a 5 week preceptorship and then.....I am done. wow. The ...

I am finishing up my last 12 weeks of nursing school and just started homeschooling my son and its been great. He is doing so much better now that he is not in public school. He is a kindergartner and we have been having a ball. There is a public sc...

I am in my third semester and I have had sims each semester. There is hospital room with one way glass and everything. I must say two things. This semester(3) we did a cardio sim day and it was the best sims yet. It was difficult enough to challenge ...

I am approaching the end of third semester and in the fourth and final semester we choose what area we want to have for our preceptorship. Many students in my class had the opportunity to go to the ER, OR or wound care, ICU, PICU etc. in their clinic...

Hi I am looking for a daily flow sheet that has 3 patients per page and just wanted to see if anyone is willing to share what they use. I want a different perspective then the one I am working on, I would be most grateful thanks

Along with all the other great ideas everyone suggested, I feel it was also important to understand the concept of balance. I was a 4.0 student in pre req with my kids, and felt that the balance was o.k ( school/kids) when I got in the program, I had...

Please lend some perspective, I just received a 76 on a theory test. I am in semester 3 and this has been my lowest score. We need an average of 70 in the class. I am usually a high B or A student, I just feel like crap. FYI we have 4 semesters in t...

Hey everyone, I am half way done :) Here are my top 5 experiences of this semester.. what are yours? 1. I have ineffective coping mechanisms r/t stress d/t nursing school. (don't worry I have a care plan initiated) 2. what it feels like to be there w...

After thinking about this question I would say 6 if they are scored tablets, my rationale would be that if the pills were cut in half ahead of time. they could break apart and not administer the proper dose to the patient. If scored the patient coul...