I want to be a nurse

Hey everyone, I am new to this board. I took the PAX at Delgado on Saturday and was wondering: Did anyone feel like they didn't do so good on it and still made a good score?? And also, I know you can only take the test 2 times at Delgado, but what...

i started ns in fall '07 and i think i payed around $900 for all of my books. now, about one year later, i had to buy one more book for about $45. this coming semester (school starts again on the 18th) we still don't have to buy any more books. so...

:)if you don't have to work...don't...it would be so much easier. i am in med-surg i right now and i go to school on mondays, clinicals on tuesdays and work 8-5 on wed, thurs. & fri. i made it through the beginning of the semester ok with a jo...

oh oh oh, to touch and feel a giant volcano, so hot

i'm in med-surg i...we had 2 tests already and i scored 75s on both of them (80% is passing)...i study my bahonky off and i just can't get it:cry:. i know i shouldn't feel this way...but i don't know how i am going to get out of this class. the firs...

:nuke:thanks for all the responses...i actually made a higher grade on the second test than i though i had (instead of a 75, i got a 77.25). the class average was 70. so my total avg right now is a 76% (with 80% passing). i am not too far off...i ...

[color=deepskyblue]i have 2 classes this semester...6 hours...and i am at the lowest c possible right now for fundamentals:uhoh21: (i thought this class would be the easy one) and i am at an a for adult health assessment (i though this class would be...

going into my 2nd semester of ns (med surge i) and my schedule is: monday 7:30 - 11:40 tuesday 8:00 - 2:00 thursday 8:00 - 2:00 in february sometime, we will stop the tuesday & thursday classes and we will be in clinicals. maya:w00t:

i will graduate in may '09 with an adn and i will be 23 (almost 24)

"S" stands for Spinal Accessory;)

Oh Oh Oh To Touch And Feel A Giant Volcano, So Hot Our teacher told us this one and I have never forgotten it.

hi everyone...i just finished my first semester of nursing school:lol2: and i was wondering if anyone could tell me what med surge is like and what are some things that ya'll needed to know and learned. i would like to get a headstart reading up on ...

it is confusing me for some reason. do the nurses go into the community and work? or or do they work in something like a public health unit? also, public health nursing, :idea:do they work on improving conditions, like pollution, safe sex, etc. for...

[color=deepskyblue]hey, before school started, i bought a book called calculate with confidence...it was recommended to buy by the teacher. i'm sorry but i don't remember who the author is. if you want the author, i can look tonight when i get home...

[color=deepskyblue]hey, i am using the same book and just went over isolation procedures last wednesday. i would say the answer is #1 the way i understand it is you don't need face protection if there isn't going to be any splashing of body fluids,...

hi, i have a one-page nursing philosophy summary assignment due on monday and i was was just wondering if someone would look at it and tell me if i am on the right track? i need 5 references...i only have 3 so far, so i'm still working on it. i don...

[color=deepskyblue]:uhoh3:does anyone ever get this? i was talking to my sister a couple of days ago...she is an lpn...and she asked me if i was ready and nervous for school to start (aug 20). then she started telling me that it will be sooo hard a...

[color=deepskyblue]:lol2:after reading all of this encouragement, i am so excited for monday to come...this is really a great board with great people. thank you all for the replies:d it is really great to read how people with children and working r...

[color=deepskyblue]that is what i was thinking loco...she probably doesn't even realize how she sounds...i'm sure it is not intentional because we are pretty close.:biere:

[color=deepskyblue]yes, i will be working in the afternoons, probably from 1-5...but i am very lucky to have a boss that is all about education...i can study when i am not doing anything...and i am a not so busy secretary, so i have quite a few of th...

awww, i'm really sorry about your cats. i have a shih tzu that the whole family adores. it's funny how animals can become your children with fur i'm sure you will find a loving home for your babies!

[color=deepskyblue]:)thank you all for all the words of encouragement!!:lol2: i am really excited for school to start...i was looking through a couple of the 13 books that we had to buy and everything looks so interesting...i know that i will love t...

I just got accepted to NS for the Fall. :lol2::balloons: I really want to start figuring out ways to organize all the stuff we will get. How do y'all stay organized during NS??? Do you divide your binders into certain sections, etc. I know I saw s...

Thank y'all for the great suggestions!!! I'm so excited, I already started buying stuff!!! Do you think it's too early. I mean school starts in about a month. So far I bought 2 Three inch binders, a pack of dividers with folders for each one. A plann...

I just got my acceptance letter for Nicholls State University!!! :lol2: I'm sooo excited and nervous at the same time!!!! I actually started jumping up and down outside, people probably thought I was crazy!! After I got my rejection letter from NS...