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so i bit the bullet today and bought my textbooks for my first quarter in nursing school!!! to be honest, although it was expensive, i spent about $150 less than i had expected, based on what i'd heard from orientation and our college bookstore. eve...

Hi, I'm a soon-to-be RN (graduating in 6 weeks!) in the US. I would like to work in England or Scotland someday...well, sooner than later, considering the results of yesterday's election. But that's another story... Anyway, I am planning to become IC...

Hi, I have a year left of nursing school, then after working for a year or so I'd like to get ICU certified and do some travelling. My dream is to live and work in the UK or Scotland. Does anyone know if the US ICU certification would qualify me to w...

I'm a nurse tech on an oncology floor at a university hospital, and I LOOOOOVE it! I've learned more there and from the nurses than I would have in just clinicals, and it makes my clinicals for school sooo much easier. Take the opportunity while you ...

I work in oncology now, and love it. I think I want to do that (esp. BMT/HSCT) or ICU.

Hmm...sounds like you are suffering from Acute Terminological Inexactitude. Definitely a serious condition.

Those classes were combined into one for us, difficulty-wise I would give them a 2 or 3, they just expected us to do tons of reading and watch videos, etc, so they were really time-consuming. But the material involved was NOT difficult. It was all ab...

I love the Me Day idea, but I also make sure little bits of each day are "mine." It's usually something small, like getting a frappucino after taking a test, or spending ten minutes reading a book for pleasure rather than a text book, or even schedul...

I got a pair of white Danskos (with a back) for clinicals. I'm wearing my brown danskos at work now, and I love them...sometimes after a 12-hr shift my feet are a little sore but my knees and back NEVER hurt with them. However, I wish I hadn't spent ...

Born2BAnurse...glad to hear I'm not alone, being a loner!! I have to confess, I'm not even in a study group, it would drive me crazy. I thought something was wrong with me, but this summer I'm working as a nurse tech and I absolutely love all the peo...

I'm nursing school, I'm pretty much a loner. There are four or five people in my class I really like, but we're not exactly a clique and dont't really spend time together outside of school. I've never bene a cliquey person, and am more introverted th...

Never heard of a program to specifically aid male nursing students. Would that be like affirmative action? Sheesh.

ha...I'm in the same boat as you, Mel D. I waited tables and was unemployed for part of last year, but the gov't still thinks my EFC should be $10K. Haha...however, my bank account does NOT agree that I have $10K sitting around for school. I applied ...

My GPA matters to me, only in the sense that I have to feel like I did the best I could in a class, and I have pretty high standards for myself. However, it doesn't matter to me in the sense that I dont' care what other's GPAs are, and I don't share ...

Being "booksmart" and being able to pull off high grades is definitely a good skill to have and won't hurt in nursing school, but being successful in nursing school depends on a lot more. You should also look at your time management skills, organizat...

ack. please don't scream.

Mine takes a class of 30, 3 quarters a year, and got over 300 apps for fall quarter. Guess that's about 1000 applications per year, and they accept 90. Sheesh. Better odds in Vegas, huh?

I work on a bone marrow/stem cell transplant unit, where all of our patients are neutropenic. They shower every day, and are encouraged to walk the hall at least once a day. They don't wear masks or gowns in the halls unless they are on droplet or co...

I got my BS in psychology in 1999, and was all set to head off to graduate school in England for my PhD. However, two weeks before I was due to leave, I got word that my funding fell through. So, on a whim, I picked up and moved to the PNW, since I k...

One of the first things covered in our gerontology unit was that it's actually relatively rare for the elderly to spike a fever in response to infection; other signs such as altered cognition, confusion, etc are much more reliable. If you DO see a hi...

I'm working part-time while I'm in school, first as a waitress and now as a nurse tech. I have to work full-time during the summer and school vacations. Other than that, I had to get a private educational loan (maxed out my federal allowable amount o...

It totally depends on you. It's true that it's difficult to work and go to nursing school, but it's entirely possible. It just depends on YOU: what you're willing to sacrifice, your study habits, your job, etc. Listen to others' advice, but in the en...

A major part of nursing is accountability and responsibility; as students, have to write about it in our logs in relation to our clinicals every week. If you can't even be accountable or responsible for your own actions or mistakes, you have a very ...

Hello! I wanted to drop in and say hello, since I just found out that I got a job as a nurse tech at a large university hospital, on the stem cell transplant unit! I'm soooooo excited but very nervous. I've already been browsing some of the threads h...

Just wanted to jump in and say hi, and no, 26 is NOT too old! I'm 26, and I'm in my 2nd quarter of nursing school. I'm in the bottom third as far as age ranges go in my class. I also have a BS in psychology. I worked in research for two years and was...