When I first got out of Nsg School in '96 I didn't see the point of getting the BSN... I was happy with myself and my skills and saw no reason... then I decided I wanted to be a nurse practitioner...
my mom and i are both nurses, and worked in a prison. i was only prn/per diem, but mom worked part-time. they decided about 2 years ago they would get rid of all the lpns and replace them with these...
I am a visual learner too, so having to read hundreds of pages a night for class really didn't work that well for me. The best thing I did was to pay close attention in class, take really good notes;...
Another fun thing that only nurses are blessed to be able handle is the dreaded disimpaction...:barf01: Newbies...if you don't know, it's the one thing that no one really likes... digital...