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  1. How to be more confident in clinicals?

    jpeters84 replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

    I have the same problem. The thing of it is, is that our patients are scared and they need to feel safe and reassured and if their caretaker is frazzeled and nervous it's going to make them more...

  2. Nurses Going to Med School

    jpeters84 replied to freakjojo06's topic in General Students

    inland18mempire, I think you're less than, shall we say, enlightened. Let me enlighten you a little. Maybe you went to a program where the nursing degree was not that challenging. The level of work...

  3. Nurses Going to Med School

    jpeters84 replied to freakjojo06's topic in General Students

    First off, inlandm18mempire I resent your comment that "nursing is considered an easy major." Medical school admissions professionals don't feel that way because I've been told directly from them...

  4. RN wants to become a substance abuse counselor...

    jpeters84 replied to KristieRae71's topic in General Students

    There is a posting site on allnurses.com for substance abuse nursing. That would be a better place for you to ask this question. I forget how I found it but I'm sure if you looked around in...

  5. help-i'm a student who failed a drug test

    jpeters84 replied to chloe79's topic in General Students

    What do you mean by "convinced" it was a false positive? Have you not done drugs or did you do drugs long enough ago that you thought they wouldn't show up on the

  6. Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    jpeters84 replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    You've got to be kidding me. After everything I did to get into nursing school and there's someone drunk and high who is trying to take someone else's shot at becoming a nurse. Hell NO. Part of...

  7. my kid wants a sibling, I want to start nursing school

    jpeters84 replied to la mama 310's topic in General Students

    I think you have to do what's right for you, not just your family, because it's ultimately you carrying the baby, and you going to nursing school. I always wanted another sibling when I was a kid and...

  8. Nursing student taking drugs

    jpeters84 replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

    In my opinion, this question completely depends on the circumstance. If you witnessed the person smoking marijuana once, discretely at their house, during an extended break from school, like over...

  9. Living off loans??

    jpeters84 replied to MemphisTiger's topic in General Students

    Believe me you do not want to work while in an accelerated MSN program. I'm not even sure if it's possible. I'm only in a BSN program and I hardly think it's possbile to work, do well in nursing...

  10. Living off loans??

    jpeters84 replied to MemphisTiger's topic in General Students

    It's definately do-able. And like some posters pointed out it's not ideal but for a lot of people like me there is no other choice. I tapped out my savings in my first semester, I already have a...

  11. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    jpeters84 replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

    After I pay off the loans...My huge unrealistic dream is to have a craftsman house in Pasadena either in Bungalow Heaven or in the Hamilton school district area, filled with fun things like furniture...

  12. Nursing School Brain Fog

    jpeters84 posted a topic in General Students

    Does anyone else feel like nursing school is making them stupid? I'm on break before we start spring semester and I still feel like I'm burned out from last semester and that I can't remember the...

  13. Terminated from Financial Aid!

    jpeters84 replied to SDChargersGirl#31's topic in General Students

    I'm going through the same thing. I paid for my first bsn entirely on my own without any financial aid. Then I went back to get my bsn in nursing and need financial aid. Well they transfered over a...

  14. Should I take Chem, API, and Micro in same semester?

    jpeters84 replied to stormyfeathers's topic in General Students

    I'm sure you could do it. Just be careful. I did a similar thing and did not have much left to give when nursing school came around. Your body and mind can only sustain such a hard and stressful...

  15. Gearing up for next semester : )

    jpeters84 replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    I had a really unexpectedly difficult first semester of nursing school last semester. I ended up doing ok but completely drained. I want to get back into my usual groove of studying my heart out and...

  16. For those of you who hold a hold a biology or science degree

    jpeters84 replied to srleslie's topic in General Students

    tran217 i have to agree with you. In some ways nursing school can be shockingly at the basics. But then I find that I really struggle and diasagree with what is considered "critical thinking." For...

  17. Feeling so Overwhelmed by Finals

    jpeters84 posted a topic in General Students

    I have had this anxious feeling rising up in my chest in response to everything on my plate and now I feel like I'm about to implode. I have the first final of my first semester of nursing school...

  18. Hawaii Pacific University Nursing School

    jpeters84 replied to jpeters84's topic in General Nursing

    I heard that clinical at Castle is nice but that you don't get to do that much. Overall though I bet you'll have a great experience. It could be worse. The system could have dropped you from all of...

  19. If I knew then what I know now...

    jpeters84 replied to New 2 iceeYouRN's topic in General Students

    As a ward clerk in an ER you've already gotten great exposure to the hospital environment which will really help you. I just finished my first semester of clinicals and it was quite the rollercoaster...

  20. 1st year in a new nursing program

    jpeters84 replied to lheadRN's topic in General Students

    I think nursing school is just so overwhelming sometimes. I don't have any children and I just can't imagine meeting the demands of nursing school and having the energy to take care of kids. I have...

  21. Methadone withdrawal

    jpeters84 replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm clearly not an addiction specialist or MD but it seems like methadone should be an absolute last option yet I see it being prescribed all the time. I realize that traditional sobriety-based...

  22. Methadone withdrawal

    jpeters84 replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm just a first semester nursing student that really wants to be a NICU nurse. I volunteer and sit on the Board of Driectors at a local clinic that provides medical care and social work for women...

  23. Feeling so Overwhelmed by Finals

    jpeters84 replied to jpeters84's topic in General Students

    Just as a clarification I reread my post and realized that my saying "I really love this professor," sounds really creepy. What I meant to say is I admire him, I think he's a good professor, I look...

  24. Depressed with first semester

    jpeters84 replied to lynz06's topic in General Students

    Go talk to the professor one-on-one during his office hours. There's classes that I sometimes just don't "get." I can understand the material but when it comes time for the test I clearly didn't...

  25. Is anyone a NICU nurse at UCSF or in the bay area?

    jpeters84 replied to jpeters84's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Just for further clarity my friend who is the NNP that let me job shadow her at UCSF moved to Philadelphia and that's why I'm not able to go to UCSF, she's not there anymore. I'm just looking for...