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I am 32 years old. I was always interested in nursing, but when I graduated High School it was a decision - nursing, which I did not have the grades for (hey, we're all stupid when we're 17) or the job I was offered at the time, working for a record...

I am in my final year of nursing school. I went part-time for three years, held down two jobs while doing it, and hold an 87% average. I've worked really, really hard; and I rewarded myself by taking out a student loan, quitting one job, and concentr...

Thanks everybody. I forgot to mention that I do have a tutor - she's a good friend, and a high school math teacher. She's very graciously adapted a bunch of questions from my multitude of dosage calculation books and been helping me out a few times...

I am in my final year of nursing school. I went part-time for three years, held down two jobs while doing it, and hold an 87% average. I've worked really, really hard; and I rewarded myself by taking out a student loan, quitting one job, and concen...

I've been slogging away part-time in school for over three and a half years. I did it while keeping two jobs, and maintained an 86% average. I wasn't a good student in high school, and I've always had poor self-esteem, so this success always astoni...

Thanks guys. Looking back, I set myself up to fail. I only studied with my math tutor for one evening, we only practiced very straightforward examples, I worked a double the day before, and I rushed from Clinical to get to the test. No wonder I ...

I'm in my final year of nursing...have a 86% average. However, that is plummeting like a rock - due to math :angryfire I just can't get my head around IV flow calculations. I have many, many questions...but here is my most pressing one - If a me...

It's IVPB - say it's 50ml of whatever drug PB combined with 1000 mL whatever type of diluent. When you are doing your calculation of how many mL's per minute, would you use the 1000 alone, or would it be 1050??? Does that make sense? Many thanks! I'...

Is it worth it? It's kind of pricey, and I'm broke from the $74 my regular dosage calculation book cost BTW - Do you know the answer??? Anyone, anyone? Bueller?

I have been slogging away through nursing school, part-time, while working, for over three years. I feel like I should have my PhD by now LOL. But alas, I have one more year to go. I've been working as a PSW (CNA in US, I believe). I have two jo...

Thank you all for your replies. I have spent much of the day slogging through some old filing that I've been putting off for ages, and watching a Johnny Depp movie :) It feels absolutely decadent and guilty all at the same time! You have all given ...

I have been working my way through nursing school for what seems like forever, attending school part-time. I will be heading into my last year this September (four year degree here in Canada) and have decided to go full-time and get it over with! Th...

"I can't help but think about what it would be like if you ever had to work with these two again, only when you get your license. " Oh, don't think THAT hasn't crossed my mind Thanks guys! I'm feeling a bit better, even if I DO have to go in aga...

I do know that less than six months ago SAH laid off a bunch of RN's. I, too, am from there and would love to go back...but....too insecure. I am comfortable knowing that down here in Toronto, I can go anywhere and get a job. Up there, you are mor...

Well, the top two reasons I'm in nursing school now are watching Margaret Houlihan on M*A*S*H, and Julie London's character - Dixie McCall - on Emergency!. Margaret just cared for her patients so much, and Dixie looked so cute in that uniform. Alwa...

Well, isn't this timely! As I sat here, soaking my gel overlays in acetone to remove them, I thought "hmmmm I'll log onto Allnurses and see what's up". Yep...I start my clinicals on Saturday, and the nails had to go. Not that I'd had them that lo...

I am currently working as a PSW ("CNA" to the US Folks:)). Since in Ontario full-time health care jobs are as rare as hen's teeth, I'm working two part-time jobs to pay the bills. I make ok money. It's enough to support me and finance my nursing s...

Thank you everyone. I can't pick up extra hours at my morning job, otherwise I would...the shifts are very, very regulated there, and I'm lucky to have the position I have (7AM to 2PM, I'm the "bath girl" ha ha). It seems here in Ontario, you can't ...

Hello all. I am currently working in Ontario, Canada as a Personal Support Worker (CNA to most of you folks!) in order to support myself through RPN school. I have one more year to go. Well, here in Ontario, almost ALL healthcare jobs - in my expe...

Thanks everyone. Sorry, I guess the word "heartbreak" is a little over the top, it's just that I've been working so hard for so long, I really wanted the "juggling" of two jobs to end, and it doesn't look like it's going to. Bear in mind, I'm goin...

While working my way through Nursing school, for the past six months I've been employed at two different facilities as a Personal Support Worker (CNA in the states...same thing). The first was a long term care facility that while is not perfect, I f...

I wanted to be a nurse all through high school, did very well in the sciences, but completely muffed up any math class I ever took. Since I was also very good in the arts, my so called "guidance counsellors" pushed me into an artsy-fartsy career, sa...

I am in my third year of school, with one more to go. I have been attending part-time, and worked at an office job until January of this past year, when I was laid off I have been working as a PSW (CNA in the US) ever since, and my income has dropp...

Thank you for your replies. If I take out the loan, I will be able to quit one job and cut the other down to one shift each day on weekends and one evening per week. If I take out the loan, I will be able to go to school full time, and finish 7 mon...

I'm a nursing student. I'm in my third year, with one more to go. I get good grades, love my classes, and work 2 jobs as a Personal Support Worker (CNA in the states - I'm in Canada) to pay for it all. One job (mornings) is at a long term care faci...