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  1. Just got my course calendar for next semester...

    SingDanceRunLife replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    Wow...that's very little clinical! Only 9 days last semester?!? We had 8 weeks of clinical (so 16 days). You've had 9 days of clinical and you think that the exposure is too limited? You haven't seen...

  2. Just got my course calendar for next semester...

    SingDanceRunLife replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    How many do you have?? And do you have like 8 or 12 hour clinicals? Ours are 5 hours, two days a

  3. Just got my course calendar for next semester...

    SingDanceRunLife replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    What's so wow about

  4. Just got my course calendar for next semester...

    SingDanceRunLife replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    Wow that's intense! I have class M 8-10 (occasionally 8-11 or 12) and then pharm 1:15-2:15 and TH 1-3 (with the occasional lab 9-11/12 beforehand) and clinical TW 7am-12pm (with seminars or lab til...

  5. Nursing vs. Occupational Therapy vs. Speech Pathology

    SingDanceRunLife replied to RosePMHNP's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In NY, the average RN makes more than the average OT, about the same as the average SLP (a couple thousand more per year) and less than the average PT (albeit, not by a whole ton once experienced, but...

  6. Does RN school get easier or harder as the semesters go on?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to rnintwo's topic in General Students

    I've heard that the second semester is the hardest at my school even though after that, the material gets harder and the expectations rise, because you're more in a groove and more comfortable second...

  7. Not wanting to work at hospital?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to momof2prettygirls's topic in General Students

    I don't want to work in a hospital. I've known that from before I even started nursing school! I'm mostly interested in public/community health and peds, so a clinic or a pediatricians office is where...

  8. Why Do Nursing Instructors Rely So Heavily On PowerPoints To Teach?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    All of the instructors at my school use powerpoints when they lecture, but they do it so that they're not just reading off their powerpoint, but they are explaining things and answering questions as...

  9. Amount of debt upon graduation?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    Private 4

  10. Amount of debt upon graduation?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    Wow, that's crazy! Around here, a community college class will cost you between $130 and $150 per credit hour -- I think it's $142 at my local CC (so approximately $400-600 for a 3 or 4 credit...

  11. Amount of debt upon graduation?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    THREE classes for $600?!?? Wow! Around here a single CC class will run you

  12. Amount of debt upon graduation?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    As long as nothing goes wrong in my parents' plan, I'll have $0 of

  13. Best shoes for school

    SingDanceRunLife replied to kay_bee's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I tried on Danskos too, and they were the most uncomfortable shoes I've ever put on me feet!! For this semester (my first), I just had super cheap sneakers ($12 from Walmart), and while they were...

  14. Drug Testing for NS

    SingDanceRunLife replied to PhiladelphiaLove's topic in General Students

    It's required at my school to get drug tested within the first week of starting the program, and they can decide to test you randomly at any point after

  15. 1st semester down!!

    SingDanceRunLife replied to Bhebe55's topic in General Students

    I'M DONE! I had my last test yesterday and last clinical makeup today along with my clinical eval (satisfactory in everything -- woot woot!)...and later, I'm going home! Oh...and, my grade in all of...

  16. Spring Step Shoes?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm actually not really a huge fan of how they look (but that might be because they don't look nearly as good in person as they do in the picture I posted!)...but they're nursing shoes, so they don't...

  17. Where do you put your stethoscope?

    SingDanceRunLife replied to newbiepnp's topic in General Students

    I put it in my pocket. My school has a policy that states "To prevent injury to patients, equipment such as stethoscopes and pens are prohibited from being worn dangling from the neck." That being...

  18. 1st semester down!!

    SingDanceRunLife replied to Bhebe55's topic in General Students

    Congrats! We lost a good number of people after the first 5 weeks, and will lose even more before beginning next semester. I have my last pharmacology test tomorrow, and a day of clinical makeup...

  19. Looking for a good Stethoscope

    SingDanceRunLife replied to MYNURSE4U's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I too have a Littmann that I absolutely love, but I have Lightweight II. It was $60 including shipping and engraving. Some people say that you should go for the Littmann that's a "step up" from the...

  20. usually how much is pair school nursing uniform !!??

    SingDanceRunLife replied to eric jo's topic in General Students

    I guess you didn't read my post. I said that we had to wear them over business casual clothes to do our pt lookup for clinical. And I understand only having one set if your clinicals aren't back to...

  21. usually how much is pair school nursing uniform !!??

    SingDanceRunLife replied to eric jo's topic in General Students

    You view that stuff as extra? We are required to get the coat...that over business casual is what we have to wear when we do our patient lookups. And without 2 sets of our uniform, we would have to do...

  22. usually how much is pair school nursing uniform !!??

    SingDanceRunLife replied to eric jo's topic in General Students

    We have specific brands/styles and colors that we need to wear, and have to buy them at a specific local shop. I paid about $90 for 2 pants, 2 tops and a lab coat (and 3 patches were included in that...

  23. At Your Clinical Site

    SingDanceRunLife replied to JaimeC's topic in General Students

    Most of the nurses I've worked with have been pretty good...some better than others. One thing I've noticed across the board is that overall, at the hospital where I do my clinicals, the LPNs are much...

  24. Inexpensive Stethoscope for Student

    SingDanceRunLife replied to mamayogibear's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Do you know what type the scope from the school is? I think you'll probably regret buying such a cheap stethoscope. The difference is immense when it comes to clarity, loudness etc. in cheap vs....

  25. Rank these classes by how hard they are

    SingDanceRunLife replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in General Students

    I thought sociology was incredibly easy. Developmental psych is incredibly easy as well. For me, there was no real studying involved in doing well. A&P II is much easier than A&P I (in my...