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We have to do lab sign offs for our complete physical assess. (head to toe) withOUT any flow sheet at all! Has anyone lived through this experience! :chuckle I'm about to wet myself thinking of someone standing there, glaring at me, listening to the ...

Sounds like a funny title to the thread, but I'm taking the NET test. I actually took it already, but have to retake the comprehension portion of the exam again Anyway, they said that the portion of the test was geared towards NCLEX style test ques...

I'm in my second semester of nursing and am absolutely hating the whole process. I'm a mom to 3 with an incredible husband. However, my pride is so high that doing well in school borders on an obsession with me. When I'm in school, I don't function w...

One thing my class does is try to laugh about something right before the test. Reason being, we had a guest speaker on test anxiety who was a pyschiatrist and was wonderful! She said laughter lowers your BP, anxiety levels, etc.. Sometimes the majori...

I have 3 boys that are 10, 7 and 3 and I'm married. I feel like I'm juggling life 90 percent of the time but it's worth it b/c I know it's only a few semesters to go! I do a lot of "quickie" meals, my husband is awesome for help with the house, laun...

I've been out of school for 13 yrs myself and would definately reccomend taking a math course. Esp. if you're like me and it's REALLY hazy! :chuckle Chemistry is ALL math and in my nursing classes, we do a TON of dimensional analysis and algebra! If ...

I took 2 finals today (A&P2 and one of our nursing classes) then tomorrow I have organic chem and our last nursing final and then I'm DONE on Thursday for the summer! This has been the 2 weeks from hell! (prep week and week of finals). G...

Okay, I feel like I've got a handle on all my classes' finals but CHEM! I'm almost in tears doing the "pre-final". I really thought I knew this stuff. Our prof has the mercy to give us a "pretest" before each real test so we have a clue what he'll co...

Thanks guys. I "get" 90% of the stuff, it's just that 10% that he's going to have on the test that are worth just enough to screw my grade up. I want to KEEP that B. I also get the math, thank goodness b/c it definately helped with math in nursing. I...

Well said Val! :)

At my university, credit hours are very deceiving. The clinical hours and lab time aren't factored in. We actually spend 29 hours including nursing classes, just in the nursing program. If it helps, my nursing classes only account ON PAPER for 9 hour...

I would suggest going to your state board of nursing site and look to see what kind of status your schools you're looking into have. That way you can see if they have any accredidation sitings, probations, etc.. That will tell you a lot about the sch...

I'm in Ohio and in the ADN program. I had to take Elementary chem and Chem for life sciences. For your BSN you have to take Chem for life sciences 2. I agree with Kavi. There is a great deal of reference to chemistry in any nursing. Meds is a good ...

I'm in Ohio and in the ADN program. I had to take Elementary chem and Chem for life sciences. For your BSN you have to take Chem for life sciences 2. I agree with Kavi. There is a great deal of reference to chemistry in any nursing. Meds is a good ...

none, nada, zip over the summer! YEAH! I'm so burned out from this semester I don't know how I'd do it! Our nursing program takes break from May 8th until Aug 25th and I'm going to enjoy each day of that break :chuckle

I'm 31, have 3 kids and a hubby and there is NO way I in the world I could work. Our program also has a policy about not working over 18-20 hours per week and that the demand they place on your schedule is incredible. We don't have anyone working fu...

Chemistry!

Aimee, if you weren't in TX, I'd think we were going to the same university :chuckle We just had a cultural project sprung on us Thursday in class on top of the gazillion things that are due by May 8th, along with 4 final exams I have! EEK! Good luck...

I know in my chem class, about 1/3 the class (out of 100 students) don't finish their tests. They've talked to him and it's a no go! In his opinion, chemistry is a "mastered" skill and if practiced enough, you should fly through the problems. (insert...

Hi Alexander, you've rec'd some great advice/support. I really can't add more but did want to let you know that I'm in my first semester of nursing school and we have 8 male students in our class. They range in age from 23 to 54! When we attend clini...

I'm first semester and had to do smoking cessation to low income/homeless population, incision care/wound care for my clinical group and then a meds post conference on antibiotics. Next week I have to do a one on one with a diabetic about proper nutr...

Sandy, I understand why you would question someone's ability to believe in themselves by what I said. However, I think because I have a 4.0 gpa that I often get scared at the prospect of losing that gpa. I don't think in my situation that it has anyt...

I'm someone with, what I think, is internal locus of control. I have horrible test anxiety. I do not believe my fate is up to a higher power or "what will be will be". Therefore, by believing that *I* am in control of whether a test is passed or fail...

I'm also in the ADN program and will get my license, get some experience and let my employer pay for me to get my BSN. I'm not footing the bill on another degree if I don't have to! Like NewCCURN said, you can get pretty much any RN position with an...

We have an assigment to write our response to the question "What is the opposite of nursing, in your opinion" How would you all answer this? I'm not sure where to go with this. Would you compare nursing to other professions or just list the opposite ...