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  1. How Did You Decide On Your Specialty?

    HappyMeNow posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm first year nursing student and I'm exploring my options with very limited knowledge. I swear I could spend hours on allnurses just reading up on these specialties. Right now I'm leaning towards...

  2. How important is your g.p.a

    HappyMeNow replied to shynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do you know what the admission requirements are? I think your GPA should be good enough, but do check and if it's in the low range, find out what else they look at. I doubt it's all based on GPA. I...

  3. Question About a Patient With Diabetes

    HappyMeNow posted a topic in General Students

    First of, from the limited time that I had access to her medical records, I cannot find out whether she had Type 1 or Type 2. On her admission sheet, it said that she was admitted for low blood sugar,...

  4. failed my first test today...will I ever be the same?

    HappyMeNow replied to LittleRedApple's topic in General Students

    Is your teacher easy to talk to? If he/she is then you definitely want to set up a meeting and express your concerns. Your teacher could point you in the right direction as far as studying for the...

  5. Which Has Priority? Pain or Nutrition?

    HappyMeNow posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had to go back and edit my original post. I have to do a nursing diagnosis for a patient who came in with chronic pain from ulcer and because of that hasn't been taking her meds and on the morning...

  6. Graduated tonight!

    HappyMeNow replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    Congrats!! I can't wait till I'm where you are, if I get there! Any words of wisdom for a very anxious first semester

  7. HTN on Patient Records

    HappyMeNow posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was reading over a patient's records and for Past Hx they listed HTN, hypertension right? I looked at her B/P on assessment and it was 113/55, isn't that hypotension? That makes a big difference...

  8. HTN on Patient Records

    HappyMeNow replied to HappyMeNow's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you for helping me

  9. HTN on Patient Records

    HappyMeNow replied to HappyMeNow's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So the meds lowered her from hyper to hypotension? I don't have any previous medical knowledge so I'm curious.

  10. Do A Lot Of Students Get Expelled?

    HappyMeNow posted a topic in General Students

    Goodness it seems like everytime I check this board I'm coming across a thread about someone getting expelled. I feel terrible for them. Nursing school was hard enough to get into and to be...

  11. Do A Lot Of Students Get Expelled?

    HappyMeNow replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Students

    Thank you. I guess I'm just worried because I didn't finish college many years ago and I don't feel very

  12. Do A Lot Of Students Get Expelled?

    HappyMeNow replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Students

    From what you've seen of the ones who fail out, are these students who didn't try or they just couldn't make it through the program? I'd like to believe that if we work hard enough that we could make...

  13. Do A Lot Of Students Get Expelled?

    HappyMeNow replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Students

    Thanks! So do a lot of people flunk out then? I'm getting more and more anxious about getting our first test results

  14. 1st semester student

    HappyMeNow replied to mrsmicdavis's topic in General Students

    Medical diagnosis is a disease. A nursing diagnosis would be a human reaction to the disease. For example: Asthma would be a medical diagnosis. Patient needs inhaler to breathe would be a nursing...

  15. Best time to apply for externships

    HappyMeNow replied to Lovelymo79's topic in General Students

    I'm going to spend some time looking at the hospital's websites.

  16. Expelled :(

    HappyMeNow replied to PiedPiperRN's topic in General Students

    If I'm understanding the OP correctly, then you havn't been expelled yet right? Like someone else has posted before, usually schools bend over backwards to keep students in. So sit down and be real...

  17. Best time to apply for externships

    HappyMeNow replied to Lovelymo79's topic in General Students

    I'm in my very first semester of a 2 year RN program. Should I apply after one semester is over or should I apply now? I'm really confused about the

  18. Do Grades Matter? What Kind of Grades Did You Get?

    HappyMeNow replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Students

    I definitely want to transfer to a BSN program after I graduate. The school I'm looking at requires a 2.5. I hope I can apply with a minimum of 3.0

  19. First Nursing Exam Next Week and I'm Terrified!

    HappyMeNow posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Our first exam in nursing fundamentals is next week and I am really worried. First of it's a critical thinking type exam all multiple choice. Our teacher also said that there might be one or two...

  20. First Nursing Exam Next Week and I'm Terrified!

    HappyMeNow replied to HappyMeNow's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you so so so

  21. Externship

    HappyMeNow posted a topic in General Students

    How do I go about getting an externship? Do I just contact the hospitals that I'm interested in? Also, is it possible to get an externship during the school year and not the summer? I'm a first year...

  22. RN Degree?

    HappyMeNow posted a topic in General Students

    Is an RN degree an associate degree or is it a two year certificate/diploma? I'm trying to fill out my grant papers and I'm

  23. When Do Classes Start for Fall 2009

    HappyMeNow posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I see on the academic calendar that classes started on September 2nd in 2008, is that the same every

  24. DCCC NET Reading Comp Advice Needed

    HappyMeNow replied to ecf1972's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Have you gone onto this thread? https://allnurses.com/pre-nursing-student/all-about-net-296791.html It helped me tremendously when I took the NET. I didn't get in the first year I tried, I got 98 on...

  25. When Do Classes Start for Fall 2009

    HappyMeNow replied to HappyMeNow's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Are you also in the fall 2009 program? I thought I read that classes start on August 31st? Are you in the day or evening program? Which of your classes start on on the 17th of