B.T.H

Hi everyone, I'm doing my pre-reqs right for nursing school, and I have a question about educational backgrounds for getting into CRNA programs. I'm doing my pre-reqs for the BSN nursing program at a community college and am pulling a 4.0 right now....

Hi everyone, I was just wondering, does anyone know how the grades from the community college transfers to the nursing program? Specifically, does all the grades transfer, or just the classes that are required for the nursing program? For instance...

That's how I study also. The only difference is that I don't study from the book. For A&P, I studied exclusively from my weekly quizzes (learn how a question could be changed to make it true or false, and vice versa), my lecture notes, and my h...

This posting has the potential to go the wrong way fast. I think we can all see some validity to some of the ideas presented, but the problem starts when we start to generalize to much. Being a male going into a predominately female field, I have ...

What subject are you teaching? It would help us to know the subject matter because we can refer to our experiences in that class to answer the question better. My A&P I-II teacher used only lectures based on the book with no powerpoint whatsover...

hrjqtpie, you hang in there. Your in the core nursing program already so tough it out. It is hard to go to school with the help of someone else, let alone doing this by yourself. I have a lot of respect for single parents that are willing to sacri...

Hi Amy, I'm from Denver also, and like you, I have aspirations of becoming a CRNA down the line. I contacted University of Colorado hospital nurse recruiter and asked her about the possibility of being hired into an ICU unit straight out of school. ...

I try to take it one day at a time now and not look to far ahead. I don't know that I fear anything school related, except for oral presentations:D. I think I fear outside factors, or unforseen situations that can derail my plans and goals more the...

I finished A&P I-II and am taking micro this semester. I would have to say micro is harder because you have to study to understand, as opposed to A&P, which is mostly memorization. Time wise, I would have to say they require about the same ...

Hi Amy, I took 101 last semester and made an A in it. English has never been easy for me because it's my second language. I have never made A's in English growing up, so I made sure to pay extra attention to it last semester. I made sure that ever...

I know how everyone feels because this semester is kicking my butt also. I don't feel as motivated this semester, and I feel like my brain is on cruise control most of the time. I don't think it's the material because I don't find it hard, but I just...

Hi everyone. Does anyone know how to go about learning to do powerpoint? I have to do an oral presentation and figure this might help me to stay within guidelines of my presentation better. Last time I got so nervous I screwed up the presentation. ...

Thanks for your time and effort in recording your experiences Nilipoc. I have enjoyed reading your blog and will miss it because your experiences have given us CRNA wanna-be's a very good picture of what some of us hope to experience in the future. ...

Thanks everyone for the suggestions and pointers. I will go ahead and get the powerpoint program and book and at least try to get a basic understanding of its usage. I have a feeling I will need to do more oral presentations in the future, so I mig...

I just did an oral presentation in English on John Singer Sargent. I had everything prepared and didn't even need notes because I knew the information pretty well. well once I got up in front of that class I forgot everything I was going to say. Los...

Hi, can't help you here but you can probably get info on this topic from the travel nurse board. I have seen postings on this topic there. B.T.H

I'm taking micro now and I think its harder then A&P I and 2 was. I have an exam comming up monday covering 5 units about everything from microbial requirements for life to reproduction. All the different steps for transcription, translation, m...

Hey everyone, I was wondering, what is a good criteria to go by for knowing if you have what it takes to make it into and through a CRNA program? I guess what I'm asking is, were the pre-reqs and nursing classes a breeze for a lot of you that have m...

Athlein, thank you for your honest replies and assessment regarding my questions posted earlier. I agree with yours and Anthony's assessment that you don't have to be a genius to do this. My take on this pursuit after some consideration is that in th...

Hi Everyone, thanks for all the advice. I guess I was feeling a little tired from dealing with 3 deadlines in the same time period, taking care of 2 kids by myself (wife got accepted to a nursing program out of the city) as well as taking 17 credit h...

Hi, I'm taking Micro right now to. I find that Micro is different then A&P in that you really do need an understanding of the overall concepts to do well. But usually if a teacher tests from lecture notes then most of the time they are just cov...

Hey Amy, Know exactly where your comming from. My three year old was throwing up all over everything yesterday, and his six year old sister was complaining of a sore throat. Needless to say it's not easy going to school and trying to absorb topics li...

Hi Kayelle, I think that OB CRNAs work the 24 hour on 24 hour off type of schedule, nature of the job I guess. I'm not a SRNA yet, but I have done some research on the subject because I want to pursue becoming a CRNA. I think working hours vary fo...

Never heard that saying while I was doing A&P, but now that I have, I don't think I will ever forget the cranial nerves again. (oh oh oh to touch and feel a girl's ...............................!!!!!!) Hard to forget this one. The one I learned ...

Congradulations!!! Hope all goes well for you in your program. B.T.H