PreRN Katie

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  1. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ok, so this may have already been posted somewhere, but for those who are having to memorize the cranial nerves, I learned a very helpful mnemonic device: On Occasion Our Trusty Truck Acts Funny -...

  2. I Just Got Accepted !!!!

    PreRN Katie replied to reckton's topic in General Nursing

    congrats and good

  3. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sure have, I'm half way through as well (thank God!) So far so good, sitting on an A in lecture and in lab...but it's easily the most challenging course I've ever taken. Good luck to

  4. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm with CANurse2B, I say don't give up yet! Only you know what your body is capable of, and I think it's very honorable that you want to be able to provide only the best care for your patients, but...

  5. I got in!

    PreRN Katie replied to Bree124's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congrats!!!! Hopefully I'll know how good that feels some day! Awesome job, I know you had to work very hard to get

  6. Sent in my first NS application!

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thank you and good luck to you as

  7. Clayton State University..HELP

    PreRN Katie replied to GoosbyLPN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I don't go to Clayton State currently but I will be applying for the accelerated/2nd degree BSN program for Fall 09. I didn't know they even had a wait list...do you know what kind of GPA is needed to...

  8. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congrats and good

  9. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    THANK YOU GOD!!!!! Got my lab practical grade back today and it's a 92!!!!!:w00t:One down, one to go! I couldn't have done it without

  10. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Lab practical is tonight...kinda freaking out! I've studied and studied, so all I can do is my best right? I just wish it wasn't 45% of my total

  11. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So how about I have a "quiz" over the entire skeletal system on Tues. in lecture AND THEN I have the freakin' lab practical (100 ?s, 45% of my final grade ) right after?! I swear to God, these people...

  12. any one else feeling really discouraged about getting in?

    PreRN Katie replied to picurn10's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I hear you! It's so so so competitive that sometimes it feels like there's absolutely no room for error...which is completely unreasonable since we're human and all, and bound to make mistakes...

  13. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You'll do great! Study hard and let us know how it

  14. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    :yeahthat: The skull is easily the hardest thing I've had to memorize so far...and I sincerely hope there's not anything

  15. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Bless your heart! I hate ct too! My big crying fits have been over that and the parts of the skull...I actually held a sphenoid bone in my hand yesterday in lab and told it I hated it...got an odd...

  16. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My first lab practical is next week and I'm worried about it too! Your school sounds like mine...lecture and lab are seperate classes with seperate grades. We only have 2 lab practicals and they count...

  17. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I hear ya! I myself am not a fan of the tissue chapter either:bugeyes:. Hang in there and just keep working at it, you'll do great! Does anyone else hate bones as much as I do? I mean good lord, why...

  18. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think almost every A&P class starts off with the regional/anatomical terms, body quadrants, and planes of section. I memorized anterior v. posterior, superior v. inferior, etc. first because...

  19. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Got my grade back for exam 1 and I got an 87. On one hand I'm annoyed because I studied very hard and wanted an A, but then again the class average was a 71 so I guess I came out on top. Hopefully I...

  20. My sister is on life support

    PreRN Katie replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry for what you're going through. Please believe that your sister knows how much you love her. I wish you and your family comfort and

  21. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good luck!!! You'll do great!!! UPDATE: My test went pretty well last night...100 questions and only about 15 that I wasn't sure on. Hoping for an A! Many thanks to everyone who has been so supportive...

  22. Sent home from clinicals :(

    PreRN Katie replied to Phillippians4:13's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry you're having such a rough time! I'm only a prenursing student so I don't have any experience with clinicals but it seems that kicking you out of the program would be extremely harsh....

  23. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hey ya'll! My first test is tonight and I'm so scared! I've been studying my you-know-what off and I'm hopeful that I'll do well, just need some encouragement...so if anyone could throw some positive...

  24. I Got Accepted!!!!

    PreRN Katie replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congratulations!!!! That is so

  25. A&P 1 Spring 08

    PreRN Katie replied to PreRN Katie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The way I try to memorize tissues is to break it down into what they look like (simple or stratified? squamous, cuboidal, or columnar? for epithelials, what the matrix and collagen fibers look like...