DahliaDaisy RN

And on that note, I think I'll stop listening to YOURS LOL! ?

Jeepers, and to think I was considering starting my own post, on a somewhat related topic! Bullet dodged, and I'm sure I'll get flack for these few sentences LOL! I joined back in 2007 when even nursing SCHOOL was just a dream, and one mostly f...

As a new nurse, I've already come to sadly accept that most of my time will be spent writing ABOUT my patients rather than, you know, actually taking care of them. They might as well put law classes in nursing school now because that's what it's beco...

I'm a new nurse as well, graduated in Dec. 2018 and started in March at our local state psych facility. I'm a bit older and went into NS knowing I wanted to do psych. I think my "favorite" part is wearing blue tooth head phones on the job lol. First ...

^^^THIS, is all brilliant advice and I wish I had read it before I started! In hindsight though, I probably wouldn't have understood it, and the reasons behind it nearly as well as I do now. #4 is GOLDEN and sums up my philosophy in school. Some peop...

Nurse dot plus has many free exams on all of the different topics! I used that and paper books someone gave me and passed in 75Q.

And what is wrong with that? I entered nursing school in my 40's KNOWING I wanted only to go into psych and/or addictions nursing. I too enjoy the academics and have consistently high scores on the ATI predictor (putting me at 99% chance of passing t...

I'm sorry I wasn't clearer. The 100 pt head to toe assessment we had to pass out of in procedure testing that I was referring to was literately assessing 100 aspects, including testing all 12 cranial nerves. Of course one realizes that any and every ...

We had in school "labs" they were called, for the first 8 weeks. It was then that we learned a BASIC head to toe assessment that we used for our first 8 week hospital clinicals. We also learned to pass meds in stages; PO, then Injections, then IV bag...

I could be here for days if I were to recount some of the biased, DATED, you have to know the professor to guess the answer, questions Ive run across! Deep breaths, let it go and concentrate on passing the stupid things for YOURSELF! I'm doing great ...

I took predictor A in August, got a 76 which was the 2nd highest in my class of 40. Then after 8 weeks of helpful quizzes and annoying homework, I got an 89.3 on part B, and last Thursday I took the 185 question predictor and got an 84. Our school ju...

Everyone above gave you great advice, and I can't agree enough with the part about "befriending" the aids! They are less stressed than the nurses and know all of the ins and out, I have found them to be very helpful and kind resources when the nurses...

You mention Biology, but what about A&P I and II, and maybe Microbiology? My state school in NY looks at those the most and if you aced those, it will go a long way to overcoming your C in Bio 101. We also have to have a C+ for any pre-req to cou...

Also in Upstate NY and there are a lot of programs here of all kinds AND, a lot of jobs! Everyone I know graduating from my ASN, Community College program are going straight into whatever field they are interested in: Peds, Neuro, ED, NICU, Oncology,...

I live in Syracuse and am in my second year of an ASN program. Everyone I know is getting jobs IN the specialty they prefer even before graduation. The starting salaries sound about average and the cost of living is relatively low. A place is what yo...

I finished my first year of a two year ASN program at a well regarded community college program this spring. Despite some ups and downs, I was feeling pretty positive about the next year and figured I would sign on here during my down time to get exc...

Wow, this has been some really great and well thought out feedback ! I truly appreciate you all taking the time to write all of that out to help put my mind at ease. I have learned a lot that I'm sure will come in handy now and in the future. Cheers ...

I had another idea if you really want to get ahead of the game ! If you have your first year book list, order them now and start familiarizing yourself with the nursing process. Look up what the normal range of vital signs are: BP, Pulse rate, respir...

Thank you both VERY much ! There is so much responsibility and so much to learn, it is good to know that a patients family being upset that you didn't get them apple juice quickly enough will not be the end all be all, after all of this time, money a...

It should be such, that if anyone were to fail out of the program, no one would know the reason why except for themselves and the director/committee that dismissed them. A few people I started with are no longer there but I have no idea why and do no...

I'm a little hesitant to reply lest I get slammed, but honestly ? Don't worry about it, just keep doing what you are doing. Nursing is a whole different ball game and they will refresh what is pertinent to the nursing curriculum. I am in a 2 year ASN...

Usually they don't let you take them at the same time as 1 has to be done before 2, but YES if you are ready and able to put in the time ! I took Micro with a lab, A&P I with a lab and alegebra ( my nemesis) all in one semester and got a 4.0. It ...

There are different kinds of "hard". I buried my husband who suffered from epilepsy and never came home one day because he seized and drowned in a road side drainage ditch. I buried my only child 3 yrs later at 19, after she who was a 4.0 college stu...

Sure, there is Onondaga Community college which is self directed, so besides clinicals, procedures and overviews at the beginning of every class, you will have to be disciplined enough to do all your own reading and schedule your own tests. That's wh...

Except for the pregnant part, that could be me writing this post ! Same semester, got great grades, also hate clinical and suddenly developed an aversion to all things nursing. For ME, I took a week off and really analyzed how I would feel if I quit....