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  1. Are grades in your school shared?

    sneakymom2011 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    Co-op testing in a nutshell (both programs I was in do this). You take the test. When time is called, and the test is over, everyone goes back into the classroom. We break up into groups of 4-5...

  2. Are grades in your school shared?

    sneakymom2011 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    The program that I failed out of- and never re-applied did that in Fundamentals. And I'm sorry but it was NOT helpful. All it did was stress out people when they saw what the grades were. My...

  3. Please help- Dilemna - should I continue or switch programs

    sneakymom2011 replied to aurorasky's topic in General Students

    Programs can be VERY hard to get into. You could come across waiting lists etc. My advice would be to stay where you are. That being said- this is my story. Started out in a CC program. Failed...

  4. How many of your schools require a pharmacology class?

    sneakymom2011 replied to Coruscatedgirl's topic in General Students

    My school too. At another program I was in, Pharm was a separate class and it was HARD. Esp when you're looking at drugs, (like diabetes) when you haven't even STUDIED it in class yet. And you won't...

  5. What nursing class at your school has the most failure rate?

    sneakymom2011 replied to msteresa97's topic in General Students

    The main problem (and gripe) with my program is that we are the LAST diploma RN class. The school changed to a BSN program last year. So if you fail out- too bad so sad- there is no class to fall...

  6. What a great day!!!!!

    sneakymom2011 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    Isn't it nice to be done for a bit I had my OB/Peds final today (and passed !) We're off until the 10th of May, then we start our next class- medsurge. My only problem is that our summer break...

  7. Advice on how to handle extreme anxiety

    sneakymom2011 replied to Becky8's topic in General Students

    First of all stop beating yourself up over it. And second of all- yes, some patients are not going to like students. I had 2 of them my first clinical rotation. It made me feel horrible- like I...

  8. O.M.G. i hate clinicals!

    sneakymom2011 replied to R.NICU's topic in General Students

    Ah Peds clinicals. The ones we had on the floor were bo-ring too To start with- this program has OB/Peds as our second rotation. We can't give G-tube meds, we can't do IV's. And most of my...

  9. What nursing class at your school has the most failure rate?

    sneakymom2011 replied to msteresa97's topic in General Students

    We lost a bunch in Fundamentals. OB/Peds hasn't been bad. Maybe 3 or 4. I don't know, I can't keep up with that drama LOL. I have heard that med-surge in our school is HARD. And that we've got a bunch...

  10. What do you do when you feel burned out?

    sneakymom2011 replied to flygirl117's topic in General Students

    I hear you on that one. My OB/Ped final is next week. I should be going over the zillions of notes I have. What am I doing instead? Nothing. I have no motivation whatsoever. It doesn't help that...

  11. So do you think this is fair?

    sneakymom2011 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm currently in my OB/Peds rotation. In Peds- since there's only so much space at the local children's hospital for students, we get sent out to see different things. Home health, School nurse,...

  12. Does your school allow you to keep your tests?

    sneakymom2011 replied to DisneybearRN's topic in General Students

    The college algebra class I took last summer let us keep our tests.

  13. Does your school allow you to keep your tests?

    sneakymom2011 replied to DisneybearRN's topic in General Students

    Nope, can't keep them here either. After the test, you can make an appt with one of the teachers who gave the test, and they'll go over it with you. Which is- they give you your copy of the test,...

  14. Update to my vent post

    sneakymom2011 posted a topic in General Students

    So we had another test today. My last post was a vent post- I am just at my wit's end with these silly NCLEX questions, and I've been doing them now for 2 semesters! Today's test was 10 points...

  15. Alcohol for umbilical cord?????

    sneakymom2011 replied to lillybellsmom's topic in General Students

    My book for OB/Peds says to use the appropriate agent according to facility policy. It gives alcohol as an option, but also says triple dye, or an antimicrobial agent). I'd have to go back through...

  16. So do you think this is fair?

    sneakymom2011 replied to sneakymom2011's topic in General Students

    > We've only got 3 more days of clinical this semester counting tomorrow. But that's another reason why I'm going in. I don't think I'm going to have the same problem with home health next week....

  17. So do you think this is fair?

    sneakymom2011 replied to sneakymom2011's topic in General Students

    Oh yeah- I do. Because if you're really sick (and I was last week) and you HAVE to miss, then there's built in hours for it. Anyhow- this is what I decided. I don't HAVE to make up the hours I...

  18. What do you hate the most about nursing school?

    sneakymom2011 replied to Jewl's topic in General Students

    Hate is such a strong word. I'd rather say the stuff that drives me batty We don't do care plans- we do concept maps. And they were driving me batty b/c my handwriting just stinks (d/t the fact...

  19. So do you think this is fair?

    sneakymom2011 replied to sneakymom2011's topic in General Students

    I had forgotten to post this- but think about this as well. We had a really nasty snowstorm here in January. At the time, I was on my OB rotation, we did 1 Saturday for 5 weeks, 12 hours. Well, we...

  20. Can I just vent?

    sneakymom2011 posted a topic in General Students

    Ugh. I am so frustrated with the lecture part of school right now. We had another test, and I missed passing by 2 STINKIN' POINTS. And 2 of the questions I missed, were "stupid" questions. We do a...

  21. Holy cow it feels so good to get an A again.

    sneakymom2011 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    Congrats on the good grades! Last semester I JUST passed Fundamentals. So when I got a couple of good grades on the first 2 tests in OB/Peds I was happy. But then the last 2 tests have been ok (I...

  22. Studying drugs

    sneakymom2011 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I know this question has probably been asked a million times- but I'm going to ask it anyhow. We don't have a separate Pharmacology class, the drugs are just gone over as needed. This is the second...

  23. Tidewater Community College

    sneakymom2011 replied to NursingStudent08's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I honestly don't remember. I know it was a lady and I took it at the Portsmouth Campus. At the time she was the only teacher for Micro. Things may have since changed since the new campus opened in...

  24. Anyone else do correlation maps?

    sneakymom2011 replied to L&DWannaB's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Concept maps Our school does them. I don't know what's worse, a concept map or a care plan And I've now done both. I kind of like concept maps, they help me relate what I'm doing with the patient...

  25. Tidewater Community College

    sneakymom2011 replied to NursingStudent08's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I've seen people do it. IMHO, if you want to keep your sanity I wouldn't reccomend it. 141 is pretty tough. It's intensive enough during the 16 week session, that's when I took it. I couldn't...