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graduating with a BSN in December of 2010 at the age of 22!!!!

i graduate in may 2010 if all goes as planned and as of now i'm going to continue living at home w/ my parents in order to save money for a year to get MARRIED to the man of my dreams! i'm also gonna need to buy a car...nothing fancy just something good on gas mileage and reliable...right now i drive an antique muscle car and though the approving looks of others gives me an extreme high b/c i am a car freak...breaking down and running out of gas gets old after a while! haha

I love urbane scrubs! I think those are the best!!!

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i have the same problem...here are a couple ideas that one of my instructors told me...they have helped me out. 1. look at the 2 choices and make a decision....does one require a RN and one not....always remember that HESI and NCLEX-RN and standarized NURSING tests that require REGISTERED nursing knowledge and judgement 2. is either of the choices a "feel good" option? if so do not choose that one...Remember: "keep patients well before you keep them happy, if not then your patient may die happy." 3. which of the final two options requires a registered nurse's knowledge, assessment, teaching, judgement?...remember that other medical people can assess (LPNs and student specifically); but on a RN standardized test, the RN canNOT delegate nursing assessment or teaching. 4. When you eliminate options and are facing the 50/50 decision, congratulate yourself on being able to determine the two most likely answers...then, look at the two choices from several angles and make your final selections of the "most correct" answer from the choices available. 5. if necessary repeat 25 times: "i can make the correct choice because i have been taught good nursing knowledge; i will make the correct choice because i have good nursing judgement." 6. when choosing the most correct or priority answer remember that the "sickest" or the most "at risk" patient is the priority, not the easiest so that you can get it over with.

some of the things i have become very attached to: 1. black clicky pens! 2. urbane scrubs-they are so soft AFTER you wash them! 3. clipboard w/ storage for clinical days 4. my litman stethoscope!!! 5. calendar on my smartphone 6. sturdy backpack 7. anytype of computer 8. great friends in NS that are going through the same struggles w/ school as you are 9. chapstick and hand lotion 10. COMFY SHOES!!!! 11. as many NCLEX review books you can get your hands on. 12. smile no matter what!!! Hope this helps!!

i am i full time student in a BSN program and i am currently working part time (about 15 hours/week) but i know some people in my class are working 30-40 hours/week. they say it is hard but know they must work to pay bills...it is not impossible. try going to school for about a month and figure out what your schedule is like before getting too busy with both a job and school

I don't think it's necessary. But in the hospital i'm doing my clinicals at there is a drug book on the computer system and all the lab values are on a different computer system for any of us to access. So i don't think i would use it enough to get my money's worth out of it.

i'll be 21 when i graduate my BSN, i'll turn 22 a/b a month later!

i finish my last pre req on the 12th and start nursing school on the 28th!!! i'm more than excited!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for the info! i think i'm gonna try to get the cardiology III...but only if i can come up with enough money to get it. i sure hope it's worth it in the long run!!!

i will be starting school at the end of this month and i am torn between these 2 steths. both look very appealing and i am having a hard time deciding. i need to make a decision fairly quickly as i need to have my steth by june 4. do any of you have any suggestions on which one would be best for a new nursing student...preferably something that will last even after i graduate!

yes modelmama, uams is a big school!! i'm really nervous b/c the nursing program starts in the summer only and it is supposedly the time when they weed out all the "bad eggs" i guess you could say...i've heard that they don't know exactly where they are going to put all 200 of us...this should be interesting!!!

anyone else out there starting in may '08???

i will be attending UAMS in little rock, arkansas and last year they accepted 140 students and this year...205:banghead: i mean...this is the most they have EVER accepted so i'm getting really really nervous...anyone else out there????