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Hello, I've applied for the fall 2008 semester. I qualified for the rolling admission, but know that's no guarantee of acceptance. Any current or former Bluegrass students willing to given an idea of what to expect? Also, are pdas recommended, requir...

In our program, there are at least four different versions of the exam handed out. At least four of the nursing instructors are in the class while the exam is taking place. No books, phones, cups, water or soda bottles, are allowed. A pencil and a pr...

Ditto what Daytonite said. I'm second semester also. I really like the Saunders book. It's divided into sections and I use it as an additional study aid for exams. For example, we just finished the OB rotation and took our final for it last week. I w...

I'm almost at the end of first year. It's flown by! Don't get behind in reading. Read the material before lecture. I make notes to myself if there's something that I just don't grasp when reading. 99.9% of the time, it's covered during lecture and I...

We don't wear scrubs for anything other than clinicals, and when we have to do a video skill check-off.

I don't know which book you're using for A&P. We used the one by Marieb and Hoehn. It's Anatomy and Physiology seventh edition. There was a website from the publisher of the book that had quizzes you could do over each chapter. That helped me. Fo...

This is a bit 'low-tech', but it works for me. I bought one of the desk calendars at Walmart. The big one that is supposed to sit on your desk. It was less than 3.00. It is blank so you just write in the month and dates. As soon as the we have an out...

I'm first year still, and two books that I swear by: Nursing Diagnosis Handbook; An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care is great for doing care plans. Saunder's NXCLEX Review is another. When I'm getting ready for an exam, I go over my notes, but I...

I just put my first one into a patient last week at clinicals. The only way I'd it up to that point was on a mannequin. The patient was in labor, had just had her epidural put in, so we were good. I have to say, that's the only one I've done, but it ...

I bought Nursing Diagnosis Handbook; An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care 8th edition by Ackley and Ladwig last semester. I helped a lot. It was actually a requirement for us; came on our PDA software, but the book itself is more complete than th...

I just turned 42 a week ago. I'm in my first semester of nursing school. Graduation is May 2010. Go for it! A lot of the students in our class are my age and older. Good luck!

Another Alabama transplant here. We moved here from Montgomery though. I'm not a nurse yet - still in nursing school. Just wanted to say hi. :) Maryann

BCTC is really competitive too. They accept around 120 each year, but there are a lot more than that that apply. If you want to improve your score, you may want to get the NLN review. I feel like it helped me. They go by your total score instead of t...

Take a deep breath. I'm a first semester nursing student, also. We did long-term care the first sixth weeks, and just started our second rotation for this semester at the hospital this week. They are totally different animals. For our first rotation...

Hi, KentuckyRN2Be. I'm about an hour east of Lexington - Mt Sterling. I just started nursing school in August and will graduate in May 2010. What school are you attending? I'm at BCTC in Lexington. There are quite a few students in my class my age - ...

Unless they've changed it, you have to have your A & P I done when you apply. Did you already go to one of the pre-nursing conferences yet? I know that was a requirement for us - I just started my first semester of the nursing program this semest...

I used the NLN study guide. I ended up with a 92% overall. I feel like it helped me. I just went through as much of it as I could - should have spent more time on the science part of it:D. I also went through the section on test-taking tips, but I'd ...

We were given access to the ProCal website and they have practice tests for us to take. The school is paying for our access to the ProCal site, so we had to sign up with our school email addy in order to not be kicked off the site. I don't know if i...

Not yet. Classes just started the 25th. We could only practice during that week. We have until the 11th of September to pass with 100%. They gave us the chapters we needed to focus on a couple of days ago. I had been going through the book chapter by...

I just started my first semester this week, but it looks like it follows the school's schedule, at least this semester. We get fall break, and classes end the same time as the rest of the school.

I've pretty much always taken multi vitamins, but I'm making sure I don't miss days. Here's what I'm taking: Nature Made multi for women 1000 - 2000 mg organic flax seed oil I just added Slow FE - I pretty much stay anemic, but hadn't taken anything ...

I took it in Winchester over the summer. I'm starting nursing classes this semester, so I had to do it over the summer. I did it over three weeks. It was a lot of reading. The best advice I can give you is to practice your skills as much as you can o...

I started my pre-reqs in January of last year. I start my nursing classes next month, so 3.5 years to ASN. The tuition is way cheaper than the 4 year college here though. About 1/3 of the 4 year. It'll only take me a year to get my BSN, which I plan ...

Thank you for all the advice. I guess I'm just getting nervous the closer it gets. :) I'd really like to work at UK when I graduate - I know that's probably a bit premature to even really think of at this point, but I like to plan things out when pos...

Thank you both. I knew we had to do the 120 last semester, but I didn't realize about the 120 after. Although, that's a good thing in my opinion. That was one of the things that was tickling the back of my mind and worrying me; would we just be throw...