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  1. Starting Nursing School and Getting Divorced

    gillytook replied to MermiesGreatGig's topic in General Students

    When my husband of 19 years left, I enrolled in nursing school. A year later the divorce was final. He got the house. I bought a mobile home so I could afford the bills. It is old and not pretty, but...

  2. ATI Testing!!!!

    gillytook replied to clvjackson's topic in General Students

    I have not taken the test personally. The class that just graduated did. They just started ATI in October and 34 out of 38 passed on the first try. Of the four that did not pass, a couple were nearly...

  3. What can I expect in Maternal/Peds & Adult Nursing next semester?

    gillytook replied to 2bnurselove08's topic in General Students

    In my program, OB/Peds was more observation than hands on. In both OB/Peds and adult med/surg you will apply all those basics you learned last semester. Now you have to know what to do first for what...

  4. 50 years old, a good time for LVN school?

    gillytook replied to 4Karrie2's topic in General Students

    Sounds like maybe this may not be the right LVN program for you. Are there any others availble in your area? How much longer would it take for you to attend an ADN program? If the stress level is less...

  5. What do you do to relieve your stress?

    gillytook replied to nurse901's topic in General Students

    Get into the outdoors. Go out with friends who are NOT nursing students. Turn the stereo in the car up loud and sing along with the music. Spend time with my son doing something he enjoys or just...

  6. Bag for Books

    gillytook replied to New 2 iceeYouRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I had three solutions. First I streamlined the amount of books I needed to carry by getting my resource type books and NCLEX study/question books on PDA. This also has the added benefits of having...

  7. Waiting for My Final Grade

    gillytook posted a topic in General Students

    Here I sit in front of my computer waiting for the final grades in level 3 to post. It was one of those tests where I really have no clue as to how I did. If I get an A on the test, it is an A for the...

  8. Waiting for My Final Grade

    gillytook replied to gillytook's topic in General Students

    Got so restless that I had to go grocery shopping to keep myself off of the computer. But the grades have been posted. 94 is an A and I got 94.09!

  9. Spring 2009 Graduates

    gillytook replied to Rianna1's topic in General Students

    May 8, 2009 cannot come soon enough. Then it will all be worth

  10. How fair is this?

    gillytook posted a topic in General Students

    I am in Level 3 of an ADN program. They have split the students into two groups because we have two instructors. One group took cardiac while the other took respiratory. Then we switched places. Each...

  11. How fair is this?

    gillytook replied to gillytook's topic in General Students

    Actually she added more questions on material that she did not cover in class and included questions about medications that we were not responsible

  12. Dorming versus not dorming

    gillytook replied to xlilchatonx's topic in General Students

    Roommates problems are not just in dorms. I own my own place and rent to two college students to help pay the bills. Between their noise, their lack of responsibility, their sloppiness and their drug...

  13. Failing a student when not receving a failing grade?

    gillytook replied to Nurse 2009's topic in General Students

    We do not have letter grades in clinicals. It is pass/fail. There are a list of criteria we have to pass. Some of it is skill related. Do not get signed off within a certain period of time you are...

  14. Being a nursing student

    gillytook replied to rannRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Another student and I were asked to given this little old lady a bath to help out the aide. She was in her 90's and had broken her public bone. A very young, good-looking doctor came in while we were...

  15. Dorming versus not dorming

    gillytook replied to xlilchatonx's topic in General Students

    Also check to see if you school has specially dorming options for nursing students. Where my son is going, they offer it. Not only are you surrounded by other nursing students, there is a nursing...

  16. ATI Exit Exam

    gillytook replied to UjonesRN's topic in General Students

    Our instructors gave us a list of codes to the various practice

  17. Dorming versus not dorming

    gillytook replied to xlilchatonx's topic in General Students

    I do not know about being in the nursing program and dorming, but I lived in a dorm when I was in engineering. It was a definite plus. First of all I did not have to cook. I cleaned only a small 10x12...

  18. Do you have family issues in the nursing program?

    gillytook replied to Starfish1's topic in General Students

    I know it hurts to have those you love treat you this way. My son got so upset with my schooling, that he threw a temper fit and moved out. He has since come to realize how important an education is...

  19. School Grading Scales

    gillytook replied to lizdctorn2b's topic in General Students

    100-94 A 93.9-88 B 87.9-80 C No rounding! When 75 was passing, I know someone who got a 74.9 and had to

  20. What does a nursing student need?

    gillytook replied to hightechburrito's topic in General Students

    Some things I have purchased along the way: A really good pair of shoes. The extra $$$ are worth it. An organizer for the pen light, pen, scissors, etc. Socks with arch support. They are that added +...

  21. ATI Exit Exam

    gillytook replied to UjonesRN's topic in General Students

    Do you access to the practice exams? If you do, take those. They will give the areas you need to study. Then in the library, you will find the related

  22. CNA job making me almost want to give up Nursing

    gillytook replied to AZMOMO2's topic in General Students

    uscstu4lfe, not necessarily. At the hosptial where I work, most of the units do not even get aide on many of the shifts. When they do, the aide cares for 15 or more patients. The aides have to do...

  23. Are clinicals really difficult for schools to schedule?

    gillytook replied to insa's topic in General Students

    In my program, each level and campus (we have two now, maybe three soon) has set clinical days. But the times and locations vary based on where youare assigned. We will not know defintely until...

  24. CNA job making me almost want to give up Nursing

    gillytook replied to AZMOMO2's topic in General Students

    At least as a nurse, I know I will not spend the shift doing over 100 sets of vitals and 30+ Accuchecks. It gets old after the first 50 or so! So does swinging over filled bags of soiled laundry into...

  25. After Graduation?

    gillytook replied to smellyacres's topic in General Students

    At the hospital were I work, they had a position of GN. You work under a RN until you get your license. You are actually doing the work. The RN has to supervise you