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  1. I need a lot of help, failed out of nursing school

    merrywhiterose replied to MakeMeABird's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The failure rate in nursing schools is 25-50%. Don't feel like a failure. I didn't make it all the way through last year, so I have to wait a year to jump back in. Meanwhile, I'm taking classes that...

  2. Have you ever cheated?

    merrywhiterose replied to JustYouWait's topic in General Students

    No matter how hard the tests are, and how ridiculous some of the questions are, I would never

  3. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

    merrywhiterose replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you don't feel comfortable dissecting an animal, you may need to find another kind of occupation. Dissecting an animal is a lot easier than some of the things you will have to do with people. I...

  4. Abortion in nursing school rotations?

    merrywhiterose replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Students

    You never know what's going to come through the hospital doors. Sometimes there will be an emergency abortion to save the mother's life. Babies don't always have working organs, so the mother's organs...

  5. Why is there no medical terminology class for the RN program? Among others.

    merrywhiterose replied to amanda1266's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The one class our RN program should require as a prerequisite is Pharmacology. There's just too much to learn to remember all those

  6. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    merrywhiterose replied to brownhairedgal's topic in General Students

    You have the right to refuse, however nursing includes losing some of your modesty in the name of your

  7. Curious About Drop-out Rate In Nursing School

    merrywhiterose replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    I think the pass rate was like 30% for the whole program. It didn't have anything to do with who was smarter, or who knew more. It was more like who could pass all the crap they threw at us. A lot of...

  8. The "I HATE IT WHEN..." thread for students!!

    merrywhiterose replied to shescoolie's topic in General Students

    I hate it when some clinical instructors decide to disappear during clinicals, or only want to teach a few of the YOUNG students, instead of the whole group. They only allow the young ones to try out...

  9. The single best piece of advice you've gotten/gave

    merrywhiterose replied to HumorHeals22's topic in General Students

    Plan on your whole life being put into the Nursing Program. You won't have time for anything else. READ AHEAD WHENEVER POSSIBLE!!! If you have a summer break, or any other break, start

  10. Older Nursing students

    merrywhiterose replied to MarieD's topic in General Students

    I'm 52 and plan to graduate from the RN program in 2011. You're NEVER too old to advance in your

  11. What type of drug tests do nursing schools do?

    merrywhiterose replied to jillebean's topic in General Students

    CalebMommy: that's truly excessive! The school is abusing its

  12. What type of drug tests do nursing schools do?

    merrywhiterose replied to jillebean's topic in General Students

    Mine does a urine sample at the beginning, then random ones whenever they

  13. Question for nurses who passed NCLEX using Saunders!

    merrywhiterose replied to Learz13's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What is Suzanne's Plan? It's no longer listed on this

  14. Help! How do I sign my name??

    merrywhiterose replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Last name, RN,

  15. Anesthesia: The Last and First Thing You Heard

    merrywhiterose replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I had a bad pregnancy and when my water broke, it was brown. After an emergency c-section I was still heavily sedated. I heard the Paramedics talking about the baby and how it'd only take a few min....

  16. You know you're a student nurse when...

    merrywhiterose replied to knittingmonster's topic in General Students

    When you watch TV shows and you say, "no way! they wouldn't do

  17. You know you're a student nurse when...

    merrywhiterose replied to knittingmonster's topic in General Students

    When you are so stressed out from classes that you forget your own

  18. Any "50-ish" Pre-Nursing Students?

    merrywhiterose replied to Elle16's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You are not too old to do this! I'm 52 and plan to graduate from the RN program in 2011. I'm also working on some of the prerequisites for my BS in Nursing Science. Pictures on the college walls shows...

  19. Problems with instructors

    merrywhiterose replied to somekitties's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There are some very hateful, mean nursing instructors out there. I had a clinical instructor like that. Just follow the guidelines and follow the rules and make it hard for them to fail you. Also,...

  20. Advice to a pre-nursing student?

    merrywhiterose replied to RetroReactive's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Start reading Pharmacology!! The more you understand drugs, the better. The very worse subjects of nursing: Endocrine System GI system get the NCLEX 4,000 on

  21. Do you actually wear gloves/gowns/masks ?

    merrywhiterose replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in General Nursing

    It depends. If the person hasn't had a positive test lately, no. Sometimes the doctor doesn't verify it even though tests do, that it's negative. If the person is positive, I sure wouldn't take the...

  22. Nursing instructor putting student through embarassment and singles out

    merrywhiterose replied to mjacobs's topic in General Students

    Wow! That sounds like my clinical instructor I had last year at Lincoln! Find out who the administrator is for your college over the nation and send them a letter along with a copy to the...

  23. Paramedic vs. RN

    merrywhiterose replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Nursing

    I can see your point! Some hospitals are using Paramedics AS RN's in the ER, but not paying them the equivalent as an

  24. Failure rate of nursing schools.

    merrywhiterose posted a topic in General Students

    What is the failure rate of your nursing school? We were told that most were 50%! With ours it's been at least

  25. Failure rate of nursing schools.

    merrywhiterose replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Students

    Alvindudley: What school are you