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  1. Failure rate of nursing schools.

    merrywhiterose replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Students

    Purple: We have a few instructors that absolutely won't answer questions. I don't know if they just don't know the answers, or just don't want to. The tests are not a test to see what we know, but a...

  2. Failure rate of nursing schools.

    merrywhiterose replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Students

    Another problem is clinicals. There were 3 clinical instructors for us in the 1st year. Only one taught anything. One instructor told the students to do a quick assessment, then spend the rest of the...

  3. Failure rate of nursing schools.

    merrywhiterose replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Students

    Is it the school's fault for not teaching what it's supposed to? Somewhere there is a failure in the system. Maybe the schools need to have more prerequisites before getting in so the failure rate is...

  4. Failure rate of nursing schools.

    merrywhiterose replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Students

    Failure rate for getting through the program AND passing the

  5. First year nursing student

    merrywhiterose replied to munozg23's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    EVERYONE FEELS THAT WAY THE FIRST MONTH! Eventually you slip into the routine. I'm a second year student and the first month of felt almost the same way as the first month of the 1st

  6. Should I be a CNA -- I'm 44yrs old!!! Is it too late for me?

    merrywhiterose replied to CuriousChrys's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I started the RN program at the age of 50! I graduate next year. You are NEVER to old to go into it! There are pictures of past graduates, and some are senior

  7. Tough Clinical Instructor

    merrywhiterose replied to backhill360's topic in General Students

    cursedandblessed: that is exactly the type of clinical instructor I had! One girl got to do EVERYTHING, the rest of the group introduced themselves to the patient, then spent the rest of the time...

  8. What makes Nursing school hard?

    merrywhiterose replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Students

    One way some of us get through this is by just concentrating on each 8 week course, and the time off after each. Knock yourself out for 8 wks,

  9. Update Nclex

    merrywhiterose replied to mia98's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    mia58: so you

  10. Update Nclex

    merrywhiterose replied to mia98's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Which helped the most for RN-NCLEX takers: Kaplan or

  11. What makes Nursing school hard?

    merrywhiterose replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Students

    I'm 1/2 way through a 2-yr. RN program. In the first year we never knew what we were going to have to do. We've had many individual experiences from going to a nursing home, to attending Alcoholics...

  12. So you don't think you need to worry about swine flu . . .

    merrywhiterose replied to Laidback Al's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't know about others, but I don't want to take the chance of catching the swine

  13. Male Nurses

    merrywhiterose replied to Keptonkurtis's topic in General Nursing

    Don't listen to your friends! Maybe they are jealous because you may end up making more money than them. We have some men in our Nursing classes that will make great nurses. The patients love them!...

  14. Has Anyone Ever USED Their Malpractice Insurance?

    merrywhiterose replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    What about for those of us that rent? How much should we

  15. The Nurse's Role in Providing Spiritual Care - Is It OK to Pray?

    merrywhiterose replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    It is ONLY OK if the patient requests it. Otherwise,

  16. Desired Characteristics of Effective Nurse Educators - My Ideal Nursing Instructor

    merrywhiterose replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I had a clinical instructor that couldn't stand to have students her age (about 45?) or older. She would put them down and try to fail them. She was definitely age discriminating. Too bad she's still...

  17. I need your help Allnurses.

    merrywhiterose replied to Prettyladie's topic in General Students

    I don't know how your program works, but 9 credit hours is enough, when it comes to nursing classes! They take all of our time, as it is, with homework, clinicals, classes, &

  18. Parents at Orientation

    merrywhiterose replied to lak20019's topic in General Students

    There were a couple mom's, sisters, etc. at the recent orientation. However, the room didn't have enough chairs for extra people. The room was VERY hot with about 45 people in the room, so your mom...

  19. New Student - What do I need?

    merrywhiterose replied to newstudenttx's topic in Texas Nursing

    A backpack on wheels lots of yellow highlighters NCLEX disk(s) Ink pens (the click kind) index cards to make into flash cards clipboard that has storage in it cheap calculator (I keep $1. ones from...

  20. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    merrywhiterose replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    -A backpack on wheels -clipboard that opens so you can put your pens/paper in it -lots of yellow highlighters! -ink pens (lots) -bp cuff -GOOD stethescope (Litman is great!) -cheap calculator -laptop...

  21. Do you bring your laptop to class/lecture?

    merrywhiterose replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Students

    Nobody takes their laptop to class. With all the books, it'd just get in the way. --Lincoln Univ. Ft. Leonard

  22. How old is too old?!?!?

    merrywhiterose replied to Amy Married to Art's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started the Nursing RN Program at 50. I had a biased clinical instructor that didn't like anyone older than her (40) in her clinical group. She gave me a hard time, and was very unprofessional....

  23. Tough Clinical Instructor

    merrywhiterose replied to backhill360's topic in General Students

    I just finished a year with a clinical instructor that was very biased with her students. She liked the very young female students and didn't get along with anyone her age, or older (which I was). She...

  24. Oh! The sacrifices we make just to get through nursing school

    merrywhiterose replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    LOTS OF MONEY--I'm paying with cash, time with family, sanity, time for hobbies, time for ME. It will be all worth it in the end, though. When I'm an RN I'll gain all those things

  25. Nursing Calculations Problem--HELP!

    merrywhiterose posted a topic in General Students

    Calculate the flow rate (mL/H) & infusion time (hrs.) for the following IV administration: 1000 mL D5W IV to infuse at 25 gtt/min. Flow rate: ______mL/hr The drop factor is 15...