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There are a few people in my class that have CNA experience, but most people don't. I have EMS experience, and that has helped me GREATLY. Maybe you will be more comfortable working around people since you are a dental assistant. Don't worry, though....

countryboy, i know who you are! lolololololol i know because of that message you sent me. it gave me your email in the message. we used to go to school together at cacc. it's Steph! lol

I like to write my notes in the margins of my books, lol. I get one of the little Sharpie pens with fine points and go to town! That way, when I'm reading the material, I already have all of my notes right there. If I absolutely HAVE to, I will take...

The main campus in Harrogate, in my opinion, is not disorganized at all. You start out with about 40 students in your class, maybe a little more. It is difficult to keep an 80, and they WILL kick you out if you have a 79.9. (I had a friend that happe...

I go to the main campus of LMU (the Harrogate site), and I'm starting my second year. Last year, the book they told us to get was Henke's Med Math. Make sure you get the newest version. I found mine on ebay. I'm sure that's what yours will be called ...

Hello! I attend the Harrogate campus and am past the first year. I am starting my third semester in the program, and I will be a tutor for the nursing program. You will be encouraged by your instructor to come to the Tagge Center to see me and anothe...

At my university, we learned 7: 1. Right patient 2. Right drug 3. Right dose 4. Right time 5. Right route 6. Right reason (You, as a nurse, need to know WHY your pt. is receiving this and if there are any side effects or interactions with other meds....

Wow! Oh my goodness. I have never heard of only one chance to pass the math. Our program sent us a letter in the mail over the summer saying we had to get a certain med-math book and study 10 chapters of it. They wanted us ready to pass the math when...

I didn't see this part of the post, sorry to make so many lol. Trust me, it has gotten so bad that I TRY so hard to keep my grades to myself. When she hands the tests back, my friends lean way over and look over my shoulder, etc. Our grades for our l...

Thank you, amj! :) I am very happy about my grades and gift, but it's hard for me to be happy when my friends are starting to hate me and get angry with me. Blah. I try to help them. I am like the other poster that likes to teach others and help them...

Thank you, James! :) Yes, I told her that as long as we continued to study and try to do our best she would make it, but I think she has her mind made up. It is pretty rough having to have an 80 and getting failed if it's a 79.9. I told her that if ...

Well, that sounds really awesome. That's how it was at the cc here. You became an LPN year 1 and an RN year 2. My school just started a medical school, a nurse practitioner program, a nurse anesthetist program (which is why I'm attending this univers...

Yes, it is rough. One of the girls that I studied with (the one that made a C) is actually trying to quit now. You have to have an 80 to pass. I had a friend last semester who failed with a 79.9, which is a little harsh I think. But this friend has a...

Wow! This is some really helpful advice! I'm in my very first semester as a nursing student, so of course, I'm all doe-eyed and excited about this stuff, haha. My first week of clinicals comes this Wednesday, and I am assigned to perform mine in the ...

I'm in my first semester as a nursing student. I have the pre-reqs out of the way, except for one more science. You?

Um, I'm not exactly sure where Galen is. Is that near Louisville? I am in a TINY town in southeast KY. Well, I was. I moved now to TN just right across the line. In Middlesboro, they had a small two year ADN program, but I wanted to get on track for ...

I am sorry to hear about this! It sounds horrifying. Here is something I came up with while reading this: When she kept badgering you asking if you were sure you wanted to do this, I would've just said, "Yes. Is there a reason I shouldn't want to do ...

gabriella, I see you are from KY. What nursing school will you be attending there or what part? I have a lot of family that lives there, and I am right on the TN/KY line myself. I just moved here from KY last semester and was actually thinking about ...

We have this huge book that has the different procedures in it. For the first 7 weeks of this semester, they had us in a setting called "campus lab." It basically looks like a big hospital room, only with dummies instead of humans. lol They would giv...

Wow, I have no idea. All I know is that most [if not ALL] of my classes are set up on 10-points. 90-100 is an A, 80-90 is a B. It's like that for my nursing and non-nursing classes. In my nursing program, we are kicked out unless we have an 80 or hig...

thanks, hanna. :) i hope she comes around and stops being angry with me. i don't know what she wants me to do. i can't just lower my grades and dumb myself down to make her happy. anyway, yes, i have heard that m/s ii is very difficult - and ob. are ...

Thanks, lizmatt. :) I have heard that M/S II is extremely hard. . . and OB. Next semester, I will be taking Psych and Med/Surg I. I know I will have to study more for those classes than I do now. I might not have to study as much b/c this is just Fou...

Guys, I am a bit worried here. I want to know if I'm normal or if something's wrong with me. Please don't get angry with me like the rest of my friends and fellow classmates have. I am HONESTLY going to tell you that it's my first semester of nursing...

Yes! My nursing exams are the same way. I think it is supposed to prepare us for the NCLEX. If I'm not mistaken, my instructor said the NCLEX questions would try to trick you like that. It's all about "critical thinking." I will tell you what has hel...

MzAttitude, I read your post, and all I can say is, "Wow." This sounds terrible. My clinical instructors are similar. They call it "weeding out the weak." They said too many of us did too well on our last test, so they need to make things more diffic...