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  1. Lorain CCC

    ohcomeon replied to chimarie's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hi. Well I have a BS from OSU so they had transferred a lot of credits from that to LCCC. That GPA was I think about 3.7. I got As in all three prereqs that I took at LCCC. But I was told by a couple...

  2. Lorain CCC

    ohcomeon replied to chimarie's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm in the program now, and they told me I would get in at least a year after completing my prereqs. I finished my last prereq last summer. I received my acceptance letter in Oct. to start spring...

  3. 1rst year meds to memorize

    ohcomeon replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    I can't really help you too much because I just completed my first semester of school, but I did purchase the nurse's Med Deck, which has index cards with info like use, route, interactions, nursing...

  4. What do you think about students asking for a higher grade?

    ohcomeon posted a topic in General Students

    I was wondering what everyone else thought about this...I know of a student who received a C in two of his three nursing classes by just points. He contacted the professor of the one class and asked...

  5. first day of summer break...and it sucks!!!!!!!!!!!

    ohcomeon replied to sophie<3's topic in General Students

    Congratulations! I had checked your thread a couple of times to see if you updated, and was worried when you hadn't! Great job!!! Enjoy your summer

  6. How much reading is a lot of reading?

    ohcomeon replied to Roberta88's topic in General Students

    Well, the test I just took tonight was over 13 chapters. Six from our fundamentals book and seven from our pharmacology book. The pharmacology chapters are usually less than 15 pages each, but the...

  7. first day of summer break...and it sucks!!!!!!!!!!!

    ohcomeon replied to sophie<3's topic in General Students

    Sometimes I feel like that too when I leave a test. I start going over the questions and answers in my head and second guessing myself. Or I go home and look up stuff in my notes and my book and drive...

  8. Do you have end of the semester competencies? How does your school handle them?

    ohcomeon posted a topic in General Students

    Can anyone tell me about your competencies at the end of the semester? At my school, we have to perform one of eight competencies that we randomly select. They are all something that we have checked...

  9. Had my OR observation this week...I'm in love

    ohcomeon posted a topic in General Students

    Well I was able to observe in the OR this week and man I just can't stop thinking about it! It was honestly so awesome. I was able to see the room being set up, the pt being brought in and put under,...

  10. Holy cow it feels so good to get an A again.

    ohcomeon replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    Good for you! You should be very proud of

  11. Passed my bp check off this morning!!!

    ohcomeon posted a topic in General Students

    Hi, I posted a week or so ago about failing my bp check off and you guys had so many encouraging things to say. I really appreciated it! Well I went this morning for my 2nd attempt and passed! We have...

  12. I failed my first check off

    ohcomeon posted a topic in General Students

    I suck. I failed my bp check off this morning. I had to do apical pulse which I got right twice. I also had to do bp and get that correct twice. The first time I was right on the dot. The second and...

  13. Moms w/ little ones, who watches the kids?

    ohcomeon replied to 2bnurseTV's topic in General Students

    I attend classes at night at the community college. My clinical day is Saturday. My husband is able to watch the kids but he has to come home early, two days at 3:30 and two days at 4:30 and can no...

  14. Anyone fail out of nursing school for not being able to take a bp???

    ohcomeon posted a topic in General Students

    Kidding, kidding...I hope, lol. I have my check off Saturday using the simulated manequin and I am worrying myself silly over here. I bought a bp cuff, I have a good quality stethoscope but I am still...

  15. LCCC - anyone attending?

    ohcomeon replied to jennylouwho's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Good, so I must have been listening! I was just checking out their website to see what classes are needed for the BSN. I have twins who are four and a 6 year old. Keeps me

  16. LCCC - anyone attending?

    ohcomeon replied to jennylouwho's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Yes I think that is what they meant. They just briefly mentioned it at our orientation. They said it would be no additional cost, but we would be enrolled as students at Akron at the same time. Again,...

  17. LCCC - anyone attending?

    ohcomeon replied to jennylouwho's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I had to take the class at night. My instrutor was really hard! I think a lot of people didn't make it. In the end, it all worked out ok though. They told us at our orientation that someone from the...

  18. LCCC - anyone attending?

    ohcomeon replied to jennylouwho's topic in Ohio Nursing

    The advisors scared me too! They basically said for me to not get my hopes up for getting in Spring semester. I took micro over the summer because I knew that they reviewed applications in September...

  19. LCCC - anyone attending?

    ohcomeon replied to jennylouwho's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I am! I too applied Sept 2008, finished Micro summer 2009 took fall off and got into clinicals for spring 2010. So excited! What classes do you have

  20. OHIO Nurses what part of Ohio are you from and what kind of nurse are you/will you be

    ohcomeon replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I too am from Lorain County. I am starting nursing school in January, will be finished Dec 2011.

  21. Going to my ADN program orientation tomorrow and I'm a nervous wreck...

    ohcomeon posted a topic in General Nursing

    I swear I am getting heart palpitations just thinking that this is actually going to happen for me! I am scared, excited, nervous, worried and sooooo happy at the same time! I had been wanting to go...

  22. What do you think a fair salary would be for a RN?

    ohcomeon posted a topic in General Nursing

    Honest question here...I keep reading about how nurses are underpaid, what would you consider a fair, reasonable salary for an rn? Maybe this will be too difficult to answer based on how much...

  23. How good of shape (physically) do you need to be in to be a nurse?

    ohcomeon posted a topic in General Nursing

    This may seem like a silly question, but I keep thinking about how out of shape I am and will this affect me being a nurse. (basically I could stand to lose about 30-40lbs) How physically demanding is...

  24. How good of shape (physically) do you need to be in to be a nurse?

    ohcomeon replied to ohcomeon's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies. I am a bit overweight, as I said, and I also have moderately severe scoliosis which does cause me some pain. It seems to be occuring more often now that I have gained weight,...

  25. Would you do it all over again?

    ohcomeon posted a topic in General Nursing

    If you had it to do all over, would you become a nurse again? Why or why