Diver Dude

Successful students please share your wisdom. This would not just be the super smart, but those like me that have to work for thier grades. I'm a 42 year old male who has about a 3.6 gpa so far and am looking to maximize my gpa for preparing to app...

I had a Pt. very similar to this. Very difficult but you're on the right track with tissue perfusion, fluid balance, relateld diagnoses. I don't have my care plan book handy but there are some good resources on the web that can "walk" you through s...

To further clarify, my school said we would be taking version 4.0, but ATI only sells a study guide that is 3.0/4.0 lumped together. When I received the study guide it was a 3.0 guide. That led me to thinking they were either very similar or identi...

Don't worry. I sent away for the 4.0 test study guide and got the 3.0 version. They are the same. Maybe one is just newer?

How about some details GrooveMaden? I know many graduates of the program, students in the program, faculty and administration. Additionally, every nurse I've talked to about students in rotaions in North Bay hospitals praise the SRJC students and ...

check your email for a provisional acceptance understanding that budget cuts could chop your spot... wow Edit: It looks like the budget cut addendum is standard in the packet for both fall and spring students.

I also received my acceptance for Fall 2010, but another correction came through that put me in the Spring 2011 batch... no worries... all good.

Nobody that I'm aware of has been notified of acceptance today... right? Sigh.... fingers crossed

Lots of people heard today around 6 PM today. I have not heard word. No email. I do have a yahoo account - nothing in the spam folder..... best to everyone

Keep up the good work. You will get in a program... it may not be the CSU program like the above poster, but perserverence will pay off. Take advantage of all the resources around you. Best Steve

Your best bet is to head to the horses mouth and check their website. I know a graduate from their program and he spoke well of it. All of the CSU nursing programs are intensely competitive and you will need to be near 3.8 and above with all the ot...

Look at the specifics in the "special topics of chemistry". Maybe one of those is geared toward medical. The other idea would be to look from the Nursing School backwards and find out the classes they recommend and/or require and gear your search t...

I just looked at chapter 8 in my current book which is "Microbiology, A Systems Approach" by McGraw Hill. It covers Krebs, the ETC, and so forth. My instructor has chosen to gloss over that material in favor of specific and non specific immunity, s...

If you're serious about geting A's in Anat and Physio, you will best serve yourself by taking an Allied Healthcare chem class and a good Biology class with a lab that counts as a prereq for Anat 1 I was challenged by all the major sciences, but as a ...

Interesting that Micro is requiring the Krebs and cellular respiration details. Usually that info is review and expected to be well known from Physio.

I would second the reccomendation of textbook internet resources and animations. There's no magic bullet... just keep repeating the lessons and you will get it eventually.

Good job.. It looks like age is on your side! Just take more classes as you wait it out and you'll be good to go! I just met a guy who got his BSN at 52 so I shouldn't be too worried... Let's keep our fingers crossed together!

I'll be applying this fall... I wonder how many more will be applying this year. I heard from some folks that much fewer local SRJC students were accepted due to all the impact from outside areas. Nursing school has become crazy!

Great Job!!! thanks for the inspiration for the rest of us plugging away at this stuff! Great post!

One thing I can assure you as a 43 year old nursing student is those three professors will not confront you about anything even when pressed. Nobody likes controversy and will run, not walk away from it, whether or not you are right or wrong. Every ...

I'm trying to "read more" into this story. There is a dynamic that has evolved at this school that turned the instructors against you. For devil's advocate, I'd like you to look at this dispute from the standpoint of the instructors you are having ...

One can never say it won't matter to all jobs... obviously. However any HR expert will tell you that a great nurse is a dynamic individual which is greater than the sum of his/her educational transcript.

I have heard just the opposite from the hiring managers for nurses in California. I think this might be a bit of a generalization. A recruiter from a major network claimed that although candidates were "bragging" about their educations (BSN, etc) t...

43 years old, 2 kids, one 6, one 16. I study at night, at kids school, and everywhere. Live in the tutorial center of my school, and seek out tutoring. Re type all lecture notes and write flash cards. Quiz myself with eyes closed to remember mech...

I am also struggling in Physio. I am riding the border of B and C. First midterm B, second, C, third.. took today and it will be a toss up between B and C. Sometimes you just know.... sigh. I'm working my butt off in this class. I was able to pu...