lioness1977

In my first month of being on my own in Renal Medsurg I have learned. 1. Never believe when someone says: All the labs have been done or are ordered, they rarely are 2. Double check on all of your patients no more than 20 minutes prior to handing the...

Welcome to nursing school, hope you enjoy the ride. That being said I'll tell you what I tell myself everytime I go to prepare for the next test instead of playing with my kids, or sleeping an extra hour on Sunday morning, "How bad do you want this?...

I dislike my school for the opposite reason. They try to fail you out so they can keep their 100% pass rate that they advertise. However, we are all so scared to make a mistake we learn nothing about being a nurse only survivng clinicals. I just stud...

Maybe I should clarify, my step-son. The one who lived with us and ate all of our food from the time that his father and I were married in 98. Since I fed him and had his student loans out of my checks yeah, my son.

To those who took the summer off. Don't come asking me to help you study for that test you where told we would have the first week of class 2 days prior. Oh and yeah I worked 2 full time jobs, have 2 kids, a hubby and STILL managed to study daily. So...

Since my second semester I have been unable to sleep. I now have an alarm clock in my head that wakes me up at 3am every day, even if I didn't go to sleep till 1am. I am unable to go back to sleep because my mind keeps thinking "You need to study ......

Here it goes, my son is from your area. He is HIV+ and uses Marrinol. He was in a BSN program. What he did was be honest before the testing so that he would not look suspect. He disclosed his status and was not discriminated againest. He is now a nur...

The residency status may have a large influence, depending on the area that you decide on. I know that here where I am preference is given to residency. You could posibbly work while geting your year needed for residency. As far as comp. in the schoo...

My GPA was a 3.8 which is what made us decide to come south. You know as well as I do that it is impossible to get in with that low of a GPA. I had to buy a house to qualify for scholarships that are state run. I would highly suggest that if you can'...

Come out for a visit first. Go to the campuses you are interested in. get a feel for the area. My family and I moved to texas from the west coast as well. As oregonians it has been a major culture shock for us. We have adjusted and I am 3/4 of the wa...

I understand what you are feeling, I am the only income for 2 kids and a disabled husband. I'm not the oldest in the class, but I'm close enough. I cannot tell you how to build confidence in yourself but I can say what I did. Read, record, listen, w...

You know your in nursing school when, you can't sleep more than 4 hrs at a time ON SPRING BREAK.

I'm almost done c school now and all I can say is know your stuff, and I mean know it. If you have questions ask. Show no fear, that is what one of our instructors thrives on. Her thinking is that, if you are to scared of her to stand up for yourself...

Those of us who didn't have our CNA were able to test for one with the state. Although, I have had mine for awhile while doing prereqs. I find that the experience I have gotten from real world situations has made my clinicals go just that much smooth...

I know what you are going through. When I didn't get accepted c a 3.4. My family and I packed up and moved from Oregon to Texas. It was very hard to do on a CNA liscense and my husbands SSI, but we did it and I got accepted right away. There are ways...

Hello to all, Just a quick thing of advise. don't just memorize to get an A, understand what it is you are memorizing. If you are in A&P 1, bones, muscles, cells types & functions. A&P 2, endocrine, immune, fluids & electrolytes, circ...

I am in about the same boat. I have been told that the second semester is extremly hard, the program I am in has no qualms about dropping you either. So even though it is going to be extremly hard on my family and I, we have saved up enough money for...

I woek in Dialysis as well, nice to see. As for sleep I take a nap in car c my cell phone set. Once my study notes begin to have to many mistakes I go to bed, I'm not learning anything anyways. I am worried about this next semester I have a drill ser...

I was at Lane and had all of my pre-reqs, had a 3.86 GPA, and still did not get in. Everytime I would go and apply and got well now you need this course, or that course is no longer part of the requirements. I wasted so much time. Finally when we go...

My family and I packed up and moved from Oregon to Texas. It was hard on all of us but we are getting through it. I start my 2nd semester this fall.

I'm looking at tech myself. they have a great reputation and Lubbock although off the beaten path is cheap. Plus alot of work for those that look hard enough

I loved that assessment, It is so easy to forget ine little thing and that thing can make all the difference in the elderly, thanks