Sand_Dollar

Sand_Dollar BSN

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  1. Day in the life of a nursing student?

    Sand_Dollar replied to Looking_ahead's topic in General Students

    This semester (med-surg) I have one 12 hour clinical day, and 2 half days of lecture. I started out by trying to study every day but as the semester crept by, I found my study time slipping away. I...

  2. Travel time to clincals

    Sand_Dollar replied to Britt2007's topic in General Students

    Usually it's about an hour each way for me. I am SO lucky, this semester my clinical site is literally 6 minutes away from my house. I am enjoying it and thankful every clinical day this

  3. How soon you will be drug tested after admission?

    Sand_Dollar replied to The ER Biker's topic in General Students

    We had to take a test after we were accepted into the program. We were told if you failed, your seat was given to someone else. Just be smart and stay away from the drugs.

  4. I pay to hear the instructor... not your stories (rant. beware)

    Sand_Dollar replied to grownuprosie's topic in General Students

    Does your class have evaluations at the end? Be sure to let the teacher know she needs to improve on the control of her

  5. Anybody taken Statistics Online?

    Sand_Dollar replied to MzTayTay's topic in General Students

    Hi! I did mine online through CCConline. It was a pretty easy class, as far as math classes go. I was able to relate much of it to real life, so that made it easier to understand. I had the hardest...

  6. Nursing Schools in Denver- HELP!!

    Sand_Dollar replied to moving2denver's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Glad to help! I took Chem 101 & 102 (considered the same as UNC's 109) through CCConline. If you need to get it done in one semester, you might want to take it on campus in the spring.. and if...

  7. Nursing Schools in Denver- HELP!!

    Sand_Dollar replied to moving2denver's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Hi Gio5521, From what I heard, the lowest GPA accepted into the traditional program was around a 3.7 and the accelerated was something like a 3.5. It changes every year, so I don't know what next year...

  8. Paying for it???

    Sand_Dollar replied to kkrod's topic in Colorado Nursing

    This is my first degree, so I will be OK when it comes to gov't loans, but I wanted to let you know that scholarships are available. First thing you should do is check with your school. I received a...

  9. Getting very discouraged 2nd month into nursing school. help!

    Sand_Dollar replied to morningglory229's topic in General Students

    I am in med-surg and we do the types of questions you are talking about too. We even had a clean/sterile question on one of our tests like the one your talking about. What I found the most helpful was...

  10. Do/did you enjoy Nursing School? Or hate it?

    Sand_Dollar replied to Jayden8139's topic in General Students

    I am in my 2nd semester (med-surg) of a 5 semester program and I absolutely LOVE it. Just off the top of my head, we can do trach suctioning, NG tubes, IV's, meds and wound care. We have to be CNA's...

  11. Nursing Schools in Denver- HELP!!

    Sand_Dollar replied to moving2denver's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I am in the University of Northern Colorado traditional program and carpool with a friend from Denver. It takes her about 50 min or so to get to campus and she lives off of Federal & Speer (I...

  12. practice for blood draws in clinical skills lab?

    Sand_Dollar replied to kplessala's topic in General Students

    I have heard of some private schools allowing it, but not in public ones. Our public university participates in a health fair in the state. Those students who wish to participate take an extra...

  13. How should I study during nursing school??

    Sand_Dollar replied to STU4ADN's topic in General Students

    Before NS I used to read EVERYTHING in the text, but I haven't done any of the textbook reading so far in NS and am about 1/3 of the way through Med-Surg. I mostly study the lecture power points along...

  14. What is the passing score for your school?

    Sand_Dollar replied to KaylaRN2013's topic in General Students

    Because our program follows the grading policy that the rest of the University uses, ours is a 70%...and that is an average, not per test. I have to admit, having such a low pass mark takes away my...

  15. nursing career without touching people

    Sand_Dollar replied to confusedstudent2011's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I guess I'm just not empathetic enough because all I can think of is "SERIOUSLY?!" The OP should have put in a change of major form before her third

  16. How do you like to be acknowledged at work for a good job done

    Sand_Dollar replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    I did my first semester clinical at a hospital that hands out wooden coins that are stamped with 'I make a difference' and the hospital logo on the back. They hand them out as a kudos to people who go...

  17. Where do you sit in lecture

    Sand_Dollar replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    I sit in the front left, one seat from the wall. It keeps me from being distracted by all the computer screens, so this way I have nothing to focus on but the instructor! BTW.. all of us girls (4) in...

  18. Nurses and the LORD

    Sand_Dollar replied to Seiya174's topic in General Students

    I feel there is a mix of people and beliefs in nursing, just as there is anywhere. Personally, I'm not going to say 'just pray' to those who are stressing before a test. I advise them to try and relax...

  19. New Nurse needs help interpreting labs, please

    Sand_Dollar replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My program has a class just on lab interpretation. The book we use is "Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests". It has everything from blood studies, fluid analysis, stool tests, urine...

  20. help a student nurse out? :)

    Sand_Dollar replied to butterfly134's topic in General Students

    In my school they call the med-surg class "Alterations in Adult Health". There is a lecture part and lab part to it and it's all we take next semester. Our clinicals are on the medical-surgical floor...

  21. starting clinicals this fall

    Sand_Dollar replied to Piper17's topic in General Students

    I started my first clinicals last week, well, 5 days ago. The night before all I dreamed about was what could go wrong. I was so nervous! I was placed with the charge nurse on my first day - and the...

  22. Reality hit

    Sand_Dollar replied to oklahomagal's topic in General Students

    Yup! I had a mini breakdown after my nursing school orientation. I phoned my hubby absolutely freaking out and he helped talked me down. I had worked so hard to get in and now that I got accepted, I...

  23. Why does anyone go into nursing?

    Sand_Dollar replied to guineapiglover2011's topic in General Students

    I'm older and never had a 'calling' or perpetual desire to be a nurse. I have been a SAHM that home schooled for years and I realized that my kids were getting older and I would need start working...

  24. Can I ask a few dumb questions?

    Sand_Dollar replied to Twinmom06's topic in General Students

    My program requires CNA certification as a pre-requisite so everyone had a baseline to begin from. Some of the students already work in Long Term Care, while others (such as myself) have never worked...

  25. low gpa - bsn or asn?

    Sand_Dollar replied to gogodice's topic in General Students

    My program is strictly GPA based. The minimum GPA accepted by the ABSN program at my school was 3.6 and the regular BSN program was 3.76. The ASN programs around here are talking about going...