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  1. Any advice on how to group classes each semester and GPA question!!

    polka-dot replied to bcjones's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I go to school in Cali and this is how I organized my pre-reqs (I already had a few under my belt from my BA): Semester 1: Nutrition and General Chem Semester 2: Microbiology (I was working, so just...

  2. what did you pair your statistics class with??

    polka-dot replied to jeanttb's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took it with Organic Chemistry and Anthropology.

  3. Missed my clinical day

    polka-dot replied to kikwon89's topic in General Students

    Two alarm clocks? I would set four for clinical days (cell phone, iPod, alarm on the nightstand, alarm on the dresser), and then I signed up for wakeupcalls.net and ended up with five alarms....

  4. How do you organize your school items?

    polka-dot replied to mom35's topic in General Students

    I figured this method out after lugging a binder for each class around all semester...waaaaay too much stuff! I now take a 2-inch binder to school every day. This binder has dividers for each class,...

  5. School Supplies: Anything out of the ordinary needed?!

    polka-dot replied to confusedstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    I always suggest the UnCalendar...I'll try to post pics of my Uncalendar here...

  6. In need of a GOOD Care Plan book

    polka-dot replied to tlg1971's topic in General Students

    I used "Nursing Care Plans" by Gulanick and Myers...also gives rationales. Excellent

  7. What do you think of my T-shirt?

    polka-dot replied to polka-dot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Crunchy...good idea. I'll see if I can do another

  8. What do you think of my T-shirt?

    polka-dot posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I wanted to get some feedback regarding this t-shirt I made. It has a flower on the front with the words "nurse in bloom" and a little polka-dot on the back (like the center of a flower) that says...

  9. What do you think of my T-shirt?

    polka-dot replied to polka-dot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    They're actually available for sale now, but I was thinking that if people had input I could edit it and make it even better.

  10. FINALLY!!!!!!

    polka-dot replied to KathyRN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congrats! You are in for a wild

  11. Heavy books

    polka-dot replied to MHSA LPN's topic in General Students

    The only downfall to debinding books and only carrying the current chapter(s) around with you...is that I found I often needed to cross-reference with other sections of the book (mainly the Med/Surg...

  12. What Did Your A&P Classes Cover? Please Read/Reply!

    polka-dot replied to DiamondShortay's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Looks pretty

  13. Anyone heard back from CSU Sacramento?

    polka-dot replied to caligirl_heart's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    They are also taking 80 students for Fall...Spring was only

  14. Discouraged and only taking A&P I

    polka-dot replied to nikkir386's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started a thread called "A&P Help...from my brain to yours." If you search for it, I'm sure you'll find it. At this point you may as well stay in the class and do what you can to get a decent...

  15. Major nursing care plan C- section need one more diagnosis

    polka-dot replied to jtejas1968's topic in General Students

    Wow, you only need 6 NDs? Our care plans had to include every abnormal lab, every med, every nursing intervention. Look at your pt's labs, meds and RAND. All that stuff is there for a reason and it...

  16. Anyone heard back from CSU Sacramento?

    polka-dot replied to caligirl_heart's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hold off on that Jess...they may be giving you a new one and wouldn't want people to get confused. If they end up supplying an updated list and people study off mine and don't pass the test....that...

  17. What is the one thing you wish you were told before starting nursing school

    polka-dot replied to CyberVulpine's topic in General Students

    In clinical, focus on always being THOROUGH and always being SAFE. Good

  18. Anyone heard back from CSU Sacramento?

    polka-dot replied to caligirl_heart's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My class posted and shared a ton of information, study guides, outlines and class notes. Everyone benefitted and it helped us pull together as a team to survive! Trust me, when someone else posts...

  19. Anyone heard back from CSU Sacramento?

    polka-dot replied to caligirl_heart's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Im just curious...why wouldn't you want to post your study guides on

  20. Anyone heard back from CSU Sacramento?

    polka-dot replied to caligirl_heart's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It was actually Rachel...she's a "get things done" kinda girl! Gotta love

  21. A&P Help... From My Brain to Yours!

    polka-dot replied to polka-dot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hey, a B is nothing to sneeze at! Good

  22. Anyone heard back from CSU Sacramento?

    polka-dot replied to caligirl_heart's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For those of you going to Sac State this fall, you can actually meet each other on August 9th at a potluck picnic hosted by the 2nd semester students. Check the sourcepage on SacCT...if it's not up...

  23. Suggestions for a good student planner?

    polka-dot replied to futureflrn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I love the Uncalendar...check it out at http://www.uncalendar.com Very customizable! I'll have to scan some pages of my own calendar so you can see how crazy NS is! It's a hoot!

  24. anyone studying while on summer break?

    polka-dot replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

    I haven't studied one lick this summer, but probably will start looking things over in a week or so. We have a big math test the first week of school and I desperately need to review the stuff I...

  25. WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    polka-dot replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    These are the things that really helped me over the course of the semester. 1) Master Class Schedule. To make this lovely item, which I called my "Brain", I color-coded all my classes and printed out...