TessaMae

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  1. STCC anyone?

    TessaMae replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi! I enjoyed my first semester of the program. I also have two kids. It was tough because you have to be very flexible, but doable if you have support. Some people in the program had similar...

  2. STCC anyone?

    TessaMae replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I was taking A&P 2 in the spring before I was

  3. Books... AHHHHHHH!

    TessaMae replied to crok9014's topic in General Students

    i bought all of my textbooks direct from the publishers websites and used coupon codes. I saved $500- also borders had several of my textbooks and free shipping plus I found 30% off coupons. I get...

  4. Crocs Specialist - experiences?

    TessaMae replied to MiaLyse's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Now all the croc lovers may disagree... So if you have owned crocs before and liked them maybe you will feel different. I have to have all white shoes and heard good things about the specialist. I...

  5. Barnes & Noble member?

    TessaMae replied to blessedx2's topic in General Students

    yOU GET THE BARNES AND NOBLE MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT WITHOUT BUYING A MEMBERSHIP...SORRY I WANTED TO

  6. Barnes & Noble member?

    TessaMae replied to blessedx2's topic in General Students

    If you go to the student nurse assoc. website nsna.com and click on the BN link you get the member discount for all online textbook purchases. Plus if you go to retailmenot you can get coupon codes...

  7. Disproportionate Share Hospitals in MA?

    TessaMae replied to Winnie04's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    here is what i found, hope this helps. i included the link and pasted the info incase the link doesn't work. http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/loanreguidance.htm#csf c. critical shortage facilities (csfs)...

  8. Disproportionate Share Hospitals in MA?

    TessaMae replied to Winnie04's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I havent been to the site you are asking about for several months but I think there is a link on the site where you can see the hospital names/towns. I recall Baystate medical center in Springfield...

  9. STCC anyone?

    TessaMae replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Welcome! I here Elms is a great school. This site is great you can find a weath of information on it. Good luck in

  10. STCC anyone?

    TessaMae replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    The on-line class is the one that you need to take - I think it is called math for meds or something like that. Good luck with all of your pre-req's I had a wonderful prof for A&P and Micro, I...

  11. STCC anyone?

    TessaMae replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    i hope your simulation goes well - it wasn't what i expected. all the groups had to work together which wasn't told to us ahead of time. group a did simulation and group b watched from the video...

  12. STCC anyone?

    TessaMae replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Do you have all of your pre-req's done? The Hesi, med calc, etc. A few people didn't take the med-calc before applying thinking they could take it during the summer or in the program but they will...

  13. STCC anyone?

    TessaMae replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I know! Can't wait for the exam next week to be over with though I had simulation this past week and then did a flu clinic on campus so I haven't been to my clinical site in two weeks. Giving...

  14. How I take a test and get an A

    TessaMae posted a topic in General Students

    ok so this is how i prepare/take a test and have gotten a's so far. this is something i have done for the past 2 years and it seems to work for me, maybe it will help someone form their own "skills...

  15. PCT positions @ Mercy or Baystate...can you tell me about them?

    TessaMae replied to TessaMae's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    lol... patient care not personal care - no idea where my mind

  16. PCT positions @ Mercy or Baystate...can you tell me about them?

    TessaMae posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I am a nursing student and was considering applying for a job at the end of the semester to get some more experience. Mercy seems to offer more PCT(personal care tech) jobs than Baystate but I am not...

  17. Poorly Written Exams-Is there any recourse?

    TessaMae replied to jpeters84's topic in General Students

    Hey I was just thinking, my text book has a supplemental study guide full of NCLEX style questions based on the chapters of our book. So when I use it to study it is helping me because it is stuff I...

  18. Poorly Written Exams-Is there any recourse?

    TessaMae replied to jpeters84's topic in General Students

    FYI, I as well as lots of others have posted test taking strategies for nursing school. You can find the full version of mine if you search my previous threads. But mainly you need to figure out how...

  19. Poorly Written Exams-Is there any recourse?

    TessaMae replied to jpeters84's topic in General Students

    my advice (for what it is worth) would be to first find out the exam stats. there are 200 people, what was the class average, how many a's, b's, c's, etc. the questions that were answered incorrectly,...

  20. Help my school is crazy

    TessaMae replied to waterbug1's topic in General Students

    Did you get all 3 parts wrong for not answering that one part? or did you get different questions

  21. I took posters advice and got nowhere... Just a rant I guess

    TessaMae posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    So last week I posted that I heard through the grapevine that The University OF MA was looking to start an CRNA program and I wanted see if there was truth to it. I asked in my post if there was a...

  22. Help my school is crazy

    TessaMae replied to waterbug1's topic in General Students

    not sure but i think she is saying that the instructor said some questions are going to have more information in them than what you need and to just pull what you do need out and ignore the rest - as...

  23. Difficult classmates - how do you deal?

    TessaMae replied to JettaDP's topic in General Students

    My class has over 100 people, I think maybe 10 men (not really sure). our mediam age is 28 I think and the same thing happens at our school. 90 differing female personalities clashing with each...

  24. I am OUT!!

    TessaMae replied to sherriberry1's topic in General Students

    i am so sorry are you sure that there is nothing you can do? maybe take the med calc class soewhere else or take a clep exam and transfer it in? most colleges except clep and it is a one day test....

  25. The Perils of White Pants

    TessaMae replied to DroogieRN's topic in General Students

    Considering that you are done with your baby making I can feel your frustration! Honestly you may want to consider the pill, not one of the seasonale just a standard generic pill, so if you have...