BellasMommyOBRN

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  1. going back to nursing 1

    i know a handful of friends that didn't make it out of fundamentals. they all are planning to do what you are doing, they will be repeating fundamentals next fall. one guy in my class was doing...
  2. C in Adult 1!!!!

    i feel your pain i too want to go to crna school and have been questioning as to whether or not i will be good enough. a lot of us feel this way. so, it's ok to feel disappointed but don't let it...
  3. What (in your opion) is the "hardest" semester of the ADN program?

    i only just finished fundamentals so i can't say from experience but, i have heard that the med-surg classes (we only have i and ii) are the most difficult. these comments came from sophmore
  4. I advise you guys NOT to....

    good point. they are completely
  5. How long did it take you to get into nursing school?

    i live in ny, and go to an adn program. it took me about a year of pre-req's and i had a 3.6. i didn't have to wait on a list, i just got my letter during my second semester of re-req's. it was a...
  6. I advise you guys NOT to....

    100% agree with this. take it easy folks. it's not a bad thing when someone wants to achieve a goal. the op came to vent, not to be attacked. op: good luck with everything. the above poster had...
  7. feeling stupid..... :(

    at my school, accountability is emphasized over and over again. we can never learn from, or help others to prevent med errors that we have made if we do not report them. you told the rn and the head...
  8. 4th semester

    depends on your school... the 4th semester at my school is
  9. when to start wearing scrubs

    [/sizewe wore scrubs the first semester. the school normally has a set "uniform", it isn't a scrub set that you can choose. we only wore them to clinical, we got in trouble for wearing them outside of...
  10. Just finished

    lucky! i am almost done, only 2 more clinical days left and i can hardly
  11. Things you'd like to say to your fellow classmates

    ohh can i join? lol.. to the know-it-all in lecture, it's not all about you!!!!!
  12. Does anyone else find nursing school...HARD

    way harder than i
  13. Overwhelmed nursing student

    you sound a lot like me. sometimes i wonder if i am the only idiot in class that didn't do very well on tests. nursing school started off by hitting my ego big time, since i had a 4.0 gpa (both from...
  14. Discourage and need some encouragement

    don't worry so much about what you need to end up with. in doing so, you will only stress yourself out further. i would encourage you to consult your instructors and see what they have to say. have...
  15. Lesser of 2 evils: Micro or A&P II in the summer?

    i agree with the above suggestions. take micro in the
  16. Question about Clinicals

    all of you are very lucky....we don't get our assignments until the day of
  17. Does anyone else find nursing school... easy?

    nope. can't say i agree with you. this is probably due to personal differences (i have a baby, i work full time...) i have an 83 average and am proud of that! i just hope to make it out alive! good...
  18. 1st clinical day!

    i was also surprised to read that you were passing meds/changing ivs on the first day. this isn't fundamentals is it? like the previous poster, i have only done am/hygiene care. the only real...
  19. First AP lecture exam! Freaking out!

    you should do fine so long as you have a good couple of hours to fully go over everything that was covered in lecture. i always did fine when i started studying only a day or two before an exam. once...
  20. What was your first clinical like?

    wow! must be nice, my school threw us right in. they expected us to do those things the very first day of clinical, and by ourselves. every program is different but, the point is that it does get...
  21. I'm not sure nursing is for me anymore

    oh boy do i know how you feel! the previous posters' response is pretty much identical to what my grandmother and aunt (both are rn's) told me: nursing school sucks but, it's rewarding in the end....
  22. Will I REALLY need to know that?

    i just started the nursing program and..... you'd be surprised. what ever you are able to memorize and understand now, will give you that much less of a headache when you get into the
  23. I've gotta figure out a way to lose weight while in nursing school

    yeah, the only thing that has ever worked for me is diet and exercise. i weighed 165 three months after having my daughter. i dropped down to 141 just by eating better and running (a lot). i try to...
  24. CSU-Pueblo Anyone?

    i'm not. the family gathered in binghamton, ny due to the passing of my grandfather :) i wish i lived in colorado, such a beautiful
  25. UCDHSC - Colorado applied!

    colorado! i am so jealous :) i have family that lives there and i was hoping to go through nursing school at csu-pueblo with my cousin. but of course, a custody battle kept me in ny. anyway, i don't...