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I'm considering buying a motorcycle and I'm curious if any of you already use one daily for your commute? My concern is hygiene as on our unit we do not have easy access to showers and it can get pretty hot here. Is this viable?

Unfortunately that is how it works. There is very specific criteria they use to determine if parental income is figured into your expected family contribution (EFC). I am 23 and file my own taxes. I completely support myself and have not had parent...

I'd just like to add that you will get as much out of A&P as you put into it. Yes, a lot of the anatomy is rote memorization and will require brute repetition for retention. Yes, you will forget most of it soon after the class finishes. Howeve...

While it is much tougher to find a job these days if nursing is the only thing you can see yourself doing then there is no choice. By the way, anecdotal evidence in my local area leads me to believe good nursing candidates are still able to find jobs...

The first part of A&P I also covers some basics. Most notably you would be missing vocabulary, chemistry, cells, and tissue. The vocabulary is simple and the Chemistry you would have already learned in a G. Chem class. Cells are covered briefly...

If you haven't been accepted to a program yet, why not work overtime for a year so you can afford to focus on nursing school when that time comes along?

Try looking for a patient sitter position. It doesn't pay very much but it may get your foot in the door. They usually don't require any experience.

Candy is hyperosmotic and will make them even more thirsty. Use ice chips instead although remember that x volume of ice chips is roughly equal to about x/2 volume of fluid.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=3289972 FWIW I use a Littman Classic II SE so I don't have to deal with the tunable diaphragm issues.

In my area it is the clinical instructor's responsibility to arrange clinical sites. The same cohort taking the same class will have clinicals at entirely separate facilities. In fact, most of the hospitals in this town do not provide scrubs for th...

Managers at hospitals have a lot of red tape to cut through when hiring people. When I applied for a CNA position a while ago I didn't hear anything back for 2 months. I had completely forgotten about it until I got an e-mail out of the blue. By the...

I don't think that analogy is accurate. I don't believe you need someone to "teach" you the vast majority of material in nursing school. Some lectures may be helpful and it really depends on the professor and the specific subject, but for the most ...

You're going to want to have A&P done before you start nursing school. This is for two reasons: (1) they'll expect you to already have that knowledge and (2) you'll want the extra time for the nursing material. I suggest you take A&P II this...

Carry on then.

That is an incredibly liberal reason for throwing out questions. Anything in our book is fair game. In fact, I'm not even sure how such a policy could exist in nursing school considering it is impossible to cover everything in lecture due to the vol...

No, there is not any grade inflation at my school. In most of our classes 1-2% (in some classes Exams are worth 25% and contain 40 questions including alternative format. You have 50 minutes for each exam and there is no extra credit. Occasionally...

How deep is the macerated open area? Remember impaired skin integrity only applies to altered epidermis or dermis. If there is any damage to the subcutaneous tissue then impaired tissue integrity should be used. Your outcome needs to be SMART: speci...

I have an iPod Touch and always have Internet, but I never use it for anything. There's really nothing I need it for that I cannot do on the unit. Every hospital is going to have some form of drug guide, and for other stuff most facilities will have...

I wasn't addressing the cheating, but rather the OP said they were distracted easily and the earplugs would solve that.

I wear earplugs during exams and sit in a corner to minimize peripheral vision activity. I think this is the optimal method for exams. Testing centers (like for your NCLEX) will either have earmuffs, earplugs, or allow you to bring your own earplugs...

I would choose a roommate for the reduced cost. My freshman roommate and I had some incompatibilities but it was still a worthwhile experience in the end. You can always wear earplugs if you need but there were always ample study facilities. By the...

I worked full-time through my pre-reqs (4 classes at a time and kept a 4.0) but was unable to continue it into nursing school. If I was okay with straight B's I could have done it but the time requirement to earn A's in my program makes working full-...

By chance are you going to a for profit school? Sounds like something those schools would do to increase their bottom line.

Four point what?

Following this advice will be much higher yield than pre-studying nursing before nursing school.