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If you are willing to go out of state for your degree, the competition to get into nursing school is a lot less. I have a friend from California who is in my nursing class. We attend a private school in Arkansas with pretty much no waiting list. (this year they have a waiting list, but it's the first time in a long time, and they aren't anticipating that to become the norm). Despite the fact that it's a private school, it is still cheaper than attending California State. I know looking out of state isn't really anybody's first choice, but as long as you had the prerequisites done, you would only be gone 2 years or less depending on your school. Just thought I would put that out there. Hang in there! You can do it!

so, #1 i'm not entirely sure. i probably would have picked the same answer you picked just because of the word continuously. maybe the answer is D? really not sure about this one. #2, also not sure about this one. i'll just throw out B with no science to back that one up off the top of my head. just gut feeling? #3, i'm going to say A. C doesn't seem right just because of the not knowing where he is part. #4, i would say D to avoid any kind of aspiration whatsoever. those are tough questions so i wouldn't feel bad about getting them wrong at all. most of mine are guesses anyway. let us know the correct answers! :)

Only one minor correction to number 5....do NOT trust your mother. :)

oooh clothes. maybe some things that actually fit. and look nice. oh yes.

holy mackerel, i'm bored. i'm afraid to tell people though cause then i get the inevitable nerd jokes! just sayin, they keep nursing students busy enough during the semester that a whole lot of nothing is hard to handle! oh well...i'm still pretty happy about finally being able to get control of eating and exercise habits. hopefully i can keep it up when school starts!

I think it pretty much comes down to the fact that you can't compare yourself to any other student. I'm not a great all A student, but I wouldn't say that I'm at the bottom of my class either. Most of the all A students in my class are very detail oriented and do not stop until they think they are at the level they should be, which is great. However, some of them have a tendency to be so detail oriented that they lose focus of actually caring for the patient when they are there. They get lost in doing something exactly right, that they forget to improvise when necessary. Not all of them do this and it doesn't happen all the time, but it has happened. Then there are the C students. Many of these students have a lot of things going on in their lives besides nursing school. I have yet to meet student who is getting C's that isn't trying. And I have seen MANY C students perform above and beyond in clinical. Sometimes these are the people who are less detail oriented and see the big picture. I don't think that this makes either student better or worse than the other. And I do think that, in the end, we will all be nurses and very rarely will we be asked what grade we made in pharmacology. I think that we have to realize the value that everyone has, A student or C student, appreciate them for who they are and the work they do, and save ourselves the torture of constantly comparing ourselves with them. We have to realize the value that we have as well and just try to do our best the best we know how.