collegemom1961

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1. Please, I really need desperate help! Math...

   collegemom1961 replied to rita.kumar83's topic in General Students

   I agree with DaytoNite. I think the answer key for #1 and #3 are incorrect. I got the same answers as he/she did. I work all my drug problems out using scientific notation. That's what I learned...

2. What mantra is getting you through nursing school?

   collegemom1961 replied to MySimplePlan's topic in General Students

   "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens

3. most difficult part of nursing school?

   collegemom1961 replied to bmr7's topic in General Students

   The best answer that I can give to you is not to look at what the worst part of nursing school was, but what the best parts of being a nurse are. I just graduated in December and started as a new...

4. Constantly Getting Thrown Under The Bus by Fellow Nurse

   collegemom1961 replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with the posters above. Who's your boss? The FNP or this co-worker? Do you have a job description? If you don't, I would request a detail of your responsibilities, who you report to, who's...

5. DUI 20 years ago

   collegemom1961 replied to CdaleJekyll's topic in Georgia Nursing

   I had a DUI 2o years before I applied for my RN license. I had to include documentation regarding the DUI. I wrote a letter stating my "virtues" and that alchohol had not been a problem since, as...

6. An update on my stepson

   collegemom1961 replied to sissiesmama's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I am so sorry that you and your dh are having to go through this with your stepson. My husband and I went through a similar situation with our oldest son at 16. We sent our son to outpatient rehab...

7. What should I already know going into the Nursing Program?

   collegemom1961 replied to Bashful814's topic in California Nursing

   I would study physiology and understand it inside and out. The theory content of nursing school will make so much more sense, as well as the ways in which the classifications of medication work in...

8. My first interview after passing nclex

   collegemom1961 replied to nap12's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I will pray for you and good luck! To Shasta 12: The new grads that were hired at our hospital were the ones who worked as techs on their vacations and the students who did their...

9. Who is the oldest Nursing Student here?

   collegemom1961 replied to APP's topic in General Students

   Underpaid Nurse, RE: "I'm thirty six and when I get my LPN license I'll be 37. I'm the third oldest in my class. I was beginning to feel frustrated, because everyone looks at us with the," Why aren't...

10. Crossroads at age fifty.

    collegemom1961 replied to minokismom's topic in General Students

    Hello, I am 47 years old and just graduated from an ADN program this past December. I had always wanted to be an RN but chose a different path, motherhood and marriage, and didn't pursue the nursing...

11. 50 Years Old and Just Became a CNA Would Like to be RN

    collegemom1961 replied to MThomas15's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Go for it!!! I just graduated from an ADN program and I'm 47 and have no

12. i feel lost and confused...=\

    collegemom1961 replied to hTx87's topic in General Students

    I just graduated in December from an ADN program and I still remember my second semester of clinicals. Remind yourself that thousands of people have done this (look at all the RNs there are) before...

13. Accessories for graduation

    collegemom1961 replied to Deataru's topic in Men in Nursing

    The females in my graduating class wore the white hats with the black band (the color for RNs I'm told) and the men wore the black band on the left pocket of their scrubs. Our whole class received...

14. Need some advice

    collegemom1961 replied to tryingtobeanurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was in the same predicament as you. I submitted all transcripts as requested. My grades as a mature adult, which included my pre-requisites for nursing school, were very good and I got in to a...

15. Nursing Graduation Gift for Woman

    collegemom1961 replied to Bo Shoi Ming's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The LLadro nurse figurine was my favorite gift for graduation last semester. It's timeless, and brings me pride every time I see it. In California, we are only able to use black ink for...