WorkingTowards2011

Okay, here's the deal. I go to a community college in Alabama. I have received a Pell Grant, and a full scholarship from a local hospital that pays all my tuition, fees, and books. The Pell Grant gives me $1500 per semester Since my scholarship pays ...

It sounds to me like the scholarship would not be a good thing for you. If the areas you want to specialize in aren't even an option, then chances are you will be unhappy for as long as you are stuck there working off your scholarship. And you don't ...

I am in the rn program at a community college, and the difference between rn and lpn is only one semester. I say, just put your head down and plow all the way through to be an RN. Then you won't have to go back at all. I would be so depressed to go b...

Yep, 25 pounds in just a year. However, I have leveled out for the last several months. I am a bigtime stress eater, and since nursing school is stressful, well... i don't see myself on the carrots and grapes diet anytime soon. I do try to emake over...

Thank you, that helps so much. See, if I had already done some of my clinicals and known how things were done normally in a certain area of the hospital, this wouldn't be so difficult!!! Feels like throwing darts at a bullseye, while blindfolded! Man...

Okay, so I hate to be one of those people that asks for help with an answer, but I have spend hours researching and I have to finish this care plan. My situation is sort of different than most of the care plan posts on this website. I don't have a s...

Thanks for the perspective, daytonite. I knew that there were a few holes in the string, but the instructor seemed happy with the plan, so we stuck to it. She never mentioned that we shouldn't take him to the psych ward (even though what you said mak...

I live in AL and I have a scholarship that pays full tuition, including fees, books, and uniforms. In exchange, I have to work 3 years at the facility that granted my award. I am still in school and therefore I cannot tell you how it will be for me a...

Absolutely, I feel the same way. We just finished week three, and I am loving every minute of it. I have already met so many friends that I feel like I could have in my life for a long time. My instructors, overall, are absolutely wonderful! It is to...

Don't offer to be the LEADER if YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO LEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I forgot to mention that this is my very first care plan, which is why I'm so confused. It is so intimidating to see people talk in "nursing/medical lingo", and I think, what are they SAYING??? Am I REALLY gonna be able to tak like that and understan...

I was one of the 30 Bishop State students who received a scholarship from Mobile Infirmary. I wanted to clarify that the Infirmary pays for everything your whole way through (5 semesters at Bishop), and you have to work three years for them. It pays ...

Absolutely not. At our school, and most others I'm sure, it is made perfectly clear that random drug testing can and will be used, and that if your test shows a positive, it is immediate expulsion. As it should be. And showing up drunk is just icing ...

I am one of those people who is not satisfied unless I get the highest grade in the class. It sounds so bad.... It's not that I want to "beat" everyone and be "better" than they are, I just have extremely high expectations of myself. If I get a 95 an...

1. Thank you for being so strict! Maybe it will get rid of some of the people who really don't need to or care to be here, because they are wasting the time of those of us who do. 2. PLEASE don't make me work in a group for a "cumulative group grade....

"Didn't you learn how to add fractions and decimals when you were in MIDDLE SCHOOL???????" "Not all of us have medical working background, so please talk in LAYMAN'S TERMS, at least for the FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL!!!!!" No one understands what you are s...

I feel lucky to get an hour each weekday... many days that doesn't happen. I usually spend about 3-4 hours each weekend day, or at least on one of those days. I work and have children, so I don't have all the time in the world to study. I get so jeal...

I totally understad how you feel! I am a 27 year old in my first semester, getting my ADN. I have two girls, 6 and 3. I have been itching every since my youngest turned 2. It seems like everywhere I go, I am haunted by preggos and babies! Yesterday a...

In a way, I think it's a good thing, because it shows you who your true friends are. tTe ones you can call at 3am if you are upset, the ones who will come help you move with no complaints and without expecting anything in return. It reveals the frien...

I am a new nursing student doing my very first assignment for Fundamentals- create a shift report. My instructor gave us a very informative page on shift reports, including a sample. I understand the concept and feel that I am making a good bit of pr...

Thank you so much, DaytoNite! I already had all of the other information you listed, so I guess I am on the right track!

I completely understand how you are feeling and I feel the exact same way! I have always considered my self to be a confident, self assured person who can do anything I put my mind to, and after my first day, I thought, "What was I THINKING?? I CAN'T...

We have about 45 in our lecture classes, but only 6 in our clinical group.

I TOTALLY agree. My two best friends are completely supportive. The rest of my friends... are gone. And I say, if they chose to bail instead of step back and be supportive of me improving my life, then they weren't real friends to begin with, and goo...

Not me. I have heard that the pay difference is minimal. So my plan is to get my ADN, be able to take a short break from school since I will probably be exhausted, and be able to work. Then after a year or so, I plan to start the ADN to BSN online, a...