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  1. WWYD In my Situation

    i completely agree with you and normally i am a very optimistic person! however, i didn't realize this until i started taking my prereqs back in the fall of '09, but i have bad test anxiety. even...
  2. WWYD In my Situation

    I would love a little incite from others on my situation especially if others think of something that I have not thought of. I posted about this before the site went down, but now I cannot find the...
  3. Statistics Class

    For the BSN, we need a statistics class. What exactly is this class and is it hard? We can either take a Math stat class, psyc stat class or a soc. stat
  4. ADN=RN

    I completely agree with GrnTea. When I started my prereqs two years ago, I had no desire to get my BSN. At the time, my friend who is a NP even told me to get my BSN if I want to continue and get my...
  5. Need Organic Chemistry Help

    This week I am finishing up last week of winter break and I am dreading next week. I failed Organic last semester with a D and now I have to retake it again and I am just so stressed. Every time I...
  6. WWYD In my Situation

    Apgar10, that's another reason I am afraid to finish my ADN. I am not smart enough to work AND go to school AND take care of the family. My kids range from 4-12. If I did finish the ADN, I would...
  7. WWYD In my Situation

    Thanks for all the advice. I guess the biggest thing that makes nervous about reentering the ADN program next spring is what if I fail a nursing class? So many people last semester failed OB. These...
  8. WWYD In my Situation

    All of the hospitals in my area do say BSN preferred. So if I stayed with the ADN program, I would not be banking on getting a job in a hospital that is for sure! I just love the hospital atmosphere...
  9. WWYD In my Situation

    See that's the thing, I cannot apply to the BSN this fall of 2012, because I have about 7 classes left to take and I cannot take them all this spring/summer. I would be applying in the fall of 2013...
  10. WWYD In my Situation

    Yes, it does suck failing a class such as this one. I mean we started off with 80 students and by the time our final rolled around, there were about 25 of us left. I am not sure how many failed out of...
  11. WWYD In my Situation

    Matt, thank you for your feedback! I attend a university and it has 7 different branches; I attend two of the 7 branches. Two branches out of the 7 offer ADN, the other five only offer the BSN. In the...
  12. In Ohio we can. We just have to get 100% on our dosage calc. test and we have to pass our skills test for the med pass and
  13. Vital Sign Skills Test

    We have a skill test over vital signs next week and I am so nervous. I am really having a hard time hearing the systolic when taking the BP. Any
  14. Vital Sign Skills Test

    Thanks for all your advice! I passed my skills
  15. Vital Sign Skills Test

    We are taught to palpate the brachial pulse. I really hope I am ready for
  16. Vital Sign Skills Test

    No, I would never trust the needle because when I hear the diastolic stop, I still see the needle bouncing. Oh how I wish we had another
  17. Incredibly Easy Books

    Has anyone had any luck with the Incredibly Easy Book
  18. Incredibly Easy Books

    Does anyone know what the difference is between the RN NCLEX Review and the RN NCLEX Questions and Answers Made
  19. Incredibly Easy Books

    Thanks for all the replies! I can't wait to get my assessment book and I just ordered the dosage book yesterday. I didn't know they had a RN NCLEX Made Incredibly Easy as well. Off to shop
  20. Head to toe assessments on classmates?

    In my program, we only get 20 minutes for the whole entire assessment. If it is not completed in that time frame then it will count as a fail. You might want to ask how much time your program offers...
  21. Incredibly Easy Books

    Also, is there a huge difference between the
  22. Incredibly Easy Books

    I just bought the head to toe assessment book. Our skills check off is in a couple of weeks so I thought that would help! I also seen they had a dosage calculation book as
  23. Head to toe assessments on classmates?

    We have our head to toe assessment skill check off in a couple weeks and I believe we are to wear our white clinical uniform just as we are for any of our skills check off. We are just listening...
  24. Hours of Nursing school?

    I am in my second week of my first semester and we have one lecture class, one lab class and then our clinical. I am lucky because my lab and lecture are on the same days where other students are...
  25. Who is worried about their first test?

    I am nervous as well. We have a skills check next Tues. then a lecture test on the