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  1. I totally agree with jesskidding! I just started NS on Aug. 30 and I feel so overwhelmed already. Take it easy and relax. You will be glad you did! :) The only thing I did was do my reading...
  2. Nursing Book Bundle

    Is anyone else nervous about buying their nursing books on amazon or another site? Our books come in a bund and it would be nice to save some money, however, I am afraid that one might not come with...
  3. I just bought my nursing books a few days ago and I am about ready to start reviewing the math. We start school on Aug. 29th and our first test is 6 weeks into the program. Probably the first week...
  4. Nursing Book Bundle

    Well, I just found out that the bundle that I bought was the only thing we will need for the next two years. They will just add one book for the next three semesters so that's not bad. We were also...
  5. Advice Please First Year NS

    I start NS in less than two weeks and I am SCARED TO DEATH!!! I know and realize that this is all normal, but I am really nervous. My anxiety and stress level is so high that it has taken away all...
  6. Advice Please First Year NS

    It's funny because I just smile to myself when I comes across a post that says I am a mom, married, been out of school forever, am horrible at math etc....can I really do this?? This was me as well...
  7. Good Thinking Workshop

    Have any of you nursing students had to attend any type of good thinking workshop? We have to on Friday and it's an all day thing. It is supposed to help us with our test taking skills in Nursing....
  8. Nursing Book Bundle

    I really don't think that I can save that much money this time around. Our first semester books are only going to cost around $300. Some of the books that I was looking into online were around $60 a...
  9. Good Thinking Workshop

    This workshop is mandatory. We were told that if we didn't go we would be sorry; we would be given extra work or something....I don't know. Anyway, I will take notes and report back. Here is our...
  10. Also, I wanted to add that we do have a hospital based program here and you can earn your ADN in just two years. I was accepted and was supposed to start last Jan., but it turned out that a lot of my...
  11. When I am all done, it will have taken me a total of 4 years and that is with me getting in my nursing program on the first try. I started my prereqs in the fall of 09 and since then, I have taken 11...
  12. help a student nurse out? :)

    Looking over my list of ADN classes, I am thinking our Med Surge class is called Nursing Agency I which takes place in the second semester and Nursing Agency II which takes place in the third...
  13. Online BLS Certificate

    Has anyone done their BLS online and then went to a location for their skills test? My school registered me though the AHA and last week I took all of my tests and received my online cert. On Friday,...
  14. Fall 2011, what's your schedule?

    I start the ADN program next month and our school is still trying to finish up our schedules. I will be taking 8 credit hours and so far the schedule looks like: M & W Intro to Organic Chem 50...
  15. Opinions on Class Schedule

    I am starting NS next month and I need some advice. Would you take Micro's Lab (1 credit hour) in the first semester of NS or second? Here is what my schedule would look like below: First semester...
  16. Will you still have pre/co-requisites to take while in NS?

    I posted this on my own thread, but I will post it here as well. In our nursing program, organic needs to be complete by the first semester of NS and micro lecture and lab needs to be complete by the...
  17. Opinions on Class Schedule

    mamayogibear: I hope my lab is as awesome as yours was! :) Southern Magnolia: At my school, Intro to organic Chem must be completed by your first semester as a NS and the Micro lecture and lab must be...
  18. Opinions on Class Schedule

    Being a CNA is not required here. However, when I was in high school I worked as a CNA. I haven't done the work for 13 years, but I am hoping things come back to
  19. Will you still have pre/co-requisites to take while in NS?

    I will have 3 classes to take: Intro. to Organic Chem, nutrition and just the lab part of Micro. I am supposed to take Nutrition next spring of 2012, but thought I would take it next summer....
  20. Malpractice Insurance

    What about nursing students? Would you suggest they get their own as well even if the school has you
  21. starting Fall 2011 - who we are

    1. August 29th 2. Ohio 3. ADN 4. I would have to say trusting in God as well. I feel that without Him, I would not be where I am today and I will not be able to make it on my own these next two years...
  22. Hardest Prerequisite

    I would have to say chem as well! I study so much and I am not kidding! I had two tutors one was free through the school and I would see her every Fri. for 2-3 hours. Then I had a private tutor...
  23. Why does anyone go into nursing?

    I never woke up one day and thought to myself that I should be a nurse because I have ALWAYS wanted to be a nurse. Around the age of 5 is when I knew that's what I wanted to do and I have never had a...
  24. Will I get into nursing school?

    Like others have stated, it depends on where you are applying and how competitive it is. I applied for the ADN. You had to have a 2.7 to be able to turn in the nursing app. I had a 3.2, because like...
  25. Taking Microbiology and Micro Lab Separately?

    I will be doing it, but I don't have a choice. I attend a University and this University has 7 branches; I am attending two of the branches. Only one of the two branches offer the ADN, which I start...