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  1. Embarrassing question reguarding CNA classes...

    matchsticktgt replied to janelane's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    YOUR teeth, not

  2. Embarrassing question reguarding CNA classes...

    matchsticktgt replied to janelane's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When I took my CNA course this past summer, no one in that class wanted to brush anybody else's teeth, or in turn have theirs brushed. It is important to know how to do it, because you may get tested...

  3. 700 pages of reading, per week, for one class

    matchsticktgt replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Students

    Some instructors have an entire collection of whips - they seem to want to make you suffer the way their nursing instructors made them suffer - since they can have no retribution against the original...

  4. 700 pages of reading, per week, for one class

    matchsticktgt replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Students

    You have had some really good suggestions here - I just finished up (last term) Med/Surg, and Foundations before that.....each class was 8 weeks and I had the same teacher (argh!)...she didn't...

  5. Tired of being FAT and having low self esteem

    matchsticktgt replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I love food and hate exercise.....but my mother in law bought us a Wii and Wii fit plus for Christmas. .....and I have used the silly thing all but one day since. ..it keeps track of the calories I...

  6. Can you get into nursing school with a D for A&P1?

    matchsticktgt replied to ryangogogo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    True about the nursing questions vs memorizing.....those people with photographic memories, or just really good memories, can excel in courses where memory work is the primary mode of...

  7. Can you get into nursing school with a D for A&P1?

    matchsticktgt replied to ryangogogo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The school has the final say-so, but I can't imagine them accepting anyone into the nursing program with a D in anything. Most nursing courses require a 76 or higher (I know some programs require...

  8. Is the LPN entrance exam hard?

    matchsticktgt replied to JenWork's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Which test will you be taking? There are usually study guides and practice tests to help you prepare....that and what subjects to review, such as decimals, fractions, metric conversions,

  9. Can you get into nursing school with a D for A&P1?

    matchsticktgt replied to ryangogogo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I cannot imagine being successful in nursing school if she is unable to make any higher than a D in A&P, especially after repeating it already. I loved A&P, was an easy A for me - and now I'm...

  10. failed my science courses

    matchsticktgt replied to narditorino's topic in General Students

    And if you are thinking about starting over from the ground up, I would take each course one at a time - just one, work very hard and study very hard and do well, then take the next. In the LPN...

  11. New Grads Finding Jobs?

    matchsticktgt replied to bethann27's topic in Alabama Nursing

    The two that I am referring to are full-time employees - while I'm sure that they are the exception rather than the norm, I found it somewhat reassuring that someone, even though not me landed jobs!...

  12. Procrastinators Unite!

    matchsticktgt replied to ybq2008's topic in General Students

    Can we get together on this

  13. Did any of you read/study anything, before starting your program, that helped ....

    matchsticktgt replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    The above advice is excellent - especially about the pharmacology - and a book on pharmacology calculations is a wise investment...my pharmacology course was very heavy on the calculations. I also...

  14. What is considered a large hospital??

    matchsticktgt replied to SiempreBella's topic in General Nursing

    The largest hospital in my vicinity is a 900+ bed teaching hospital - that is the main campus, and has a few smaller community hospitals....I consider that quite large. They are constantly adding on,...

  15. Hope I am making the right decision

    matchsticktgt replied to duke1010's topic in General Nursing

    Heard Memphis, TN is actually

  16. New Grads Finding Jobs?

    matchsticktgt replied to bethann27's topic in Alabama Nursing

    not exactly, I'm currently a student in clinicals...and one of the nurses on my floor is a new graduate (August 2009!) RN, and they are orienting another new graduate nurse, so that is two new...

  17. I just took the Teas Test

    matchsticktgt replied to Hubby's girl's topic in LPN to RN

    If you have had chemistry (or know the periodic table and how to differentiate between protons and neutrons), can do basic math (fractions, addition, subtraction) as well as metric conversions and...

  18. During nursing school, how many of you had to retake a class ?

    matchsticktgt replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to nursing school! Seriously, so many instructors are like that....and it seems like they want to make sure no one makes an A in their class. In my patient assessment class we had tests and...

  19. Memphis Hospitals Starting Pay

    matchsticktgt replied to mkmm47's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    amazing!

  20. Memphis Hospitals Starting Pay

    matchsticktgt replied to mkmm47's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Are the hospitals in Memphis still

  21. Please help. I'm 50 and want my nursing degree.

    matchsticktgt replied to JBaker77's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I will turn 45 next month and I'm half way through an accelerated LPN program....the advantage is twice the number of classes in the same amount of time as a "regular" program, and the disadvantage is...

  22. I have NOTHING to do

    matchsticktgt replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    get out the NCLEX study/review books and start on them...you don't want to wait until you get

  23. "Failed" Med/Surg. Need Advice

    matchsticktgt replied to brooms's topic in General Students

    I would sit for every class and soak up as much information as possible - study like it's for real....then when you actually re-take the class, you will be so glad you have seen all of the information...

  24. Virginia College New RN program - anyone know anything about it?

    matchsticktgt replied to matchsticktgt's topic in Alabama Nursing

    While it is true that most local colleges do not accept transfer credit from Virginia College, some actually do. I'm half way through the LPN program at Herzing and they accepted all my pre-requisite...

  25. Colleges spitting out new nurse without any training?

    matchsticktgt replied to fulzgold's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 1/2 way through my LPN program, and the above is what is expected from us during our next clinicals (Med/Surg). My just finished term's (Foundations) clinicals were not much better than CNA work,...