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Thanks for the insight. I did not think this was a reality. I'm gonna talk to her some more & see if I can convince her not to go. I appreaciate the help.

Hi. I've just finished my first semester of an ADN program and aspire to one day be an OB nurse. I've got a questions I wanted to see if ya'll could help me with. A pregnant girlfriend of mine was telling me that she's taking a 6 hr car trip(one way to a different state) at christmas to see family. She'll be 36 weeks pregnant. I asked her about traveling then & she told me she was gonna get her ob to do the "labor test" on her & that it would tell them if she was going to go into labor in the next 2 weeks or not. She said if the test is negative then she won't deliver for at least 2 more weeks & can travel safely (dr does not know she is traveling, yet). She did not remember the name of the test. Does this "labor test" exist? I've never hear of it (ok, I know I've never heard of a lot of stuff). But I sure never had one when expecting my daughter. Dr told me there was no way to know & she'd come when she wsa ready. Thanks for any insight you can give me.

My school had a cheating "scandal" a few terms ago. Now all students take the same test at the same time outside of normal class time. They split us into two groups & put us in large rooms. All personal belongings must be left outside the room or placed in front by the professor (and you are not allowed to retreive any belongings until everyone has completed their exam). There are 2 professors who walk around the room & watch our every move. If you are caught you get kicked out immediately. It's a pretty intimidating enviornment. We are all pretty scared so we make sure to never even appear as if we are looking at someone elses paper. It's a shame that they have to do any of this. Who are these cheaters gonna cheat off of when on the job caing for a patient? I want all the knowledge I can get so I can be a good nurse when I graduate.

Thanks everyone. I do feel this is an invasion of my privacy. I've talked to quite a few of my classmates & they all feel the same way. We've decided to refuse to do this. We are willing to agree to get into shorts & t-shirts (tank tops). I actually talked to my pharmacology prof & she said that if we approached the prof & told her we were uncomfortable with the sports bra that there was no reason for her to not allow us to just do tshirts. I fully understand not wanting in lots of layers of clothing. I'm willing to compromise, just not strip down to a bra in front of everyone. Plus it's only this prof. The other health assesment profs are not requiring this of their students. I'll let ya'll know how it goes next week.

Today in our Health Assesment course our instructor told us that from now on we had to wear sports bras & bike shorts to class every week so that we could examine each other. We will have to strip down to just the sports bra & shorts for class. I have some issues with this & I'm not sure how to handle it. I understand they want us to feel vunerable like our patients would so that we can relate. But when doing exams on patients we are supposed to protect privacy. Yet in our class we are expected to strip down to sports bra & biker shorts in front of 30 of our class mates, male & female. In fact my partner ( got partners the first day & must stay with same partner whole course) is a male. I'm actually friends with this guy & don't mind having him examine me, but I feel it is a violation for me to have to remove my clothes in front of the other 28 people in class. I am a very private person & very self concious about my body size & shape. I'm just not sure where I stand on this & if I can or should attempt to do anything about it. Or is it something I'm gonna get forced to do. Do I have a right to object or refuse? I don't mind the exam, just the exposure in front of all my classmates. I'm not the only one who feels this way at all. Does anyone have any advice or insight? Thanks so much !

Florida Community College at Jacksonville :balloons: ]due to graduate December 18th 2005 :balloons: :roll Hooray !!! Ok, I'm a little excited.

I turned my application in June 1st & got my acceptance letter back July 23. My sister turned her in June 1st as well but did not get her letter until July 29th. It was a long 6 weeks & I was checking the mail every day too! ~Alison

I loved both my A&P classes. I had a great prof which I'm sure helped. It's lots of work & material. The important thing is to stay on top of it & not get behind. I found the majority of it to be simple memorization. One thing nice was that I found the material to be really interesting. Made me even more sure that nursing was for me. ~Alison

I'm half way thru my online statistics course & I too hate it. It makes no sense to me. i can do the work & give them an answer, but I'm not really learning it. Thankfully only 2 tests left. It does really stink though. It's confusing to me. Maybe taking it online was not a good idea. it might hve made more sense if I had a teacher lecturing on the material. ~Alison