~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Ideas for a clinical "cheat sheet" ?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    Not all nursing students are CNA's
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    Ideas for a clinical "cheat sheet" ?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    Can you send one to me when your done LOL adding the head to toe sounds good. Maybe some helpful websites as well and some common medical terminology if it's not required beforehand oh and...
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    Your favorite "tech" solution to help you in nursing school?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    I know one of my instructors had said they were thinking about doing something like that. It probably won't be until after school is done for me but man I would love that. I am an auditory learner,...
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    Your favorite "tech" solution to help you in nursing school?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    What exactly is a podcast? Is it like listening to your radio on your Ipod but it's the lecture? I have always wondered. I wish my school did that so I didn't have to record the lecture and hassle...
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    89.90! 1 tenth from an A :(

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to superramvette's topic in General Students

    I do agree and the OP asked if it's happened to anyone else, so I don't see anything wrong with people adding that have had it happen to them as well. As far as the other points you made, I do agree...
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    89.90! 1 tenth from an A :(

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to superramvette's topic in General Students

    Let me tell you how ticked I was when I transferred school, I came from a school that required a 2.5 to pass a class and had + and - . So I move to CO and start my school here and thought all was...
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    89.90! 1 tenth from an A :(

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to superramvette's topic in General Students

    You know what stinks too, and I know it's common in a lot of colleges, I have been to 2 colleges and their scale was different. One college had +and - and my current one doesn't. I hate this. It's...
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    Has anyone here gotten into nursing school with a 'B' in Anatomy?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to emily_ganshert's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If your school has a nursing page on the college website it will usually say. My school was waitlist and the minimum GPA was a
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    Has anyone here gotten into nursing school with a 'B' in Anatomy?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to emily_ganshert's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You are correct. Did you get an A in your English classes as well? Things are starting to make sense now and more then just dealing with a GPA To the OP it depends on your school. I got C's in...
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    89.90! 1 tenth from an A :(

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to superramvette's topic in General Students

    I have had this happen MANY times LOL it sucks and I to rather miss the grade by more. I'm
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    confused new student

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to RN_Moe960's topic in General Students

    It will take you a few years to get done with the program, I doubt anyone can predict the economy at that time, it's down right now but it's bound to pick back up. At least that is what I tell myself....
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    Tell me about nursing school... (again)

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to magn1jes's topic in General Students

    I am doing it with 4 kids and I am the odd man out, I am glad I waited until now to do it. Granted I was a mom at 16 so it's not like that would have even been possible, but I am glad it has all...
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    Grades in nursing school

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to redvelvet20's topic in General Students

    I have been hearing more and more that employers are starting to ask because of the field being so saturated. It is certainly making me want to step up my game more from hearing
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    What (in your opion) is the "hardest" semester of the ADN program?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to seasoned hopeful's topic in General Students

    Ummm that is not always true! Anyway, I am only one semester in and so far I have enjoyed it and have found it to be not to bad. I keep hearing though that every semester is the hardest so I am...
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    What books should I buy?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to guest042302019's topic in General Students

    I posted a lot of suggestions in your other
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    Grades in nursing school

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to redvelvet20's topic in General Students

    We have the dosage calc exam every semester as well. You have to get 100% and get 3 tries to take it. We took it at the end of first semester then will be the beginning of each semester after
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    AAh! Textbooks....take a lung and a kidney for payment.

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to guest042302019's topic in General Students

    I usually buy mine online, the few times I bought them at the bookstore I got good prices on the buy back. I usually never spend more then a couple hundred but I try not to think about the price. I am...
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    Can you get into nursing school with a D for A&P1?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ryangogogo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am sure I am the oddball here, but I actually found Organic Chemistry easier then Inorganic
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    Middle aged men are such babies!!

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    My husband saves it for me. He is a "tough guy" I mean the typical macho guy always looking for the next fight, been in more fights then I can count (he is not a big guy either, but very strong). I...
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    his gray hair is tunrning reddish orange - doctors have no idea why

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    OH MY GOSH, my husband father has grey/white hair, but in one of the seasons and I can't remember which one, his hair will turn a reddish/orange color. I always thought it was a bad dye job and my...
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    Now I've been the patient

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I think having been a patient a lot in my teens and adult years will give me a great standing as a Nurse. I remember the nurses I wanted to be like and the nurses I would make sure I was not like....
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    Unprofessional School Orientation

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Dakovich's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

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    Correlation Between High GPA & NCLEX Pass Rate/Nursing Care?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Students

    I want the competent nurse. Some nurses might not be the 4.0 student but are competent and learn better once out in the field. Some nurses might be 4.0 students and learn great at school but have...
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    Can you get into nursing school with a D for A&P1?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ryangogogo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yeah I know being in my nursing classes I had wished I retained a lot more in A&P I had a great teacher personality wise, but maybe not the best learning wise. I remember at the end of the...
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    Can you get into nursing school with a D for A&P1?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to ryangogogo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree, one of the things is ADN programs you do your pre reqs on your own and in the BSN's I looked into (not bridge) you do them as part of your program. Also I was shocked up in the nursing...