Student in an associates program. It's going really well.. I love it, but I can't wait to graduate. I want to travel when I make it out. When I'm not studying (rare), I catch up on sleep.. watch concert DVDs.. and try to keep myself sane!
RockinLadySN replied to midnight*sky's topic in General Students
THIS! I can't stress enough how much doing NCLEX questions have helped me on my exams. I have the Saunders NCLEX review book and it divides everything up into chapters for different topics.. gives...
Of course, all my paperwork is filed away so I don't have the exact info, but I think I remember everything. Your future school/program may be different with their requirements though. It was...
I didn't have to have any blood work done. Just needed to be current on all my immunizations, get the skin test for TB, and provide documentation on everything. lol The only blood work my Dr. did...
RockinLadySN replied to ilovemychihuahua's topic in General Students
I have a girl in my class who is Korean. She seems to be pretty fluent in English, and has a somewhat strong accent.. sometimes she has trouble formulating the correct grammar. But she is making it...
What I quickly realized was that nursing school is hard.. and it will be hard til the day you graduate. lol. A test here and there, sure.. you may not do too great, or you may even fail. But that's...
RockinLadySN replied to 2bJoshRN9788's topic in General Students
We had to order Dove uniforms, and like Spoiled1 said, they are pretty true to size and even our professors told us to go by the measurements they list. It wanted me to take an XS in my zip top, and...
Ok.. I've seen some pretty absurd things said in this thread. I wouldn't even know where to begin to address some of the stuff.. yikes. If this student was not smoking right before clinical or...
Ditto. There are many nurses who don't work in the hospital setting. Most Drs offices and med clinics employ MAs, but I know one nurse who works in a clinic and she loves it. 9-5, no weekends,...
RockinLadySN replied to bioniclewoman's topic in General Students
WOW! Are you serious?? How in the world does she even keep up? What if you really needed her for something? I'm still a fairly new student, in my first year, but there are only 8 of us in a...
I don't work now that I'm in nursing school.. I don't think I'd be able to handle it. There are some in my class who do and they can do the balancing act, but they say it's tough. I honestly do NOT...
Nursing school is a whole different animal, especially if you've taken other college courses before. Be prepared to study.. A LOT. I coasted by, not having to study much at all for my previous...
Wow, that is freaky! I'm still in my first semester, so I haven't come across the post-mortem care yet, but I know for sure that would make me jump about a mile in the air. I may be in the minority...
No, I wouldn't. For one, we're not friends. I hate getting friend requests from people I went to high school with and we never even talked or hung out back then. Or we never got along. I hit the...
1. Don't ask the instructor to repeat things 5 different times because you were too busy talking when she was going over what's going to be on the exam. Shut up and listen for once! 2. Stop asking...