daniedi77

Good Luck to everyone!!!! I am a senior @ Baylor and I was also a transfer student who applied for the fall semester. I remember waiting to hear, I actually found out I was accepted on the Baylor website before I got my letter. My class had about 90ish students in it, the spring semester had around 60. Don't worry!!!

I feel like everybody has goals and where they are at in their particular goal is of no mind to me. Pre-Nursing, Nursing........whatevs. IMHO, the real claim to fame is passing the boards. You can be a pre-nursing waiting on acceptance or finishing up pre-reqs, nursing student trying like hell to pass and graduate, a graduate waiting to take boards, OR a graduate who has failed boards and is studying like crazy to take again and pass. Don't sweat the small stuff, everybody already has enough stuff to worry about. I'm about to start my senior year (in NS) and I just ready to get out. I remember what it was like at the beginning and after awhile you look back and see how much you have accomplished and can't wait til you get to the finish line. Good luck to everybodies dreams and goals ( PRE and POST) :)

Not all medication effects everyone the same. I take 1 mg xanax PRN and I am not altered in anyway and able to function in all my duties. The key thing is the first time you use it make sure you are at home and see how it affects you. I am also prescribed muscle relaxers and pain meds due to severe tension headaches all which do not impair me mentally or physically. I am on my feet for 12 hrs moving , lifting and bending over (which I shouldn't do, I know I need to raise the bed, but for the sake of time, I bend. Talk with your doctor, start on a low dosage and go from there. Anxiety is real and can lead to more serious problems. Talk to your Doc!!!! Good Luck :)

Yes, I have been in the same type of situation. But let me just say that you need a STRONG foundation in Patho. It is a huge part of nursing. I know it sucks but if nursing is where your heart is, just press on. You can still be friends with these people you have built NS relationships with. It's not about friends, its about you completing your nursing degree. Repeating a class with only HELP you become a stronger nurse. Keep your head up!!!!! Keep your eye on the finish line!!!!

Well, I just finished my OB rotation and all I can say is that I tolerated it. I was lucky enough to be in a large county hospital that had many L&D units (high-risk, Low-risk, private). It also is one of the few hospitals in the country that has a Women's emergency room, which I loved!!!! I was able to do Soo many things. It made up for the boringness of PP. L&D wasnt so bad because my facility delivers over 100 babies a day, so everybody had lady partsl and C-section births. You will either like it or not. The majority of it is teaching. It is what you make of it, so make yourself available to do as much as possible. I went to discharge classes, newborn classes, birthing classes. I put in foley's, IV's, drew blood, so make yourself available!!!!! It's the only way you will make it or be bored!! Good Luck!

Okay, i'll tell ya right now an save you money an headache. ALWAYS take the 2400/Bio classes. MANY of the SCIT classes DO NOT transfer to university!!!!!!! It is the same class. If your just going for ADN, still take 2400 classes in case you want to go forward to a BSN program. Many a person found out the hard way and had to take repeat it with the 2400 course num... I attended DCCCD before nursing FYI

Make an appt. with a nursing admissions coun. bring an unoffical transcrpt and he, or she will be able to tell you which classes can be applied to that particular program

You dont have to be perfect, you just need a strong foundation. With each science class, you build upon which you have learned previously. I made B's in all science classes, except Chem, made a C. I am a senior now about to start my third semester in nursing school and I have done just fine.. Dont worry, dont be intimidated.

I was accepted before i WAS FINISHED WITH MY PRE-REQS. I believe i had five classes left.Chem, alg., stat, span 1 &2. I completed them all except span 2 before I started the first semester. Im a senior now, tow semester left, I still have to do the 2nd span.

I did both, wasn't that bad. Alot of it goes hand in hand.

Soooo sad but true...

LOL. I don't think it makes a difference, people don't practice it!!!!! But for accuracy sake "My Bad".

I just wanted to add that no one can make you do something you are uncomfortable with. With that being said, don't let rumors scare you. Talk to the instructor. Like I stated earlier, we did do bed baths on each other, BUT, that entailed washing arms, legs, face and back. No pericare. Sure there were some people that were uncomfortable, but it was still very private. Two people, gowns, sheets, and the curtain pulled. I was an older student in a group of girls under 21. My patner turned red as a tomato during her turn. At the end of the semester everybody was running around naked!! It's hilarious, classmates talk about there bowel movements and periods. You will become very close to some of these people. I felt like I lived with all of them at the end. Just take a step at a time and feel the situation out for yourself and make a decision about what your willing to do.:)

You know what I mean.

I'm so sorry I need to vent. I work in a smaller hospital only about 300 beds, so everybody knows everybody. So anyway, in the past and especially in the last few months there have been many a co-worker ill, surgical or child-bearing in our hospital. There is no privacy! Everybody gossips about the employee or attempts to find out what's wrong. I am not even at work this week and I got a text message saying so and so is in ICU with DKA, BS-672. And I'm like how do you know all that? You don't work ICU??? I just think this is a violation. If I ever fall out at work, ship me off somewhere else!!!!!! These people are just nosy!!! Same thng happened last month when as co-worker delivered her first child. People were runnin in an out of the room just being bothersome. Hello, this is her first child, leave her be!! This is a violation of HIPPA!

Always need an order for restraints. Why is she restrained? Is she a fall risk? Restraints should be last option, as for the suppository, she may feel the urge due to the rectal administration. Call MD to verify restraint orders and reassess temp after 20-30min. Watch for BM.

Don't worry, that's what your supposed to hear. You have to know normal to recognize abnornal. When you have abnormal you will know it.

Don't beat yourself up about it, just keep practicing. Do you do a palpable pressure first to see what the systolic pressure is? If your right on the brachial artery you should be able to hear the first strong beat. Good luck!:)

I just want to say that it is not bad. In my BSN program we did have to give each other bed baths. But the thing is that when done correctly, the patient (classmate) is pretty much covered up except the immediate area being cleaned. We wore sports bra's and shorts. The point is to FEEL like a patient. The patient is recieving a bed bath BECAUSE they cannot bathe themselves, so it's important to provide privacy and protect modesty and you really can't learn that unless you have been there. I have seen some PCT or tech give a patient a bath and the patient was completely naked and wet and shivering cold. That why we are taught the proper way to give a bed bath. Keep the patient covered at all times, only expose the area you are washing and break it up into small parts. OP I can understand where your coming from but that is what the patient feels. So its up to you to make them comfortable and that comes with experience and practice. Let me tell you, if you aren't looking forward to bed bathes, imagine being fed by a classmate blindfolded in restraints. That scared the hell out of me, but it builds trust. These activities aren't made to humiliate students, it's also used to psychologically prepare you to treat patients. Good luck and try to keep an open mind. There is a much bigger picture.:)

NO SHE DIDN'T go into the wrong room and assess the wrong patient all day and never realized it until post conference......thank god she didnt pass meds... Can we say, " Can you please verify your name and birthdate for me." LOLOLOLOLOLOl!!!!

Just wanted to add that I do work a full-time job. I received aid to cover school but I still need to work to cover my bills.

I took the NET test at Baylor, and you are able to take the the as many times as you want. Its good if you have test anxiety. It is true Baylor is expense, but its worth it! It runs about 14,000 a semester, BUT they have great financial and scholarship packages!! Never worry about money, just get in there!!

Hi, I don't remember my exact GPA but it was around 3.3-3.5 and I wasn't finished with my pre-reques, so don't let that stop you from applying. I still had 5 classes left. You just have to finish before you actually start. I still have one one left because It was cancelled this summer, so I am taking it next summer. Good Luck, I LOVE BAYLOR!!! Positive enviroment, great instructors!!!! Let me know if you have any questions.

When I took A&P1, our lab practical consisted of different areas about 1-40. At one table there would be a bone and we would have to identify it, the next area would be a microscope and we would have to look at cells. We also used a cat and had to identify muscles. During the semester you will have to label diagrams of bones and muscles. What I did was make several copies before I wrote on it and I would quiz myself. Also, ask your instructor if there will be time available out of class to study the bones and or animal. My instructor gave us the weekend before the practical to come in and do a mock practical for practice. It really helped. Good luck!!!

I so know where you are coming from. I just took a May term general chem class. 3 WEEKS!!!!!! 7 HOURS EVERYDAY!!!! I had chest pains and anxiety. I failed several tests, but made up for it with my lab which was over half our grade. Like the person before said, go talk to the instructor. I talked to mine almost everyday of the three weeks. I have already been accepted into a nursing program for fall but I had to take and pass chem this summer. I made a C, and guess what, I DON"T CARE. I passed!!! You can do it. It's alot of information and math, which is not a favorite of mine, just hang in there. Good Luck!!!!