teapot289

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1. Hearing loss and nursing school

   teapot289 posted a topic in General Students

   Hello, I am starting the clinical portion of nursing school in January for an accelerated program. I have moderate hearing loss in both ears and obtained hearing aids 2 years ago for my previous job...

2. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

   teapot289 replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   Hi Mass, I am also taking intro to soc and developmental psych in the fall, but I am taking them online so that it doesn't interfere with moving if I do that before January. Cat, I'm on the fb page!...

3. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

   teapot289 replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   Haha I rechecked mine too. I woke up and thought "oh God, what if they made a mistake and took it back?!" checked immediately. I have to do a great hunt for my dept of education pin # tonight to try...

4. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

   teapot289 replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   Hi NM, Welcome! I'm Nicole. I'm also worried about funding and plan on mostly just taking out private loans after I exhaust my FAFSA resources. It is alot of money but I'm comforted by the fact that...

5. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

   teapot289 replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   I currently live in Philadelphia but I have a friend who is from NC and told me to move to Chapel Hill. Does anyone have any advice on this? Since the program is so fast-paced i was wondering if it...

6. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

   teapot289 replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   I have been reading this forum for awhile and also applied to Duke but after my phone interview I thought I would definitely not get in and felt semi-stupid commenting. I just got my acceptance!...

7. A&P 1 Spring 2010

   teapot289 replied to Rimzy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I don't think it is a "community college" problem as in all community colleges are like this. It's Philadelphia community college so I think it's an issue with funding and allocation of resources in a...

8. A&P 1 Spring 2010

   teapot289 replied to Rimzy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Surprisingly it's more so with lecture than with lab that we are behind. I think because we have a set lab schedule it seems to keep us on track whereas with lecture he never seems to catch up to lab....

9. A&P 1 Spring 2010

   teapot289 replied to Rimzy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Reading all of your posts has me so discouraged. My anatomy professor has horrible reviews but despite that I don't feel like he is the be all and end all of bad professors, I think he is just old and...

10. Confused on the timeline?

    teapot289 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi all, So I'm taking pre-requisites to apply to an Accelerated bachelors program and expect to be done my pre-reqs by the end of the Fall 2010 semester (unless i need to take pharmacology or...

11. Did you always want to be a nurse?

    teapot289 replied to Divest's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm not a nurse yet. Still a student, but no. My job desires went somewhere along these lines: Age 5: Prima ballerina Age 10: Dolphin trainer Age 13: Told my parents I wanted to be a...

12. Bio and A&P advice, and students working full time.

    teapot289 replied to prettyindecent's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm curious to see the responses on working as a CNA full time and being in school as I have considered this also to get some patient care experience. I am currently working full time as a medical...

13. A pre-req of a pre-req of a pre-req

    teapot289 replied to teapot289's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well it's nice to hear that so many people are in the same boat! I did speak to my school and got waived from the alg classes needed for the chem class so that is something atleast! I shadowed an...

14. A pre-req of a pre-req of a pre-req

    teapot289 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hello all, Just seeing if anyone else has had this happen and if there is any way around it other than just patience and time. I'm starting pre-requisites for an accelerated BSN program and currently...