QuarterLife88

QuarterLife88 MSN, RN, NP

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  1. Are C's really the new A's in nursing school?

    QuarterLife88 replied to nursingstudent2458's topic in General Students

    A "C" in my program is an

  2. Alternatives for 12 step ?

    QuarterLife88 replied to Zookeeper3's topic in Addictions

    Rational Recovery

  3. Not too many of "You."

    QuarterLife88 replied to Cali_Nurse_209's topic in General Students

    People are ignorant and dumb. I have no faith in humanity anymore, so it doesn't surprise me that someone said that to you. BTW, I'm black American as well. I try not to think of myself as a black...

  4. Top 10 tips for nursing school

    QuarterLife88 replied to ames86's topic in General Students

    1. IGNORE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING, AND EXPERIENCE IT FOR YOURSELF. Cannot stress this enough. If I had to do it over, I would buy muzzles for a lot of my classmates. Good

  5. Med Surg Advice

    QuarterLife88 replied to athomas2340's topic in General Students

    My school has 3 major med surg courses. Med-surg 1 (which is more general), 2 (ortho/neuro), and 3 (cardiac). Last year I was told that Med-surg 1 was the weeder class and super hard, and that the...

  6. Ok this may be a rant but....

    QuarterLife88 replied to PNicholas's topic in General Students

    I don't want to start a debate, but from my experience, you usually get more "world wise" from actually being in the real world, not from sitting in a classroom. There are 50 year olds in ADN program...

  7. Number of clinical hours

    QuarterLife88 replied to traumanurse2b?'s topic in General Students

    For my ADN program approx. 1056 hours. Each 7 1/2 week course (there are eight of them) offers approx. 128 hours of clinical time. When we had ECF the first semester that was the only 15 week course...

  8. mental health

    QuarterLife88 replied to ~passionateSN~'s topic in General Students

    Eh, I'm honestly more afraid of the average Joe on the street who's allowed to run amok. At least in the psych ward, the crazy is

  9. Ways to Stay Energized

    QuarterLife88 replied to macalania54's topic in General Students

    Eat better. Cut out/reduce white sugar/flour from your diet. If you eat crap, you will feel like crap no matter how much sleep you get. If you have any other health ailments you'll be amazed about how...

  10. What EXACTLY is a care plan?

    QuarterLife88 replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    An academic torture

  11. How long is your commute to nursing school?

    QuarterLife88 replied to BlueChocolateCat's topic in General Students

    15 min *ducks* Clinical sites...depends. The farthest I've gone so far is about 20 miles out of the way and approx 30-35

  12. What are you going to miss the most...

    QuarterLife88 replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    Sleep. I still plan to do the rest when school starts back up. I will still be free reading, watching TV shows, and surfing the web while I study, lol and shop occasionally. During the first year of...

  13. Study Groups: Help or Nuisance?

    QuarterLife88 replied to MrsCuoco's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hate 'em. The bowels of academia for me, right along with group projects. Really wish instructors would stop trying to guilt students into forming them. Too much misinformation flying half the time...

  14. Nursing school at age 50

    QuarterLife88 replied to maddy50's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't worry if I were you. About a quarter of my nursing class are second career, mature students. I have never seen them discriminated against for age either. If anything, they seem to get more...

  15. Things that gross you out..

    QuarterLife88 replied to vintage_RN's topic in General Students

    Sputum Skin flakes from a patient ending up on me. *shudders* Adult BMs - the soft, squishy kind, but I can deal, I just wish that I was anywhere else Any stomas. I'm sorry, but they creep me out....

  16. OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

    QuarterLife88 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Michigan Nursing

    You're not going to get them for a long while. You guys don't even have your instructors yet, and each instructor has their own set of PP slides. It probably won't be until about a week before class...

  17. Bio/Chem degree vs nursing degree

    QuarterLife88 replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    Add ons: Care plans that can take several days to complete. I like to space my work out, but several classmates like to do these things in one go and they have said a good 12 hrs is the norm. On ONE...

  18. Bio/Chem degree vs nursing degree

    QuarterLife88 replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    Content wise, bio/chem. I said in another thread: Nursing classes by themselves are not hard. The content is not rocket science. It's the everything else that nursing school piles on you in a short...

  19. 3rd shift clinical...Will i get enough experience?

    QuarterLife88 replied to newbieRN724's topic in General Students

    Jealous. I would love a 3rd shift clinical. I will never understand those that can wake up at 6am and function. Yuck. I have a friend that works as a PCT on the night shift and she's learning loads...

  20. difficulty

    QuarterLife88 replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    The pre-reqs in hindsight, were a walk in the park compared to nursing school. Mostly because they required study only. No care plans, no clinical, no lab, no extra time required than what you would...

  21. Late for exam

    QuarterLife88 replied to katpatel's topic in General Students

    I'm really sorry that happened to you. At my school at least, you would still be able to take the exam, but would be deducted by 10%. Normally I would say, "too bad, out of luck" but I feel sorry for...

  22. Scared of pediatrics rotation in the fall

    QuarterLife88 replied to DIVINELY FAVORED's topic in General Students

    I'm not excited for peds either. Not a big fan of kids to begin with, and during this rotation I will have to learn a whole new route of communication just for assessment. eh. I've got to suck it up...

  23. OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

    QuarterLife88 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Michigan Nursing

    There is no test. The only exams you take are based on class theory, lab skills and corresponding content, and starting 2nd semester, in the winter and beyond, med calculation at the beginning of each...

  24. OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

    QuarterLife88 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Wendy is correct. There is nothing in 1410 (or any of the program) that requires you to go out of the way to spend extra money on texts because the vocabulary is so advanced. You learn some new words...

  25. OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

    QuarterLife88 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Michigan Nursing

    From what I can recall, not too much. You'll sit in a large room (such as a student center) with the rest of the first year class, and you'll meet several nursing department heads. You'll most likely...