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Save ur back...get a rolling back pack.

Also, in this day and age, it's all about being self sufficient. You can't be self sufficient if you are going to an advisor and asking for help. There is this mentality of I can and need to do this on my own...without help from anyone. It's not shameful to ask for help or seek advise. I don't have any extenuating circumstances and we are only forced to talk to an advisor if we fail a test but I did seek an advisors help over a math problem that I just could not get for some reason...I have 2 nursing math books and they just did not have these problems (mcg/kg/day) in them. So I did ask for help, she helped, and I'm grateful for her. Advisors are another wonderful nursing student tool!

Me too! I'm so OCD over my books...they have to be new because it bothers me if someone else's notes or highlights are in the book. And I never sell back my nursing books for the same reason. However, if price is really an issue for you, buying used is just as good. As long as it's the book you need for that class, new or used isn't going to matter. But, if your crazy like some of us...

Don't have any advice on what to include but do have advice for your students interested on helping other students...make sure they realize what will be expected of them and that is a selfless experience aimed at helping someone else. Our HKANS did this and asked 1st year students that wanted a mentor to sign up and they would pair us up with a 2nd year student. My second year student NEVER emailed me back...I emailed her twice. I'm assuming being a mentor was also a voluntary thing but I got nothing. Hey, I've gotten through without her but it would have been nice to have someone "that's been there done that and gotten through it" to talk to. Just wanted to add that in because I, unfortunately, was not the only student wanting a mentor who's mentor decided not to mentor.

HAHA I had quit smoking and then 2 years later towards the end of my first semester, I started back up. I really hate smoking...but love it at the same time...and decided, I really need to quit so at the end of second semester I quit. I quit cold turkey...but that's not so hard for me because my husband despises cigarettes so he's kinda my motivator. I'd rather kiss my husband than smoke, ya know Plus, I prayed to God to deliver me from the cigarettes. I never had any cravings! I've heard people give Chantix great reviews so maybe you could go to your doctor and ask him about that and any other smoking cessation products out there that may work for you. Good luck! I wish you all the success at this because I know how hard it is.

Guess it depends on the instructor. Our program only offers Pharm online...and it was stupid easy because the instructor just didn't care. I mean, we were 4 weeks into the semester before she posted what chapters we were supposed to read...or the outline for the semester. We found out the day before she posted the final when the final was. She gave us twice as long to do a regular exam than our class instructors. I truly wish pharm was a regular lecture class instead of online. I just don't feel I get enough out of online classes but I know there are lots of people who love online. Guess it depends on your learning style...and your instructor :) Overall, it's not a bad class to take online, online just isn't my preference. You should do well as long as you read and do the homework.

Do you want to be a nurse? Honestly, I could give you advice all day long, but really it just boils down to is nursing what you really want to do? If it's a passion/dream or yours then heck yeah go for it. If it's just something your doing because you don't have any other ideas or whatever, then maybe you should think about it some more before you commit time and money into something you'll later regret.

Having children definitely keeps me motivated. I'm hoping that as tough as the world is today, and the struggles I've went through (I was a teen mom for one), they'll see how hard I'm working in school, (hopefully) watch me graduate, and think to themselves that if mom can do it, so can we. However, sometimes having children is a curse :) Some days I think, for me anyway, it would be so much easier to be doing this without children. Uninterrupted study time, no one else to worry about but myself, etc. But I also know my child free friends that are going through NS with me have their own set of struggles so I guess no one is exempt from them. LOL

LOL I'll tell you what. I had a "can I really do this moment" before I even was accepted into the program. And I had been a CNA before and seen pretty much all the really gross stuff. My husband was getting a vasectomy...no blood, nothing gross...and I almost passed out. Oh trust me, I got very concerned about my "nursing wannabe career" right then. I'm sure most of us have those moments.

I just finished my first year of NS and I tell you, it does not matter if you've had previous experience in healthcare or not. Some people that have had experienced fail out and some of the people that have never worked in healthcare are heading to their second year. I've had some experience in the healthcare field...see CNA...and it doesn't help all that much, trust me! I earned my way into the 2nd year...previous experience or no. All that matters is how hard you work at your studies. Work hard and you'll get through.