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  1. to buy or not to buy: 1st semester Charity txts

    They are working on changing the curriculum. I'm in NAC 1 and my NAC 1 notes are different from the NAC 1 notes from the semester before. I think that they are starting to do things differently across the board soon. Our class is a "test" class. I he...
  2. Beginning Charity in January - advice wanted

    Pharm is not that hard. I just took Basics and Pharm last semester and Pharm was a breeze. Just listen to what she says in class. That is the important stuff ::hint hint::
  3. Charity School of Nursing- Starting Fall 2010!!

    I just finished my first semester and it was pretty ruff at the end and I know a few people that did not make it. Just keep up with the work. They are changing the format of everything now so I do not know who I would recommend because you will be ge...
  4. anyone hopeing for Charity in Jan '11

    i got in in January of this year and we didn't find out until June or July, (maybe even August) so you still have time. You will know that you got in if you get a big packet in the mail. If you just get a small envelope you probably didn't get in. Th...
  5. Charity School of Nursing- Starting Fall 2010!!

    If you PM me I'll give you some suggestions as far as instructors go, I can't post names on here. The first week is kind of boring because you have to listen to someone from the library and the computer lab guy and all of these people about stuff tha...
  6. Crushing meds?

    that is the kind that they have where we are doing our clinicals. you put the pill in a little pouch before you crush it,i have yet to use it as we start going to clinical this week.
  7. Student loans...how much do you owe?

    originally 50k, but i couldn't decide what wanted to do and that's 7 years of school, now i 'm going back for nursing. i on'y owe 45k now. went to a public university.
  8. School Nursing in Louisiana?

    no i'm sorry. thats all the information that i have
  9. School Nursing in Louisiana?

    my cousin is a school nurse in St Tammany Parish. So i know that it is possible. I know that it is not just for one school, but I don't know if it is for a district, the whole parish or what. I know that she has been a nurse for a while in the hospit...
  10. Nurses who can't spell

    Sometimes I type too fast and miss spell, but I try to correct it. We aren't perfect all the time. I hate the 'U' instead of 'you', etc.
  11. my fiance works at a power plant as an electronic technition. i'm still a student, so not technically a nurse yet. my cousin who is a nurse is married to a nurse.
  12. why must you ask questions in lecture that the instructor went over already? If you would have been paying attention the first time you would have already heard her and she wouldn't have to repeat herself.
  13. What grade is "passing" in your nursing school??

    77, no less
  14. Boyfriend and school?

    I think in any relationship there should be support for each other. I think that you need to reevaluate the relationship. I have been in a long distance relationship for 2 years (we've been dating for 5) we are now engaged. Sometimes it is hard becau...
  15. VENT: school still ruining my life after graduation

    When I graduated with my Bachelor's, not in nursing, I had a similar problem. My school would not confirm my completion of school so they allowed me to prining off of the internet, but i know that nursing is much more of a control feild and you have ...
  16. COBRA insurance between jobs....

    I don't remember them asking me if i had back problems when filling out the private insurance app., but my friend who just had to take anti anxiety meds and had had surgery in the past on her foot her premium increase from the quoted 250 to 315. The ...
  17. COBRA insurance between jobs....

    I just started nursing school and had to quit my job, I had to elect for COBRA coverage. Mine is going to cost about 500 per month, just for me, but the rep said that they will offer me other options. I don't have the option of private insurance beca...
  18. Good TEAS score?

    I'm going to Charity and I had all of my pre reqs except the sciences and math so because of when you have to apply I think I was taking them at the time. I found out at the last minute that you have to apply pretty much a year in advance. (I took th...
  19. Good TEAS score?

    i think the book was the same one, it wasn't one that the school made, it was made by the company that makes the test. i made like a 75% i think. i also took the online test too for practice, i did worse online that than the actual day of the test.
  20. Good TEAS score?

    studying the study guide from the book store really only helped me for the math equations. the science portion i had was about geology, some based around experiments and they had one a&p question about the pancreas and insulin. The english is str...
  21. Charity Class starting in Spring 2010

    I will also be starting in January. I am waiting to get my Hep B titer after Sept 11 to turn in my paper work. I haven't gotten my orientation information in the mail yet, but I do believe it is around October.
  22. What TEAS score does your school require?

    70. Only two attempts, with a 6 month gap.
  23. Age you will/were graduated?

    I should be 30 1/2. I've been in school all but a semester or 2 since i was 18. I'm more dedicated to this than I was my first major. I am going to be taking a break between my ADN and BSN.... I'll need it.
  24. Students not working while going to school....

    i don't start until january but i have been saving and plan on living off of that while in school and working during the summer. i also have a 401k that i can take out of for last ditch emergency...... but that is only last choice. loans... i have en...
  25. Any TEAS-RN Study groups?

    I have a degree already, so my gpa there was a 2.0 (i didn't have any sciences and almost 200 credit hours) and my gpa at dcc was/is 3.2. Id you go to dcc's website they have the points system they use to decide who gets in. it has changed since i ap...