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I'm pretty non-traditional too (50 - 2nd degree/career, etc.) and would be happy to answer the survey questions.

I just got my patient assignment for in the morning. I need to write up a clinical prep with the patients diagnosis, a brief discussion of it (disease process, S/S, causes, possible complications, etc.) - a definition of the current surgery (if appli...

There's also a couple smaller places in the area: Doctors Hospital in Springfield - Skaggs in Branson & CMH in Bolivar (both towns are about 30 minutes out of Springfield). As a student in the St. Johns program (May 2011), I'm a lot more familar...

I just need to share this with someone (or several someones) who will understand. Earlier this semester, I decided to blow off a small, 5 point pharmacology assignment because I was feeling a bit crunched for time. I figured 5 points aren't going to ...

I could really use some help. I'm a first semester student & we're been assigned a case study (from the Evolve website - based on the Ackley Nursing Diagnosis Handbook). Outside of a mention of the nursing process during the 2nd weeks lecture in ...

Daytonite (and all), Thanks again for your responses. Based on the requirements for the assignment, I felt that impaired urinary elimination was too broad a diagnosis. I did speculate on possible causes, but again, since we were limited to the data p...

Thanks for the reply. I went with idopathic causes since there wasn't any information in the data provided to suggest any concrete reason/cause. My brain has been at th epint of Information Saturation for a while now - but there's 2 weeks left in the...

We were visiting a good friend of ours, a pastor, who came down with alll the S/S of a terrible head cold on Saturday night. He decided to "medicate" himself with a dose of Nyquil and preach his Sunday morning sermon anyway. AT the appropriate time,...

Hi! I'm a "second career" first semester student in the Springfield area. I'm originally from Chicago, but have lived here in SWMo for close to 30 years - so this is definitely "home" to me now. Nice to meet you all! Marji

Yeah - the "Nursing School Diet and Exercise Program" is not the best way to loose weight - in fact, I put ON almost 10 pounds just doing my pre-req classes. Mi Vida offered some really great advice about packing lunch and healthy snacks. I'd also a...

Honestly, I can't think of anything that would be worth sacrificing my moral convictions. Really good programs will be still be there when the timing is better. Millions of others have found jobs and passed the NCLEX even without a "guarantee" - and ...

Math, especially clinical calculations, will be with you all the way through nursing school, the NCLEX and beyond. For those who are "math challenged" there's a great book available "Clinical Calculations Made Easy" that walks you through learning ho...

while i am still a student (first semester actually) i have worked for several years as a disability advocate & ltc ombudsman. i have several friends & clients who are either hoh, deaf or deaf, and have presented workshops and in services on ...

I had my first skills return today: PO med administration, IM, ID, SubQ injections and IV insertions. I managed to pass the IV insertion skill, even though my clinical partner has the smallest, deepest veins I (or my clinical instructor for that matt...

Cheap (err - inexpensive) is good. There's a place near my house that sells used sets, the Springfield craigslist has a bunch for sale and there's 2 or 3 shops in town where you can get new ones, along with good ol' Wally World and Dollar General. Yo...

You're very welcome. Holler at me if you have any questions. I've been around Springfield for a long time now :loveya:

I think the real question is "has anyone else NOT felt this way?" My biggest advise (and I'm talking to myself as much as anyone) is slow down and give yourself time to think. You'll be surprised at how much you recall. Remember, we've made it this f...

I'm 49 and in my first semester, along with several others that are older-than-average students. Like Matilda 123 said, "it doesn't matter how old you are, it matters how you intend to live your life." We're going to age regardless - so the question ...

I actually had to retake almost every one of my science gen-eds and decided to get them out of the way before I started the program. BEST decision I ever made, because the requirements for the core nursing courses come over you like a flood - (in oth...

We have to remember too, that our Nursing Instructors were all once nursing students. They know that "life" has a way of changing our plans mid-stride at times and it will speak volumes for your character and committment if you go to them for advise....

I totally agree with Daytonite here. This is going to be one of those "critical conversations" they tell us about in Fundamentals, but it really is critical that you let the "powers that be" know what is going on - not only for your sake, but for the...

I am SOOOO "feeling ya" here. I don't think you're being thinned-skinned (although I do think we'll all develop a thicker hide as we progress through our programs) - I think you're being realistic. It IS "gonna be a struggle just to make it" but real...

I had to laugh at the "challenge just figuring what was due for what class" part. That has been the main - if not only - source of stress as I begin this journey toward "RNdom" Seems like there's a new assignment posted every day in one or the other ...

Welcome to the neighborhood! I'm a nursing student with the St. Johns program, so I'm doing my clinicals there. I actually choose this particular program because of the "high standards" klr24371 talked about. Springfield is full of apartments, church...