johnnrachel

Hi, Im from a south suburb of chicago currently in the nursing program at Moraine Valley. Good Luck on your journey :)

Just to let you know.... I never, never buy the newest edition of the textbooks required. I am currently in my health assessment class and I paid $10 for my book while everyone else paid $80. My book is the "older" edition and it is the same friggi...

My advice is simple, Keep reading these posts at allnurses. This is my support and has helped me more than anything. We are all here to help each other. When you have a problem post a thread. Thanks again to everyone for such a great support sy...

Our pharm teacher this semester advised us to read before going to bed because the brain processes long term memory items during rem sleep :zzzzz I found this interesting and since then I have tried to read my note cards before going to sleep. Tim...

I just want to share with everyone that I recently purchased a Littmann Cardiology III from allheart.com and received it today!!!!! :balloons: It came in less than 2 weeks and I saved a TON of $$. I called Life Uniform in my area and the same steth w...

I swear by taping the lectures, however, I use the small recorder that I bought at Best Buy (around $30.00) Target also has them. I listen to the lecture, rewrite my notes and then re-record on the tapes. This way you dont have to solely concentra...

Youve sold me. Im ordering my Cardiology II tommorrow :rotfl: I would welcome any one more input on this steth discussion. It really is a hard choice. They are so gosh darn expensive. Dont laugh, but the one I have now is the LIttmann Select (r...

Im really thinking of buying the Cardiology III. Can you tell me if your really happy with it??? I know it is a lot of $$ but if it is worth it I dont mind spending the $$. I now have a Littmann Select and from all these posts the Cardiology III ...

Hi Congratulations on starting. I just completed my first semester and I went through 3 drug guides before I settled on Davis. As far as the medical dictionary I SWEAR by Mosby that you listed. It is like an encyclopedia and there were times wh...

Hi Congratulations on starting. I just completed my first semester and I went through 3 drug guides before I settled on Davis. As far as the medical dictionary I SWEAR by Mosby that you listed. It is like an encyclopedia and there were times wh...

Can I ask you how you liked the Kaplan review???? I posted a thread on the graduate nurse site. Im trying to survey graduates to see if Kaplan is really worth it. Any advice is helpful. Thanks and Good Luck :)

Hi, Im a nursing student who frequents this site daily. I was just wondering how many graduates used the Kaplan review and was it beneficial??? Im sure this information will help a lot of future graduates. Good Luck to all and thanks for all the i...

Thanks for all the input, Im sure that you helped a lot of people

I just have to say Congratulations!!!!!!!! I am a first semester nursing student (36yrs old) and I have followed a few of your posts. Good luck in your career and I want you to know it is because of ALL of you graduates that keep giving us nursin...

Just a quick question for all you experts: Im starting my psych clinical rotation in nursing. I was wondering, (I just completed one of my med surg clinicals) I used a couple of good care plan books, however, I dont think they are going to help me...

I have just completed my first semester of nursing at our community college. (one of four) There have been recent rumblings that our school is on "the watch list" I have searched the internet HIGH and LOW for an article, a survey, anything with reg...

I have seen this site, I thought the thread was talking about a site OFF of all nurses, like a web site that will tell you detailed info about your school.. I have searched High and Low and can not find info about my school. (nclex pass rate, retent...

Please share: What is the site. No I havent learned this yet either :)

:) Just want to say I LOVE the new format. At first when I entered the site I panicked, could not find the Student Forum, as I scrolled down I learned that it is now in different catagories. Thanks allnurses for a great idea :rotfl:

I attend a community college and just completed my first semester (17 weeks) We started out with 50 and are down to 31. Most failed, some left for personal reasons. This is kind of frightening considering we have 3 more semesters to go. I will jus...

I have bought prior editions and compared them to the NEWER, Much MORE COSTLY ones my fellow students have bought and most of the time there is really no significant difference. The main difference is that you have to search a little for the require...

This site is great for help with the dreaded APA formatted papers we have to write. Thanks and I hope it helps everyone else as well. Good Luck

Hi, The only classes I took online were the English, Math, etc. my school did not offer the sciences online. I took the sciences at night. I will say that once you get into nursing it is FULL TIME, plus!!!!!!!! This is why I planned to be in the ...

I started pre-req's five years ago. I have three children at the time I started school they were two, three and eight years old. It has taken me that long to finish pre-reqs taking them at night, online, etc. Now I have just completed my 1st seme...

:) Thank you so much this is a great site. Any help is greatly appreciated. We are all here to help each other. Thanks again. :rotfl: