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I took my exam on Thursday, and got the good pop up! Am I the only person that doesn't want to pay for quick results? If I were really worried I might not have passed I'd be more inclined, but I feel pretty confident. I just feel like the whole testi...

I am currently working as a nursing assistant at a hospital affiliated with the university I am earning my BSN from. Many of the new grads that worked as SNAs (student nursing assistants) on this unit have been accepted as nurse residents and seem to...

It is technically not included in my school's curriculum (a recent and controversial change actually), and the nurses at the hospital where I did my first two clinicals seemed to pretty much rely on lab techs for blood draws and the IV team to start ...

We get one day of OR observation during our first year, it's my turn next Tuesday. I think it will be an interesting experience, I've never been in an OR and we get to follow the patient to PACU.

I just heard about taking the LPN NCLEX after the first year of the RN program from another student recently. I don't know if it's very common or encouraged, probably not since this is the first I've heard of it, but if it's an option I think I'll do...

We have white scrub tops with the school logo and "school of nursing" embroidered on them, navy blue scrub pants, and white shoes with some color on them ok. I like the uniforms alright, except I had to get an XL top to fit over my bust and hips and ...

I'm in the beginning of the second semester of my program, and realizing I have no idea what I want to do. I feel like my experience is too limited and there are so many options, many of which I am still completely unaware. I guess I'm hoping to be l...

We just had a librarian come and do an active learning session on research in one of my classes this afternoon. We covered how to search for things on PubMed and CINAHL. Our group made a PICO-style question to research and we'll be making a presentat...

I have Nursing Central on my phone, which includes Davis's Drug Guide. I often use this in clinical and to look up any drugs I don't know as I come across them. It's also useful for reference information when writing up pharm study material. I read q...

I'm finding pharm to be a challenge too, so much info and almost all of it new to me. I just took the second exam of the semester in my pharm class, got an 81. That was the class average, so I shouldn't be so disappointed I guess, but honestly I thin...

Mine could have gone better. There was another student assigned to this pt as well since her case was pretty complicated. Admitted with an anoxic brain injury (following an incident of food aspiration and vomiting), and had a neuro status change (spe...

Thanks everyone for sharing your "brains"! Our instructor wanted us to come up with our own format to use for clinical prep tomorrow, this thread has been a great place to mine ideas. I decided to keep it pretty simple and uncluttered, I'm sure I'll ...

Glad I found a thread on this topic! I just did my first flu shot clinic yesterday, and left pretty confused about the issue of air bubbles for IM injections. We were using pre-filled syringes. Our instructor demonstrated putting the needle on, th...

Like everyone said, I think it will vary a lot depending on the program. While working on my first semester of prereqs I was considering the Accelerated Online Bachelor’s to BSN program at UW-Oshkosh. It's a one-year distance learning program with ...

My organic/bio chem class had a semester long project doing assignments and writing a paper and presentation on one drug. When I was doing my research on lorazepam I came across the Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference guide at the library. I really like...

I've been awarded a scholarship for the next academic year! The letter said donors and sponsors of the scholarship program welcome letters from students. I've never recieved a scholarship before so I'm not too sure what to include in this type of l...

My course used this book, I was lucky enough to be able to borrow it from a friend who had already completed it. I ended up using it more as a reference than anything else, so it probably wouldn't have mattered if I had an older version, I bet the v...

Having a subpar teacher is the pits, you have my sympathy. My micro instructor didn't spend much time on things that wouldn't be on exams/quizzes, but there was a fair amount that we were expected to learn on our own from the text or handouts. I go...

So many people were on the waiting list for online college algebra they decided to open up another section. Score! No 8am class this summer after all. :)

I agree, as long as you're sure the community college credits are acceptable for transfer, the most important thing is to succeed in those courses. I decided to enroll at the local tech college to take my science prereqs about 10 years after graduat...

You are the best judge of what you can handle, so I'd take anything an adviser tells you with a grain of salt. I took micro, A&P 1, and o/bio chem last fall. Total of 14 credits, I had four 2-hour lab periods every week. I don't have any kids ...

I took two semesters of logic back when I got my BA, that's how I got out of taking any math classes. Couldn't run from it forever, taking college algebra this summer. I also have class at 8, but it's at the campus that's a 10 minute walk from my ...

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Yes, Madison. I don't know anything about the hospitals in the Milwaukee area.

Everyone here has given you great advice, it really does depend on your location and the particulars of your situation. I chose to go the BSN route. I had a previous BA, so the difference in the course work I needed to complete before starting the B...