JC_Smith2009

JC_Smith2009

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  1. So Frustrated with school and the admissions. Please help!!

    JC_Smith2009 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi everyone, I have to vent. I been studying my butt off for a couple of years now and I dropped chem twice, because I was going to get a C in it. Well come to find out at my school if you retake a...

  2. So Frustrated with school and the admissions. Please help!!

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I sent you a message with my e-mail, so feel free to email me or chat anytime. Have a great day and thanks for the tips. I appreciate it alot. Do well in school !! :) Good

  3. So Frustrated with school and the admissions. Please help!!

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    in g Thanks I appreciate that. I had to run get something to eat. I dont even know how to get cert for pct or i would do that now. Ill check it out, I am working in a business/corporate environment,...

  4. So Frustrated with school and the admissions. Please help!!

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thanks I appreciate it. I added you as a contact/friend. I wanted to ask you, are you able to still work full time, part time, or not at all while being in tcc's nursing program? Just curious for...

  5. So Frustrated with school and the admissions. Please help!!

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am taking **********. It takes a special person to understand him, but we get along well. Me and this other girl were among his favorites in his last class so I would like to keep it that way :). I...

  6. So Frustrated with school and the admissions. Please help!!

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    YES!!! How did you know?? Which school have you applied

  7. So Frustrated with school and the admissions. Please help!!

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh Please, I am not mad. I was just frustrated this morning. I am over it. I appreciate your well wishes, and same to you. I was wrong for some of the things I mentioned to you, and I do see your...

  8. So Frustrated with school and the admissions. Please help!!

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was doing great in chem until the second half of the semester and I fell ill with strep, so I was down for a good two weeks, and had other issues going on, then things went down hill. I managed to...

  9. So Frustrated with school and the admissions. Please help!!

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It is sad to see that people are so quick to place blame or cause for someones inability to do something without even knowing the original problem. Your an NP you should be more understanding. I want...

  10. So Frustrated with school and the admissions. Please help!!

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thank you. I appreciate the feedback. It just gets so frustrating dealing with the admissions process. I only have three classes to go before applying, Micro, Chem, AP II. So I am almost there. I will...

  11. Why is nursing such a horrible job?

    JC_Smith2009 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I personally feel that nurses in general should be paid more. If you think about it there is an extreme danger to our licenses and nurses spend the majority of the time catching some errors the...

  12. When it is mentioned about acute care, that does that entail of the ICU?

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you very much, this site offers me lots of helpful advice with questions that I have. Its great to have a helping hand in all of this. Thank you everyone and have a happy New Year :) Be

  13. When it is mentioned about acute care, that does that entail of the ICU?

    JC_Smith2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am curious to know, when it is mentioned about acute care, that does that entail of the ICU? Just curious, I am learning new things everyday and not yet an rn, but just trying to learn about...

  14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    JC_Smith2009 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I also have a story, not sure how spooky it is, but it will raise your faith alot. I am not a nurse yet but my father about 3 years ago was admitted to the ER then to the ICU due to a sever car crash....

  15. Passed Nclex Pn on the second try!! Please read this if you feel like giving up!

    JC_Smith2009 replied to jSIRRCASS's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am extremely happy for you, thats wonderful new, especially for the New Year. You worked your butt off during school and studied and yes life happens. I firmly believe that everything happens for a...

  16. If it's such a horrible job, why not quit?

    JC_Smith2009 replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just a question that I want to throw out there. If nursing per say is bad, arent there other areas that are less stressful such as NP, or CRNA, or something like that? I am just curious. Thanks...

  17. If it's such a horrible job, why not quit?

    JC_Smith2009 replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    I do see how some are frustrated and want to quit, but they are forced to stay in the profession because they feel they put so much time and effort into education, or they feel they are not good at...

  18. Me becoming an RN

    JC_Smith2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am right now currently finishing up my prereq's and then off to nursing school. I have spent years working in business and large corporate businesses, and after reading many comments that other...

  19. When it is mentioned about acute care, that does that entail of the ICU?

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate the feedback. I look forward to becoming a nurse. Just taking each day as it comes and learning as much as I can through people on this site and educating myself as much as I can in...

  20. BURNT OUT!!

    JC_Smith2009 replied to GeminiRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    Well the probabilities of all those things happening to you are most likely true. But sometimes that is part of nursing. When you are in doubt, look down inside yourself and find the initial reason...

  21. When Previewing Pre Nursing Students For Admission Into Nursing School

    JC_Smith2009 replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    RB2000 is absolutely correct. The fact that you are trying and giving it all you got is what matters. There will be future chances to change things so learn from what you went through and carry it...

  22. When it is mentioned about acute care, that does that entail of the ICU?

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in General Nursing

    So I am assuming that to work in acute care I would need my bsn, which includes more in depth

  23. When it is mentioned about acute care, that does that entail of the ICU?

    JC_Smith2009 replied to JC_Smith2009's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, I appreciate it. I have two options I can get my adn through my local community college which is well cheaper than the university, or I can wait and after I get plenty of credit hours I can...

  24. Nursing and Prescription Authority

    JC_Smith2009 replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    Your welcome, I know this because I was a pharmacy technician for a little while and we must know the boundaries in which to not ever advise patients on what drugs they should take. That is for the...

  25. Why is nursing such a horrible job?

    JC_Smith2009 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    There is a possibility that nurses are less respected but hold an extremely important value to the industry. There is also a shortage of