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  1. How do you juggle nursing school and living by yourself?

    northmississippi replied to Kohai's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    People that try to work more than two days a week usually fail nursing school. Can you make a living just working on the weekend? Nursing school is about 3 times harder than your prereqs. In fact,...

  2. Best study program for NCLEX?

    northmississippi replied to ab197's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What ever program you get, just make sure you are hitting some strategies for answering questions about stuff you never heard of. All of the programs are going to rattle off nursing facts but you...

  3. Nclex was awful

    northmississippi replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I felt like you had passed when you said it was hard, that means you were getting upper level questions maybe. You were also trying to make a 100 on it like you were your school test which made it...

  4. nclex and work

    northmississippi replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    You might could just quit your job two or three weeks before the nclex, then get a better job afterwards and make up for it in no

  5. HELP! Want to go to nursing school , dont know where to start

    northmississippi replied to txbon627's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would take ALL of your prereqs before starting a nursing program, especially have your micobiology out of the way, even if they tell you that you can take it while taking fundamentals. If you are on...

  6. Is it best for the new nurse to start with night shift?

    northmississippi posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is it best for a new nurse who wants to work in medsurg at a hospital to start with the night shift? I would think it would be a slower pace so that you can focus more on how to use the computer and...

  7. Any help/notes on passing med-surg class in nursing school

    northmississippi replied to miriamanne's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think my recording of the lectures help me alot. I could listen to them going to and from school, or just lay in bed listening to them. In your book, the little boxes and charts have good info in...

  8. Helpful Items to Purchase for Nursing School

    northmississippi replied to bitter_betsy's topic in General Students

    my fav items are my voice recorder (get two if you have extra classes like pharm so that you can keep it all separated better), and get one that has a noise reduction feature and a way to slow down...

  9. If we pass nclex in summer of 2018, do we have renew it in december 2018?

    northmississippi posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If a student graduates in May 2018 and passes nclex in july 2018, do they still have to renew their license in December

  10. Living in a RV instead of apartment while travel nursing?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Travel

    I was thinking about trying travel nursing, and i had the idea to get an rv or travel trailer to stay in instead of getting an apartment. If the facility is paying living allowance, that could go...

  11. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

    northmississippi posted a topic in General Students

    do you ever wish you had been a pta or pt instead? fall is coming up and i can't decide on adn/rn or pta. talk to

  12. How hard is chemistry as compared to anatomy class?

    northmississippi posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm thinking about taking chemisty, but how hard is it as compared at anatomy or microbio? Should I take it in the summer? I had a A/B in anatomy and a B in microbio if that helps.

  13. Recording Lectures?

    northmississippi replied to maggie0's topic in General Students

    Recording lecture is a great study tool. you can listen to them while driving to school, laying in bed, fishing, etc... most of my best grades came from when i'd listen to the notes and look at my...

  14. why doesn't the search button on allnurses.com work for me?

    northmississippi posted a topic in General Nursing

    When i try to search for something using the search tab feature, nothing happens except that I go to a page that dont tell about anything. Seems like I used to be able to use it and a list would come...

  15. Nine Month Wait List to retake class

    northmississippi replied to Mrswell's topic in General Students

    It seems that only about 35-40% of students end up with a nursing degree once they start. In all the schools i know of, you have to wait till the class comes back around again, you can't just pick up...

  16. Additional resources for 1st semester success

    northmississippi replied to EdVedder's topic in General Students

    free flashcards you can google for online on whatever your topic for the week is. record your lectures, there is a great little easy to read book called exam cram that i like, its an nclex review...

  17. Can getting one F grade on your gpa ruin your chances into getting into nursing school?

    northmississippi replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Students

    I had a few low grades but I retook some classes so that my preqreq classes would have a high gpa, than i applied to nursing school. Also having a good score on your act/sat will help. Take all the...

  18. Laptop for nursing school

    northmississippi replied to EdVedder's topic in General Students

    I would get one that has a cd/dvd player already in it. I would get a 17 inch also. Other than that, any laptop will work and allow you to look up stuff on the net, download your notes, do ms office,,...

  19. Shoes for nursing school?

    northmississippi replied to marisa.m's topic in General Students

    If you find some you like, get two or three pair because you won't be able to find them again down the

  20. Passing Nclex

    northmississippi replied to Sharlett33's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It sounds like content review may not be your problem. It's too late to learn content and the nursing process two weeks before the nclex. I'll just about bet that most of the questions you had were...

  21. I have 3.8 GPA with 3 Fs and 5 W on my transcript, will nursing schools reject me? :(

    northmississippi replied to SamaraS's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Make sure you have a good score on you act/sat, and have good score on the prereq classes. You may even volunteer at the hospital for some brownie points. You can always go talk to the advisors at the...

  22. Going to be dismissed from BSN program

    northmississippi replied to faith6616's topic in General Students

    Dont give up, at least stay in the healthcare field even if you go into pta program or something because healthcare is where jobs are for new graduates. So what if you have to do another year. Just...

  23. Real books vs ebooks

    northmississippi replied to Polly Peptide's topic in General Students

    I hate ebooks. You can see more information at once with a real book, you can mark on the pages in a real book, people will steal your ipad/laptop but wont steal a nursing book. You get to keep a real...

  24. Should I go back to school?

    northmississippi replied to Butterfliesnroses's topic in Nursing Career

    I would go back if can do it, but you will need to drop down to part time because Rn school is very hard, about three times harder than lpn school. Rn schools usually have about a 65+% fail rate. If...

  25. HELP! Nursing textbooks??

    northmississippi replied to UnknownChild's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    just dont buy it. i never read my books and did just fine, but i'd learn our notes word for word for the