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  1. NCLEX study guide score...is it predictive?

    Despareux posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    ]A question for anyone who has used NCLEX study guides and has taken the NCLEX. Do you feel the study guide questions are a close prediction of how good one would do on the actual NCLEX exam? Why...

  2. What is the passing score for your school?

    Despareux replied to KaylaRN2013's topic in General Students

    Wow! I thought our 84% was high. Never heard of a standard as high as 86%. I think more than half of our class would be gone if that were the

  3. Any mothers who are nursing students? How hard is it to balance the two?

    Despareux replied to christina94's topic in General Students

    Three kids and a husband who works the afternoon shift. I was a working single mom for 7'ish years with my first child and my current situation feels eerily similar. I'm in an accelerated program....

  4. Apathy in nurses and students

    Despareux replied to freki's topic in General Students

    Sounds like you have a really great support system that affords you the time to do outside activities. Good for you and consider yourself

  5. RN/full time firefighter

    Despareux replied to bkool's topic in General Students

    Sounds like an exciting career path. Maybe you could be a flight nurse who work with national forests--if there's even such a thing. Sorry I'm not much

  6. Thinking of leaving the program...

    Despareux replied to nursegc's topic in General Students

    Oops, I have 3 quarters completed and now entering my

  7. Thinking of leaving the program...

    Despareux replied to nursegc's topic in General Students

    I think about giving up every quarter. Actually, prior to starting this quarter, I wasn't going to return. But I decided to return :). Nursing school has been one of the most difficult things I have...

  8. UGH! I Hate Psychiatric Nursing ....

    Despareux replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Students

    Love it so far. There is such a strong mind-body connection to health; if you throw in some peds, then I've found my

  9. autobiography for nursing program! please help!

    Despareux replied to mustlovemars's topic in General Students

    You can take one incident in your life and make it an interesting autobiography. But you have many that you could use. Write about your insights regarding your experiences that had a tremendous...

  10. Are all nursing schools really competitive to get into?

    Despareux replied to kelkel587's topic in General Students

    I love being a part of those higher standards. Seems many schools who used to have wait-lists are trending toward a more competitive route; including some for-profit

  11. Vaccination Waiver Please Help Quick!!

    Despareux replied to HHagedorn's topic in General Students

    To the OP, I don't know if you're aware of the rules that apply to having an immunization waiver. In Michigan, when you sign a waiver and if there is one person in your facility (school or place of...

  12. Do you actually read the assigned reading?

    Despareux replied to windmill182's topic in General Students

    Depends. If there's something I don't understand during lecture, then I go back and read about it. I may skim the informational boxes, read the outcomes at the beginning of each chapter, and then...

  13. Petition to forgive student loan debt!

    Despareux replied to Devie06's topic in General Students

    I believe the majority of us get that. Nothing wrong with daydreaming a bit. Geesh, lighten

  14. Why your school pushes Kaplan and do you need it for NCLEX?

    Despareux replied to KATRN78's topic in General Students

    The entire course is $500 and every quarter we make a payment on it. The Kaplan is used at the end of each quarter to show where we stand nationally. It is also used as part of our final exam grade...

  15. How many credits will you have toward your degree?

    Despareux posted a topic in General Students

    I'm amazed at the differences between college requirements and thought it would be interesting to see those differences. I attend a community college and by the time I graduate I will have 112...

  16. Petition to forgive student loan debt!

    Despareux replied to Devie06's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't mind volunteering for free for many years in lieu of student loan forgiveness. But I wouldn't be willing to give up a regular pay--actually, it would all depend on if the salary cut is...

  17. How many credits will you have toward your degree?

    Despareux replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

    Sounds

  18. Ob rotation

    Despareux replied to CrazziiRN913's topic in General Students

    I admit, I was pretty cocky going in to OB, especially since I have 3 kids and have been pregnant 6 times. I thought for sure OB was going to be easy breezy. Boy was I ever wrong. OB was simply an...

  19. Am I the only one?

    Despareux replied to bug2621's topic in General Students

    Despised fundamentals--so far, that was the worst quarter yet. But, I made it through. Finished 3 quarters and only have 2 to go. It does get

  20. PERRLA, is it worth it?

    Despareux replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Students

    Not worth it. We write so many papers, following APA has become second nature. You still have to type in your information into a database so that it can format it for you. Why don't you just copy...

  21. What is the passing score for your school?

    Despareux replied to KaylaRN2013's topic in General Students

    I think 80% is fair, too. Even to apply, we can't have any classes that were below 84% or B-, which I think is fine for prerequisites, but for the actual program, 80% would do just

  22. HELP...I don't feel like I'm retaining any information...

    Despareux replied to MarciaBrady's topic in General Students

    Drawing out concepts and taking breaks are crucial to retain information--for me, that is. When I come across a challenging subject, I will read the sentence, define each word in the sentence,...

  23. What is the passing score for your school?

    Despareux replied to KaylaRN2013's topic in General Students

    84% is considered eligible to move to the next quarter. They used to round up 83.5% to an 84%, but they changed that this year; an 83.5% is now considered an 83% and nothing

  24. Baker College Kaplan Test... help?

    Despareux replied to ang829's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I did not use a study guide. I reviewed basic math skills and looked over my A&P powerpoints. There are about 20 or questions for A&P. Because there is so much information to know about...

  25. Baker College Kaplan Test... help?

    Despareux replied to ang829's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Math, reading comprehension, grammar skills, and A&P are what's covered on the Kaplan. I found the A&P portion so random. Some of the questions were things I would not have put much emphasis...