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  1. Have you made good friends while in Nursing School?

    I have people that I talk to and work with frequently, and who I enjoy being around. In general I like many of my classmates and we get along well. However, I would not say I have made any friends....
  2. The Hidden Costs of Nursing School

    I regularly shop at Goodwill and have found some great deals. One of the biggest things I did to save money was to check local libraries for textbooks. Also, my school's library has funds each...
  3. The Hidden Costs of Nursing School

    Thank you for the tips but I am also a frugal person, however I have very little and my school required all of the above to be purchased, including the skills bag =/ I didn't go to Gucchi or w/e and...
  4. Good at Theory, Trouble with Clinical/Lab

    If you are having anxiety issues please try to get on medications if you aren't already. That solved my
  5. I was just for anybody who has gotten a summer internship ... How many places did you apply? How many interviews did you get? How many offers? Also any advice for a person trying for internships would...
  6. I have been applying to internships and have been offered two interviews. I know how competitive these are. I atttended one interview successfully but I am not prepared for the next (there is very...
  7. No She/he Did Not!!!

    Lol!! How embarrassing!! I have another chapel-story: No she did not ... hearing impaired, elderly confused woman during silent prayer time yells out, voice booming everywhere, "Well nothing much...
  8. Is it just me or......

    Nursing school is definitely challenging, but not impossible. I worried and worried and got all worked up and I ended up doing well in the end, and in retrospect nothing was as hard as it seemed. I...
  9. Thanks for all the advice! I decided to accept the interview and it turns out that I ended up finding two great references at the last minute. Wish me
  10. CNA personalities ... revisited

    Omg I can see myself in these and my coworkers. I work with a "Hysterical One" and while it sucks when I'm working, it's funny to think about it now!! We also have a few
  11. I guess one person will write a reference for me but I'm scrambling to find a second person. Do you still think I should go regardless of whether I have both of my references or won't that do more...
  12. Fastest way to learn spanish?

    Do you think you could audit college
  13. Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

    Can anyone find demographics of smokers? I'm willing to bet that they tend to be from disadvantaged backgrounds and have less education. Perhaps including smoking bans we need to improve people's...
  14. Smokers in Nursing School--How Are You Treated?

    Actually I think that alcohol and obesity DO affect others, but in much more insidious ways. My father was an alcoholic and abused my family, with both violence and words. Has alcohol affected our...
  15. How do you stay sexy in nursing school

    This is so true, lol. Scrubs are made x8 sizes too big and are not made for petite folks. I have a few that fit nicely but I have one size "small" that look like clown pants (another person could...
  16. Any plans for winter break?

    I am working 3-11:30's and whatever other shifts I can get. Also relaxing with the bf and eventually getting back into working
  17. Lazy Coworkers

    Last night I was running around after supper trying to get a combative resident to her bath, when one of my residents told me she had to go to the bathroom. I asked my coworker to assist this resident...
  18. Peri care vent

    Pericare? What's that? Including myself probably only 3/10 CNA's on my unit seem to understand what pericare
  19. Agreed. I definitly need to find ways to ways to destress. However it may be easier because instead of 4 classes I am only taking 2 at a time. I will take notes on what I'm reading as I read it...
  20. For me, when I was Pre-Med I attended a lot of places where they said that it was going to be the hardest thing of our lives. I think the thing with Med School is that the admissions process is...
  21. Hey, I have a related question -- I've heard in some places you can take the LPN version of the NCLEX after the first year of nursing school is finished. Is this true? And what states allow
  22. I worked Saturday and Sunday 3:00-11:30 and also tutored 8 hours during the week, and I have a 4.0. But I'm used to working a lot more during school, I had no life, and I was constantly in a frenzy to...
  23. I have three A's in my nursing classes and hoping for another A in my human nutrition class this afternoon. I passed pathophysiology with a perfect score, didn't miss a single point in that
  24. Amount of debt upon graduation?

    Trust me, with my 60k I know what I've gotten myself into. You are all very lucky and very fortunate to have made the sacrafices or been knowledgable enough to not take on so much debt. For me, I was...
  25. Amount of debt upon graduation?

    me, i'll be in about 60k total from ns and a previous unfinished degree. wanna trade i also plan on living the exact same lifestyle and driving my 1995 sedan until it finally dies and i'm forced to...