Streamline2010

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1. I passed my first semester of nursing school!

   Streamline2010 replied to mrsnurse2014's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   Congratulations! Keep up the hard work, LOL. I have a friend who is now a M.D. When he got to the end of his rope and went crying to his counselor that he was so exhausted and didn't even have...

2. How Old is "to old" to START a nursing education?

   Streamline2010 replied to Greenlee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I was 52 when I started, with 2 college degrees and a 20-year career behind me. I elected to drop out of RN school because nursing wasn't for me. The one and ONLY "physical demand" that gave me any...

3. Human Growth and Development

   Streamline2010 replied to TexRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Nursing classes will always refer back to the various theories of development, over and over. Practically every clinical assessment and care plan I did in N II and N III asked me to determine what...

4. couldn't wait for ADN acceptance, now kind of terrified

   Streamline2010 replied to breanna91's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   If you get in there and work, work, work, you should do fine! :-) Nursing I is kind of a catch-all course. The "kitchen sink." LOL It's a hogepodge of seemingly unrelated topics, but it's...

5. Help With Physiological and Psychosocial Nursing Diagnosis

   Streamline2010 replied to Joni's Mom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Nursing process is a roadmap for determining patient's needs and then planning, administering care, then evaluating whether or not it achieved the goal. As a nurse, you can't just do something because...

6. Heads up to all new nursing students:

   Streamline2010 replied to Nursing2102's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I had the opposite experience: Started nursing school thrilled, excited, deadly serious about succeeding, willing to do it day and night or whatever it takes, striving for perfection. And...

7. ABSN students with a bad work ethic

   Streamline2010 replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in General Students

   I've talked to a lot of older adults who are back in school. This "team building" stuff is the current educational fad in many degrees now. The older students say that generally the division of...

8. Out of town clinical sites?

   Streamline2010 replied to sjalv's topic in General Students

   I think that the associate degree program at Butler, PA community college sends students from Butler to Kittanning (20-25 miles one way) and Franklin (50 miles one way), PA, and some other places....

9. Older workers that are new grad nurses, please explain.

   Streamline2010 replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   How does it bring maturity: Come back and answer that after you've worked 10 years or more and have paid off loans, and have changed and upgraded your skills to stay current in your field, and/or...

10. Older workers that are new grad nurses, please explain.

    Streamline2010 replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    In the business world, a long-range plan is 5 years nowadays. Presuming that any one person will reside 40 years in the same region, let alone work 40 years for a single employer, is sheer...

11. Finished Pre-Nursing, Need help on ADN or BSN??

    Streamline2010 replied to zawadi33's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Microbiology was required for every associate degree and diploma nursing program that I looked at. (Pennsylvania still has diploma schools, and they require just as much if not more college than...

12. So confused on how to get into a nursing program

    Streamline2010 replied to MetroMom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing schools can have different admissions and prerequisite requirements. The math you need is really not full college algebra, but the college or university might require college algebra. Some...

13. Opening for BSN programs

    Streamline2010 replied to TexRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The schools that I applied to: One had a rule that if you got 80 or better on their preadmission test and you wanted in, you're in. First come, first served, no points ranking. They filled the...

14. It's been 5 yrs since I've taken pre-requisite courses, should I retake them?

    Streamline2010 replied to cmalabay's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How will they handle a student who took, say, A&P I, then took it again, but those credits are all over 5 years old now? There has to be a third time to get fresh credits, if they are standing...

15. ADN BSN

    Streamline2010 replied to TexRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most hospitals have a plan to have all nurses be BSRN by some date and have given current employees a deadline by which they must get the BSRN. Some have officially stated that they quit hiring...