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  1. Nursing school is too easy!

    metricalpound replied to Maghunter's topic in General Students

    My nursing school is the same exact way - 100% NCLEX pass rate for three years straight. The rumor is that each class starts with 100-110 students and by the time the students get their RN - there...

  2. to nurse or not to nurse?

    metricalpound replied to esrun2012's topic in General Nursing

    If you just want stability - don't go into nursing. I'm in my first Nursing class and there are students that literally hate what they are doing in clinicals but they stick with it because Nursing...

  3. what kind of nursing specialty do you want and why? :)

    metricalpound replied to sophie<3's topic in General Students

    I want to try to get into ED, ICC, CCU or hospice care. But first I got to work on graduating and making sure that I understand everything that I am being taught so that I can help people in the...

  4. Nursing Diagnosis---how to make one and when?

    metricalpound replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Students

    I got a test on this on Tuesday so let's see if I can help while reinforcing what I learned. A nursing diagnosis attempts to explain symptoms manifested by the Pt. while the medical diagnosis explains...

  5. Classmate making me feel uncomfortable.

    metricalpound replied to agua's topic in General Students

    I agree with Dudette. You should have mentioned something right there after he said it showing that you were uncomfortable with what he said. I'm a guy and in my lecture class some other guy made a...

  6. As if nursing isn't hard enough, this comment appeared in a local newpaper by "none"

    metricalpound replied to latebloomernurse's topic in General Nursing

    NY state teachers need their MS in Education before they have 5 years in teaching. I know because I'm a few credits shy from my MS in Education, I'm from NY and I was going to be a teacher. It's...

  7. Blood Pressure Blues

    metricalpound posted a topic in General Students

    Hi - so I started the Nursing program that I'm in August 26th. We just learned how to take blood pressure today and I'm absolutely horrible at it - I thought I had trouble with radial pulses but this...

  8. Becoming A LPN While In RN Program

    metricalpound replied to Ccutie515's topic in General Students

    Doesn't it depend on the state? I heard in NY that I can't take the LPN boards even though I finished one year of RN classes....but I may have been

  9. Failed nursing first time, no CUNY would take me back. What to do next?

    metricalpound replied to Lerochka's topic in New York Nursing

    I'm in the first semester @ CSI's nursing program and have been putting off studying Medical Dosage (we only had one class); but I think after reading this, I'm going to spend a few hours studying it...

  10. usually, how long into the program do clinicals start?

    metricalpound replied to uglybetty1's topic in General Students

    I think it depends on the school - I'm in a Associates degree program and my clinical started on the second day of

  11. Had my 1st interview, How do you control your nerves?

    metricalpound replied to wishNhopeNdreamN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I haven't been on a Nursing interview (I'm in my first year of school) but I've been on plenty of job interviews from clerical work to teaching jobs to supermarket store clerks. The first thing that...

  12. First week of school! :-)

    metricalpound replied to CrazziiRN913's topic in General Students

    On Thursday I had my first Nursing class - it was a Nursing Lab class. We learned about hand washing; donning on ourmask, gloves and gown; and therapeutic communication. On Friday was my first...

  13. Do you actually READ your nursing books or just skim?

    metricalpound replied to starmickey03's topic in General Students

    I read the chapters with a highlighter to mark anything that seems important. Then every once in a while - I skim the chapters, focusing mostly on the highlighted texts. You would not believe how...

  14. NLN-RN Pre-entrance exam...Did I get a good study guide??

    metricalpound replied to affffraidofamericans's topic in General Students

    I took the NLN in April and, for me, Math was the hardest part - I still haven't met a person who actually fnished the math section without guessing a few or so at the end due to time constraints. I...

  15. What do you eat at 5am for breakfast?

    metricalpound replied to sandyfeet's topic in General Students

    I started classes and clincal too this week - waking up 5:30 in the morning though! I'm a morning person - I like to have bigger breakfasts and smaller lunches. So for breakfast I like to have two...

  16. Should I become a Nurse at 30?

    metricalpound replied to flyfish108's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, man! I'm happy to hear that your son and your wife came out alright! I'm 30, male but with no children or spouse - started out in education; the field turned really sour in 2009 and I moved into...

  17. pre reqs difficulty

    metricalpound replied to JonB04's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's all depends on your school, your professor, how you learn and what you already know. For most of my pre-reqs, I didn't really put too much time into it (An English Class, a Psych class, an...

  18. Conversation starter...what are your nursing career goals?

    metricalpound replied to EatLoveNurse's topic in General Students

    First I want my RN. Secondly I want a job in ED, ICU, CCU, Med Surg, or Hospice Care. Third as I work as a RN, I want to go for my BSN. Fourth, I want to get my MSN as a Clinical Nurse Specialist....

  19. Easy and Fast Meals

    metricalpound replied to yesitslaura's topic in General Students

    This recipe takes a while to make but it last for about 5 days, can fill a person up quickly and can just be popped into the microwave right out of the fridge and still taste as great as originally...

  20. Advice for NLN (Only in 1st semester of Pre-reqs)

    metricalpound replied to whitneyLOL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Buy a NLN study exam book and start studying when you are not studying for your classes. It's nice to know you weaknesses and strengths beforehand. I knew before I started studying that I didn't...

  21. Drug Testing

    metricalpound replied to Future O.R. Nurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My bf got a false positive for pcp recently for a drug test but none of the presecription drugs that he does take showed up - this test was also for his nursing school. What probably happened is that...

  22. what did you need your 1st day

    metricalpound replied to JonB04's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I brought only my textbooks and annotated the pages of my books with any notes from

  23. is there a problem with men going into nursing.

    metricalpound replied to JonB04's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I hear that some hospitals prefer that male nurses have another person in the room with them esp. when doing procedures that are intimate. It's a way to protect the hospital and their staff. It's...

  24. Nursing School Jitters

    metricalpound replied to 2bnurseskip's topic in General Students

    I start the 26th and I'm so nervous it's not even funny. I worked my butt to get here and I keep on checking with my school to make sure that they don't accidentally drop me from any of my classes....

  25. GPA

    metricalpound replied to JonB04's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It not only depends on the school but it also depends on other applicants' GPA and whatever test your nursing school uses. For my school, which has a very competitive program, I had a 3.7 GPA but I...