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we learned how to do IV's on the dummy arms at the end of our first semester. we got to do IV's on real patients staring at the beginning of our second semester.

depends on the location/unit. here in jacksonville, the children's hospital is leaning towards only BSNs. L&D, NICU, they're leaning in that direction also. but the adult hospitals hire everyone. BSN or associates, we all have to pass the same bo...

December 12th!!!!

move up to jacksonville. in my hospital you get 11 bucks if you're full time or part time. if you're prn you get 14.

i'm not really sure. they have a different points award system. I know I had 202 points from my grades and from taking the NAT. (kind of like the TEAS, except much easier!) but i remember they gave credit for having completed an english class, and an...

i am against cheating. in nursing school, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourself. my question though is did you talk to your friend first? or did you just go straight to the dean? i work in a hospital as a tech and i'm trying to get interview...

I didn't use a book to study for that. I felt the science section was very relevant to nursing prereqs. I had just finished a&p 2 when i took it, and saw A LOT of that on it. chemistry too, but basic stuff. the math section is basic and the engl...

I hated psych. we put puzzles together with the patients. it was 12 hours of boredom. Just remember not every pysch patient is a violent psychopath. There are all different kind of psych units out there. Some people are just extremely depressed and ...

I think pharm was my easiest class of nursing school because it was mostly memorization flash cards for the win!

Are you going to carry 5 textbooks with you at once? If yes, then I'd go for rolling so you don't break your back. But I never brought my textbooks to class and I only studied for one subject at a time, so an over the shoulder bag worked fine for me.

are you thinking about leaving the area? you could apply to UCF, UF, FSU. i went to UNF from 2008 right after high school until last summer. I applied to their nursing program after doing all the prereqs, but wasn't accepted. I also applied to FSCJ ...

if you want to get your masters, then sure obviously you need a BSN. but if you want to work on the floor, an ADN is sufficient and sometimes better. my friends at the university complain that they don't get as much clinical experience as i do. they...

this is really sad. I'm an ACP (like a CNA) in florida and I make 14.90. RNs deserve way more than 15 bucks an hour.

I think it just depends where you are. I live in florida, and i'm graduating from an ADN program in december. I work at a magnet hospital as an ACP, and my manager said he hires majority of ACP's on (from ADN program) after they graduate. I've met m...

not sure if anyone said this yet, but... MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOUR FELLOW NURSING STUDENTS!! a lot of people have this attitude like "i'm not here to make friends, i'm here to become a nurse!" nursing school would not have been possible without the clas...

i'm in peds right now and have a book called "straight A's in pediatric nursing" which is amazing. i saw on amazon they also have a straight A's in OB and another one for med surg. if they're anything like the peds one, they'd be very helpful!

I know you wanted advice from experienced nurses, but I wanted to comment about working in a hospital as a CNA. I'm graduating nursing school in December and currently work in a hospital as a tech. I was hoping to get to experience a lot of the thing...

I wear gloves no matter what I'm doing in a patient's room. The main reason is because I also work as a tech in a hospital and every day I see people go from changing a messy diaper to touching handrails, IV poles, remotes, the patient, etc.

seriously? this has nothing to do with you working 30 hours a week and taking care of your family. this has nothing to do about how it was in high school. this is about a young poster being excited about nursing school, and I'm just trying to give th...

it is pretty badass

don't you just hate the sour ones that always want to rain on your parade? forget your professor, this is what you should be doing right now lol:anpom: CONGRATS!! pat yourself on the back. you deserve it. oh yeah and teach us your ways! 6 different ...

Congratulations!! But don't let the "no social life" thing scare you. Everyone said this to me too, but everyone's different. Just know that it is possible to work, maintain relationships, go out, and still get A's & B's and still have a really ...

i am so sorry! *hugs* like others have said, find out the protocol for trying to re-take a class. at my school, you are allowed to re-take one class. it is a long process to do a remediation packet, and then wait to see if there are any open spots, b...

i think she meant colostomy.

i understand you completely. i started out as an elementary education major, and didn't really have or need good study habits. when i switched my major to nursing, the science classes overwhelmed me and i needed to learn how to study quickly. i'm ha...