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Week 5 so far! My preceptor is awesome and super knowledgeable. I'm so thankful because I'm more of a hands on learner and 1:1 explanations work so much better for me than class lectures. I've been doing a lot of things by myself so far. We've only h...

Almost done with my first week of orientation! Not on the unit yet though, that will start on tuesday. Everyone in my cohort is a little nervous about the BKAT that we have to take next week. I don't care if my manager said it's just an "assessment" ...

Everything is posted online but 2 weeks after all my online stuff went up (2 days post NCLEX) I got a paper license in the mail! I was pleasantly surprised since I didn't expect to get a paper copy.

Just got the official call today that I got the job in the ICU at an awesome local hospital. I'm so siked! This is my dream job and the hospital is great! Everything and everyone has been nothing short of spectacular so far. I start the end of the mo...

I start august 30th! I'm kind of excited but more nervous than excited. Gotta get crackalackin on all of my homework nowww

EXACTLY the same. Just different cover (soft cover vs hard cover) but all of the material, page numbers etc., EXACTLY the same :) I always try to get international edition. Mine have always turned out to be soft cover so it's SO MUCH more lighter tha...

Thanks for the tips! I'll definetly look into NBs I actually just bought a small lunch tupperware set off of amazon (yay free shipping via prime!) that fits my vertical lunchbox. Can't wait until it comes in! Just wondering, how is everyone losing w...

Congrats! I got my acceptance letter the first friday of May. It was during finals week so I was already stressed like none other and anxiously waiting for my letter didn't help. (I sprouted white hairs like weeds, my friend called them forests -___-...

I just purchased mine in Peach! I was tied between Ocean blue and Peach but I figured, might as well be unique since it seems like a lot of people in my program got some type of blue or teal :)

congrats on your weight loss so far! only 14 more lbs to go!

Why are scrubs from Dove so expensive?? It the quality superior or something?? Our uniform, top(17$) and bottom(19$), only cost 36$. That's still way less than your top!

Hi Samantha! I actually go to an ADN program in Maryland :)

I think if you think those classes will help you become a better nurse go for it! As for gpa boosting, I guess it would depend on your current GPA. If it's not as high as you would like then put an easy A course in there. If not so much then stick to...

eep! this thread is so inspiring. It gets me super excited about my first day! I start on August 30th! I have yet to get started on my reading but after reading this thread, I'm going to hop on that! Thanks for posting everyone! I'll get to post my o...

I'm buying 2 pairs because I have clinicals 2x a week. So one for each day. My school's uniforms are surprisingly inexpensive (I think at least) since the local scrub store has a contract with them where students get a 25%+ discount on the school uni...

So far I've only spent 350$ on my books. Which is great compared to my school's 700$ for if you buy through the book store. I use bigwords.com and they compile a list of textbook sites that sell used books and lists them in order of price. I also sav...

I want my own place and a stable jobbbbbbb! That's all I want right now. After those two then I'll think about other things I want.

Yes we should! I'm a little sad to see that not any recent Weight Loss threads are that active. Maybe we should start one On another note I purchased a cute lunchbag to take with me to class, but I'm on the lookout for small containers to separate m...

I have the same dilemma as you. I start NS in the fall also but I feel that if you pack your own lunch, monitor the amount of calories to intake and try to work out a few times a week you'll be fine. My friends in NS who have gained weight, from what...

woah staples sells stethoscopes!? I need to check out my local staples besides the point, online medisave seems to be the cheapest including shipping so I'm most likely going to get mine there! :)

thanks so much! I just signed up and placed an order yesterday and it's already shipped out today!

Another great place to buy your books online if you have the ISBN numbers handy is BIGWORDS.COM That site pretty much takes all of the online bookstores and compiles a list of which site has your books and for what price in order of cheapest to highe...

thanks so much for the helpful information oi812! And congrats on finishing your first semester of NS! On a different note, what kind of stethoscopes do all of the students have? I'm planning on getting a littman classic SE but my friend said the che...

i believe at the orientation they said that uniforms should only be worn during clinicals and the lab coat in lab. Don't go to lecture in your uniform.

I have the same question as Ladybug15 too. How easy are these to clean? I know they're not like crocs where you can just wipe them down. Do you throw them in the washer?