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  1. When to Take Review Course

    pitaya posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hey, all! I am really interested in taking the Hurst Review course. I believe it is more of the content that I need to review and not so much test-taking strategies. I am on summer break until July...

  2. Two consecutive years of nursing school without a summer break- crazy or not?

    pitaya replied to lemidora's topic in General Students

    I'm in nursing school without summer breaks. I think summer classes are awesome. I would much rather go to school this summer and graduate in August (what I am doing) than spend the summer doing...

  3. Seriously?!?!?!

    pitaya replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    The best grading scale I know of is one where 90% is an A, 80% is a B, and anything below is failure. To me, that's still having high standards of at least an 80% to pass, but it doesn't screw up your...

  4. Saunders NCLEX Disc Questions

    pitaya replied to redraider1977's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    For those of you who want the "link" for NCLEX 4000, I have the cd-rom and there is no link that I'm aware of. NCLEX 4000 is available for purchase on Amazon or half.com as well as other sites, I'm...

  5. Becoming a nurse: college questions

    pitaya replied to megang's topic in General Students

    DEFINITELY finish your degrees in poli sci and sociology! If you only have 2 courses left to take for those, you can also start taking pre-reqs for nursing school. Try to get into an accelerated BSN...

  6. Staying up to speed over summer break

    pitaya replied to exit96's topic in General Students

    I have to go to summer school in my nursing program, so that keeps me up to speed! Otherwise, I really don't think I would be motivated enough to crack open a nursing book as I certainly never touched...

  7. Thinking about taking a scholarship that would require 1 year of work in nursing home

    pitaya replied to cs08's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't do it if that's not what you want to do. I accepted a similar scholarship and am regretting it. They're going to give you just $2,000 in exchange for working for 1 year...a whole year?!...

  8. Prospective Nursing Student

    pitaya replied to AudreyMc87's topic in General Students

    I'm an ABSN student. GPA requirements depend on the college. My university had us list certain pre-reqs and calculated only the pre-req GPA. We were then ranked by pre-req GPAs and that was the only...

  9. Blind Nursing Student?

    pitaya replied to tonicareer's topic in General Students

    Does anyone have any info about nurses in wheelchairs? I have a friend in a wheelchair who wants to be a nurse. She has a scooter to get around, but she is cachectic and only 4 feet tall, so reaching...

  10. Finshed Final exam today ! One more semester to GO !!

    pitaya replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Yay! I have one more semester to go, too! 12 weeks of summer school and then I'll be done in August.

  11. For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    pitaya replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    3rd semester of nursing school is DONE and I still have a 4.0. One more semester to go, and I'm hoping to keep my

  12. "Students with good grades = not good clinical nurses"

    pitaya replied to cogath's topic in General Students

    That is so sad! "People who have struggled?" As if the A students haven't struggled to get A's? Should you have to apologize for not having a kid or working 2 jobs? Auuugh, that frustrates me when...

  13. Class Website/File sharing Options?

    pitaya replied to LuckyinKY's topic in General Students

    My class uses google groups, but I heard the file sharing is going

  14. rounding up grades

    pitaya replied to ro2878's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure if my school rounds up or not, but I think they do. But as far as passing goes, one must have an 80%; an 80% is a B and a 90% is an A. This means that no one gets a C, so everyone who...

  15. Is it worth just going from BSN rather than just a ADN..

    pitaya replied to guardcutie02's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I would always pick BSN over ADN if I had a choice! Might as well go as far up the ladder as you can, especially if you think you might one day want a BSN as an ADN

  16. Studying for finals is anyone else with me?

    pitaya replied to heavenbound's topic in General Students

    1st final is in a few

  17. gaining weight in nursing school

    pitaya replied to bubbasmom's topic in General Students

    I gained 1.5 lbs this past week...it's finals week! But as long as my weight stays within a 5-point range, I'm happy, since I know it fluctuates. I try to exercise a couple times a week, but my diet...

  18. Nurse Pinning Months Before Program is Over

    pitaya posted a topic in General Students

    At my school, we are having our pinning ceremony 1 semester before we are actually finished with the program because many nursing students are graduating in May and the school does not want to put on...

  19. Struggle with pre-reqs, and go on to be successful??

    pitaya replied to MelissaLynn's topic in General Students

    But there is a CHANCE. Don't let anyone define what you can and cannot do. To the original poster, I hope I can offer you some hope with my story. I got a C in Anatomy and Physiology I, a C in...

  20. Scared Crapless

    pitaya replied to jweb's topic in General Students

    6 days left - split up the chapters into days. Like if you covered 24 chapters, I would go over 4 chapters/day. Go over the notes, no time to read everything. Spend more time on what didn't make...

  21. Recommended "Fundamentals of Nursing" books

    pitaya replied to ariferb's topic in General Students

    The books are so expensive that I would recommend buying the book that your school requires you to buy. Plus, it makes more sense to start reading the book that you will be using anyway!

  22. Who pays for your pin?

    pitaya replied to pockunit's topic in General Students

    No, I wouldn't do that, because I don't have the time to volunteer and the pins most of us students bought only cost $5 with the name of the school on it and everything. There was someone else who was...

  23. New graduate moving to colorado please help!

    pitaya replied to NY2CO's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I'm from Colorado, don't know much about the Denver area, but I have a friend who started working in the ICU in a Denver hospital as a new grad from out of state. She just moved there, took her boards...

  24. Worried about not having a 4.0? DONT!

    pitaya replied to Student4_life's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hmm, I feel like it's the opposite. I am an ABSN student and got in with a 3.4 GPA for my previous degree and I got C's in some pre-req nursing classes. I don't think I would ever have gotten into the...

  25. Nursing Diagnosis- NO MORE??

    pitaya replied to Rachey467's topic in General Students

    Oh, wow, I didn't know it was an official recommendation that was made! When I first started nursing school, it made me sick seeing that the patient was referred to as a "client" in my textbooks....