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  1. I am in an ADN program in the US and am interested in emigrating to NZ in the near future. I have visited all the related sites in the 'sticky' post but many of my questions were left unanswered....
  2. Gen. Psych in Summer, too hard?

    If I had a choice I would take it during the summer just to get it over with. Meeting 4 nights a week, I seriously doubt you will have to read several chapters a night because 6 weeks is enough t2o...
  3. What do nursing schools want to see?

    My school looked at two things: a) GPA in only those classes listed as pre-reqs for the nursing program and b)the score on either the NLN or ACT. We had several EMT's and even more LPN's in the...
  4. Accepted to Bellarmine...but...

    I went to UofL for three years so I cannot speak of Bellarmine's program. But there are two people in my nursing class who were accepted into Bellarmine's program and ended up enrolling at a state...
  5. SEC Basketball Games

    Well said! I have to support UofL, I used to go to school
  6. What's nursing school like?

    It will be one of the more challenging experiences that you will ever have, and yet the most rewarding at the end of the day when you realize that you have conquered something that many of your peers...
  7. Learning thread (ER medicine)

    scorpion, black widow, and brown recluse
  8. It's four degrees outside!

    LOL! I'll take this relatively MILD winter weather anyday over the 98 degree nearly 100% humidity crap that plagues this state during the summer for weeks on end. I'm definately moving north after I...
  9. We blasted through the endrocrine system and genetic in lecture the first two and a half weeks of class. Now we're going over the reproductive system in lecture and finishing up the endocrine system...
  10. Can I still be a nurse with a misdemeanor conviction

    It is up to the board of nursing in your particular state as to their granting you liscensure. Each state has different policies as far as felony/misdemeanors and sitting for boards. Good
  11. We are already into the endocrine system in lecture and lab....good
  12. What Have You Had to Disect

    You need to be careful about rinsing all the preservative off of the animal in question, especially if you need to use the specimen all year. Even in the course of only four months, certain groups in...
  13. What Have You Had to Disect

    In A/P 1: cat fetal pig sheep brain cow eye And in zoology: earthworm grasshopper sea star frog fetal pig dogfish perch lamprey We got to observe the med students at our university dissect cadavers,...
  14. I start A/P2 on January 10th and am ready to get it over with so I can finally take
  15. Pre-req questions

    Try your school's bookstore or Amazon.com for the coloring
  16. I have a question for all of you active/prior service AF nurses. Does the Air Force take new graduates from BSN programs or do they have a minimum requirement for clinical hours prior to signing
  17. Male Nursing Students

    I'm starting clinical rotations in January for my RN program. I'm 6'2" 185lbs and there are 4 other males in my ADN class of 30. The whole "This is woman's work" mentality is utter BS. If you are a...
  18. Yea, that is a pretty common load at my school. Next semester I will have to take AP2 and my Intro to Nursing class as well. I don't see it as being a problem, just a huge commitment of time and...
  19. Stethoscope of choice

    I love the Master Classic II. For the price I haven't tried another scope that can rival
  20. How Much Time Do You Spend on AllNurses.com

    HaHaHa...
  21. Would you pay for Satellite Radio?

    I've had XM for 6 months and have no complaints thus far. Better audio quality, no commercials, better selection of music, consistant reception across every state I have been
  22. Clarksville area?

    I am in my last year of my ADN program in Kentucky and want to relocate to TN upon gaining a year of med-surg experience here in Louisville. I am looking into the Clarksville area and, though I have...
  23. Louisville vs Lexington

    No attacks, no flames...Lexington has more of a laid-back atmosphere than Louisville and there is more of a community feel to the city. Louisville is slowly but surely getting its act together but it...
  24. Disecting Cats

    My current AP2 course in my program uses cats for dissection purposes. In the past for my biology degree I've done everything from polychaete worms, frogs, grasshoppers, sea stars, fetal pigs, a...
  25. Stethoscope Cost

    Littman Master Classic 2 @ all-heart...$85 personalized and