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  1. New college student!!! Help!

    IndyElmer replied to bella_bakes's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not sure I understand your question as the numbers/titles at each school are a little different. For example, BIO100 might be called Intro Biology but at another school, an equivalent intro...

  2. Uniforms

    IndyElmer replied to Crazed's topic in General Students

    In the lab, it was more so that we wouldn't be dragging lab "stuff" (infectious agents, chemicals, etc.) out to the general public areas, though in some applications, it was also so that we weren't...

  3. C plus on micro bio

    IndyElmer replied to Theguest2012's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think doable classes can become he!! classes during summer. That said, nursing classes are SO different from pre-req classes that I'm sure there's bound to be an adjustment period. Congrats on...

  4. Uniforms

    IndyElmer replied to Crazed's topic in General Students

    I thought it was a little strange too. But we won't be seeing any non-nursing docs where we have our lectures, so I guess they figure we won't upset anyone. I find the lab coat requirement odd for a...

  5. Uniforms

    IndyElmer replied to Crazed's topic in General Students

    Uniforms for lab/clinical days. Work "casual" (and not very casual - lots of things on the "do not wear" list) with white knee length lab coat for lecture

  6. Uniforms

    IndyElmer replied to Crazed's topic in General Students

    Why yes, you can :) All fire engine red, top & bottom -- or more like WARNING flag red,

  7. Online Courses vs. In Class Courses

    IndyElmer replied to NyLALove's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not a fan of online classes. Whether or not it will be a good experience for you depends on a number of factors, including the instructor's testing writing style, the mechanism for testing, the...

  8. Should it be this hard?

    IndyElmer replied to Chaotic94's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    SOOO true! I'm sure that I spent 10-15 (non-class) hours per week on anatomy and about 15-20 per week on physiology. Our semesters were 14 or 15 weeks long, so if I were to try to do either of those...

  9. What did you take to orientation?

    IndyElmer replied to Mrs.Priss's topic in General Students

    Mine was only 3 hours (including a provided lunch) and we did not get any books/supplies at the time. I took a larger, tote-sized bag (that could have fit my laptop if I wanted to take it). In the...

  10. Looking for help

    IndyElmer replied to Joya878's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I did part of my pre-reqs at the community college and part at the university, so I had to do a general application for each. If you decided to only take pre-reqs at the community college or only take...

  11. Looking for help

    IndyElmer replied to Joya878's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not sure if there's more than one York University, but the one that I found (after typing my response) is in Canada, so I'm not sure how much my answer applies to your situation, but I'll go ahead...

  12. Should it be this hard?

    IndyElmer replied to Chaotic94's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree with bailey. You probably can find a way to be a successful pre-nursing/nursing student but you'll need to change the way that you're working. At least half of my science pre-reqs were taught...

  13. Recommended Reference Books

    IndyElmer replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Students

    When it comes the Mosby Memory Notebooks and Memory Notecards, I've been able to find most the best images/mnemonics for free on various sites (Tumblr, Pinterest, etc.), including right here on this...

  14. Recommended Reference Books

    IndyElmer replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Students

    Since I'm not allowed to have handheld digital devices with nursing apps on the floor, I really like having RNotes (and sometimes LabNotes) as handy

  15. Doubt about a question

    IndyElmer replied to thaysberger's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I did learn the Latin for this in school, but I'm unclear what about the question stem tells you that it is "at one's pleasure" with assistance? Some AN responses seem to suggest that the patient has...

  16. Public Humiliation In Healthcare

    IndyElmer replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Is your answer different if it's an experienced nurse being verbal

  17. Public Humiliation In Healthcare

    IndyElmer replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Whether or not a person has made a mistake, there's no excuse for that kind of public humiliation behavior. I'm interested to hear other's methods or response phrasings for both undeserved public...

  18. Using a white (dry erase) board to study

    IndyElmer posted a topic in General Students

    Another thread on laptops included comments about using a white (dry erase) board for studying. At least a couple people expressed interest in hearing how others use their white board to study, so I'm...

  19. Bio/Chem degree vs nursing degree

    IndyElmer replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    After 10 years working in research, I know that BEING a scientist is a lot different from the testing in school. However, I agree that undergrad science classes are very much about fact regurgitation...

  20. Bio/Chem degree vs nursing degree

    IndyElmer replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    A lot of it depends on your life situation while you are earning said degree. My accelerated nursing program seems harder than either my undergrad or grad biology degrees. However, part of that is...

  21. 2nd Degree: Admission Stats

    IndyElmer replied to KDSkyy44's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    (long, long ago) Undergrad 3.3, not quite a decade ago MS in biology, 3.9 (I think) Prereqs -- depends on if you're talking all transferred credits plus nursing-specific prereqs or just nursing...

  22. Help with fundamentals :(

    IndyElmer replied to Nursingstudentt's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You can get an NCLEX review book that covers all nursing topics, but has chapters divided by subject so that you can review the fundamentals chapters while you are in that class then review other...

  23. How do you study?

    IndyElmer replied to SBJustBreathe's topic in General Students

    I wish I still had time for fancy study guides, but now-a-days, the questions/prompts are more like the two examples I gave above, where the prompt is pretty broad and the "answer" is about 4-6 pages...

  24. New Student Laptop

    IndyElmer replied to OriginalWingNut's topic in General Students

    Here you go --

  25. sleep

    IndyElmer replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    Would it help to know that it's a one-time, permanent switch for the entire lab or clinical assignment? (Yeah, me neither. I would love to be able to have a day to try to find someone who can switch...