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  1. HESI Exit exam. It's not even my time to take it and I'm so scared!

    ms_miyagi replied to glenlorie's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    The best website that I found for the exit HESI was Hesi Exam Practice - Prepare For Your Hesi RN Exit Test. It costs around $100, but there is a guarantee. I used the site after I failed the first...

  2. HESI Exit exam. It's not even my time to take it and I'm so scared!

    ms_miyagi replied to glenlorie's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    The website I found most useful is http://www.hesistudy.com. It does cost, but it improved my grade over 200 points from one HESI to the

  3. Is my nursing school making me dumber?

    ms_miyagi replied to BobDoe's topic in General Students

    I don't know about dumber, but it definitely makes you think you are. As for instructors, I concur, there are just some people that have no business teaching (I have had an instructor who refuses to...

  4. How to survive 1st year of nursing school

    ms_miyagi replied to lemidora's topic in General Students

    Just started my 3rd semester of ADN program. Things I have learned in the last 10 months, in no particular order: 1. If you don't know how to critically think, LEARN. It will save your bacon in the...

  5. Countdown to Pinning

    ms_miyagi replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in General Students

    26 weeks...10 weeks this summer and then 16 weeks this fall. Graduation in

  6. Would you desire to have a roommate or live by yourself during Nursing school?

    ms_miyagi replied to TJ_vladin's topic in General Nursing

    If at all possible, take the private room. The amount of time you will spend reading and note taking is unbelievable; whether or not you read and retain material quickly. Nursing School is unlike...

  7. Backpack for school

    ms_miyagi replied to SkiMama's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I broke down and bought a rolling scrapbooking bag. It is more than large enough to carry what I need with me and keep me organized with all the compartments and pockets. Most of my instructors use...

  8. What is Wrong??? Unable to pick right answer!!!

    ms_miyagi replied to healthcarestudent's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    After you narrow your choices down to the two possible answers; re-read the question again. Now, you need to determine exactly what the question is asking you: Are you teaching the client? Is it an...

  9. Day in the life of a new RN Nursing student?

    ms_miyagi replied to IrishGrrl19's topic in General Students

    My best piece of advice to you is BE FLEXIBLE!! It sounds as if you have a pretty good idea of what it all entails. I would say that the most important thing to remember is that nursing school tests...

  10. Is anatomy one of the toughest courses for nursing?

    ms_miyagi replied to Toots71506's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes A&P I is a difficult class, especially if you are not used to learning as quickly as you need to do for A & P. That being said, once you are in a Nursing Program, you will remember fondly...

  11. Please help me...Do you think I'll get kicked out of nursing school?

    ms_miyagi replied to gtrebyari's topic in General Students

    Take your lecture, because you do deserve to be reprimanded, as an adult, you should have more self-control. Follow that with an abject apology, explaining that the filter in your brain had not...

  12. Nursing Students Needed for Anonymous Survey!

    ms_miyagi replied to whitneyLOL's topic in General Students

    nursing student -

  13. Any tips for giving injections?

    ms_miyagi replied to Ginger80's topic in General Nursing

    A piece of advice that a nurse gave me about a year ago. When giving an injection, make sure to have the bevel of the needle facing up, that way you are slicing the skin, instead of tearing it. I...

  14. Well, No Nursing for Me

    ms_miyagi replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    The way the exit HESI was explained to us, at my school, was..."It is used as a predictor of who will pass the NCLEX-RN. It has been proven that those who pass the exit HESI with an 850 or better,...

  15. Hospitals no longer hiring nurses with their ADN?

    ms_miyagi replied to Sandrizzle86's topic in Texas Nursing

    Actually, TWU is now offering a RN to MSN program, you still do all of your Bachelor's Classes, but you don't graduate until you have completed your Master's program. It does require that you have 1...

  16. Easy and Fast Meals

    ms_miyagi replied to yesitslaura's topic in General Students

    One of the biggest lifesavers I have found is prep work. Food prep is actually the most time consumming of the cooking process. What I have found that works well is take a weekend day and spend a...

  17. Conversation starter...what are your nursing career goals?

    ms_miyagi replied to EatLoveNurse's topic in General Students

    Actually RhodyGirl, you are correct. I have had a NP tell me that if you want to become a Nurse Practioner, get your Family Practice NP first, after that, all others after are just certificate...

  18. Conversation starter...what are your nursing career goals?

    ms_miyagi replied to EatLoveNurse's topic in General Students

    Short term goal is to get my RN (starting on that this month). Long term goal is to become a CRNA, but this is going to take some time. I will have to work a year in a hospital environment to apply...

  19. Student Loan Confusion... Help?

    ms_miyagi replied to ziggysgal,RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    The school's I have attend and currently attend only do the 30 day wait for 1st time Financial Aid users, for the first semester only. After that, it is as I have

  20. Student Loan Confusion... Help?

    ms_miyagi replied to ziggysgal,RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    I don't know where you two go to school, but every school I have ever attended using Financial aid, Stafford Sub and Unsub, as well as Pell Grants, you Fill out your FAFSA by mid April for the...

  21. How did you react when you were accepted into nursing school?

    ms_miyagi replied to butterfly_kisses9188's topic in General Students

    It was April 1, 2010, I was sitting in the hospital waiting room, waiting on my new granddaughter to be born, when I checked my e-mail and received my acceptance letter from my school of choice! I...

  22. Sharing your survival tips--How do you prepare each semester?

    ms_miyagi replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

    I have taken this summer off to completely enjoy as it will be the last time I will have a full summer off, because once I start NS in August, I will have one slightly long break between Fall and...

  23. nursing schools in north tx and or southern oklahoma

    ms_miyagi replied to poulsond's topic in General Students

    Collin College in McKinney and Plano has a Nursing Program, as well as Brookhave College in Farmer's Branch. While I realize that one or both of those maybe outside of the 1 hour commute, both are...

  24. 1st semester book costs

    ms_miyagi replied to azhic13's topic in General Students

    Thus far I've spent around $375 for 8 of 11 textbooks thru alibris.com, out of the 8 books, only 2 of them were used. The remaining books I am bidding on e-bay and right now, if the auction were to...

  25. Honors BSN unable to find job. Can the college be sued?

    ms_miyagi replied to Tankweti's topic in General Nursing

    Knowing the state of the economy right now, it is the student's obligation to do whatever they can to make themselves marketable after graduation. If that means becoming an extern while in school to...