blackberrie_281

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1. LPN / ADN / BSN / MSN. Whats YOUR plan?

   blackberrie_281 replied to peacelovestar's topic in General Students

   Im 20 and i am currently in a bsn program. I graduate in may 2013. I then hope to experience a variety of fields over a 7 yr period, such as flight nurse, er, psyciatric nursing before spending at least 2 yrs in the icu as well as start a family. The...

2. Prairie View Fall 2011 Hopefuls

   blackberrie_281 replied to lovesunshine's topic in Texas

   pvnursgrad, hows you job going? and did anyone else in your class find a job?

3. help with path to crna

   blackberrie_281 replied to someguy101's topic in SRNA

   k your 16, so your prob a junior right? take general AP or dual credit courses if your highschool offers them, classess like english, us history, algebra and statistics. That could cut off an entire semester or more for college, did in my situation. ...

4. Anyone accepted to Christus St. Catherine Internship in Katy?

   blackberrie_281 replied to MissPamela19's topic in Texas

   wow thats great! im surprised to hear you get paid that much cause your not in the medical center you know? and i didnt even know st catherines had a cardiac icu, thats the floor where i really really want to work as a new grad. Well good luck to bot...

5. Anyone accepted to Christus St. Catherine Internship in Katy?

   blackberrie_281 replied to MissPamela19's topic in Texas

   Hello! Just wondering what yalls pay and benefits were at st christus. And do how has it been working in your select specialties? I live in katy and plan to apply there when until i graduate (may 2013).

6. UT Houston CRNA Program

   blackberrie_281 replied to TransplantGUru's topic in SRNA

   So how was your experience with UTs CRNA program? Also for the pre req do they want organic chemistry 1 or 1and2?

7. PVAMU or HBU's Nursing Program

   blackberrie_281 replied to Student3467's topic in Texas

   Well thank god I didn't go there! I'm sorry for your bad experience. At least u came out there with ur degree And u can walk away and never look back

8. Prairie View Fall 2011 Hopefuls

   blackberrie_281 replied to lovesunshine's topic in Texas

   ^^Hi fellow semester 2-er!! lol Its crazy, it feels like this semester just flew by, I still have to pinch myself sometime cause i cant believe its summer lol GREAT job with patho, I could never get more than a 87 on test, idk why. For my final grade...

9. What was your first year of nursing school like?

   blackberrie_281 replied to linzjane88's topic in General Students

   ^^^ I agree. The material isn't hard its just that nursing school demands so much of ur time. U have to learn time management, itll kill u if u dont. They also ask the "nclex style questions" that for the most part can be memorized or studied for, j...

10. Low sodium blood levels

    blackberrie_281 replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Students

    Ill give you a free pass... If you have low sodium blood levels, how is homeostasis maintained? Osmosis and diffusion? Homeostasis is maintained by water and solute movement, therefore by osmosis and diffusion, respectfully...this is the simple, shor...

11. Prairie View Fall 2011 Hopefuls

    blackberrie_281 replied to lovesunshine's topic in Texas

    also pvnursegrad: wth happens 5th semester, is it all school nursing? or do you get to go to the hospital, like maybe on a floor you wish to work at? Cause "community health" seems broad to me and I havent been able to ask a 5th semester student abou...

12. Prairie View Fall 2011 Hopefuls

    blackberrie_281 replied to lovesunshine's topic in Texas

    Uh yea pessimistic. Read over what you wrote if you have a question about why I said that. In NO WAY does that mean I dont wanna hear what you have to say, or that I want to hear "fluff" from you, now thats putting words in my mouth. I appreciate all...

13. Prairie View Fall 2011 Hopefuls

    blackberrie_281 replied to lovesunshine's topic in Texas

    :) you are being very helpful, if kinda pessimistic. People actually get the test bank from ebay though OMG, that scares me. I dont ever wanna get that desperate to pass a test. Also I forgot to add im finishing up semester 1 so im sharing my semest...

14. Prairie View Fall 2011 Hopefuls

    blackberrie_281 replied to lovesunshine's topic in Texas

    "First the teachers are very unprofessional. They talk to you like you are an idiot and are late for almost every class (somewhat correct, depends on the teacher). Nothing starts on time and they are horribly unorganized (the teachers or the school, ...

15. Hello? Is there anyone in my situation?

    blackberrie_281 replied to toyanzerb's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I suggest attending nursing school on a part time basis. Like 9 hrs a semester.