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  1. Need Advice DESPERATELY : AS or BS

    I would say it depends. Are ADN nurses hired in your area or are BSN nurses given preference? Do you have children and/or a spouse? If so, the classes you will need to take in order to get the BSN...
  2. How much math is involved in nursing school?

    We used Calculate with Confidence and I thought it was
  3. finally...... a break!!! or is it??

    Bummer, I still have 2 hesi's and a pharmacology final to do next week, then 3 weeks off. I plan on relaxing for 1 1/2 weeks and then do the required stuff for next semester in that last 1 1/2...
  4. Most of us newbies are one month into our classes. Is it what you expected? How are you doing? Personally, things are going well for me. There is more reading than I thought I would have to do and...
  5. How did you do on your first test

    thanks for all the
  6. Drug sheets or cards

    Our pharmacology teacher told is we will learn about 30 drugs this semester and we have to learn 6 by the first test. Do we really have to know every side effect (some are a page long) and every...
  7. What do your schedules look like?

    After feeling overwhelmed yesterday on my way home I decided to make a detailed study schedule with everything I needed to learn for next week. Instead of trying to learn 11 drug classifications I...
  8. Well today is Aug 23 and I've read that several of you were starting school today. How was it? We started today and it wasn't as bad as I expected. Actually it wasn't bad at all. The instructors...
  9. Well today is Aug 23 and I've read that several of you were starting school today. How was it? We started today and it wasn't as bad as I expected. Actually it wasn't bad at all. The instructors...
  10. SO how was your first day of nursing school?

    you can probably find a Taber's or Mosby's medical dictionary at the campus bookstore or online at
  11. What do you bring to class?

    tomorrow I plan on taking my fundaments and assessment text books, syllabus, 1" binders for each class and writing instruments. Hopefully the next day I can leave the text books home. I did get a...
  12. What does your uniform look like?

    You must be at the same school as me (Calhoun). This is the first year we get to wear galaxy blue instead of white and a white lab coat and white shoes. Oh yea don't forget the dorky white
  13. What do your study spaces look like?

    I don't have a set place just where ever I can find peace and quiet and a place to lay my
  14. LPN SCHOOL!

    I start LPN school Monday, Aug 23. We already had a bunch of reading to do and now I am working on vocabulary ( I don't want to look like a deer in the head lights when the instructure starts...
  15. The day you start before the day you start

    We had assigned reading before the first day for two of the classes. I hope the Assessment class doesn't decide to assign reading at the last moment. I have the chapters read for the fundamentals...
  16. :confused:I am trying to decide what I need to carry all my stuff around. Is a rolling backpack large enough? sturdy enough? what are you
  17. A few quick questions from a nervous newbie!

    I compared the Littman classic II and the Littman light and could not tell any difference other than $40.00. We have to wear scrubs to class as well as clinicals so I got 3 tops and 2
  18. What date do you start Nursing school?

    We start on the 23rd of August. I think I have everything except the roller backpack. Our insurance was 10.00 ( I guess they think we won't have much opportunity to really hurt someone)
  19. Anyone else going to start at Calhoun Community College on Aug 23? I am excited but also scared. I wish I knew more of what exactly to expect. I know there will be hard work but the unknown is...
  20. Anyone else going to Calhoun?

    I am in the lpn program. Since I am an older student I wanted something that I could finish in 3 semesters then I plan on bridging over to RN. That is a good idea about reading what is in mod A. So...
  21. Nursing School Jitters

    I start on Aug 23 and while I am excited I am also petrified. I took A & P one last semester and made an A but it took a lot of study. This semester I am taking 8 hours of nursing courses and A...
  22. Do they hire LPNs as travel nurse?

    There are travel nursing companies that hire LPN's but you have to have 6 years