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Here is my university's attendance and test make-up policy directly from my Mental Health syllabus from this past semester: "After 3 classroom absences (consecutive or not), a concern form will be generated and the student will need to meet with the ...

Sadly as humans it is in our nature to follow our own self-will and unintentionally self-destruct with our poor choices. If our patients aren't mentally and spiritually healthy than providing life saving care is almost useless and at times can make u...

I love this post! I wish all nurses I encounter in my clinical site carried this type of attitude! I have been doing my med-surg clinical's for 8 weeks now and have yet to practice any other "skills" besides the assessment (I haven't even done a fing...

I just received my clinical assignment for tomorrow and part of our clinical packet (medications and pathophysiology) has to be completed when we arrive the morning of clinicals and one of the meds listed for my patient is shown as: D5 0.045 NS + 20K...

So I start back to nursing school on January 16 and I couldn't be more excited! (our break started December 15) Mainly I'm excited to start Adult Health and Mental Health clinicals and overall to just learn more about what it takes to be a nurse! But...

Well there were quite a few girls who started the program in August and continued to live their social lives as if they didn't have a care in the world...these girls also flunked out at the end of the semester! I offer no sympathy to someone who come...

Hidden costs are outrageous! But I guess with school you have to pay in deep before you can start getting "real grown up" paychecks as I call them! At my school starting from the moment I first applied to the program I had to pay for: Entrance test (...

I need help and advice! My nursing class was recently told by our program director the day that she had a meeting with hospital big wigs in our metro area that she asked them what the job outlook will be for this year's graduating class, our class, a...

Well, it's that time of year again! Time for school to start back up & the new herd of nursing students to be ushered in! I was one of those students last year & was so excited to start my first day of nursing school that I could barely sleep...

Thank you for being there for me when I found out I was getting held back a year! You were probably the only reason I stayed somewhat - and it's still questionable to this day - mentally sane! Thank you for letting me randomly cry at all hours of t...

My school is royal blue for the top & pants with our patch on the right sleeve. We look like giant blueberries! :) But I totally agree with you about the admiration part! I'd see the nursing students walking through campus & couldn't wait to ...

Begging family members for help! Seriously though save save SAVE!!! It's hard enough to do school full time & work 10 - 15 hours a week doing respite care!

You do what you want! Don't let anyone sway you into it! You may regret it in the end! BUT, with that said I know that here in the KC area a lot of hospitals are strictly hiring BSN grads. Mainly because they want the nurses that have the extra educa...

I would love to be in your shoes of ONLY having 37K in student loans! As of right now (3 years in to my BSN program) I have 57K trailing me. I still have 2 years to go! So i'm looking at right around 80K in debt when I graduate! So when you start to ...

My first semester I was in Therapeutic Interventions (Fundamentals), Health Assessment, Pathophysiology, Intro to Nursing, and Missions in Healthcare. Along with those 5 classes I had lab for Health Assessment 2 days a week, and Therapeutic Intervent...

First off if you are truly happy with being a CNA then more power to you! Those nurses should NEVER have insulted you for your choice! Sad to say many nurses only get experience as a CNA during their fundamentals class and through part of their clin...

You look around the classroom before spring break and think "Man, we all look like zombies!" And when you come back from spring break everyone has their hair cut & colored, eyebrows waxed, and everyone looks like they've gotten more than 3 hours ...

I kept my acceptance letter and plan to put it in my "nursing school scrapbook" as the final touch right after graduation! :)

I agree! But I do understand that some classes are harder than others! I didn't meet my 73% test average in Patho last semester and was absolutely devastated when they told me that I had to sit out of the clinical courses for a year even though I get...

The only advice I can offer you is to feel it out and see what works best for you! I started nursing school without a job last semester and this semester I felt like I was in the groove of things enough to get a Friday - Sunday job. Boy was I wrong! ...

All of the information you are wondering about is public. I know that before applying to nursing schools in Kansas I got on to the KSBN's website (this is the state's board of nursing, & licensing agency and they also grant school's the ability t...

I personally know that all of the nursing programs in my area (Kansas City/metro area) base their acceptance into programs on applications, essays, TEAS test scores, and GPA. I had a low A/B GPA average when I applied for my program and was accepted ...

I feel compelled to say that many people do rely on chemicals to help get them through the day because they are addicted! I personally was relying on several cups of coffee when I first started but have been able to cut down to one caffeinated drink ...

I wouldn't waste my money if I were you! Most colleges consider Pharmacology to be a "core" nursing course and won't take it as a transfer. I was originally at a 2 year college getting my pre-requisites and decided to transfer to a local 4 year Unive...

Thank you for posting these questions! I am very interested to read through the responses and learn something as well! I go to a Catholic university and needless to say anything along the lines of abortion in my program is never spoken of! The nuns s...