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  1. Do Any of You Have Kids?

    I have a 8 yr old, a 6 yr old, 4 yr old, and a 1.5 yr old. My hubby works 70 hours a week, and I have no immediate family/in laws who live nearby to help. I dunno how I do it...lol....I literally "block" out the noise when they run circles around me...
  2. Hello everyone. I looked at my final grade, and it said a C. My class has two parts to it....one theory (the big tests, etc), and the other part is theory app. (vocab tests, clinical test outs, etc). Well, they said they combine the two parts to get ...
  3. Question re: NAFTA

    Hello everyone. I am going to be a RN shortly, looking to relocate from the US to Canada. I was reading this info earlier on the Canada immigration website.: Does below mean I am only considered temporary in Canada? I thought I could get a permanent ...
  4. Nursing diagnoses....aaahhhhh.

    I am stumped over the nursing diagnoses...you know when you study and study something, and it just won't....uhhh....."click"?! Last big test we had, I did good, except for the nursing diagnosis part. The instructor gave us 4 diagnoses to choose from...
  5. Nine more weeks in the semester, how are we doing?

    I hear ya! I'm scraping by with a 73%....my oh my...:imbar
  6. Nine more weeks in the semester, how are we doing?

    I hear ya! I'm scraping by with a 73%....my oh my...:imbar
  7. Nursing diagnoses....aaahhhhh.

    Best worded (w/different patient probs)....prob was, there were always 2 that looked soooo good to me. What do the instructor's want you to look for?
  8. Nursing diagnoses....aaahhhhh.

    Best worded (w/different patient probs)....prob was, there were always 2 that looked soooo good to me. What do the instructor's want you to look for?
  9. Nursing diagnoses....aaahhhhh.

    I am stumped over the nursing diagnoses...you know when you study and study something, and it just won't....uhhh....."click"?! Last big test we had, I did good, except for the nursing diagnosis part. The instructor gave us 4 diagnoses to choose from...
  10. Am I the norm?

    Hi guys!! So far out of all the tests I have taken, I am getting a 71% in the class (we haven't started our actual clinicals until Nov 2, it is just lectures). Am I on the low side, or it it normal to start out this low? Tell me the truth.... I am ki...
  11. Feeling discouraged...

    I know I don't post much, but do lurk on here very often! I started the ADN nursing program 3 weeks ago....took 3 medical terminolgy quizzes, got all A's (10/10) on all them...butttt, we took our first big test, 100 questions on what we learned the f...
  12. Feeling discouraged...

    Thanks guys, you helped me put some things in perspective. Tony- On the medical teminology tests, i am getting all 10 out of 10 (A's)...it was the fundamentals test that we didn't do good on...it was about Neuman, the history of nursing, etc, etc.......
  13. Thanks for sharing that...I'm from Mn too, and in my town in southern Mn, they are only hiring 1 pt RN.... That article scared the heck outta me...yikes. Graduate RN in 2006
  14. How are all of you paying for school?

    Pell grant (covering 95% of the tuition), state grant (covering 100% of childcare), and stafford loans for my books and supplies, and living. My dh doesn't have to pay much towards my education, he just pays the mortgage/bills. Having 4 young childre...
  15. Orientation...

    Holey moley...7 hrs!! My college is 30 miles away, and I thought THAT was long! LOL.:chuckle
  16. Starting clinicals in August....getting nervous!

    You aren't alone! I, too, start in Aug, and feeling nervous...I'm trying to read over this pocket book I just bought "Math for Nurses" and don't understand a thing...LOL. Hang in there, and just know I feel like a nervous nelly, myself!
  17. The truth about Depo

    This is my 3rd depo shot, and I have been bleeding straight for 6 weeks now with cramping, and have gained 10 unexplained pounds:angryfire ...it wears off on the 21st, I certainly won't be getting another shot...will be switching to the patch. Depo d...
  18. Microbiology online

    http://ccconline.org/courses/master_schedule.htm Bio 204 is microbiology..i just started mine today online....lottttts of work for this summer! And it's offered from community colleges.
  19. I was just thinking about this today....when do you apply for your first RN job? Do you start to interview before you get out of school (how long before?), or after you take your test for your license? And.... how many of you are willing to relocate ...
  20. online college advice

    I was looking into the accelerated bsn online program at St Francis, has anyone been to this college? My state, Minnesota, doesn't recognize U of P, so that college is out. Does anyone else have any suggestions for good colleges to do the adn to bsn ...
  21. Don't worry, i found it! LOL. :chuckle
  22. could you post the link, please? TIA!!
  23. is your clinical 1 in school? My nursing program starts this Fall, and I enrolled in nursing clinical 1, only on Mondays from 8:30am to 12:00pm. Does that sound kinda short to you....only one day a week, 3 and a half hours long? Are yours like that t...
  24. How many days and hours per week.......

    Lordy, lordy...i just got a call from the admissions dept at my college, and they asked me why wasn't I enrolled in my clinicals, and why was I enrolled only for my nursing lecture class? How embarassing! See, that is what I get for not having a coun...
  25. How many classmates are in your class?

    mine has around 80....there are 4 different classes for Clinical 1...one class of 50 one time a week, and three other classes of 10 each, 3 times a week. I enrolled in the class of 50, one time a week...hope I made the best descision!:uhoh21: