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  1. Help! How do I make it through Nursing school even though I hate it?!

    2ndyearstudent replied to steven007's topic in General Students

    Why would you want someone who never desires to touch a patient to go into administration overseeing people who actually do touch

  2. Yelled at for posting on AN

    2ndyearstudent replied to Bormio's topic in General Students

    I think this is extraordinarily bad advice, from an academic standpoint, an employment standpoint, and a legal standpoint. Remember that the first amendment works both ways. People get to tell you...

  3. Is it worth it for me to become a CNA before nursing school?

    2ndyearstudent replied to Copperismydog's topic in General Students

    Getting a CNA job is very easy as long as you manage your expectations. Often, people hold out for those highly paid hospital jobs, but it is very difficult to get a hospital CNA job with no...

  4. Pre-Nursing student with the usual concern: not making it into Nursing school :(

    2ndyearstudent replied to divipro's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The only advice I have is that you keep doing whatever you have been doing. Great

  5. The Support is Waning Quickly...

    2ndyearstudent replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

    Wish I had some advice for you. When I was a kid, my mom tried to go to school to get her bachelor's degree. My dad tolerated not having everything done for him for a few weeks, then just started...

  6. Listen up future Nurses. I have some news...

    2ndyearstudent replied to Nurse-One's topic in General Students

    Not really. There have been recessions before - I graduated into one in 1990. It ended. Just like previous ones did and just like this one will. We are already seeing signs of pressure on employers to...

  7. Starting Clinicals, Hepatitis B Vaccine question

    2ndyearstudent replied to nursegc's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What constitutes "compelling evidence"? Peer reviewed journals? Jenny McCarthy? It makes a difference. My advice would be to study the history of vaccines and their effect on humanity, then go get...

  8. Dosage Calc Help Needed Please...

    2ndyearstudent replied to chamrob's topic in General Students

    Yes, 2.5 grams per hour is 2500 mg per hour. For the purposes of the question, you don't care about the size of the bag

  9. Whats with the beyond horrible pay? :(

    2ndyearstudent replied to camci's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    "Hello there. Would you support a tax increase on top wage earners to raise wages for CNAs in Assisted Living and LTC Facilities?" Typical 21st Century American: "NO! NO! NO! NO!" We get the country...

  10. Anyone here too "small" to become a CNA?

    2ndyearstudent replied to ciarline's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Some of the best CNAs I ever saw are your size. I presume you can walk a mile in 15 minutes or lift 50 pounds without stressing yourself too much. If so, you have what it takes to be a great CNA. It...

  11. Cushing's triad vs. reflex can anyone please explain?

    2ndyearstudent replied to Chantilly's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    dnf4bjc gave you a very good

  12. Dosage Calc Help Needed Please...

    2ndyearstudent replied to chamrob's topic in General Students

    D5W means 5% Dextrose in Water. % = grams per 100 ml. So if there are 5g per 100ml and the pt gets 50 ml per hour...they are getting 2.5 g grams per hour. Your rounding looked

  13. Good grades .vs. Experience (Opinions PLEASE!)

    2ndyearstudent replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Students

    What dilemma? You are in a fantastic position; pick up a couple of shifts a week and get some much needed and valuable experience. Time to get your hands dirty, Ms former highly paid Supervisor!...

  14. Anyone planning on going CNA to RN route or just straight to RN?

    2ndyearstudent replied to sc0628's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Do you really want to apply for your first RN (ADN or BSN) job and have the following answer to "Aside from school, tell me about your healthcare experience?": "I have absolutely none." My ADN program...

  15. Nursing school hard

    2ndyearstudent replied to Darkpk55's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If this is true, none of the other concerns you have

  16. Graphing calculator for school?

    2ndyearstudent replied to digitiminimi's topic in General Students

    I don't know why they ever came out with graphing calculators. Anyway, no you will not need one in nursing school. Any basic calculator will do. On our tests, we cannot use our own calculator. We are...

  17. Yelled at for posting on AN

    2ndyearstudent replied to Bormio's topic in General Students

    What did you post and what did your instructors say? These questions are probably academic since answering them would probably get you into more hot water. Remember that free speech goes both ways....

  18. How long does it take to become an RN?

    2ndyearstudent replied to jessica91's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Started taking prereqs Fall of 2007, will finish Associate Degree RN program Spring of 2011. Had about one semester of downtime after applying for the nursing program in Feb of 2009 and starting it...

  19. Red Cross CNA

    2ndyearstudent replied to missmeliss16's topic in General Nursing

    I did my CNA program at a Red Cross in MN. It was great. I was also very nervous about clinical, but we had great instructors and it went fine. We did three days of clinical at a Nursing home in...

  20. Planning advice needed

    2ndyearstudent replied to Whole Life's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You will get a lot of advice on this board that basically says having kids during prereqs and nursing school is no big deal. From my observations of fellow students who do this, this is bad advice....

  21. HELP! How do i move forward from this.....

    2ndyearstudent replied to JohnsonPartyOf3's topic in General Students

    Running people out on a rail for VS measurement? Seriously: what school is this? My program has a remediation policy and many good students have had to remediate. Heck if they kicked everyone out...

  22. What is left and right mean????!

    2ndyearstudent replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Students

    I had a huge argument with the maintenance guy at my nursing home over this. I asked him to fix the left footrest of a wheelchair and he said, "The left footrest is fine!" I pointed to the footrest...

  23. HESI study guides

    2ndyearstudent replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in General Students

    I'll second the Saunders recommendation. The test taking strategies really improved my HESI

  24. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    2ndyearstudent replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    STOP hiding behind the buzzwords "critical thinking" when you are asked about your horrible exam questions. You would not recognize critical thinking if it fell out of the sky, landed on your face,...

  25. How does a Straight B student Survive an Accelerated Nursing School World?

    2ndyearstudent replied to RunawayN's topic in General Students

    Yes, do the very best you can. High Nursing program GPAs can pay off in the following ways: 1. You get access to internships that others don't. 2. You get assigned preceptorships that lower GPAs...