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The math that you need is just GED level math, like addition / subtraction / multiplication / division. High school algebra topics like how to set up an equation, solve for an unknown. Convert from SI (metric) system units to English units, and tha...

No person lift more than 35 pounds alone, was the rule at the hospital that I was at for diploma RN school. As a student, there was far more standing for long periods (on clinicals, b/c the floors don't have enough employee chairs so students must ...

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Thanks for making me blow coffee out my nose! lol In other places I have worked, that kind of PDA in a lunchroom, even if it's between a legally married or dating couple, would receive some kind of ridicule, like the rest of us saying "Hey, get a ...

Disadvantages: Reputation. Newcomer in the field, and lots of new programs end up failing and losing accreditation. ITT is a newcomer to the nursing field. Colleges & universities have been teaching nursing a lot longer. Coursework that do...

Shortage is new-grads that have 15 years of nursing experience, lol. Employers don't want to train new-grads anymore. They want experienced nurses, not new-grads. Student nurses should at least try to get some nurse aide work in their portfolios...

update: The unemployed diploma school R.N. new-grad that I mentioned above got a R.N. job in the Dallas, TX area in July 2014. She completed diploma school in Dec 2012, passed her NCLEX-RN, got licenses in PA and TX, moved to TX after deciding wher...

Quality improvement for whom? The student nurse: Actually DO the work and the pt. assessments. Do NOT make up things and chart them like they are gospel truth. Chart only what you actually test / observe. Don't cheat. The RN: If you have a ...

I went to a diploma RN school that buried us in busywork outside of class, plus kept us tied up in class and/or clinicals all day, 5 days per week. There was little time to study. What the successful students did, I found out after I was flounder...

Nursing textbooks older than 3 years or maybe it's 5 years are were not accepted at my RN school. When we started doing care plans, we had to cite, APA style or whatever it was, the rationales for the proposed care on our care plans. The reason...

I should have clarified: As much or more NON-NURSING college coursework as an associate degree. WHY do people still do diploma school? 1. Money: Many people who are career-changers choose diploma school because they are displaced workers who ar...

And what most people don't realize is that not only do those diploma RN programs have all those hours of clinicials and lectures, but they also have just as much and sometimes MORE college coursework than many associate degree RN programs.

In some places, yes, this is already reality. Large urban areas that have access to a large number of BSNs cranked out of several universities are already at that point, because there are so many BSNs that they have no trouble finding experienced B...

CCAC Pittsburgh area? They have a contact number in their FAQ: There's an "evening" LPN program up here. But they define "evening" as 3PM to 10PM or 11PM, analogous to the evening shift of shift work, I guess. I'd call the school and ask. Bu...

In 2008-2009 when I was applying to RN schools, new grad pay was $22/hr for RN in western PA. PA government reports handed out the high schools said average RN gross pay for 2009 was $63,000/year. Average LPN pay was $44,000/year. Those were st...

RN2bBevy, maybe I was not clear enough. My comment applies almost solely to the nursing school admissions process and the cult of personality that goes with it. Almost all schools do a competitive point ranking that is based not only on GPA and ...

Well, the OP never came back, I guess. OP, you don't need a tutor. All you need to do is put the time in and buckle down and study for that exam. You need to be good at self-teaching to get through R.N. school, or any college degree, really. ...

Another reason is that most diploma schools and AD RN degree programs want the applicant to have completed a certain number of prerequisite college courses before they apply, and some actually require the student to have ALL of the non-nursing course...

Math for nursing students download here: http://www.delta.edu/files/TLC/Math%20for%20Nursing%20and%20Allied%20Health.PDF Has metric system conversions and what-not. Lots of general student study tips here: http://www.delta.edu/llic/tlc/handouts.as...

It's not a good idea to say "I don't have to work," btw. Unless students have figured out that there's no RN shortage and getting a RN job now is about as iffy as anything else, there are more applicants than seats in RN programs. And both the adm...

Didn't read the entire thread. But was your A&P I mostly anatomy, and then Physiology is the second semester? Doe the nursing school you apply to absolutely require two A&P semesters with labs? If there's anything in the entrance require...

There are some community colleges that offer LPN, btw. That may be an advantage to somebody going on for more school. (As opposed to do it a trade school or votech.) Or, it might hold down the cost, since you can be a part time student and just pa...

What prereqs do you have 4.0 in? If that includes A&P I & II and microbiology, then you're probably not going to be bogged down excessively by nursing. But if you mean in English, speech, math, psych, soc, growth & development, then ...

Try this for science but I am not going to go through it and review it: