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In high school, we had an ER doc come talk to our class. He had a BS in psychology and he said the med schools he applied to liked that he had a different degree than most. As long as you have the prereqs for the med school you're applying to, it doesn't matter what your degree is in.

Hey congrats on your acceptance! I'm a junior (about to be a senior!) in a BSN program, and I have a few tips for you! - Make sure you have a planner to write everything down in!! - Read ahead of time for class - Practice your skills a lot! Don't be like some people and go in the day before you're testing out and it doesn't work well. Know the skills inside and out. - Always take opportunities in clinical to practice skills, even if you are scared. I regret missing out on chances because of my nerves. Once you do a skill on a real live patient once, it'll stick with you. And once you see a medical condition in a patient, you will know that condition a lot better. - Trust me, you will have time for a social life, but it just changes a little bit. I'll do my homework at the dining room table so I can talk with my roommates, or study for a test when I'm watching Jersey Shore with my friends. I always have time to hang out on the weekend nights and I work ten hours a week and I manage. It's just realizing that you may not be able to go get ice cream with your friends at ten o'clock at night when you have clinical the next day. It's about turning some invites down but remembering to not ditch your friends too. If you can sit on Facebook and bum around for an hour, you have time to see a friend for an hour and that's better than an hour of being on the Internet wasting your time! :) - Learn meds, they will always come back and haunt you - Don't ever be afraid to ask questions because you have lives in your hands! - Eat healthy and make time for exercise (you shouldn't feel guilty about taking the time but if you do bring a notebook and study for class) - Make friends in class (but don't ditch your other friends outside of class - you'll have times where you don't want to talk about nursing at all) - Have fun! Nursing is a blast!

I'm a nursing student who works in a health care office on campus. I see people I know all the time in the waiting room, make them appointments, etc. If they're there in person, I always say hi but treat them like a normal patient. Sometimes they'll come up and talk to me at my desk or ask how my day is going, or on the phone they will be like "oh hey! it's _______, can you get me an appointment?" But that's where it stops. I NEVER acknowledge that I saw someone in the office outside the office unless they say something to me about it and start the conversation themselves. I think it would be fine to stop in the room, if they seemed like they wanted to talk to you when they said hello in the hallway. I think it's a thing of what you think is right for the situation.

Thanks everybody! Now that I read your responses I'm pretty sure the nurse I was assigned to, who often works as a charge, wouldn't just let anybody do that so I'm sure she has some kind of extra training or something. Thanks for your help!

I'm a BSN nursing student, and today I had a clinical rotation at the hospital. The CNA on the floor there was taking out IVs and Foley catheters. I don't work as a CNA, but I did take the class and I'm pretty sure that you're not allowed to do that (at least in my home state). If I see this, am I obligated to say something to someone about it? I feel like it's wrong but I didn't know what to do at the time. Is this a common happening and what should I do about it? Thanks so much!