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  1. how in the world does one pay for nursing school!

    sjalv replied to hoosiertwin's topic in General Students

    I go to a community college for an ASN program. It's like $110/CR or something. My costs usually end up being $1600/semester after books and tuition. I get $3400 or so in aid total per month ($1400...

  2. Last name on ID badge?

    sjalv replied to ravenpuff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm an RN student and my badge for our clinical site (a hospital) has my first and last names on

  3. Things only a fellow nursing student would understand...

    sjalv replied to leekaye's topic in General Students

    #truth. I follow two tumblr blogs, "my life as a nursing student" and "what should we call nursing school", which post memes all the time relating more or less these same things. It's great

  4. How should I approach my coworker?

    sjalv replied to usetimewisely's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Your comment reeks of sexism and reflects your weird perspective on nursing. As a fellow male, I am embarrassed for

  5. Dreams/nightmares about nursing school?

    sjalv replied to mrsboots87's topic in General Students

    Add me to the list of students who have dreamt about missing

  6. What is your schedule?

    sjalv replied to goldenanchor's topic in General Students

    I'm a 2nd semester RN student in an ASN program (4 semesters), pre-reqs are required to have been done before entering the program so that isn't a factor. I'm a 19-year old male with no boyfriend and...

  7. Don't put your email address in a thread!

    sjalv replied to RunBabyRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It's also worth noting that there are many free disposable e-mail services. I use Mailinator, personally. Once contact is established, you could always give your real email to the

  8. Sim Chart

    sjalv replied to mytwoboysmom's topic in General Students

    Our school started using it this semester. I haven't done a care plan in it yet, but I will be. So far it seems pretty easy to

  9. Am I wasting my time with an ASN?

    sjalv replied to BayouBelle22's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® Anyway, it depends on where you are in the country. I am in Oklahoma and every hospital I have looked at hires ASNs. I have never seen a job listing that says "BSN...

  10. Number One Pet Peeve in Nursing School: Future "Paycheck Nurses"

    sjalv replied to joshmiller2010's topic in General Students

    Sorry, but how old are you? Nurses are people too, and people come in a wide, wide variety of flavors. To expect a field with over 2million professionals in the country to be full of 'saints and...

  11. Writing in Nursing school

    sjalv replied to carey7795's topic in General Students

    I am in an ASN (ADN) program and with our first rounds of clinicals, we had to do a case study on our patient. We went to clinicals 4 times for that case study. I find it strange you aren't at least...

  12. CNA or PCT?

    sjalv replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Students

    I thought they were the same thing too. It seems like around here, they are called CNAs in LTCs and PCTs in

  13. Will I struggle in nursing school if I never like math?

    sjalv replied to Sunbeam819's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I absolutely hate math. You just have to force yourself to learn it. I got a B in College Algebra and an A in Statistics so it's doable. This is coming from someone who didn't even know how to solve...

  14. Pretty down about being a new CNA

    sjalv replied to evack5318's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I wanted to point something out.. yes, CNAs might do lifting and repositioning more often than the nurses themselves, but you will not be exempt from doing it. You seem to understand that.. but, you...

  15. Number One Pet Peeve in Nursing School: Future "Paycheck Nurses"

    sjalv replied to joshmiller2010's topic in General Students

    He said his job is interesting and stable. Few people actually 'love' what they do. Thankfully, work isn't all there is to

  16. Writing in Nursing school

    sjalv replied to carey7795's topic in General Students

    In my first semester, we had a lot of random papers to write. Some that I can remember were like, we had to go to a support group and then write a paper over how what we learned would relate to care...

  17. Use of Nursing Diagnosis

    sjalv replied to grandmabutterfly's topic in General Students

    If you aren't writing care plans, then what are y'all looking at nursing diagnoses

  18. Use of Nursing Diagnosis

    sjalv replied to grandmabutterfly's topic in General Students

    C'mon, that is so pejorative to nurses.. you realize where you are, right? I have been told time and time again that we won't be writing care plans as nurses (at least in the hospital setting) but the...

  19. -To all the nurses who chose the nursing path than the physician path...

    sjalv replied to Gaby_rmz77's topic in Nursing Career

    I didn't want to spend 10 years of my life in school. I didn't want to be in a career where call is almost always required and crazy hours are worked. I didn't want to have to take out hundreds of...

  20. Number One Pet Peeve in Nursing School: Future "Paycheck Nurses"

    sjalv replied to joshmiller2010's topic in General Students

    Frankly, I don't care if a nurse is only there for the paycheck, as long as they are providing safe patient care. There are some nurses I have met who "really wanted to be nurses" and feel like it's a...

  21. Why is nursing school "hard?"

    sjalv replied to Jaykalkyn, BSN, RN's topic in General Students

    Like you said, everyone is different, and every school is different. But, at my school in first semester we mainly focused on geriatric patients in a long-term care setting, so we didn't get into...

  22. Why is nursing school "hard?"

    sjalv replied to Jaykalkyn, BSN, RN's topic in General Students

    I'm a 2nd semester student in a 4 semester program. I started my classes last week. So far, we have had the following 3 hour lectures: Upper respiratory problems, lower respiratory problems, problems...

  23. Class of 2015

    sjalv replied to MommaTy's topic in General Students

    Jonny, I am unsure what OTC needles look like. I didn't know there was such a thing as an OTC IV Cath/needle o.O This is what our IV needles/cath look

  24. Class of 2015

    sjalv replied to MommaTy's topic in General Students

    Glad that you don't feel like you're drowning. I'm just taking this semester one day at a time. We had a skills check off this morning before clinicals starts but all we had to demonstrate as Foley...

  25. Do BSN programs require a language?

    sjalv replied to mmcc01's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The BSN program I plan on attending only requires a semester of College Algebra and a semester of [Elementary] Statistics. It requires 6 credit hours of 'fine arts' (Humanities etc) or foreign...