JenniferWilson74

CLNormand, thank you for sharing this very personal post. Firstly, you are not too old to start nursing school, not even close. I just graduated, and I am 40, soon to be 41. When I decided to become a nurse, I was 34... It's been a long journey f...

Very well written! I agree with all of the points in the article, and the follow-up comments. I just finished my final semester, and am one week from graduating. I felt very fortunate in that my preceptor and I got along extremely well. Our style...

I have no idea how to set up a FB page either, lol. My nursing class is the reason I got FB in the first place... and now I use it all the time. The best way I can describe nursing school is a series of peaks and valleys... lots of highs and low...

Hi Mish and Princes, welcome to the CSU Stan nursing program! I'm almost done with 5th semester, getting ready to enter my final semester (yay!). Having a class FB page is extremely helpful, I can't say enough good things about it. Congrats on you...

This discussion has been entertaining to follow. In pathophysiology, I used to sit next to this girl who could not stop moving or fidgeting in her chair. She always wore this metallic puffy jacket that made a lot of noise as she moved. She would ta...

What a great story! Thank you for sharing your journey with us, I hope you will continue to post and keep us updated. We have some things in common, I was also #1 on the waitlist to my nursing school, my reaction to getting in was almost verbatim th...

If someone sits in the back row playing the air trumpet during class, it wouldn't distract the front row, however I BET it would distract the professor, lol!!!

What a great conversation! So I am one of those types who get's easily distracted by what others are doing, which is why I sit in the front row if I can. When I sit in the back, I get distracted by every little thing, and I don't see knitting as be...

I agree that as nurses we do not diagnose, but we do need to understand the different disease states, names, and differentiating qualities. Chest pain is not always treated with MONA. Maybe the chest pain is not due to MI, but rather it is pleuritic...

When is the deadline to vote?

We are all different, and I can definitely see that from the responses of those who lost a parent during nursing school. I was just beginning my fourth semester (out of six) when my mother's health took a turn for the worse. Her health had been tee...

I started working when I was 13, moved out of the house at 17, and dropped out my senior year of HS. I got my GED 6 months later. Spent most of my working years as a waitress, bartender, and then restaurant manager. I started my journey to become ...

This is definitely a two way street. You need a willing, competent, assertive student, but you also need a nurse who is willing to take the student under her/his wing. I remember my first ever clinical (Adult Health I). I had picked a patient, and ...

You wrote: "And if I'm writing it as an academic paper (which I would prefer), then how do I translate a care plan to that style? I'm so confused..." Yes, this kind of writing can be difficult, esp. the first time. I've written at least two formal ...

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If the instructor want's APA format, he should says so. I find these instructions vague and confusing. I've written many, many academic papers in my BSN program, and we are always given very clear instructions of what the assignment is about, what ...

Wow Ackeem, that took a lot of maturity to write that! I applaud you. I'm 40-years-old and have had to learn a lot of things the hard way, stuck my foot in my mouth many a time (and often still do- though not as much), but the important thing is to...

Sounds like a very expensive life lesson! There is no easy way or short-cut to repaying your loans, just have to suck it up and do it. Try to focus on the positives though, you have your ADN degree, and I'm assuming your RN license? And you are on...

I have both Saunders and Prentice Hall NCLEX review books, and I love using both of them to help me study. I have found those books extremely beneficial and invaluable to help with processing and absorbing the tons of information that we need to lea...

I have a feeling that the OP is young, immature, and therefore misguided in what he/she sees as compassion. I am hoping that the OP is reading these comments, and criticisms, and really doing some soul searching and introspection, and not just brush...

Wow, thank you for sharing that with us! Your mother is watching down on you now, beaming with pride, have no doubt.

My mother has (had... ) severe mental illness. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia, bi-polar, and manic-depression among other in-between diagnoses. So speaking as a person with a loved one who fought her entire adult life with this affliction, I ...

I highly reccomend the brand SAS. I have very high arches and if I do a lot of walking in anything other than my SAS shoes I get a sharp pain up the middle of my foot so bad that I can't walk. I am overweight and out of shape, and doing clinicals t...

I am in a BSN program at CSU Stanislaus. I am just finishing my 2nd semster. Last week we took two ATI exams, one on fundamentals and one on pharmacology. For my school we have two tries for each section of ATI testing and we need to get above the...

I am almost done with my first semester, just three more weeks! Every school is different and your experience will be unique, however I can tell you what has made it so difficult for me. First of all, you will be doing physical exams on someone (an...