tnt714

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1. How do you deal with feces???

   tnt714 replied to JLWilliams11's topic in General Students

   i have talked with many nurses, each who each have theyre own thing that makes them gag...everything from feces, to vomit, to sputum... it is OK to be grossed out by certain things, that doesnt mean...

2. Testing help please!! (reading vs.practice tests)

   tnt714 replied to samera's topic in General Students

   you should definitely read the material.. that is obviously the most important... you can't answer practice questions if you dont know the material ..... what i found useful was reading each chapter...

3. nurse mates anyone?

   tnt714 replied to tnt714's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   thanks everyone, i think im going to go with the dansko's .. everyone seems to have a positive opinion on them

4. A & P schedule advice

   tnt714 replied to Hibbzem17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   i took ap1 and an online course... the ap monopolized the majority of my time, but i got a B in both classes... i had lecture 2 days a week and lab 1 day a week. I took ap2 with micro and that was...

5. nurse mates anyone?

   tnt714 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Has anyone tried the nurse mates clogs or sneakers? I heard dansko's take a while to get used to .. and i found some nurse mates online that are pretty cheap ($60 range) which is a lot less than a...

6. Applying this fall 2011

   tnt714 replied to CNAnursingstudent's topic in Connecticut Nursing

   you should definitely check which schools are relatively close to you... i personally wouldn't recommend going more than an hour away from where you live.. it will get exhausting quick. between...

7. A&P I and II at the same time

   tnt714 replied to ChattNurseHopeful's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   i am not sure of any schools that will even allow you to take a&p 1 and 2 at the same time.. it could be different where you are from but no schools where i am from will allow that. ap1 is a...

8. Common nusring school schedule???

   tnt714 replied to stella2570's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   every school is different. My schedule is 3 days a week.. one day theory, one day assessment, and one day clinical ... our clinicals start 5 weeks into the program... the first 5 weeks are in the...

9. Process for acceptance to St. Vincent's

   tnt714 replied to morales79's topic in Connecticut Nursing

   well of course, CC's are the cheapest .. thats why they are "CC's" .. when i attended gateway it cost me less than $5000 for the entire YEAR, including books, and i took 4 classes a semester!!!! BUT...

10. Should I take Micro and Physiology in the same semester?

    tnt714 replied to MonkeyMama's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i just finished a&p2 and micro.. got a B in both :) its not that bad, as long as your dedicated to studying and can manage your time .. and i worked (very little, about 10 hours a week.. it would...

11. New Nursing Student- Anxiety?

    tnt714 replied to lindsmichelle's topic in General Students

    Congrats! I was just accepted into my program as well, and I can definitely relate! Are you going for RN?? We start in August, so I have some time to prepare but I am sooo excited, yet so nervous at...

12. How many prereqs have you retaken?

    tnt714 replied to kagi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had to retake 2 classes... for no reason other than I wasn't putting in the effort I needed to be putting in .. I got a little lazy and wasn't studying as much. The downside is that my school only...

13. A&P I help?

    tnt714 replied to proudtobehismommy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What A&P book do you have? if you have the Tortorta book it will be right in the front of the book. It has every system and all the organs in each system ... Also, if you have a bookstore like a...

14. HELP!! Cardio III or Classic II SE??

    tnt714 replied to tnt714's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    thanks guys! and I will most definitely get it engraved! I'm not going to spend all that money for someone to steal

15. Do you like the uniforms they give you for your school?

    tnt714 replied to prime11214's topic in General Students

    i just went today to order mine, i always thought ours were pretty cute, sort of fitted, all navy blue, with just our logo in white ... but we are getting new ones, the old ones were unisex, now we...