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Lower GI bleeds smell absolutely foul (imagine wet dog food and diarrhea mixed together and heated up in the microwave). I have yet to experience anything beyond a stage II pressure ulcer but I'm pretty sure a stage IV on the sacral region would dest...

Who else is finishing up their last pre reqs for nursing this Fall? I am incredibly excited and lucky to have gotten into my last two pre reqs, Micro Bio and Physio, for Fall 2012. I'm also taking a Medical Terminology class as a pre req for EMT-B cl...

I would say don't limit yourself on the type of degree you will be seeking. Regardless, an RN with a BSN and an RN with an ADN are both RN's and in almost all situations the make the same pay. Apparently some hospitals are only interested in hiring B...

Minty Girl, you are not alone. I go to LBCC (also in CA) and it took me until my third semester to get into any of science pre reqs and I just BARELY got in. My anatomy professor was kind enough to let in 25 people off the wait list and I was 21st. I...

I wanted to start off by saying that I'm a pre-nursing student and not an RN or anything else like that. I volunteer at a hospital near my house and am considered a "clinical volunteer" basically meaning we help the nurses with CNA type duties. I've ...

Not sure of the specifics but I was looking at my CC's graduation rates and they were around 10%. It looked at all students and was based on how many transfered to a four year university or earned a degree or certification at the school in less than ...

I just wanted to thank everyone for their responses! I have definitely become much more vocal with the nurses since this all happened which is definitely a good thing, especially for the patients I come in contact with. I know that everyone makes mis...

I took anatomy (our school teaches anatomy and physio separately instead of a&p1 and a&p 2), general chemistry, human development, critical thinking, and psychology. I believe it was 18 units total and I got A's in all of the social science c...

I am not familiar with that school in particular but the CSU system is an absolute mess right now so I am going to assume that, yes, it is probably very difficult to get into. If you're a transfer student it is going to be even harder since they alre...

Since I am also a pre-nursing student and the OP mentioned volunteering I assumed she was look for the same "experience" I am, which may or may not be the same thing you interpreted it as. I thought she was looking for any kind of patient interaction...

The people that see it that way are the ones who quit halfway through the training for the program. I have been in LTC care facilities before but before volunteering the last time I had been in a hospital was when I was born and they scared the crap ...

Leenak, may I ask what is making you doubt yourself all of a sudden? I am pretty prone to self doubt as well as overwhelming anxiety and bouts of depression, especially when I look to the future. I know all this usually stems from me over-thinking th...

The particular program I am in is considered a "clinical internship" by the company that recruits us but as far as the hospital is concerned we are volunteers. I put "clinical internship" in quotes because in the end we are volunteers and I am pretty...

Pretty much everyone I know who wants to go to nursing is going for CNA certification so that is a another option. CNA work honestly isn't very appealing to me so I was looking into EMT-B while I wait for nursing school. In my area you only need to t...

I may have misinterpreted what you said in your original post and I am willing to admit that I also admit that I was not very clear in my own post. I am familiar with the CCNE position on the DNP but it doesn't sound as concrete to me as it does to y...

If you just want to work in L&D as an RN you do not need a masters degree, HOWEVER if you want to actually deliver babies in the L&D you need a masters to be certified as a Nurse Midwife. This degree focuses a lot more on babies and their nee...

I have to somewhat disagree with the comment above, they are correct that MOST volunteer positions in hospitals just have you delivering flowers and such but there are a few exist that do involve patient care so do your research. I'm not sure where y...

I have one friend who insists (and truly believes) that his 1.5 GPA from a CSU is worth more than my 3.5 from a community college. It drives me absolutely INSANE. When I point out to him that he barely scraped by with a C in calculus and that I got a...

Congrats to everyone! My excitement has doubled hearing from all of you about being so close to nursing school too! I was getting so discouraged for a while since I got COMPLETELY shut out of micro bio and physio last semester. I was something like 3...

Congrats you two! I hope everything works out for you Jennie. One more semester really isn't too bad when you think about, it's taken me five so far and it's going to be at least one more just waiting to apply and hear back from nursing schools. Lol....

We had our first anatomy exam on the 12th and our next exam is on Monday My school offers Anat and Physio as two different courses as opposed to a A&P I and A&P II course so it is a little different from most of your classes I think! The fir...

A lot of people I know who plan on transferring into a nursing program have their hearts set on one school and are only applying to that ONE school. I don't want to be one of those people that are stuck on a waitlist for five years so I am not being ...

beachsidenic, are you going to LBCC or CSULB currently? I go to LBCC but I won't be ready for nursing school for another year. I was looking at CSULB's admission stats for the nursing program and they said this Fall semester just over 1,100 transfers...

Hello everyone! I decided about a month ago to start working towards earning my ADN and I need advice! I am a recent high school graduate (class of 2010) and I spent my first two semesters at city college taking general ed classes to get ready to tra...

no sadly i am no where close to applying to nursing school! i still have at least two more semesters before i can apply. i'm honestly not toooo worried about the TEAS since i have always done extremely well on standardized testing, i'm more worried a...