TnMtnRose

I work in community health primary care. I will be doing the RN to MSN . Your job counts as the clinical hours you need by performing assigned tasks or projects with work related issues. That's how it was explained to me. At the very least your lic...

One thing I have learned in NS is NEVER give up. Keep your head up and keep going. I'm now 2 months from graduation and it has been a long and trying college career for me. You can do it! Have faith in yourself! Conquer today and when tomorrow comes ...

He's a nursing student. Apparently he has been shoving all the info for his next test into his head. Now its so full he's choking on it.

Do you think you could qualify for Pell grants and scholarships for school? If you could then you could start your prereqs (some even online so no childcare issues). Fill out a FAFSA app and see what you can qualify for with a Pell. Talk to your scho...

I hope 31 is not too old. I'm 37 and just finished my 1st semester lol

I just finished my first semester and although there are some quirks about test questions at times, we do get to challenge after review and lots of times we win. But other than that our school is amazing and I am excited to be in the program. I fough...

Check with a nursing adviser. At my school there were certain "humanities" that were accepted by the nursing program. So to be on the safe side just check to see what an adviser recommends.

At 37 I took the plunge last summer :) I just finished my 1st semester of nursing school. It was scary, overwhelming, time consuming and downright nerve-wracking lol but worth it all.

It wasn't required for our school but the clinical site that I worked did require it. No shot...no clinical. So if your school clinicals at multiple sites, check to see if there is one where it is not required. Unless of course your school itself req...

I took I & II last summer. It is intense but very doable and I think , for me anyway, I did better on those tests than in classes in a normal semester. Here is a great website to help you out, it was recommended by my AP instructor. GetBodySmart:...

This may help too. My instructor told me to visualize the "poster child" for each : metabolic acidosis ~ diabetic ketoacidosis, metabolic alkalosis ~ PT with NG tube/suction , respiratory acidosis ~ PT with COPD, respiratory alkalosis ~ PT who is hyp...

I just finished my 1st semester and we did all the CNA skills in clinical plus we gave PO, PR, IVPB, IVP, IM and SUBQ meds. We also trained to do foleys, wound care, tube insertion & feeding and suctioning but noone actually got to perform those ...

so far in clinical I have had wonderful nurses and cna's to work with. I have been able to work with more than "my" patient so there have been many extra learning opportunities for me.I appreciate the RNs taking time out to help me and answer my ques...

I'm a morning person so I don't mind getting up early. So far we have only had one nurse who wasn't student friendly. All the others have been great. Our instructor is amazing. She is all for us jumping in there and learning new things and grabbing a...

I'm 37 with a hubby and 4 kids and am currently in the last weeks of my first semester in nursing. Best advice? Buy a rolling back pack (trust me it will save you some pain), highlighters, lots of paper and ink too. Make sure you set aside hours to s...

Our test questions are modeled after NCLEX questions to help us prepare throughout nursing school for the "big N" :) Sometimes we may have several "correct" answers but our instructors want the BEST correct answer...doesn't always work out that well ...

Im in the middle of my first semester too. This website,DosageHelp.com - Helping Nursing Students Learn Dosage Calculations is a good place to practice dosage calc. I don't know of a good book for documentation but our instructor just stresses to us ...

congrats!

Classes have been going by at the speed of light it seems like. My brain is on overload from all the info but so far my grades are good. Our skills class is jammed with so much stuff! We test out in 2 weeks to see if we can move on to clinicals. I am...

Go for it! Im 37 and a lot of students at my school entering the health care field are between my age and older. If you want it, you can do it :)

My school (2 year community college in Tennessee) works with a 4 year university in a dual enrollment program. While you work on your A.A.S. in nursing you are also working on your B.S.N. Basically you will graduate with your B.S.N. one year after gr...

At our orientation the other day we were informed that two of the health-care systems that allow students to do clinicals now require that student nurses carry private health insurance. Those two systems run almost all the the hospitals and nursing h...

Jolie, thanks for the info. I myself don't completely understand all of it but its been a fit since he started there. I will be talking to my advisor this week to see if our school offers any coverage like y'all are talking about. I hope I can find s...

I was completely overwhelmed by all the information we had to take in but I really enjoyed the hour of small group we had. We had an hour to talk with one of our instructors and some 2nd semester students. They gave us some great advice. I am excited...

I start my first semester in nursing on the 12th and it is required that we take Pharm now.