kaydensmom01

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  1. wearing nurse memorabilia before becoming a nurse?

    kaydensmom01 replied to richardgecko's topic in General Students

    I've gotten gifts also but didn't feel right using it either so didn't. As students we are not nurses yet (unless you are LPN), and there is no guarantee that we will even make it through school so...

  2. Statistics - Timed Quizzes

    kaydensmom01 replied to phoenixnim's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would look contact your schools department that handles student accomodations and they may be able to give you more time for testing. I'm not sure of the steps that you would need to take but they...

  3. hourly wage

    kaydensmom01 replied to lossholly's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In my location that aides make around 8.50-9.00/hr. I always made about 35cents more an hour than minimum

  4. Confused..

    kaydensmom01 replied to SueBlue's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Before you start in a nursing program you have to have general classes done that your school requires. When you have the general classes done that your school requires then you may apply to nursing...

  5. Will I use my prerequisite courses in nursing school?

    kaydensmom01 replied to MultiTasker33's topic in General Students

    You are expected to completely remember and understand what you learned in your pre-req's. there will be no reviewing it, you will be expected to know it and will mainly learn about the abnormals of...

  6. When do you become CPR certified?

    kaydensmom01 replied to gentlerain's topic in General Nursing

    We had to do it before classes began and we had to pay for it but it was only

  7. How much do they let you customize your program/select your clinicals at your school?

    kaydensmom01 replied to priorities2's topic in General Students

    We did not get a

  8. Graduation gift

    kaydensmom01 replied to springchick1's topic in General Students

    I graduated in May, and for my graduation I go to Florida for 8 days July 27th. I can't wait. I booked the trip in

  9. First clinical rotation finished, "not so glowing" evaluation

    kaydensmom01 replied to Neohippy's topic in General Students

    I was the same way in clinicals. I was literally the first one there to get patient information because I was so afraid of messing up, yet I continued to look like the least prepared because of my...

  10. What additional classes will you be taking?

    kaydensmom01 replied to TNT365's topic in General Students

    In all of my nursing school semesters, my nursing classes only equaled 6 credit hours or less and I went full time the entire time. It really depends on what kind of student you are. Some people would...

  11. New to nursing and college itself. I have a question about pre reqs.

    kaydensmom01 replied to FloatyFlowers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I studied for the admission assessment and did well, so was able to skip pre-req's (developmental math, english). I did take one semester of co-reqs (a&p, chemistry, psychology), so that I would...

  12. The Use of Nursing Diagnosis After School

    kaydensmom01 replied to RubberDuckieLove's topic in General Students

    Even if they do not actually "use them" in their charting they are used to assess patient priority. Nursing diagnosis' are very important, and are there to help you assess all of your patient problems...

  13. RN to MSN or RN to BSN?

    kaydensmom01 replied to green34's topic in General Students

    I am doing my own schools online RN to BSN which will cost about 1/4 of the cost of doing a RN to MSN (just the RN to BSN portion). I looked into doing RN to MSN but all of the programs were distance...

  14. Fresh from Orientation: iPads are required equipment!

    kaydensmom01 replied to daisygarten's topic in General Students

    Are the ebooks yours permanently? I've heard of programs where they are only yours for a specified amount of time. Just curious. At my school we were not allowed to have cell phones, iPads, or laptops...

  15. Help! graduated with honors from BSN program!

    kaydensmom01 replied to RN2b599's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I am going through the same type of situation. I graduated in may and hired a lawyer last year because I knew how hard it will be to get licensed. I highly recommend hiring a lawyer, especially before...

  16. Will I actually like this?

    kaydensmom01 replied to strawberryswing's topic in General Students

    I didn't like nursing school, but loved my preceptorship. It was completely

  17. CNA starting wage?

    kaydensmom01 replied to nowayis's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It depends where you are. In San Francisco you may get $20 an hour, here in this part of Ohio you start at $8.50 because the cost of living is low. 10 is

  18. Please help. Got an academic dishonesty record on my transcript.

    kaydensmom01 replied to yvette1222's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You keep pointing out that you are a good student because your grades are good, but how are the schools going to know that your grades are good from working hard and not cheating and just not getting...

  19. Question about preceptorship

    kaydensmom01 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in General Students

    We didn't get to choose the hospital, time, or specialty. We all did either med-surg, ICU, or ER. Schools are usually limited in

  20. Anyone else's local hospitals doing this?

    kaydensmom01 replied to Idiosyncratic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have not seen anything like that where I live. Maybe 10% of job openings around here say "experience

  21. is nursing school challenging enough?

    kaydensmom01 replied to Melly6212's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Its a different kind of challenging, and I do not think that it is as challenging as the biological sciences. You must know anatomy and physiology but the main part is to understand it enough to...

  22. Testing out of A&P

    kaydensmom01 replied to beccaboo322's topic in General Students

    OP, I don't think that there is a way to test out of A&P if you have not taken the class already. It would at least take you your full summer of studying it non-stop to understand it and even then...

  23. Testing out of A&P

    kaydensmom01 replied to beccaboo322's topic in General Students

    At my school we only take one anatomy class, and you do not have to complete it until the first semester of the nursing program. My school is credible, and combines your two classes of a&p into...

  24. Considering my options....kind of low GPA after freshmen year of college

    kaydensmom01 replied to shinealightonme's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think that before you apply to another program you need to evaluate your situation because to me it sounds like alot of finger pointing, when in reality you did not get such a low gpa due to anyone...

  25. Did your school allow "thank yous" during your pinning?

    kaydensmom01 replied to Carson13's topic in General Students

    We all wrote our thank you's on index cards and the director read them as we were getting