going2BaNurse2014

I was a transfer student and got in on my first try. Its not impossible but the competition is stiff, lots of smart people in my class.

-hmmm I have no idea why NO ONE wants to be your partner at clinical? or work with you on most any project we have? perhaps its because you have to be right about everything, even when you are dead WRONG! thank you, sir-knows-it-all -stop sighing so ...

ROFL!!!!! That sounds like my life, minus 2 kids and a job, and add in about 3 hours of traffic each day, give or take, when I only live 20 miles from my school :/

My school required the NLN-RNPAX, which is the NLN's pre-entrance exam for RN programs, or something like that. My school requires that you pass it with at least 50% in each of the verbal, math, and science areas to be considered for acceptance. The ...

Yeah I bought the patho book, the APA book and another book from amazon, the rest I bought from the bookstore... the good thing is that you will use the books throughout the program. ratemyprofessor.com is helpful for choosing your instructor too. I ...

Yes get your health requirements done ASAP, that gives you earlier choice of instructors. I'm partial to my clinical instructor, Mrs. Hodges, she's really sweet and we did most of our clinicals at one place (the VA), all of the other groups rotate ar...

thats the app right? I don't recommend buying it since you cannot use your ohone or ipod or ipad at clinicals. I have a cardiology III but the littman classic II will work fine, I love my cardio III though. It all depends on your level of hearing. th...

The dollar signs add up quick! Congrats spring class of 2012! I also have 2 pairs of green scrub pants, unisex, size med if anyone wants them. I recommend 2-3 polos and 1-2 sets of scrubs, you can wait for a few weeks on scrubs because you don't actu...

Oh and CONGRATS! Spring of 2012 cohort! should be seeing you guys soon! be stoked because we just got a brand new sim lab too, it opens in the fall and it is AWESOME!

Hey guys, when we registered for fall, UHM offered a free cpr certification. Just save your money if they are offering it, which I don't see why they wouldn't since the instructor is the admin guy for the BSN program (Michael) who you turn all of you...

To those that are waitlisted at UHM, keep your heads up, the fall 2011 class took at least 2 (that I know of) into our cohort. There is hope!! :) And congrats to all you newly admitted BSN students!!! :) Its awesome! I never actually received my acc...

Many times NPs have an agreement with a physician who basically co-signs on all of the narcotics they prescribe, BUT it all depends on the state and the scope of practice for the NPs in that state which is set up by the state's BON. In Hawaii NPs now...

I'm not trying to direct anger at anyone, I have no anger toward anyone on this forum nor any of the comments here. I'm not saying people should aim low, its quite the opposite, they should aim high but also be realistic. I just read so many posts of...

CONGRATS!!! :ancong!:

In nursing and just like in ANY other job available in the free world, when you are the newbie, you start at the bottom. You have to pay your dues and work your way up. That is part of life! It has been and always will be. An mba grad doesn't just w...

NS here. All I want is a job shortly after I graduate and pass the NCLEX. Lucky for me its still 3 years away (there's still hope of a market need lol). I don't need benefits, we use my husbands benefits. Everything I earn for the first few years wi...

We are required to get the Davis' Drug Guide. We are also recommended to get any medical dictionary as well. I'm pretty much buying up everything they tell me to, so I can be prepared.

I'm curious too. I am going to school in a state with nursing unions but I know I'm going to eventually move to a state that doesn't have a lot of nursing unions. I don't really know how unions work... guess I will research them a little more.

Exactly! If you are truly passionate about nursing then you will overcome whatever hesitation, fear, or anything that you might not enjoy doing. You'll be fine, just imagine your patients are your mom or dad, or one of your kiddos, and give them the ...

I can't live without eyeliner and mascara, and usually a tinted moisturizer and bronzer powder. I live in a really warm and sunny climate year round so I really don't wear foundation but love tinted moisturizer

Have you tried a tinted moisturizer?

This is my text for class. http://www.amazon.com/Pathophysiology-Lee-Ellen-C-Copstead-Kirkhorn-PhD/dp/1416055436/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1312482249&sr=8-2 But I've been recommended this one to help understand it. http://www.amazon.com/gp/pro...

"What is the first year of nursing school like? I am in a Intro to Nursing and Nursing Procedures w/ lab starting in September. Since I can't start a PhD program until winter (or spring) and have to take the GRE, I was considering just going for it. ...

At the hospital where I was a pt 2x they had a color coded system but the hospital provided and laundered the scrubs. Phlebotomy got red, L&D and OB got pinkish/mauve/burgundy color, yes it was quite awesome to see the men who had to wear them, t...

I have 16 books this semester! AHH! 8 are the whole fundamentals series though. Holy GEEZ!