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    Is Nursing right for me?

    maddiem replied to rystle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A speech and language pathologist works with people who have speech disorders and swallowing disorders. Its a really fast growing career and you can work in a school, hospital, nursing home, or in a...
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    From First Generation College Student To Nurse

    maddiem replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    I'm also a 1st generation college student. My sister dropped out of high school her sophomore year and I'm my parent's only child who graduated high school. They both don't value education nearly as...
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    Do I Stand A Chance...

    maddiem replied to CAPina1989's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As long as you get A's in your science prerequisites and a decent score on your pre admissions test you should be good. Just make sure you stay really focused in your science courses and make time to...
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    Is Nursing right for me?

    maddiem replied to rystle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't do nursing if the only thing that attracts you to it is the money. You will end up regretting your career later in life if you don't really love it. Nutrition is a great field with...
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    Did I make the right decision?

    maddiem replied to Trinklee's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It won't be a waste of your time! The experience you will receive from being around the health care environment and getting patient interaction will be very helpful when you get into nursing school!...
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    I Really Need to Know my Chances for Acceptance! Help!

    maddiem replied to BlackBettyRN,OCN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Two B's are nothing to worry about. Your program is quite small, but as long as you do well on your admissions test you should still have a pretty competitive application. I would think about applying...
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    med surge help!!!!!!

    maddiem replied to rvd4now's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Get "Medical Surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy"!! GREAT book! Very easy to understand. Great to read before you jump into reading your text book which can get wordy and confusing. They have it on...
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    Resurrection University Fall 2012 Applicants

    maddiem replied to RickyLatino87's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Just an other question...I'm planning on retaking 2 courses that are for my gen eds - Ethics and US History. My grades in those courses weren't very good and it could really raise my GPA if I retake...
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    A&P Prep?

    maddiem replied to goingtothedogs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Try this book!! Its GREAT! It gives a great overview of A&P and breaks it down in an easy to understand way. It helped me soooo much in class and it would be a great introduction for you as well!...
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    Is math in nursing hard? Maybe I should reconsider nursing?

    maddiem replied to brenay's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not very good at math either. I have to work so hard to get good grades and to learn. But when you get to nursing, the majority of your math skills will be focused on fractions, proportions,...
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    First day of clinicals, having a hard time emotionally =(

    maddiem replied to fresitachulita's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Its really hard to see people like that...I did my clinical hours for my CNA class at a nursing home and it was hard emotionally the first few clinicals. I had an elderly women with Alzheimer's think...
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    Better chance of getting into nursing program with BA?

    maddiem replied to Sweet charm's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Before you can get into an Accelerated BSN program, you will have to take nursing-specific prerequisites. Obviously since you have bachelors degree, you won't be taking english and philosophy and...
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    Really stressed on Nursing career path to take help please :(

    maddiem replied to Claudiac's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There are other people in the same situation as you, including me! I'm technically supposed to be a junior in college, but I've been working ever since I got out of high school and my first year of...
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    Hybrid Biology over the summer....

    maddiem replied to 7237dallas's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took my 1st A&P class in the summer, not bio...but still science :) Its going to be a challenge to do for any science class. Just don't get behind and study every day! It can be hard to keep up...
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    Should You Commute To Nursing School?

    maddiem replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    I'm applying to a school that is 45 minutes - and hour away from me, but the program is REALLY good. I can't imagine doing what you did! You have a lot of
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    College Algebra ughh

    maddiem replied to beckyboo1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Try this website...its AMAZING! It has helped me math soooo much! And a lot of others subjects too!! Khan
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    A&P with Chemistry

    maddiem replied to professionalgirl80's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If they're going to be the only 2 classes you're taking and you have a lot time on your hands then I'd say go for it. But there is SO much studying for both of them, so if you're a busy person, I'd...
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    CNA experience = more competitive?

    maddiem replied to tgw225's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Also, it would be a great way to get a letter of recommendation or a professional reference one day for when you apply for RN
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    Online CNA courses- Florida?

    maddiem replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yeah you won't find a CNA course online...And if you do, it would be SUPER sketchy and most likely not accredited...A CNA course has a lot of clinical work and lab time involved in it. My CNA class...
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    CNA experience = more competitive?

    maddiem replied to tgw225's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm pretty sure that after a certain amount of time in nursing school, you can sit for the CNA exam. At least in IL you can. After you have completed the basic fundamentals course, I'm pretty sure you...
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    Spring semester

    maddiem replied to cnastriving2brn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Personally, I would leave one of those classes out...Chem is REALLY hard. And will require a lot of your time, more so than than your other classes. Maybe save it for summer so you can focus on only...
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    AP1, any tips?

    maddiem replied to RainbowDash's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If your class room has any models of the figures that you're studying, that is also a great way to learn! Its one thing being able to point it out in a picture, but doing it on model is completely...
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    I need advice... I not the best student, but want to be a nurse more than anything!

    maddiem replied to countrygirl1234's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're most certainly not dumb! I'm a pre-nursing student, when I was in high school I was that kid in special math classes because I wasn't up to speed with everyone else, took tests outside of the...
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    Resurrection University Fall 2012 Applicants

    maddiem replied to RickyLatino87's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I was finally able to find the area of the website that had the moving updates and everything...It looks awesome! It will be about a 45 minute drive for me, but I think it would be worth it I really...
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    Resurrection University Fall 2012 Applicants

    maddiem replied to RickyLatino87's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I have been to the website and I was on it for quite a while. But some of the pages kept giving me errors. But