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  1. Do you enjoy med surg clinicals? Vent...

    alex1987 replied to Bouncyball's topic in General Students

    At my school we are not allowed to pick our pts the day before clinicals due to hospital policy, HIPAA, and stuff. I just started my 3rd semester as well doing Med/Surg II + OR, Cath Lab, and PACU...

  2. Degree choices

    alex1987 replied to seashelley36's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Some schools offer an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), an Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN), or an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (AASN). It doesn't matter which one of these you get...

  3. A.A. straight into BSN - can I completely skip the RN program?

    alex1987 replied to Future-Male-RN's topic in General Students

    You still have to finish some of the most importat prereqs before being able to apply for either an ADN or traditional BSN program, but you still seem to have enough credits to get an A.A after you...

  4. How do you FAIL clinical?

    alex1987 replied to aachavez's topic in General Students

    In my program we have to turn in weekly paperwork assignments for the patients we get every week, we have to do comprehensive care plans, do teaching plans, etc. All that stuff counts for our final...

  5. How often should I be studying?

    alex1987 replied to Scrubs_girl's topic in General Students

    Since you have class/clinicals 5 days a week I would say that a few hours a day is enough and then just increase the hours when you're getting close to your test day. If you spend too much time...

  6. How Far do you want to go in your Nursing Education?

    alex1987 replied to MusicEMT's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm currently working on my ADN. After I graduate I'll start working and will get my RN-BSN at the same time. Then I just plan on working as a floor nurse trying different specialties so I know what I...

  7. Pre req courses

    alex1987 replied to Agreen911's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For my ADN program I had to take English, Psychology, Human growth & development, Sociology, Speech, A&P 1 and 2, and Microbiology. And before transferring to the RN-BSN program I will have to...

  8. Nursing pre-req issues.

    alex1987 replied to Agreen911's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you're not planning on applying to the ADN program at your community college then I would advise you to only take the pre reqs you need for UIC or any other college you're interested

  9. Pre reqs for nursing !!! HELP

    alex1987 replied to Agreen911's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It took me 1 year to finish the pre reqs I needed to be accepted to my ADN program. If you're going the BSN route it should take you 2 years if you register 12+ credits each semester and also take...

  10. What prereq classes are you taking this fall? How many to go?

    alex1987 replied to daisygarten's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm about to start my 3rd semester in my nursing program, so I'm obviously done with all the pre-reqs I needed for my ADN program. However, I still have to finish some of the pre-reqs required by the...

  11. Most difficult nursing pre req?

    alex1987 replied to kjohnson1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A&P 1 was the hardest for me (lots of memorization of muscles, tissues, and bones ). A&P 2 was hard as well and I had a really tough instructor, but the fact that we were studying body systems...

  12. So...I definitely just failed Med-Surg :(

    alex1987 replied to Nursing_Mamacita's topic in General Students

    I really admire you... I finished my Med Surg 1 class a week ago and managed to get a B on it, but my class lasted for 10 weeks and I was always stressed and felt that I didn't have enough time to...

  13. Curious Question

    alex1987 replied to CallieNM's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I didn't have a FB before starting nursing school but then my classmates made a FB page for our class and I was just too curious to read their comments that I had to create a FB account. Now I look at...

  14. When Do You Start Fall Semester?

    alex1987 replied to Exhaustipated's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I start August 27. I'm in

  15. I'm 3/5ths a nurse!

    alex1987 replied to BelleNscrubs04's topic in General Students

    LOL congrats!! I'm about to be 2/5th a nurse tomorrow! (as soon as I'm done with my Med Surg 1 final :S) I start 3rd semester in 2

  16. ABGs TOTALLY understood!!!

    alex1987 replied to KristeyK's topic in General Students

    At my school we use the tic-tac-toe method. There's nothing easier than that!

  17. Med Surg Advice

    alex1987 replied to athomas2340's topic in General Students

    For Med Surg there are 2 things that you need to do: 1- Memorize important things such as lab values and most common use and side effects of medications used to treat the disease. 2- Make sure you...

  18. Good study method or too OCD?

    alex1987 replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Students

    I always download the key points from the book's internet resource and add more detailed information to it from the textbook. When I'm done with that I print it and only use that to study so I don't...

  19. What EXACTLY is a care plan?

    alex1987 replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    At my school our care plans consist of 3 pages of physical assessment + 1 page of psychosocial assessment. Then we have to fill in 1 page with all the meds, allergies, and lab values. We have to...

  20. Clinical hours??

    alex1987 replied to breffe's topic in General Students

    My clinicals are 9 hours long (6:30 - 3:30) with the last hour being dedicated to post-conference. But this is my 2nd semester, and we didn't have any clinicals for first semester though. So maybe...

  21. Fundamentals Success 2nd edition vs 3rd edition

    alex1987 replied to Mrsladysoul83's topic in General Students

    I have the 2nd edition and it has worked fine for me. I don't know what's the difference between this one and the 3rd one though, I just got this one because it was

  22. How long is your commute to nursing school?

    alex1987 replied to BlueChocolateCat's topic in General Students

    It takes me 45 min to get to college from where I live. Right now I was lucky and was asigned for clinicals to a hospital that is only 10 min away from home.. But for the next semesters I know I'll...

  23. Im curious and want to see absolute honesty

    alex1987 replied to miabia's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm still in school and am doing this because I really want to be a nurse... but not because it is my "dream" though. I don't think it is realistic to go for a career just because you have a "call"....

  24. Is nursing school really as stressful as everyone says

    alex1987 replied to AlexisNicole's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It is strefull and I spend a lot of time studying but I still have a life. Im in my 2nd semester right now (medsurg I + clinicals) and I still have time to babysit 8 hours per week, I have time watch...

  25. What is the average of a nursing student?

    alex1987 replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    At my school I would say the average is about 30 years old. I'm 24 though