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alex1987

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  1. How can a ASN program be 2 years if you have to take prereqs and nursing classes?

    alex1987 replied to mee9mee9's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My ADN is a 72 credits program. 31 credits are pre-reqs and co-reqs that must be completed before starting the program because they give you extra points in your application if you have all those...

  2. What books to keep throughout nursing school? (buying/renting)

    alex1987 replied to ironicitis's topic in General Students

    I wouldnt rent any of the books you need for the 1st semester (patho, health assess, fundamentals). During my 1st semester we had to take intro to nursing and legal and ethical issues and those were...

  3. How many times/years did it take to get accepted.

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

    It took me a year to finish the prereqs and I only applied to the ADN program at the community college I took all my classes. I didnt get accepted but they put me in the waiting list. A month later...

  4. How do you afford /pay for school?

    alex1987 replied to GodIs082010's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My parents pay for my tuition and the majority of my books... but I babysit 10 hours per week so I can pay for school supplies and sometimes used books

  5. Summer term students

    alex1987 replied to Jack245's topic in General Students

    I'm taking Med/Surg I and clinicals and the summer semester ends august 13. I can't wait to be done with this class! I'm so tired! . then I'll only have 2 weeks to relax before fall semester starts...

  6. Help with pre reqs!!

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

    I had to complete the same amount of pre-reqs before being able to apply for my nursing program and it took me a year (full time) to complete them. So it's definitely doable. Good

  7. Anyone else graduating 2013??

    alex1987 replied to Jayden8139's topic in General Students

    I'm in my 2nd semester and will graduate December 2013!

  8. Fundamentals Success Questions

    alex1987 replied to Mrs.Priss's topic in General Students

    You should wait until you have lecture and do the questions after you studied the material. I have the same book, but I didn't use it to study for my fundamental class. Now that I'm in my 2nd semester...

  9. When do clinicals normally start?

    alex1987 replied to GodIs082010's topic in General Students

    In my program we start clinicals the 2nd semester and have them every semester until graduation. I'm currently taking Med/Surg I and we have clinicals once a week from 6:30 to 3:30, but days and hours...

  10. Why I Chose Nursing..

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

    After graduating High School I worked as a CNA for a year and loved the job! I'm from Venezuela, and in my country nurses are not respected, they are not considered professionals because they don't...

  11. Which to take over summer- AP2 or Micro?

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

    Micro was the last pre-req I took before being accepted in nursing school because I thought it was going to be the hardest of all the sciences. At the end it turned out to be the easiest for me and I...

  12. How did you save on textbooks? Ebooks or not?

    alex1987 replied to CinDRnyc's topic in General Students

    I get all my textbooks on Amazon and eBay and I do save a lot of money! I get them used (good condition w/ cds and new access codes) and sometimes I get them new, especially when Amazon offers a...

  13. A&P 2 dissection.

    alex1987 replied to pixiestudent2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We did a rat in A&P I... it was gross :uhoh21: and for A&P II we did a sheep brain and a

  14. What time do you start clinical?

    alex1987 replied to SBJustBreathe's topic in General Students

    This semester my clinical starts at 6:30 am.. luckily I live only 10 min away from the

  15. What color is your uniform?

    alex1987 replied to MILOBRI's topic in General Students

    Landau black scrubs with our school patch on the sleeve + white nursing shoes + white lab coat

  16. Lone Star Fall 2012 ADN Applicants

    alex1987 replied to kalisefer's topic in Texas Nursing

    I was assigned to Memorial Hermann Katy which is awesome cause I live like 5 minutes from there ... but that's only for the summer cause we rotate hospitals and can't have all clinicals in the same...

  17. Lone Star Fall 2012 ADN Applicants

    alex1987 replied to kalisefer's topic in Texas Nursing

    Lol you're rigth cyfair is so different, even our program is different than the other lone stars but i've really liked it so far.. Cant wait to star med/surg clinicals next

  18. Lone Star Fall 2012 ADN Applicants

    alex1987 replied to kalisefer's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yeah... we all need permission from the program to get registered for every class!! we don't even register for anything but an adviser or someone else registers our classes for us... for our first...

  19. Just had my first hospital clinical day

    alex1987 replied to ivikatasha's topic in General Students

    I love this post! I start clinicals next Tuesday and I'm hoping I have an awesome experience on my clinical day just like

  20. Lone Star Fall 2012 ADN Applicants

    alex1987 replied to kalisefer's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi there, Just wanted to let you know you can't take pharm at CyFair cause you must be enrolled in our nursing

  21. Science courses for Nursing

    alex1987 replied to j0628's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If I were you I would take both Human biology + intro to A&P (since you don't have any science background), but if you're only willing to take one class then take Human Biology. That's the one...

  22. Everything to know about Lonestar and HCC programs

    alex1987 replied to amberlynn2109's topic in Texas Nursing

    I think the pre-reqs for both HCC and Lone Star are the same. The only difference is that for HCC you have to take pharmacology before being admitted to the program while in Lone Star you can take it...

  23. Lone Star Fall 2012 ADN Applicants

    alex1987 replied to kalisefer's topic in Texas Nursing

    For those of you who were accepted to Cy-Fair... 1st semester students don't use the school uniform, so you're allowed to wear regular sneakers (any kind/color). But my advise is to wait until...

  24. Lone Star Fall 2012 ADN Applicants

    alex1987 replied to kalisefer's topic in Texas Nursing

    @kalisefer Yes... actually a lot of people in my class have part time jobs. They say it's harder for them cause they obviously got less time to study but it's not impossible. However, I have to say...

  25. Lone Star Fall 2012 ADN Applicants

    alex1987 replied to kalisefer's topic in Texas Nursing

    I don't think there's anything you could actually study during the summer (other than math) cause every class is so diferent and new that you actually need to go to class and learn the new material....