ivikatasha

ivikatasha

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  1. What are the best nursing programs in Virginia?

    ivikatasha replied to defhrhorses's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Virginia Board of Nursing Education Programs Check out the NCLEX pass rates for the schools you mentioned. It might give you a better

  2. What is a good NCLEX-RN book to get during nursing school?

    ivikatasha replied to firefly101's topic in General Students

    Another for the Saunders book here. I have it open in front of me right now, using it to study for my mother/baby final. Been using it since day 1, it has been so

  3. Failed two exams already, but still trying to push through.

    ivikatasha replied to AlliNeedisAMiracle's topic in General Students

    Does your school have disability accommodations? At my school if you have documented anxiety you can get a private area to take the test and time and half. So if the test is 2 hours you get 3 hours....

  4. When did you start using NCLEX review books??

    ivikatasha replied to heroldbe's topic in General Students

    I have seen people solely use Saunders to study from and pass the NCLEX. Different materials will work for different people. Whatever works!

  5. Tidewater Community College 2012 Hopefuls?

    ivikatasha replied to virgolove34's topic in Virginia Nursing

    The reading is a part of the studying, at least it is to me. I will tell you what I did but it may not work for everyone. I read the relevant chapters at least once, but I didn't try to learn or...

  6. Tidewater Community College 2012 Hopefuls?

    ivikatasha replied to virgolove34's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Jan starts the first day of spring semester. March starts the first day after spring break. Uniforms are a blue polo and white pants. There is also an optional vest or lab jacket. They are really nice...

  7. Major anxiety over first clinical

    ivikatasha replied to java12's topic in General Students

    This might sound.... rude and uncaring.....(sorry!!! :uhoh21: ) but honestly you just suck it up and get through it. You just have to do it, there is no getting around it. I was freaked out my first...

  8. Do you keep your personal life private while in nursing school?

    ivikatasha replied to Kadambari's topic in General Students

    I generally don't. That is because my cohort is awesome and we all get a long so well, I can honestly call a lot of them my

  9. Tidewater Community College 2012 Hopefuls?

    ivikatasha replied to virgolove34's topic in Virginia Nursing

    They can run past..... However, more often than not they will end early or there will be an hour or 2 of open lab to work on your skills. In 130 my professor had to cancel one class and to make up for...

  10. Tidewater Community College 2012 Hopefuls?

    ivikatasha replied to virgolove34's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I am glad you guys got something good out of Camp Nightingale. I was one the SNA members speaking. Not going to say which one... but it might be easy to figure it out. :) Really hope you guys do get a...

  11. Saunders NCLEX Book Question

    ivikatasha replied to kosmic2003's topic in General Students

    oh ok. i was just mainly asking about the cd thing cause it is a lot more than 10-15 questions per chapter. op: you might find that for each class your professor tests differently, i have found...

  12. Saunders NCLEX Book Question

    ivikatasha replied to kosmic2003's topic in General Students

    Did you buy a used copy that didn't come with the CD? The Saunder's Comprehensive review book comes with CD that has thousands of questions on it. I have used to help me in all my nursing classes to...

  13. Shoes ....

    ivikatasha replied to angeltech's topic in General Students

    I have been wearing these since I started nursing school. I always get 12-hour rotations and these hold up very well, pretty cheap too. The back is a little low and it kinda feels like it might come...

  14. Tidewater Community College 2012 Hopefuls?

    ivikatasha replied to virgolove34's topic in Virginia Nursing

    They are going great! I am loving med/surge and this clinical

  15. Tidewater Community College 2012 Hopefuls?

    ivikatasha replied to virgolove34's topic in Virginia Nursing

    You will never be on the clinical site without the instructor. So how you get your patient assignment will vary by instructor. You may get them by email the day before, you may get it in the morning...

  16. How to Cover Wrist Tattoo?

    ivikatasha replied to SBJustBreathe's topic in General Students

    My classmates use this in clinical. It seems to work well. Hide Ink Tattoo Cover | Waterproof Tattoo Concealer | Tattoo Cover

  17. Just had my first hospital clinical day

    ivikatasha posted a topic in General Students

    I just had my first hospital clinical day. This is my first clinical day for med/surge, in my 2 previous nursing classes my clinicals were at LTCs. It was so awesome and amazing. I have learned so...

  18. Just had my first hospital clinical day

    ivikatasha replied to ivikatasha's topic in General Students

    Thanks everyone! To everyone who is starting clinicals soon I hope yours are awesome

  19. How Long Did It Take For You To Get Accepted? TCC?

    ivikatasha replied to solsen7070's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You should post this in your state forum if you are looking for more localized responses: https://allnurses.com/wa-nursing-programs/ TCC stands for my school as well which is in VA. After submitting...

  20. Tidewater Community College 2012 Hopefuls?

    ivikatasha replied to virgolove34's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Nah you don't. You will continue to use it in every class. I bought the book a month early and did fine in the class. If you guys want to get a head start, whenever you buy the book, just start with...

  21. Tidewater Community College 2012 Hopefuls?

    ivikatasha replied to virgolove34's topic in Virginia Nursing

    A few things, haha: 1. You can get your CPR training through TCC, the class is HLT 105. They normally meet twice and then you get certified for 2 years. It is the BLS for the healthcare provider. They...

  22. Tidewater Community College 2012 Hopefuls?

    ivikatasha replied to virgolove34's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Yes, but it is possible to have saturday clinical but it seems to be super rare. Just keep your tues & thurs free. Most of the time they are 12 hours, so you would just go either tues or thurs....

  23. Tidewater Community College 2012 Hopefuls?

    ivikatasha replied to virgolove34's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Hey guys. I am currently in the nursing program, in nursing 170, so I can answer the question about the pants and stuff. You should really buy the school's pants from the bookstore. If you try to by...

  24. Best Drug Manual??!

    ivikatasha replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in General Students

    I have the saunders nursing drug book 2012. I never compared it to Davis, but I know quite a few of my classmates went out and bought the saunders one even if they already one after looking at mine....

  25. First hesi exam

    ivikatasha replied to honeybuns87's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My class is using the Jarvis book, so I used that a lot. My final was 2 days after my HESI test, so I was in the same situation. Yeah, you might as well review the lecture notes too. It at least...