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  1. 14 credit hours?

    I'm surprised that Biology isn't a prereq to A & P. You could not take it concurrently at my
  2. student loans

    Have you looked into the Nursing Scholarship Program? If you are sure you want to be a nurse, then it couldn't hurt. Although I know nursing is what I want to do, I'm not applying this year because I...
  3. Nursing School Anxiety

    This is a long post... :) I have been a liberal arts student for the last 2.5 years. I made the decision that I would like to be a nurse and took many of the requirements for that path. However, as a...
  4. Advice on managing full-time nursing school?

    How is it full time if you did all your prereqs? I'm just wondering because my nursing school has prereqs/coreqs and I haven't taken micro. So I have to take it next summer before I take the second...
  5. Nursing School Anxiety

    Thank you for your words of encouragement. They were much needed! :)
  6. Medical TV shows you love...

    I love Trauma: Life in the ER. I was shocked one day to see the physician that had just treated me for an eye infection at my local hospital (and the place I will be doing clinicals at) on the...
  7. Learning a Second Language Through Nursing

    I took 3 years of French in highschool and am in my second semester of Spanish right now. I supplemented my learning with Mango. I like it better than Rosetta. Just an
  8. Well many nursing students have to take entrance exams just to have the opportunity to try to become a nurse. I think it is ludicrous to be a negative Nancy and care about someone who has their head...
  9. Here's how I see it, I have an eleven year old daughter and was a sahm for years. I work part time and have been in school under the liberal studies program. I've been accepted to nursing school for...
  10. Nursing School - 30 - Starting a family HELP

    Can you go part time? Does your work offer tuition reimbursement? Are you healthy now? Just some
  11. How to deal with ****-poor teaching?

    P.S. There are websites you can rate college professors at. I did it for the case management class. Be diplomatic but warn others. Some teachers have so much tenor there is nothing you can do but help...
  12. How to deal with ****-poor teaching?

    I start nursing school next semester; however, I have been taking liberal studies courses for over 2 years. I took a class in Case Management in which the teacher gave the group project a failing...
  13. Should Credit Affect Chance of Job?

    Seven states have now banned employers from pulling credit scores. In this economy many people have faced bad financial times. If no one said anything about what they thought, then possibly women's...
  14. As more potential employers conduct credit checks, do you feel that this should influence a job offer? I believe that a credit score is an arbitrary number that may or may not reflect poor choices...
  15. nursing policy on handling infant that is not bathed

    To each their own, right? Interesting that they wouldn't want their baby bathed. Are they worried about the baby getting cold? Religious
  16. Reality of Nursing skool

    You can do this! :) I'm starting in the fall so I don't know what it is like but I think about the other obstacles I have overcome in my life and know I will make it. You will too. Think of the most...
  17. Does anyone know if having bad credit that does not include any federal debt exclude you from applying? I saw that it "may" but was not sure if "may" meant "most definitely will disqualify." I made...
  18. What schools offer two year LPN programs? I just got accepted to an ASN program and it is two
  19. Female vs. male nurses

    My aunt has been a nurse for almost 40 years and she is one of the best! :) That said, if she were a male, she'd still be one of the best. The person, not their gender, is what is important. I think...
  20. need help with care plan most important goal

    Wish I could help you but can't. :/ However, as someone who is not yet in nursing classes; I would be concerned about her not being interested in food. If she isn't eating, she could deteriorate...
  21. Received Acceptance Letter

    Hello everyone, I received an acceptance letter to a nursing program beginning this fall. I am extremely excited but also feeling a bit of anxiety. I've been a student at the local college since 2010...
  22. Received Acceptance Letter

    Thank you all for the responses. If you took time off, how did you finance it? I have applied to a lottery scholarship called the competitive skills scholarship. Maybe I'll get it, maybe I won't....
  23. Clinical health insurance requirements

    Have you looked at the health insurance plan available through the National Student Nurses Association? https://www.uhcsr.com/NSNA Also, most schools offer some sort of personal health insurance...