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With technology being as advanced as it is these days, I've heard of many nurses and nursing students using their smartphones for medical resources. Personally I have the IPhone and have been looking at suggestions for nursing student apps. I start ...

Congrats!!! I'm very excited for you! I'm starting my second and final year of nursing school and was going through what you are last year. Enjoy your free time while you can, you'll be spending most of your time indoors and in the company of books w...

Our class started in clinical in October, 6 weeks of labs first. Don't worry. You will spend those 6 or 7 weeks learning and practicing everything you need to know for clinical. Once you get to clinical, you will be doing the basics; ADLs, assessmen...

First off... what have you come up with? It sounds like nothing and you're just asking for help, but I think it's important to tell us what you think. I think if you're stumped you should make a list of each system. Take the data you have: past medi...

Everyone is different. I worked 3 jobs during my fundamentals semester, made time to do all the readings before class, studied, did all the clinical work and hours. I got an A- for the semester. If you are organized and know what you can handle, you...

our school charged for the syllabus for our first semester. it included everything for the first semester and reference material for other aspects of the program. not as large as yours and it only cost $20 or something

Read the assigned chapters before class. I like to outline the chapters as I go if I can. Review the material weekly, as the other person said, it helps you learn as you go. Doing NCLEX questions to study, definitely helps and I find that to be mos...

You are lucky! I had 13 Chapters plus half of our dosage calc book to read for the first day. Break down the readings. Spread them out across the days you have left until school starts. Don't forget to make sure you enjoy the free time you have left!...

I just did my OB rotation this spring. I did get to see a circumcision. As a student nurse, your interaction is limited to soothing the baby with sucrose and getting him changed back into a diaper and clothes after the procedure is done. You're wit...

Congrats to everybody!!! I am entering my last two semesters in a month! I am hoping that once the semester starts, it will go by as fast as last year and I'll be done before I know it. So exciting!!! And like someone said above, it is so fun to read...

Not wearing them anywhere other than the hospital keeps them looking good. Our school requires all leather white shoes. Magic eraser does wonders on white leather shoes :)

I have my second and final year of nursing school left (also an ADN program) and found that the Saunder's questions were not similar to those used on exams for my program. They were too easy and simple to help me prepare for exams or study. I've si...

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss Ignore what people say, be your own person and do what you have to so that you​ are happy.

I like to use the socratic method to know about disease processes and basic information. I take a topic, hyponatremia for example and think of everything I can about that; normal lab value (approx), signs and symptoms, physiological process, how sodi...

My advice for anyone starting nursing school this fall: - Enjoy your summer and free time. It's hard not to want to dive right in but trust me, it will consume you're life and you won't have much time for anything else. Your nursing student friends...

Congrats to everyone starting your first year in nursing school. On the 28th, I will be starting my second and final year for nursing school. This post made me think about my first day and the prep for it. Our orientation was in June, and I tried ...

Yes you are freaking out a little. Check out job fairs, volunteer at some of those hospitals to get your face around the floors. Focus on doing well your last semesters and talk with professors you know well about connections they might have. Most ...

How does your school test? My program uses NCLEX style questions on all our exams to prepare us for the NCLEX. All the questions are situational and applies the information we learn in class to a patient and asks us what our priority is. Because of o...

Thanks! I'm excited for my last 2 semesters! For anyone who got in the program and is nervous, you advisors will be awesome and each freshman is paired with a senior nursing student mentor. The faculty and the other students make a great community t...

I just finished my first year at CCCs nursing program. The schedule is a lot, and it doesn't just include class and clinical. The clinical paperwork easily take 8 hours in entirety for the week, including the clinical journal, med cards, care plan ...

I have finished my first year at CCC in Nursing. For our class, they took all the classes you've taken in the past 5 years including nursing pre-reqs into you GPA calculation. I wish all of you the best of luck!

My school doesn't do a peds rotation but I just did the OB rotation last semester. It was different than med/surg in the fact that you're taking care of healthy patients who want to spend time without you hovering over them. I learned a lot about tea...

Our school doesn't allow clogs, all shoes must have a back and they suggest all leather sneakers in white. I got a pair of white new balance sneakers that are slip resistant off of zappos. I love them, they have great support and I put in additional...

Rates depend on where you live and work, including what department you are working in. I work as a psych tech in a small local hospital. Our pay is determined by HR based on experience in the field. We make on average $15-$17/hour, and get differenti...

Nursing interventions should focus on what you will do for the patient if they have this particular problem. Assessments? Teaching?