barcode120x RN, NP

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    Have you faced any discrimination as a student?

    barcode120x replied to sevenup0307's topic in Male Nursing Students

    So true. CCU where I work is male dominant where jokes are floating, everybody's chill, and the A/C is blasting all night long (thank goodness) whereas ICU is female dominated and it's superrrrr hot...
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    New male nurse student and assessment skills

    barcode120x replied to bdedwards's topic in Male Nursing Students

    The head-to-toe looks quite long, but before you know it, you will have it memorized. Just practicing it will help you memorize it more. I never really practiced on a friend, but I did at clinicals...
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    The "I will never get there" feeling

    barcode120x replied to WNTfanM9's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you don't have the money to hit up a BSN program or a private university, you need patience. My school previously (just this year they changed from lottery to point system) did the lottery system....
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    What do you use to take notes?

    barcode120x replied to Reese2012's topic in General Students

    I type up all my notes on my laptop. For lecture, they let us download the powerpoints so I add the lecture notes to the powerpoints. For the readings, I read each chapter fully while typing an...
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    Disadvantaged not being a CNA/PCT?

    barcode120x replied to QueenAnnissa's topic in General Students

    Hm, I wouldn't look at it as a disadvantage per say, it's just that people with hospital experience are more exposed to the setting as previous posters have said and are a bit more knowledge in...
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    Please share your GPAs??

    barcode120x replied to sixela21's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Averaged somewhere between a 2.5 and 2.7 gpa for the pre reqs and and overall of a 3.2 gpa. I didn't study for my HESI but and ended up with an 80% on it. I look back and wonder why I didn't try hard...
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    How many men in your cohort?

    barcode120x replied to Caribbean Character's topic in Male Nursing Students

    15 out of about
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    How Not to Get Taken Advantage Of

    barcode120x replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    Hm, I was in your position in regards to having all the notes and stuff (the "go to" person); however, I thought of it as completely the opposite of being taken advantage of. My study group and I are...
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    Night shift!

    barcode120x replied to megan9107's topic in General Students

    I'm assuming a 12hr shift? Generally what I do is that I wake up a bit earlier than usual. I'll do my thing throughout the day but I'll squeeze in a 2-3 hr nap right before work. For me, that nap is...
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    Any one here from California?

    barcode120x replied to stratus93's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Socal here, attending Mt. SAC's ADN program. Bout to start 2nd semester in 2 weeks
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    The waiting game

    barcode120x replied to katrinabarnes's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    While waiting during my 2 year wait into the program I took a bunch of GEs and ended up getting an AA in natural sciences. Since I still had a ton of time I started to take classes that were fun and...
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    Heads up to all new nursing students:

    barcode120x replied to Nursing2102's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That's how I was rolling through my 2nd half of my first semester. I had a high B in pharm and fundamentals part 2, but I was pulling my hair out trying for that A. I realized then that grades don't...
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    Denied into the Nursing program?

    barcode120x replied to stratus93's topic in Male Nursing Students

    The only reasons that I can think of for a program to "deny" a student is that they either falsified their documents or they just didn't get their documents in on time/missed the deadline. Other than...
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    Nursing school = weight gain?

    barcode120x replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in General Students

    Complete opposite for me. I'm not losing a ton of weight, probably only like 2 or 3 lbs this past semester. I tend to not eat when I get stressed/anxious. Even at clinicals, I'm so busy I don't really...
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    Care Plans

    barcode120x replied to STLmomma27's topic in General Students

    For me, care plans were quite simple (not necessarily easy) for me to do. My clinical instructor wasn't an APA nazi like most are, probably because we were 1st semester, but she focused more on the...
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    First 5 weeks of nursing school

    barcode120x replied to katrinad's topic in General Students

    Very true My class schedule was this the first 8 weeks: Monday: Nursing Theory 7-11, 1-2:45 Tuesday: Clinical 6:30-2:30 Wednesday: Clinical 6:30-2:30 Thursday: Pharmacology 1-4 However, the first 3...
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    Associates or BSN

    barcode120x replied to Sophie15's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I wanted to do BSN as well, but I didn't want to rack up a large bill while being waitlisted. BSN programs at cal-states and UCs here in SoCal have a long waitlist and I didn't want to waste my time...
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    Longest summer... Ever!

    barcode120x replied to twss2323's topic in General Students

    So sad my summer break is about to enter it's last 2 weeks. We have summer and winter off for my college's ADN program, 10 weeks each . Just barely started reading to get that head start but I'm so...
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    Pharmacology Final Grade

    barcode120x replied to RedHeaded2bNurse16's topic in General Students

    Grats. I came into my pharm final with an 89, I needed a 92 on the final to get the A. I passed the course with an 88 , oh well
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    How many hours a week did you REALLY have to study for pharmacology?

    barcode120x replied to michiganstudent's topic in General Students

    Tbh, I didn't really try hard for pharm. It wasn't something that was hard, it literally was memorization (though they ALWAYS say that you can't memorize it all, you just need to relate it, which is...
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    Hospital Clinicals

    barcode120x replied to doxielover304's topic in General Students

    2nd semester here. We start lecture August 26th. First day of our med-surge clinical orientation is August 27th. The actual first day of clinical is the following
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    How To Get Ahead In Nursing?

    barcode120x replied to morgan72312's topic in General Students

    Get a job in the hospital. LTC jobs as a CNA/LVN/RN doesn't help much when looking for a spot in the hospital because LTC setting is a totally different setting than the hospital. If anything, I'd say...
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    Which of the sciences did you find hardest?

    barcode120x replied to mmcc26's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    General chemistry all the way. I loved A&P, microbiology, general biology, and o-chem. O-chem was my 2nd most favorite class overall (Microbio is my all-time #1). General chemistry sucked...
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    Can I go to community college and transfer into a BSN program?

    barcode120x replied to womanofchoice's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Of course!!!!!!!! Many students that don't go to a university right away choose a JC first, then transfer (smarter option imo). However, you need to find out what classes are transferable to certain...
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    What specialty do you want and not want to work in?

    barcode120x replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

    ICU, preferably surgical ICU, but i wouldn't mind medical ICU. Not want to work: telemetry and med surge (if those are even considered specialties