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  1. This may sound silly but...

    Katie71275 replied to 2bNurseCai's topic in General Students

    Put yourself out there. Ask questions, answer questions...even if it's the wrong answer, you're trying! Read your chapters prior to lecture so that you CAN answer the questions! Practice your...

  2. Why Summer Classes?

    Katie71275 replied to chevyv's topic in General Students

    Ha, that is funny! We start clinicals next week at our first facility...Im looking forward to it

  3. Scholarships?

    Katie71275 replied to LB_RN2B's topic in General Students

    Check with your state's student nurse association...I think ours has a 5k year scholarship..I didn't apply for it but a friend of mine did...There are also others out there. I applied for and...

  4. Why Summer Classes?

    Katie71275 replied to chevyv's topic in General Students

    Sorry! I too am having summer classes(Psych Nursing), and have 4 kids...With Vacation Bible School this week, and working out, and the peaches at the orchard delicious, I need to make my peach jam to...

  5. Do you have a lot of Debt to pay off

    Katie71275 replied to pat8585's topic in General Students

    I think will be about 28k when I graduate....It isn't b/c thats the cost of my program, but I took the full loan amount available as I had to quit a FT job to go back to school and hubby's salary...

  6. Orientation(s)?

    Katie71275 replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Students

    We have an "orientation" on the first day of class each quarter. Basically we go over the syllabus, course requirements, clinical expectations,

  7. 35 years old with 3 kids and thinking about nursing

    Katie71275 replied to plutomickey1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Didn't read all the responses, but I am almost a year into nursing school(grad May 2013) and have 4 kids. Im a second career student. It is completely doable. It requires organization, but you can...

  8. maybe i'm not cut out for nursing :(

    Katie71275 replied to peppapig123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't see how that would hold you back in nursing...it's not super common, so unless you are working in OB, nursery, Nicu, PICU, it's highly unlikely that you would see it...and even working in...

  9. New Grad Pay in Louisiana...

    Katie71275 replied to Katie71275's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I attend LA Tech and although it is an ADN program, the grads from this school are highly respected and knowledgeable. ULM and Grambling State University have good programs. Im not sure about other...

  10. Help? Any suggestions that will help me

    Katie71275 replied to amdh9112011's topic in General Students

    I would work on taking some easier classes to bring your GPA up plus some classes that will help you inthe future. For example, have you taken Spanish? With so many Spanish speaking people in the...

  11. Question to all Nursing students working part time while in Nursing School.

    Katie71275 replied to CCua's topic in General Students

    If you don't have to, I wouldn't encourage working until the latter part of your studies(as say a nurse tech or something). After August, I will have completed 1 year of my ADN program and will have 9...

  12. What is the reality of the NP job outlook?

    Katie71275 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am still an ADN student(grad May 2013), but have been recently researching my options. I would really like to obtain my CNM, but it's looking like it might be best to actually have the NP/CNM...

  13. I quit my job!!!

    Katie71275 replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    That's great

  14. Quarantining Exams (cheating)

    Katie71275 replied to LindaGonzales's topic in General Students

    This is how our test works. We take the test(nothing can be on our desk but a cover sheet and our pencils)....We turn our test in and wait in the hall...The teachers grade math and alternative answers...

  15. Tell me about your first block/year

    Katie71275 replied to mysonsmama's topic in General Students

    Nothing can guarantee you a spot in any program :) Im in my last quarter of my first year, but our first quarter was Fundamentals, second Med-Surg 1, third, Med Surg 2, and now, Psych(Fall we have OB,...

  16. Family...my OWN family...discourages me from nursing...

    Katie71275 replied to Jc1982's topic in General Students

    Im so sorry you are getting that from your family! I had to quit my salaried job as well to go back to school. For one, I didn't make my own hours, my job was 8-430 M-F..That interfered with...

  17. Accepted to Frontier Nursing University....WHOOO HOOO

    Katie71275 replied to TonieRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Does anyone know how the clinicals work for the midwifery program? Im in Louisiana and midwifery isn't common around here....What sort of clinical sites would you go to for this? Would it be a...

  18. That question all nursing students get: why do you want to be a nurse?

    Katie71275 replied to nursingstudent2458's topic in General Students

    I think your answer is fine. My reason: I worked in child protection for 5 years. I dealt with a lot of medical cases(neglect, abuse, substance abuse, drug addicted babies, children with HIV,...

  19. Working and Nursing School... PLUS a Family

    Katie71275 replied to jacquiey9285's topic in General Students

    Hmm that's difficult to answer....What sort of job at the hospital? I would not recommend working and nursing school at least until you are a little more in depth in school(first year or so)...It's...

  20. Working to become more competitive - advice needed

    Katie71275 replied to Alana R.'s topic in General Students

    A lot of people here find it beneficial to be employed as a nurse tech. I won't say it's guaranteed you will be offered a position once you grad with your RN, but it's highly

  21. Constructing a backup plan if I don't get in...

    Katie71275 replied to screaminraider06's topic in General Students

    WOW that's a lot of money! I am a post-bachelor's student(Sociology) and I am in a ADN program. My school here is one of the top rated schools in the area, and it doesn't seem like people are having...

  22. How to pay for Nursing school: Student Nursing Scholarship + Financial Aid Links

    Katie71275 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Students

    Are you living with parents or on your own? If you are living with your parents, and you can continue to live with them for a bit after nursing school, then if this is your only option, I would deal...

  23. Are there cliques in your nursing program?

    Katie71275 replied to live&love&heal's topic in General Students

    There are a few, but honestly it's not TOO bad(at least I don't feel that way)....I guess im in one of those cliques...it's a group of women(vs 18-19 yr old girls) who actually study their butts off,...

  24. Pregnancy: Before or After Nursing School

    Katie71275 replied to Justabitoff's topic in General Students

    If it were me in your place, I'd go for it. I have a BA in Sociology and had 2 children thoughout my college career...Course I was young, my first being born at 19 and my second at 21. I had no...

  25. Single Mother, Working, and Nursing School

    Katie71275 replied to Shauntil07's topic in General Students

    I think you will do just fine! yes there will be sacrifices but I bet he won't remember most of it and once you have that RN, thinks will be much better financially esp as a single mom. Im not a...