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  1. GPA

    MrsCuoco replied to butterflykisses23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I start nursing school tomorrow. When I applied, I had a 4.0 in my prerequisites, and yes...most schools will use this as a top determining factor and make a cut based on that and then cull the list...

  2. Any advice for a Pre nursing student :)

    MrsCuoco replied to 1futurenurse12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your A&P classes are going to be the most important, but overall you need to strive to have the highest GPA possible as sometimes, this is a top determining factor. In our university, the top cut...

  3. First Day of LPN school

    MrsCuoco replied to jrhlpn2013's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Lots of us in the same boat...just started or getting ready to! I start school tomorrow and am very excited. I actually reward myself during study time with a 10 minute facebook break (with some...

  4. Is $18,000 overpriced for an LPN program in NE Ohio?

    MrsCuoco replied to helikias's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Yowza!!! I start LPN school tomorrow and my program, including books, is about $6500 give or take (I brought that way down by aggressively hunting down deals on books, scrubs, etc) and my university...

  5. Everyone wants to be a nurse...

    MrsCuoco replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I will never try to hide the fact that one of the main reasons I chose nursing because of its high earning potential, nor aplogize for it. That doesn't mean it's my only reason. I just think people...

  6. I'm a lot less scared of clinicals now...

    MrsCuoco posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Our LPN class has 30 students, and in October we will begin clinicals, 10 of us being sent off to one of three hospitals at a time. I had really been in a lot of inner turmoil over clinicals and all...

  7. I'm a lot less scared of clinicals now...

    MrsCuoco replied to MrsCuoco's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Thanks! Yes, I was CNA although just for 5 months. The facility I worked at was not great and as soon as I got my acceptance letter for nursing school I quit...this was in April. I would have been...

  8. A&P "coloring book"??

    MrsCuoco replied to butterflykisses23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had one of those. WHile I can't say it was the MOST valuable resource I had, it did serve its intended purpose, which is to get you thinking about the orientation of organs and such in the body...

  9. Funny & Cute Things Our Demented Patients Say

    MrsCuoco replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked in a LTC facility as a CNA for a short time before being accepted into nursing school. I was on the floor below the dementia unit but there was still some spillover to our floor and a LOT of...

  10. Does your LPN/LVN program have a Pharmacology course?

    MrsCuoco replied to SWM2009's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Yep- ours has a separate pharmacology course as well as a pharmacology calculations

  11. RN tried to talk me out of Nursing school...

    MrsCuoco replied to NYCHikerRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    When I went to get my required physical after getting accepted into an LPN program, my own doctor asked me, "why the heck do you want to be a nurse? Why not just go to medical school?"

  12. Lpn vs nursing school

    MrsCuoco replied to julie21's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Kimynurse, your post read like a poem. It was kinda

  13. Panicking

    MrsCuoco replied to luixbeauty's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I know how you feel. I got a two-ton bomb dropped in my lap when I picked up my syllabi a few days ago. To prepare for the first week's classes I have to read a total of nineteen chapters, do six...

  14. Study Groups: Help or Nuisance?

    MrsCuoco replied to MrsCuoco's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Rescue ninja- yes please email me as well... [email protected]

  15. Cliques within LPN classes

    MrsCuoco posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    LPN students already in classes or finishing up: did you find that people paired off predictably within the program? I have had one of two orientations for my program beginning Aug 20th and just...

  16. shoes for clinicals?

    MrsCuoco replied to jaycee15's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I bought a pair of Cherokee Transcends Patricia clogs (looks very similar to a Dansko) at my local uniform store and they were about $65 on sale. They are very well cushioned and feel great on my...

  17. Shot Records

    MrsCuoco replied to LeeLeeTheGPN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I went the titer route as well. My mom had long since lost all my vax records and ha dno earthly idea who my pediatrician was. Thankfully my insurance covered all but about 30 bucks of the

  18. Shot Records

    MrsCuoco replied to LeeLeeTheGPN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    All the hoops we have to jump through can be a little mind blowing for sure! We were told very sternly that unless youare an out of town student, ALL paperwork items had to be hand delivered to the...

  19. Study Groups: Help or Nuisance?

    MrsCuoco replied to MrsCuoco's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Thanks for all the varied perspectices,

  20. Fall 2012 lpn classes

    MrsCuoco replied to rvd4now's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Whoa! Coolness! I'm quite sure we don't get any swag like that in my

  21. Fall 2012 lpn classes

    MrsCuoco replied to rvd4now's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    My program starts August 2oth My school is Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction Colorado The program is 9 months long and costs roughly $7,000 I am becoming an LPN as a first step in the...

  22. My friends have medical questions at all hours of the day...

    MrsCuoco replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    A girl I work with in an Italian restaurant asked me the other day if it was possible for a dog and cat to mate and have offspring because her neighbor's cat just had kittens and one looks...