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  1. Stereotyping Male Nurses

    norlns24 replied to lvansick's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I am in a program with roughly 100 students in my cohort. The instructors keep commenting how many men there are (roughly 35/100). Not one that I know of identifies as gay and we've all gotten to...

  2. What are the best schools?

    norlns24 replied to Angelica322's topic in School, College Programs

    Angelica322, No, as long as the program is currently fully accredited (hugely important!) with a solid track record, you should be okay. However, if you are particularly concerned about this but...

  3. Trouble in clinical. Prioritizing. Help

    norlns24 replied to bella14k's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In the BSN program I am in, fortunately, our clinicals include sitting in on shift reports and thorough post conferences. However, I have been told numerous times by several instructors that we (the...

  4. Clinical drama-question about personal property

    norlns24 replied to chiasmus100's topic in General Students

    I feel guilty when I go for a Chipotle run between

  5. urgent need some out there to take care of tis question

    norlns24 replied to UcheAnyiam's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Oh, LOL I didn't realize he asked a second question. The first question (which had 2 parts) asked for an answer in milligrams...which was why I was confused anyone was writing about flow rates. Okay...

  6. Clinical drama-question about personal property

    norlns24 replied to chiasmus100's topic in General Students

    I would not bring this episode up with anyone in the clinical setting. Why? Clinicals are often considered a job rehearsal, and the medical community can be quite small. Clinical instructors often...

  7. urgent need some out there to take care of tis question

    norlns24 replied to UcheAnyiam's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I have never had any problems with med math, but someone else mentioned having to calculate the flow rate for this question. Perhaps it's the way the question is worded (that is messing me up), but I...

  8. Failure is an Option: A New Grad Story

    norlns24 replied to elixRN's topic in General Students

    Thanks for responding and for the clarification. I believe the nurse you were shadowing shares culpability for the medication error that occurred. Most mistakes involve an error chain, often with...

  9. Graduating nursing school.....now I'm not so sure I want to be a nurse!

    norlns24 replied to bearpaw2222's topic in General Students

    I agree with the admin's comments. A little fear can be a positive. A little fear going into your first job and a sense of concern for the safety of your patients will keep you on your toes and...

  10. Failure is an Option: A New Grad Story

    norlns24 replied to elixRN's topic in General Students

    The student was punished. The student had to repeat a semester. I am very curious to know if the clinical instructor was punished. From what was described, some of the fault lies with the clinical...

  11. Failing high school Pre-Calc... can I still be a nurse?

    norlns24 replied to Jack C's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not good at math and was terrible at math in high school. At community college, I was required to take developmental math (pre-algrebra) and then a non-transferable college algebra class. I...

  12. Time management; class, family, exercise...etc

    norlns24 replied to Myoclonicjerk's topic in Male Nursing Students

    There is some great advice so far. I would only add that talking to students in your program who are a semester ahead of you can be invaluable. They can tell you which books for which classes are...

  13. Working during Nursing School

    norlns24 replied to storxusmc's topic in Male Nursing Students

    OP, congrats on being able to go to nursing school PT. I looked into any type of program in my area that would allow me to go PT so I could work my "real" job while I went to school -- I'm in N IL...

  14. The Insanity That Is APA in Nursing School

    norlns24 replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Students

    The APA Style Guide 2nd printing is incredibly un-user friendly. It's nearly impossible to look anything up. It needs more examples. Just give us a really long Reference List with lots of varied...

  15. Cannot create thread anywhere but here, have NANDA question

    norlns24 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is it b/c I have not posted in a while? I cannot start a new topic. I was going to ask (in another area -- nurses or students -- not the "help" area) what "Readiness" means in a NANDA diagnosis. I...

  16. Cannot create thread anywhere but here, have NANDA question

    norlns24 replied to norlns24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Okay great...that's what I thought.

  17. Should i read any books to get a head-start for nursing school?!

    norlns24 replied to Marsha238612's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes read patho if your program has a separate pathophysiology class/ book. Getting a leg up on patho helps because it comes up again in other classes and semesters, and it's generally one of the...

  18. Advice on Managing BSN Program Workload

    norlns24 posted a topic in General Students

    Greetings, I start a BSN program in 2 weeks. I've done well in my prerequisite classes, but have avoided taking more than 12 credit hours per semester. The program I am entering is a track program,...

  19. RPN/LPN in Greece?

    norlns24 replied to amber43's topic in General World

    Yeah, it would pretty much be impossible to get a job there as a non-Greek imo, unless you were highly skilled in an area that is in demand and no other Greeks were available to fill jobs in the...

  20. Just Quit My LPN to RN Program

    norlns24 replied to CLUVRN's topic in LPN to RN

    Definite kudos to you for setting a goal for yourself, exploring it, and then deciding it was not right for you! You will always be able to look back with no regrets because you gave it a try. You...

  21. ASU Post-Bacc BSN Program

    norlns24 replied to rtyo1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    First off, congrats on completing your degree, prerequisites, and scoring really well on the TEAS test. A 12 month program, as much hell as it will be, is so much preferable to the FIVE semester...

  22. Three Tips from a Former Student

    norlns24 replied to GundeRN's topic in General Students

    So true about crossing out/ ignoring the wrong answers. I had a study guide for a class with a bunch of practice tests, and I could not believe the number of times I could not remember the correct...

  23. Advice on Managing BSN Program Workload

    norlns24 replied to norlns24's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the reply! Yes, I found that in Anatomy I often read the chapter summaries and looked at all the diagrams, etc. if I did not have time to read the entire chapter or just wanted a quick...

  24. Illinois BSN programs

    norlns24 replied to princessjaz's topic in School, College Programs

    NIU is good. Aurora is good too but very expensive. Western Illinois -- Quad Cities campus has a BSN program, and I know that campus has undergone major upgrades and expansion in the past few years...

  25. Old nurse, New BSN, MED ERROR

    norlns24 replied to marace's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, as a beginning RN student..I'm curious... how common is it for an RN to be instantly fired over a mistake like this? If you have a perfect record, and are an otherwise good employee (no...