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My fiance and I have been together about 7 years. I was with him when he was rejected from med school the first time he applied, when he finally got in, and through all four years of med school. We got engaged a few months before he graduated. Now he's about halfway through his intern year in Family Medicine. It was (and still is) very tough. When he was in med school, I helped him study many late nights with flashcards, etc. This actually wound up helping me in the long run when I decided to apply for nursing school a few years later. He was under a lot of stress to pass the USMLE, and it really took a toll on our relationship. Match Day was incredibly stressful too, especially since he didn't match to his top choice. He wound up moving 700 miles away to start his residency while I finished up my last semester of nursing school. I've since graduated, passed my boards, and moved up with him. Now, his intern year has him working insane hours--there are days where I have maybe 2 hours to interact with him before he has to go to bed so he can wake up and do it all over again. It sucks, but he will be done with his intern year in July. I'm told that things get a lot better once intern year is out of the way. We'll see. We're getting married in October and had to really hound his employer when he first started to guarantee him the time off. So here's my advice: it's not impossible, but it's also not easy. If you feel strongly about this person and you are willing to make a lot of compromises over the next several years, go for it. Realize that you're in it for the long haul, and the long haul frankly sucks sometimes. Take things one step at a time, make sure to talk to each other, encourage each other, and keep each other healthy (it's so easy to give in to terrible fast food and pizza deliveries with everything going on). Try to make time to do things together, however simple. It is what it is.

I don't see a procedure checklist for our Assessment check-off (like we had for the other check-offs). I've been using the handouts from the Assessment lecture to practice, but I feel a little nervous not having a step-by-step guide that lists exactly what's expected of us. I don't feel as prepared for this check-off as I have for the others. Anybody else feeling the same way?

@readytodothis Thanks!

What brand/model is the clicker?

Our courses are still not on Blackboard, right? I just want to make sure I'm not the only one not seeing them when I log in. It makes me a bit nervous since classes are starting in one week.

I talked with someone at the school today--the second 301 section was a mistake. I'm now in section 308 for Nursing I and 303 for Pharmacology I.

Does anyone know anything about the second 301 section that was added on LoLA? The instructor is Ms. Dieck (the same instructor for the first 301 section at Ochsner Elmwood) and the date/time/location fields are TBA. There are 5 people in the class with 2 slots remaining. I live in Uptown and I would love to form a study group and/or meet up with some of you at orientation. I'm in section 301 for Nursing I and 303 for Pharmacology.

I didn't realize there was a change in the schedule. The section I wanted on the Southshore was completely changed to an option on the Northshore! Is there anyone here who was looking to switch? If not, I guess I'll be emailing the coordinator...

Oh no! I didn't realize that there was a change in the schedule and registered for the wrong clinical!

@heather0208 Good luck tomorrow! I hope everything works out for you!

I'm hoping to do Section 318 at Ochsner Main Campus. Anyone else going for Main Campus?

My Immunitrax says "Records Matched" and that they'd update me when Charity accepts my paperwork. I turned in my CPR cerification and Student Nurse Liability Insurance on December 5th, so I'm sure that's why. I also haven't received any notification from LSBN yet. I checked LoLA, and there doesn't appear to be any holds on my registration. I think I will call Charity just to be sure. Where is everyone hoping to do their clinicals?

@marchmadness Right!

Have they posted the registration info/class schedule yet? I just want to make sure I'm not overlooking something. December 13th is coming up soon, and I'm getting a little anxious because I was hoping to map out my options before Registration day...

I live Uptown, so I'd love to get in on the Southshore study group/clinicals :) Still gathering information on CPR classes...I'll post my findings in the next day or so!

I went to the yesterday's session from 4-5pm. We have a lot of paperwork to complete on a pretty tight timeline. It's a bit frustrating, especially since they sent us our acceptance letters 2 months later than they said they would. Oh well. That's life, I guess. Anyone from the Uptown area? I'm looking into CPR certification courses around here...it might be fun to take it with some other Charity people :) Let me know, and I can get some details together.

I received my letter today too! I was really surprised, since I didn't think we'd get anything until late September or October. My profile score was around an 80 (it feels like ages since I calculated it). Good luck, everyone!

Yes, I used the Evolve book. I thought it prepared me very well for the Math, Vocab, Grammar, and Reading Comprehension sections. Quite a few of the vocab words on the HESI came directly from the book, and the Reading Comprehension practice questions were good exposure to the actual format for that section. The Math section of the book prepared me pretty well overall, but I did a ton of conversion problems on my own just in case! The Evolve book doesn't really do a stellar job with the Science sections, however. If your school requires Anatomy & Physiology or Biology, I strongly recommend buying McGraw-Hill's Nursing School Entrance Exams book to brush up and get some good practice in. They also have excellent math practice problems that are a bit harder than the actual HESI, but if you can handle them, you can definitely take on the Math section of the HESI. I have been awful at math my entire life, so I practiced the Math section problems a lot! With the help of the Evolve book and McGraw-Hill, I made a 98 on the Math section! I was shocked and thrilled. As far as the Math questions themselves, be prepared for a lot of ratio problems like x:3::4:5 (solve for x). There are a few conversions, mainly volume-related. I also remember using 1 kg = 2.2 lbs and 1 in = 2.54 cm, so get familiar with some of the English/Metric conversions. Other than that, it was mostly word problems calculating change and sales tax, and a few percentages. Hope that helps!

Overall, the exam was a lot easier than I expected. The Evolve Study Guide definitely helped, especially for the Math, Vocab, and Reading Comprehension sections. I remember quite a few words in the Vocab section on the HESI came directly from the Study Guide. The Study Guide also gives you really good exposure to the Reading Comprehension Section format. That being said, the Study Guide leaves much to be desired when it comes to the Science sections. The practice questions in the book are misleadingly easy. I purchased McGraw-Hill's Nursing School Entrance Exams book for a more in-depth overview of Anatomy & Physiology and Biology. Still, these were my 2 lowest-scoring sections, mostly because I haven't taken Anatomy & Physiology II yet.

Hi, mysonsmama! I'm fresh from taking the HESI this morning, so hopefully I can be of some help to you. For the sections you listed, all of the questions are multiple choice with the exception of math. While the math section is mostly multiple choice, there are a few questions where you are required to input a numerical answer into a blank. Hope that helps!