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Have you thought of doing an ASN program then an RN-BSN program? It's much faster than just going for the traditional BSN program because it takes about 2 1/2 years to finish the ASN program, you take the NCLEX and become an RN, then do the RN-BSN on...

Physical findings: sweating, increased HR, BP, pallor, etc.

Here's my schedule next semester: tues- lecture 8-10, Wednesday- lecture 8-11, Thursday- clinicals 6am-6pm, Friday- clinicals 6am-6pm. Paperwork for clinicals are due Tuesday. So I spend the weekend doing paperwork and studying. It's not impossible N...

I'm in the same boat as you. Husband PCSing, different state, etc. I've researched a lot too and from what I gathered, you should apply for a license with the board of nursing in FL, send your transcripts, etc, etc. they will decide if your degree is...

Exercising helps. Yoga especially before a test helps with the anxiety.

The whole "pushing for BSN and hospitals no longer hiring ASN" thing has been going on for a long long time. My instructor said she was told that when she was in nursing school 28 years ago. I went for my ASN because we make almost the same as BSN R...

First off, thank you for your service. And secondly, I think it's great. My husband is currently active duty army. Well he got terribly injured in 2010. I noticed that he was way more comfortable with male docs and nurses than he was with female ones...

I agree with the previous post. I had a classmate who is also my good friend, struggling in class too. I decided to help her study and realized that she knew the information, memorizing it. She could spit it out better than I could. But then I realiz...

https://evolve.elsevier.com/ sign up and add the resource for a nursing care plan book. I used ackley. I'd say based off the info you gave, pain would be the big diagnosis, goal should be measurable and realistic. Something like pt will verbalize a p...

The TEAS is like a standardized test. I scored an 80 on mine which is pretty high. I used mcgraw hills teas 5 book to study and the ATI teas study guide plus I purchased a sample test. The sample test REALLY helped, however, study before you take tha...

Just go to the CDC website. There are certain things that shouldn't be done right after the other, example is a MMR and tb test. Those are recommendations by CDC. She's a pharmacist, they are very smart people and have years of knowledge about mixing...

I was th opposite. I didn't feel like nursing would be something I would like. I went back to school to get my ADN. Competed against students for a spot, got a spot and still didn't know if I wanted to be a nurse. I did it because I needed a more fle...

Absolutely doable. Just takes time management and studying. I took micro, physiology with labs and my first level nursing courses this semester. Call me crazy but it wasn't as bad as I thought it was I got A's in all th classes but my nursing (I got ...

I wouldn't recommend throwing another class in the mix of nursing school especially since it's an online class and in my experience online classes are self taught anyway. Our program doesn't teach dosage calculations, they test you on it though. So w...

We just have 4 exams with 50 ques and a final. So those who fail one exam have a hard time raising their grades too.

I'd do the ASN. It's just a little longer than your LVN but I think it's a better choice. You can later do an RN to BSN online with many schools. Good luck.

I took anatomy first and was happy I did, because I'm taking physiology now and I thankful I took anatomy first. It's always easiest to take a class that talks about the basics and broad overview of each system and regions of the body before you take...

I think you should go for the BSN. The wait time for the LPN and completion of the LPN will be equal to the Completion of BSN. Three years isn't that bad. Just tell your husband that it's gonna be hard. There will be days he'll have to be eating left...

Chemistry.

Anatomy and physiology revealed 3.0 it helps sooo much to visualize all these parts in layers. And flashcards was the best way I learned

Take out a student loan and buy a cheap car if you can because clinicals are early in the morning. Or make friends quick and see if you can get someone to let you catch a ride. Good luck

Don't b discouraged. You're competing against other applicants and every year the cut off is different. I'd say take your prereq classes, get As and it will bring your GPA up. Retake classes you've scored badly on and get As. It's gonna take a lot of...

Sounds like me. Finance major went Nursing. It sucks because the core requirement for Finance are all unhelpful when trying to go into nursing. I literally had to start all over again from the bottom with those same classes you mentioned. However, do...

Have you thought of a technical college to be an LPN?

I see your family's point. Nursing is a more stabile career. I WAS a business major, Finance to be exact, in my senior year. I loved it and got a job with a big corporate company. Then we moved and I couldn't find a job, not to mention a lot of other...