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  1. How much do LPN's really make?

    dayanara replied to princezzav's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My friend got a job as a LPN in Casa Central in Chicago. She says they started her at $23/hr! Don't know if it's true

  2. Useless work?

    dayanara replied to armygirlabn's topic in General Students

    While it is true that some assignments are time consuming and not part of our grade there is a reason for their madness. I really believe the instructors are testing our time-management and...

  3. Had my 2nd Fundamentals exam today

    dayanara replied to dayanara's topic in General Students

    thanks! but i still feel bad about those who didn't pass:-( i did notice that most questions were "Nclex style," one of the questions was asking: what activity was recommended by the nurse for an...

  4. Had my 2nd Fundamentals exam today

    dayanara posted a topic in General Students

    The exam was 75 questions on: The aging adult, Stress and Adaptation, End of life/Grief, Etc...i got 90%, but 6 of my classmates failed ( why do teachers do

  5. Nurses/Clinical Instructors: What makes you scared (in students)

    dayanara replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Students

    In just a 1st sem student, but I think nerves can really make you forget things and make mistakes. I was so nervous in my basic assessment validation that I forgot the carotids and the conjunctival...

  6. Is this normal?....

    dayanara replied to sbem10's topic in General Students

    My friend was crying too at the beginning, but after the first test I haven't seen her crying anymore:-) you can do

  7. Time you spend for homework and studying?

    dayanara replied to OBplease's topic in General Students

    She's a perfectionist! It is not a bad thing but I told her to relax and be confident in that she knows her stuff and does not need to

  8. What is happening?

    dayanara replied to Mrs.Priss's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry you are struggling:-( One thing I have noticed from my tests is the way the answers are worded. There are two that are definitely wrong and you can easily recognize those. So your odds of...

  9. You're going to think I'm nuts

    dayanara replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    I'm on the same boat! I really love nursing school! I love it so much I bought a hoodie with my school's logo on it that says NURSING in the middle, and I wear it everywhere! The more I learn and the...

  10. Am i studying enough?

    dayanara posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone! I'm a first semester student, and I've managed to get mostly 10/10 in quizzes, 90% on my first fundamentals test and 98% on my first Pharm test. I study 2 hours a day while most of my...

  11. Am i studying enough?

    dayanara replied to dayanara's topic in General Students

    Oh thank u all for your input and words of encouragement. I really think you are right. 2 hours of good studying beat 8 of unfocused studying. I remember when I was younger(I'm 31 now), that I would...

  12. Time you spend for homework and studying?

    dayanara replied to OBplease's topic in General Students

    That's funny I just posted a thread regarding this. I study 2 hours a day, and on Tuesdays after Lab I spend another 3 hours doing homework, case studies, papers, or simchart. One of my classmates...

  13. So you want to be a nurse...

    dayanara replied to Sir Enzyme's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow! You could write a book about this! Thanks for

  14. OMG why Im I not passing my nursing exams

    dayanara replied to future2012nurse's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry you are having such a hard time in your classes:-( My advice would be to change the way you are studying. I am a first semester student as well, and I noticed that the tests in the nursing...

  15. Part I: Nursing school isn't hard... ;)

    dayanara replied to adrikf's topic in General Students

    Adrikf...we don't have to keep track of ATI, at least not for now:-) we only have to do the case studies exams before each test and score >80%. de2013...I'm taking pharm along with fundamentals,...

  16. Studying help! Best way to study fundamentals?

    dayanara replied to FDW630's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Congrats!

  17. Part II: "Nurses Eat Their Young"

    dayanara replied to adrikf's topic in General Students

    It's funny how we take our time posting something that may be beneficial or interesting for other students and there goes someone that has something negative or sarcastic to say about it. Don't worry...

  18. Part I: Nursing school isn't hard... ;)

    dayanara replied to adrikf's topic in General Students

    I completely agree with you! Nursing school is not hard, organic chemistry is hard. Nursing school is challenging in that you have to learn so much new information in such a little time, you have to...

  19. Please any advice would help!

    dayanara replied to BlessedA's topic in General Students

    Yes! Sorry I'm dyslexic:-) work your way down pulmonic, Erb's point, tricuspid and farther left is the apical. ADPIE stands for assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation....

  20. Please any advice would help!

    dayanara replied to BlessedA's topic in General Students

    Hi blessedA...our teacher is also talking about care plans, and they looked complex to me until I started reading the threads regarding the nursing process( especially those by Daytonite). Sorry i...

  21. Studying help! Best way to study fundamentals?

    dayanara replied to FDW630's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I totally agree with mmsn76, follow everything she said. And forget about power points! They are useless! I had my first exam today and what helped me was reading the chapters and understand the...

  22. Darn "select all" question!

    dayanara replied to edatri's topic in General Students

    Edatri...Thanks to you I got 90% on my first exam! (68/75). I used your technique of narrowing down the answers by circling important words in the stem and writing next to the answers why they might...

  23. Shy Student Nurse Advice...

    dayanara replied to jsh21340's topic in General Students

    I'm very shy too! The first 2 weeks of class were very uncomfortable because I didn't know anybody, but what was weird is that they seemed to know each other! Some girls would smile, ask questions...

  24. Nursing instructor blues

    dayanara replied to zephyr9's topic in General Students

    Just a humble advice from a newbie: smile and be courteous with everybody especially your instructors. Give it some time. I'm in my first semester, so i'm not familiar with the nursing world yet, but...

  25. Aural learning style and a bad teacher

    dayanara replied to dayanara's topic in General Students

    Thank u jeyelala. I'm glad you were able to find what works for you:-) I will definitely search YouTube for nursing lectures...what a great