tenjuna

tenjuna MSN

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  1. Really jealous of everyone starting nursing school in the fall!

    tenjuna replied to amariek92's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't feel too bad, I had a 4.0 GPA 3 semesters in a row and I still got rejected. I spent the time taking extra classes towards a BSN later on, earning a CNA license, and shadowing and volunteering...

  2. What will you do after you graduate and take NCLEX?

    tenjuna replied to EarthhAngel2013's topic in General Students

    a month off the grid on some remote caribbean island. already saved up for

  3. Would you be scared of 6 foot 3 male nurse.

    tenjuna replied to mumbojumbo's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am 6'1" and during my cna clinical, I had residents calling me a big teddy bear. I think it's more of how you carry yourself. If you look like a badass then yeah probably intimidating...but if you...

  4. Job during nursing school?

    tenjuna replied to AntM24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    my advice: work as little as possible, get experience relative to what you are learning at that particular moment by offering to shadow at a hospital. I tried working a full time job, and it was a...

  5. Anyone have a list of Nursing Fundamental Skills?

    tenjuna replied to tenjuna's topic in General Students

    thank you for the concerned post, i truly appreciate it. i have considered the need to have more than book learning, but i am putting that off until i get to the actual clinicals in october. since we...

  6. Community college has a 7% graduation rate...

    tenjuna replied to Kadambari's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    my school has a 65% drop rate. the simple reason is: nursing school is hard. from what the department tells me, half of the students drop after the 1st test, 2 weeks into the first semester. I have a...

  7. Anyone have a list of Nursing Fundamental Skills?

    tenjuna replied to tenjuna's topic in General Students

    excellent help, thank you everyone. I unfortunately do not know what books to get yet, but I will try the Made Incredibly

  8. Anyone have a list of Nursing Fundamental Skills?

    tenjuna replied to tenjuna's topic in General Students

    Yes they front load the labs before doing actual patients...I just like being overly prepared or I would wait for books before starting.Thanks for the list...most of that came from CNA but it

  9. Anyone have a list of Nursing Fundamental Skills?

    tenjuna replied to tenjuna's topic in General Students

    No books yet, which is why I was hoping to get a list. I did some searching on Google and YouTube, but it's hard to know exactly what I should look at when I don't know what all of the skills

  10. Do you have a lot of Debt to pay off

    tenjuna replied to pat8585's topic in General Students

    I am going to be in it for $35k due to being a single parent of 2 teenagers (who eat constantly) and having to scale back my work hours. I also had to sell all of my toys, hell practically everything...

  11. Getting vaccinated for Nursing school?

    tenjuna replied to cmj1986's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This issue came up during my Microbiology class, but it seems a growing number of people are refusing immunizations. Frankly, regardless of religious or personal beliefs, this is one of those basic...

  12. Pre-Nursing school immunization catastrophe!

    tenjuna replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    that's really odd, just last week I did mmr, tetorifice, diptheria, varicella, hep b, and a tb test all at the same time. Not sure why you had to have multiple courses, the only one I had to do was...

  13. What is the first thing you are going to buy once you are a nurse?

    tenjuna replied to Living4Peace's topic in Male Nursing Students

    a month at an all-inclusive vacation in the caribbean

  14. Fall 2012 new nursing students roll call!!!

    tenjuna replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    I am getting the last of my immunizations today and I HIGHLY recommend to you all to get the HEP B shots. Expensive (3x $71 for me) but since I saw the HUGE bolded section on the clinical orientation...

  15. What books to keep throughout nursing school? (buying/renting)

    tenjuna replied to ironicitis's topic in General Students

    so far I have found it beneficial to keep my A&P, medical dictionary, and medical terminology

  16. Should I take Micro and Anatomy and Physiology in the same semester?

    tenjuna replied to Pily's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    my school actually prohibits taking micro and ap at the same time, due to the failure rate even when classes are taken individually. I was able to talk my way into getting both at the same time, and I...

  17. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    tenjuna replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    you know you're a nursing *student* when you scratch your head after reading this thread and wondering "what am I getting myself into?" can't wait to be able to join in on the