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KelRN215, thank you for the response. I suppose I misspoke (or rather mistyped, haha). I should have said we are learning to be professionals (Professional Nursing anyone?) and I feel that perpetuating this "Say one thing, do another" thing isn't professional. I'm not a newbie to the real world, I've experienced this attitude in my big girl jobs. I guess I'm just a believer of "Be the change you want to see," so I suppose I feel the need to acknowledge this behavior. I have only emailed my advisor at this point to ask about the change, so as I said before I guess I will see what happens and take this as a learning opportunity. Thanks again for the response :)

Thank you for the input Akulahawk. I will look at this as a learning opportunity for the world of professionalism :) And when I get in the programs Honor Society, I will have even more reason to proud of myself

Technically I guess its a private college, its owned by a large network of hospitals in the area. It is nationally accredited.

SlinkyHeadCNA, I understand what you mean. If it comes down to be a big issue, Im going to leave well enough alone, but to me its the principle of the thing. We are supposed to be professionals and I feel like if you tell me one thing, I expect that thing, not something else. We have ran into previous issues this year already where there has been one thing said and another done, and petitions have been filed and the rules have changed. Its just frustrating I guess.

Thank you StudentOfHealing. I know exactly what you mean by getting involved in program politics. This will be my junior year and I have tried very hard up to this point to keep my head down and a target off my back. I am going to approach the situation as calmly and nicely as possible. I am just confused as to how something from 9 months ago could be changed and we received no notice. And I really want to be in the programs Honor Society, so I would definitely prefer the higher GPA. LOL :)

From a 3.7 to a 3.4, which may not be significant to some, but it is for me.

I am trying to figure out how to approach a situation in my program in which a nursing assistant course from last year (Fall of 2012) is being retroactively added to my BSN gpa. To keep things short and sweet (and not provide too much identifying information), the course was considered a prerequisite to the program. Our grade would not be added to our GPA for the BSN program, we just needed to pass the course. Now, almost a year later, we have discovered (by accident as no notice was given) the school has retroactively added that course (worth 2 nursing courses in credits) to our BSN gpa. I have already emailed my advisor to ask about it, but I am wondering if its something that I should follow up with the Dean. Thoughts? *Edit: I am concerned about this because it has dropped my GPA significantly*

I have the current edition of the Saunders Comprehensive review. Great book!

I have a tablet (transformer prime) that has a real keyboard that attaches and turns it into something like a netbook. It also comes with word, ppt, and excel on the tablet, for free. i love my tablet.... But take it from me, I wish I had bought a lightweight laptop instead. My husband was deployed last year and i had no computer, whatsoever. We have several programs we use that we have to use a computer for, like for concept maps and some of our tests are on the computer so we have special browsers we use. Sometimes I'm up until 2 am working on these things so going somewhere like the library to do these isn't really possible. If you will still have access to a computer in your home, then a tablet is a great idea BC of the versatility. If not, I suggest a laptop. I also wanted to add, my school REQUIRES you to have a laptop.

Binders with dividers. One binder for each class, then its broken down into 3 or 4 sections depending on the class. It will be class info (syllabus, schedule, etc), notes (which are actually ppts in the outline form with my notes added in), and then homework. If there are handouts or activities done in class, they go in a section at the end. I also use binder clips to clip together each test section of notes and if I'm feeling really "type a" I also paper clipped each week of notes together. It helps everything stay in order and it helped a lot during finals when I wanted to review certain areas

PS. I have Mortons neuromas in both feet, and the dansko shoes never cause me problems. Try to buy them from a store where they can size you properly (somewhere like The Walking Company).

My school has a similar description as yours for shoes, and Dansko shoe with a back are allowed. Your safest bet is to contact someone in the department and ask them. Chances are Dansko shoes are allowed. :)

This series is GREAT. I have the Patho one and will be purchasing some others for my upcoming semesters. Everything is laid out in outline form, the questions are NCLEX style, and the rationales and strategies are great. Nursing Reviews and Rationales | Pearson

My husband told me the same thing, repeatedly. He has been deployed most of the past year so all he knows is what I tell him, and hes really been surprised to hear how crazy some of it has been. He comes home soon and will finally be able to help with the things I have had to do like mowing the yard, etc. and I cannot wait!

Fundamentals - 3 cr Fundamentals lab - 3 cr Gerontology - 2 cr Med Calc - 1 cr Pharm - 3 cr Diets 1 - 1 cr (2) 5 hour clinicals a week. EEK!

Good decision :) You might find out later that someone else chose to report her to the school. Either way, karma will catch her one day.

During our orientation my school really pounded it into our heads that we have to watch EVERYTHING we post everywhere online. Any badmouthing of the facilities, patient information, anything, could lead to dismissal from the program. They even recommended not adding people from the program as friends on our FB pages. I'm the type of person that will tell you if you are making a fool of yourself, so I personally would do that, but I understand if you wouldn't do that. Maybe just a quick message saying that her post is offensive and that she should think twice about posting things like that on the WORLD WIDE WEB and then delete her. I would be very bothered too if I saw a nurse or nursing student behaving that way.

I got a reviews and rationales book for patho, it is by Maryann Hogan. It has been great for the extra testing practice. Also, definitely start reviewing early if you can, like the previous posters said. Good luck!

I spend atleast an hour at the gym about 6 days a week. I need the break from the craziness of school and I do a lot of strength training which allows me to really work out the stress. Clinical days are harder for me, because Im exhausted by the time I get home and I don't want to get up any earlier than 0445, haha. I use a preworkout powder, C4, to get me going on days that Im dragging.

Yeah I failed over spring break too. I planned to write a paper (thats now due in a week) and get all of my reading for the following week done. I went out of town to visit family, so I only got a smidge of my reading done. I spent the weekend before class doing all my reading and I still haven't done my paper. Ugh.

Haha yes I know that feeling. It took me 5 years to get my associates degree, obviously, and I was SO OVER IT by the time I finished in December. You will get there soon. Are you close enough to maybe take classes at Thomas Nelson CC too? If you didn't take anything too hard you could probably do 2 sciences at the same time (I did Micro and AP1). It would be difficult but it can still be done! :)

I just bought one of Maryann Hogan's Pearson Reviews & Rationales books for my Pathophysiology class. Holy moly, why didn't I know about this book in the beginning of my semester?? I LOVE this book. They have several other ones for other courses, and I will be purchasing any and all that correlate to my classes for the rest of my program.

Hi Heather, I am in VA also! My husband has been in the Navy 7 years, we've been married almost 6 years, and I'm at my 3rd school since we got married. I had the same problem that not all of my classes from Florida transferred, and I had been on track to start the nursing program down there within the following year when we moved here. I applied to Sentara's nursing program with the hopes that if I got accepted we could try to get orders to stay. We got lucky (we weren't lucky at first, as we got orders to SD right as I started my program, but we got them changed) and got orders for about 4 years to stay, just long enough to finish my program and get about a year of experience before we move.

Believe me I was furious. I actually had a panic attack because I was so upset. I contacted the professor about it but it will not be changed. It was very disheartening for me as a first semester student, but I've learned to buck up. Our next test is coming up, and Im praying my grade doesn't go down again.

Did your grade go down or stay the same? If it stayed the same, I would just take it. I recently had an instructor throw out questions and my grade went down as a result, I would much rather keep my original grade but its just how it worked out. I, too, felt like I was being punished because I missed the "wrong" questions but I can't do anything about it now. If your grade stayed the same, I would be happy. If it went down, I feel your pain. Just saw your reply. I know its frustrating, but be thankful it didn't go down.