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1. How do I avoid the drama and cliques?

   dhoff replied to FaithGurl93's topic in General Students

   I knew a couple of people going in to the program so I had a little bit of an advantage. What I did was watch other people in the beginning. The girls that talked about partying and drinking all...

2. How did/do you pay for nursing school?

   dhoff replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

   I'm a traditional student going to a university (and living in the dorms) and it is pretty expensive. I pay about $7,000 (not including books, uniforms, or other supplies) for tuition, meal plan, and...

3. How much extra time do you spend in the Nursing Lab?

   dhoff replied to edatri's topic in General Students

   I'm only in my first semester of classes so I don't spend too much extra time in open lab because the things we are doing is just foundation stuff (CNA). But I was in there before my foundation skill...

4. Calling graduating class of 2014!

   dhoff replied to Jamaicandol's topic in General Students

   First actual day of clinical! At least the first day we were allowed to do patient care. And it was AWESOME. Got up at 5 am (the not so awesome part but its whatever) while my poor roommate was...

5. What was your first year of nursing school like?

   dhoff replied to ChelsO's topic in General Students

   I'm in my first semester as well and all I can say is get enough sleep, take some time for yourself (I know, impossible!), and try to keep up. It's a wild ride but I wouldn't have it any other

6. Nursing student survival tips

   dhoff replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

   Mac and cheese and hot sauce...I'm gonna have to try

7. Nursing school excitement...

   dhoff replied to Brian's topic in General Students

   I got my letter on Friday the 13th (of Jan. 2012). It was my last chance to apply for the program that I not only worked my butt off for but also it was my last chance to stay at the university I...

8. Regular day for a nurse?

   dhoff replied to dhoff's topic in General Students

   Thanks so much for the responses! I love to hear all about your totally unregular

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

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

   Thank you so much for posting this! I'm in my first official semester of nursing school and it has been absolutely crazy and stressful. (more so than doing prereqs which was bad enough) I really...

10. Regular day for a nurse?

    dhoff posted a topic in General Students

    I'm trying to get a feel of what I'm going to be doing in the future. Could someone tell me what a regular day looks like for just a regular floor nurse? It doesn't really matter what specialty it is,...

11. Calling graduating class of 2014!

    dhoff replied to Jamaicandol's topic in General Students

    The past couple weeks have been CRAZY. Pretty much running on caffeine but I am loving it! I haven't started clinicals yet (not until October) but I do go to orientation of the facility tomorrow! Last...

12. Pharmacology Questions

    dhoff replied to dhoff's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks so much for the explanations -- sometimes it helps a lot to hear things worded differently! One more question, is the therapeutic range the same as the therapeutic

13. Pharmacology Questions

    dhoff posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can anyone explain what a therapeutic range is? Also the difference between antagonist and agonist. My professor and our textbook don't do a good job of describing both so I'm a little bit

14. Shy Student Nurse Advice...

    dhoff replied to jsh21340's topic in General Students

    You aren't alone! I'm really shy too, especially with people in authority (aka, professors). I try to go out of my comfort zone in class and especially in clinicals. It can be really hard, but I've...

15. Just had my orientation...

    dhoff replied to vintage_RN's topic in General Students

    That sounds like a really cool plan, but I prefer hard copies. The computer is my biggest distraction and if all my reading was on it, I'd get nothing