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Does anybody else feel like I do? I'm so tired of nursing school. Just the thought of fall semester makes me want to roll over in bed and pull the covers over my head. What's wrong with me? Shouldn't I be excited that the end is in sight?

Yes, I have actual classes with lectures, tests, etc for the entire fall semester. We have to work our hours for preceptorship in around our classes and regular clinicals. I don't know, maybe I'm just being a whiney baby...but I'm just tired. I thi...

Is there anybody in your class that might let you share their books? Maybe you could photocopy the pages you need until your money comes through. I can only speak for my class, but no way would we be willing to lose someone for something like this. ...

My first reaction was to say that the nursing classes were much harder. When I really thought about it though, I don't think it's that the actual content is harder. It's just that the material is thrown at you so fast. It's hard sometimes to keep ...

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Nursing tests are different in that you aren't just expected to know the material (memorization), you are expected to be able to apply that knowledge. Often 3 out of 4 of the answers given will be right, but you have to pick the "most right" answer....

We never get to see our tests after we take them. All we get is a grade that's posted. It's so frustrating because you never know which questions you missed and which you got right. It makes it really hard to study for finals because you're going ...

I agree. Nursing school is pretty much what you make of it. The tests are different than anything you've probably encountered before, but after a couple of them you get the hang of it and know how to study for them. If you don't feel that you have...

Do you have a laboratory diagnostic book? For our clinicals we have to look up every abnormal lab for our patient, list what will cause the lab value to increase/decrease, s/s that would accompany an increased/decreased value, and treatment for the i...

Does anyone have any tips on charting or know of any websites with good examples? I've already received a failure for charting in my clinicals last week and if I get one more I fail the class. I just don't understand what you include in charting and...

At my school the reading is very important. However, there have been times that I just couldn't get to it all and I would just skim through parts of it. The material that I skimmed through never failed to be on the test. It was really frustrating ...

It's taking me 7 semesters to get my ADN. 2 semesters full time for prereq's and then 5 semesters of nursing classes. Going year round it will take me 2yrs 4 months.

I just completed my first semester of nursing school. The first few weeks I was completely miserable and absolutely sure that I had made the wrong decision about nursing. Looking back, I think it was just the stress that was getting to me. We were...

Has anyone had problems with RN's being unfriendly during clinicals? I just started my first clinical rotation a few weeks ago and the RN's have made it very clear that they don't want us there. The first day I was assigned to a patient the RN for t...

I can't stand to be idle, so I was busy the whole day with my patient, helping my fellow students, changing beds, doing vital signs, etc. I really don't think it was anything I did that caused the problem. In fact, I heard that the nurses on this u...

There's a federal nursing scholarship program that pays your tuition, books, uniforms, insurance, equipment, etc. and pays you around $1200 per month while you're in school. It's based on need. If you have a zero EFC on your financial aid it places...

I've only been a nursing student for two weeks but the stress is already getting to me. We've already had two students drop out. The classes are so intense that I'm wondering if I'm going to be able to handle the stress. I'm in class Mon-Fri from ...

Thanks for the advice. I know I'm just stressed out because I'm not used to making these kind of grades. Every time I get a test score that's less than an A I picture my plans for the future getting a little further out of my reach. I really had h...

Definitely stay away from Avondale....drugs, crime, etc! I lived in Crestwood and had to move after just one year because everything we owned that wasn't nailed down was stolen. The last straw was when the body of a murder victim was found just a fe...

I'm worried about something I learned recently. I'll start at the beginning...I was married to an abusive man. I finally got away, but he stalked me. One night he broke into my home and completely trashed my house, furniture, etc. I called the po...