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Passing is 77% at my school. Anytime you fail an exam you have to have a meeting with your advisor. If you fail a specified number of exams you are dismissed from school.

How many of you will be living off student loans while in nursing school? I think I am going to have to take out a bunch of loans to make end's meet. I've been trying to find a prn job at a hospital, but haven't even been called for an interview. My husband and I have a mortgage, two car payments, and daycare expenses to keep up with I was just curious how many are in the same boat. Any tips to make the money stretch?

I'll be doing Fundamentals of Nursing, Dosage Calc., and Diagnostic Testing.

As somebody who has lived in the South for my entire life, this is one of the most ignorant statements I've ever read.

I'm taking four classes this semester, and two of those are A&P2 and Micro. It's definitely tough, but doable. I also work full time and have a 3-year-old to care for. My husband helps me at home, but some nights, like last night, I have to do bath and bedtime when I should be studying. Oh well. I figure that I am just getting practice for when nursing school starts full time, because that will be a bigger load than this! You can do it!

This very topic is what kept me from pursuing nursing school for so long. Now I'm about 6 weeks away from my first clinical and getting increasingly more worried about it. My instructors have given us tips such as the Vick's or strong Altoids and mouth breathing, however I'm still terrified I'm going to gag in front of a patient.

I'm 99% sure that I want to specialize in L&D when I graduate. I've always had a fascination with pregnancy and birth and after witnessing my sister's birth that was it for me. I knew it's what I wanted. I guess my question would be how do you best manage your study time? I'm in my second "pre-professional" semester before the full on nursing school starts, and already this term is more challenging than last. I have Intro to Nursing this semester and clinicals starting in April. So...how have you studied all this time?

Just for informative purposes, I'm in a diploma program and our required pre-requisites are A&P I&II, Microbiology, Chemistry, Psychology, Sociology, Comp. I, and Nutrition. I hated Chemistry with a white hot passion!

This is my second semester and I can tell that there are a lot of people in my class that aren't really "into" nursing. Maybe the paycheck nurses will find a passion for nursing in just the right job, or maybe they will have their butts handed to them one day because they don't give a rip. Just keep on keeping on! Oh, and our instructors let us know up front that in the hospital the nursing student is low man on the totem pole. Nothing should be beneath us. The same goes for when we are nurses as well. Shame.

My A&P and Micro classes are both hybrids this semester. I took A&P1 as a hybrid and love the setup! I go to lab once a week for two hours and then the rest is online. I have powerpoints for both classes so I download them to my iPad and take them to work to read during breaks and lunch. I love online classes, but none of the colleges around here offer exclusively online science courses. I don't think I would enjoy doing labs at home by myself.

I'm glad I found this thread! I need to get one too!

If they aren't passionate about their patients that's their problem. You also have to remember they are human beings with human emotions and it's so hard to be enthusiastic when you've been at it for half your life. They don't have all the new nursing student gusto that you have! Your career will be what you make it! If you love being at the hospital and helping your patients then you will be fine.

I'm in an RN program and planning to get my BSN after that. There's a university where I live that has an online RN-BSN program and you do clinicals at the local hospitals. Most of the hospitals in my area do tuition reimbursement so I think my best option is to get my RN first so they can help me pay for the rest.

I'm planning on working as are many people in my program. I think the only ones in my class not working are the kids that just graduated high school and have the luxury to still live at home and be supported by family. Lucky dogs!

Good advice! There are currently 180 in my class but we are first year out of three so I know many will not make it. I'm trying now to get a tech job to increase my chances of employment after graduation.