FutureCRNA? BSN, RN

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  1. I am a married mom of two, 7 & 10 both boys. I feel like my hubby is my third child sometimes :) Just kidding. Kind of lol. I have a 4.0 so far in NS (finishing up the first semester now) and a...
  2. I usually do the assignments enough in advance that it doesn't interfere with studying for exams. I have a planner with assignments & tests color-coded so I can see at a glance what's coming up...
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    Should You Commute To Nursing School?

    I've been commuting 150 miles a day, almost 3 hours in the car every day for a year and a half. There's really not much closer to where I live, so I don't have a lot of choice if I want the education....
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    Normal nursing grades..

    Well some of us are interested in getting into super competitive graduate programs in which nursing school grades matter a great deal. So, for me at least, the goal is all A's in NS....The program I...
  5. I took Intro to Chem with lab, which DOES count in my BSN program (and it's what my advisor told me to take). However, now I have my eye on grad school and it requires Organic Chem & encourages...
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    Travel nursing abroad

    I've looked at continental travel nurse several times and it looks good. Let us know how it
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    Class days/Length for nursing school

    Depends on your program and you personally. My program is 5 days a week, basically 9-4 Monday-Friday. One if those days is at the hospital doing clinicals and the rest are lecture & lab times. I...
  8. If I were to take the NCLEX immediately after graduation (BSN program) and assuming I got close to all A's or even a couple of B's, is it really necessary to study in order to
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    Do you HAVE to study for NCLEX?

    Well I don't have a problem getting a study guide or two off Amazon for $30, however I just wonder how necessary the $500 programs are that they push. I mean, at that point I would have just spent...
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    Banning food products in school due to student allergies

    Well I can only speak for us, but there were many restaurants that we couldn't go to due to possible cross contamination (Cici's Pizza is one if the few truly peanut-free, I suspect there is a nut...
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    New grads in Kansas City area....

    I'll be graduating may 2014 with my BSN and I'm interested in the answer as well. I have a friend who graduated may 2012 and found two jobs pretty quickly. She has her
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    Banning food products in school due to student allergies

    Well coming from the mother of a (used to be) peanut allergic kid (just took the tolerance test in June after 9 years), it is terrifying sending your baby off to a place where he HAS to eat and you...
  13. Well...you will all think I'm crazy lol, but I went to Mexico to have it done for $5,000 (and I don't have that kind of money either, I took out a loan for it!). I thoroughly researched the doc &...
  14. I had a weight issue prior to starting nursing school. I felt like I couldn't get it under control (BMI 34, obese) and it is an issue that an overweight person tends to think about everyday, all day....