Maria22

I agree.... its high time the BON had a better system in place so that we can know if we passed or failed right then. Bouts of anxiety, fear,insomnia and confusion for 48 hours or more is brutal.

I am planning to move to ATL at the end of this year after graduation from nursing school. I am facing tough restriction to get an interview at Children's Health care of Atlanta as a new grad. All doors are shut....need some advice.

I am graduating from my BSN program in December and will be 13 weeks pregnant then with a due date of June 15th. I am very concerned about the direction to take. Could someone who has been in the same situation help me out. I expect to take the boar...

I decided to go to nursing school part-time from my 2nd semester on, because I felt the 1st semester has drained me out with all the work load. I took 17 credit hrs as per the school's calendar and I wanted to scale down for my next semester because ...

Its passed mid term and I still can't figure out how to study Patho, its stressing me out. I really need to pass this class or atleast I have to try my best- coz one more "D" and I'm out. Just this semester I started to really enjoy nursing and I wil...

Thanks, Amanda....I think your idea of studying patho is the best advice I've got so far. I'm gonna try your method of study..... I know its gonna be exhausting but I have to do it.Thank you very much....Maria.

I'm a first year nursing student since I have scaled down to part time in school I want to persue more clinical experience. During my clinical rotation this semester I realized that teachers make all the skills look easy, but when its time for me to...

I agree with samantha......[/i]It also sounds like your husband can't see much past tomorrow.[/i] All the pieces of advice I got on this topic the last couple of days has really helped me keep my head up. He seems to be cooling-off abit but often te...

Thank you all for the feedback. Its difficult to know if your doing the right thing or not when the people who know you best are unsupportive. But I'm gonna hang in there and follow my heart. Thank you for the kind words.

1. Using the nursing process how can I study Pharm. 2.I noticed most NCLEX/Practice questions clearly wants us to know the s/e, a/e, drug to drug etc of each drug in their respective classes. I could easily tell from the name of the class the purpose...

To all you new nursing students or first semester students-here are some things I wish I knew before I started off. 1.Don't start off without having some idea of Nursing School in terms of how to approach your study skills and the test-taking part. 2...

I haven't been here on the forum in a long time now. I partially finished my first semester.I had to drop down to part time because I was having a hard time coping with a heavy load of hard classes. I had is a final grade "D" in my health assessment...

Some of the studying styles that I think are vital or may be I should repharse that to thinking processes that will help while studying are to explore to why's and how's of a fact this usually relates back to your anatomy & physiology or nursing ...

Thanks Ann.....Its been really hard to accept my shortcomings behind just passing a class. I even had thoughts that may be Nursing is not for me.Critical thinking is making tests almost near to impossible.Indeed its encouraging to hear from people li...

I was accepted into nursing school after a long haul I thought I got it at last....well I was in for a very big surprise.Just 5 weeks into my junior year I feel I have hit the wall which is quiet typical of me in everything that I do where I lead eve...

I'm having a tough time and its just 4 weeks into my first semester of Nursing school. I'm still not catching on to the way my professors structure the questions on our exams I'm quite certain its the NCLEX style critical thinking questions. Althoug...

Thanks alot every body for posting your thoughts.If only I could express how much this thread has helped me well.....I guess I can my grades have improved drastically from a "D" to a 'B". Pls continue adding to this thread. Maria.

I failed for my first pharm test in class. I have another coming up in aweek covering 5 chapters. I don't have any pharm background all the medication names are a wonder to me. Since I'm not taking Pathophysiology with this class none of these contr...

Hang in there..... I know how it feels I've been there. I was called by my school just 3 weeks before class started and some of my classmates were called after the orientation day. Keep calling the admissions office and ofcourse don't forget to chec...

Its my 3rd week of my junior year in Nursing school.I'm struggling to build a study pattern for myself. My 1st exam grades for Pharm & Health Assessment is a "D" I know I have time to improve on it but I needed to know how to study for NCLEX styl...

Thanks alot Jo Anne, mwbeah, Susan NC, peaceful & checkers all of your thoughts and tips on how to tackle my studying style is helping me stay motivated to study. Maria.

Hi Jo Anne, Thank you for your reply. Pls could you elaborate, "You need to forget what you would do in a situation." I'm trying to get all the assistance I can get to improve on my test taking ways. Thanks alot. Maria.

Its my 3rd week of my junior year in Nursing school.I'm struggling to build a study pattern for myself. My 1st exam grades for Pharm & Health Assessment is a "D" I know I have time to improve on it but I needed to know how to study for NCLEX styl...