Kittythestudentnurse

Kittythestudentnurse

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  1. Making friends during nursing school / losing friends?

    Before school started, I warned my boyfriend, friends and family about how time consuming nursing school would be and that I likely wouldn't see much of them. My boyfriend and friends gave me a...
  2. As a nursing student I'm afraid of _____. (fill in the blank)

    Several of my fears came true in my first semester, particularly regarding clinical: -I did not want my first pt to have dementia (fear of the unknown-horror stories about violent pts) - my pt had a...
  3. Mean/Competitive nursing school classmates

    Wow, this hasn't been my experience so far. I will be going into my 2nd semester this fall for lpn and my program is very competitive. I find most people to be nice and helpful. I have a few really...
  4. Officially Excepted!!!

    Congrats!
  5. Acceptance letter into the nursing program

    The acceptance letter...what an incredible moment! Congrats :). I am so happy for you! I am 28 and was worried about going back to school and starting a new career too. There are many people in our...
  6. Survived the first week! WHOOP WHOOP!

    I am so excited for you, I loved trying on scrubs for the first time!
  7. Doing a project- I need you! Please read!!

    LPN, 28,
  8. Pinned Today!!

    Congrats!!!
  9. Mental illness in Nursing school.

    I am a nursing student, was diagnosed with depression/anxiety 9 years ago. I am currently taking celexa, my dr increased the dose today...I'm in a bad depression right now. I am glad to see others...
  10. Roll Call 2013?

    LPN GBC January 13 2 yrs (16 wks) December 14 Can't wait for 2nd semester in September, it's gonna be intense
  11. Start in August and scared to death

    I did my first clinical in march and I was so scared too! Most of my friends felt the same way. I definitely didn't feel prepared to work on a real live human being! However, it didn't turn out to...
  12. I made it! 1 down 3 to go...

    Thank you for your inspirational story and congrats on your outstanding
  13. Tips for Surviving the 1st Semester of Nursing School

    Awesome tips, I have two to add: 1.Make friends! I went into school with the intention of going it alone, but I made a lot of friends and it helped for many reasons: a. Studying together paid off big...
  14. Half a nurse :) two semesters to go

    Congrats...feels so good to finish :). I am a quarter nurse lol. 3 semesters
  15. Lpn student aug 2013..

    Congrats to everyone who got in! Listen to your profs - if they are giving advice it's for a good reason. At orientation, we were told to limit work to 8-10 hrs per week at most, otherwise we would...
  16. I got in!!!

    Congrats
  17. Toot my own horn

    Congrats! That's
  18. Recommendation for improving study skills?

    Vintagemother has a lot of great tips. It's great having a group of friends to study with, cry with and celebrate with! I found that knowing what my learning style is helped big time. It reduced the...
  19. LPN students, were you able to continue taking BSN pre-requisites

    I had 8 classes my first semester including clinical half way through...I had no time/energy/brain power for anything else...I know that some people have kids and work during school, I don't know how...
  20. Help

    I am so sorry for what you're going through, and I can definitely relate. I've had depression & anxiety for many years and found that it was worse during school-especially with the high stress...
  21. Do your classmates really care?

    i try to view this program as my job, I want to be a great nurse and so do my friends in the program. There are many students that don't have this attitude and slack off big time. I found that...
  22. What made you choose LPN/LVN?

    I chose to return to school for LPN after being laid off from my job. I had always wanted to work in the health care field. Previously, I dropped out of university twice before, and at the time I...
  23. Practical nursing program.

    George Brown doesn't run over the summer, unless you are repeating a course that you failed...if its offered