pda1984

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1. Nursing School & The Single Mom. A thread for support and encouragement.

   pda1984 replied to stephdRN's topic in General Students

   Thank you so much for sharing your stories! I am a single mom with 3 kids (11, 8, & 3) and I am currently in my first semester of the nursing program. I do feel a bit weird being (probably) the only single parent in my class. So I am not sure how...

2. ATI Critical Thinking Entrance Exam

   pda1984 replied to pda1984's topic in General Students

   Thanks, that makes me feel a bit better. I know I'm going to be putting in some serious hours of studying and getting through my med. dose calc. Hopefully in 2 years, I'll look back at the entrance exam and be able to laugh at what I did wrong and go...

3. ATI Critical Thinking Entrance Exam

   pda1984 posted a topic in General Students

   Today I took the ATI Critical Thinking Entrance exam for my first semester of Nursing school and I totally bombed it. 65% really?! I thought I understood the majority of the questions and went with what I thought was the best answer. I understand tha...

4. Spring '13 & Summer '13 Class load

   pda1984 replied to pda1984's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Well, it's been awhile but I just thought I would update how I did for my summer course with Patho and Micro. Passed them with A's but it was very intense and some days I wasn't sure if I was going to make it. I definitely liked Microbiology a lot be...

5. pathophysiology summer 2012

   pda1984 replied to Camwill's topic in Pre-Nursing

   @ixchel - How did you do in your online patho class? I am planning on taking it in summer '13 and wonder if I can also pair it Micro. Think it's doable? I've been hearing how much harder online patho is (but not directed at Butler) and that I might d...

6. Advanced prep for A&P and Micro

   pda1984 replied to loriinmd's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm taking A&P next semester also. I've already downloaded some apps for the Human Anatomy on my phone so I can play around with that. I also bought myself flash cards and one of those anatomy coloring book to get a jump start on that class next ...

7. Spring '13 & Summer '13 Class load

   pda1984 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hello all! I have been a long time reader and many of your suggestions have helped me in getting my classes in order so I can get into nursing school. I have a decent background in sciences and for the past year and a half, I have been taking at leas...