pmabraham

pmabraham BSN, RN

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  1. High School Classes That I Should Take

    pmabraham replied to sone's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: AP Biology would be helpful for when you take A&P I/II and Microbiology; personally, I would put that as a priority class especially since you've taken AP Chemistry. AP Psychology would...

  2. Help??? Any Advice??

    pmabraham replied to klhouse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day, klhouse: If you school is using a quality system, they should have a chart for how the points work. Have you checked with your adviser? Thank

  3. I feel Discourage and need help with questions

    pmabraham replied to Lizzly's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day, Lizzly: I started working on my prerequisites at age 50 starting last summer; don't let your young age trouble you. See your professor to talk about your test to discuss their thoughts on...

  4. Medical Coder

    pmabraham replied to olivia60's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day, olivia60: If you've not had algebra before, then intermediate algebra (as you found out) would be too high a level to start. Does your college have beginning algebra courses? Have you...

  5. My mom won't let me be a nurse. How do I convince her?

    pmabraham replied to Amanda97's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day, Amanda97: There are several options from the above to possibly seeing if two people can job shadow an RN in your area (with the condition that both of you listen) to working to get your mom...

  6. Medical Coder

    pmabraham replied to olivia60's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: Most schools that I'm aware of require a minimum of a C to accept credits from another accredited institution. Thank

  7. Do HACC's A&P classes require animal dissection?

    pmabraham replied to Tashie27's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Good day: I'm taking A&P II now at the Lancaster campus; no dissections to date, none planned. Neld, who was your professor? Thank

  8. A&P apps?

    pmabraham replied to aeris99's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: "were you able to get a refund? i found the same issue" Yes, I was able to get a refund. If it matters, I did ask for one within 24 to 36 hours after the initial purchase. Thank

  9. Having trouble with microscope

    pmabraham replied to kenya1005's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good job,

  10. Test Taking skills

    pmabraham replied to Stewy291's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day, Stewy291: When you review the test results, how does the correct answers for the questions you answered differ from what you put down as the answer? Is it that you remembered incorrectly or...

  11. A&P apps?

    pmabraham replied to aeris99's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: I tried the $29.99 human anatomy atlas by Visual Body and ended up asking for a refund when I found out it had mistakes (that had I remembered the way they had it would have failed me on an...

  12. Vocational School for RN

    pmabraham replied to Quinn1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congratulations!

  13. Almost bombed first exam..

    pmabraham replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: As an adult, consider any reminders as nice, but not required; your professors are not your baby sitter. If exams are not listed in the syllabus, then ask early for a list of the exam dates...

  14. Good size for ebook reader?

    pmabraham replied to CountryGuy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: iPad Air -- in addition to reading with the free Amazon Kindle app, there are other apps that can be helpful including but not limited to the following apps: * Evernote * GoodNotes (if you...

  15. Second Week of Spring Semester

    pmabraham replied to J3w3lz88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: https://allnurses.com/pre-nursing-student/how-get-any-846733.html is an excellent article. Stay organized. Stay disciplined. Conquer early; conquer well. What I mean by the last...

  16. Class dilemmaa

    pmabraham replied to georgiarose's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day, georgiarose That is very good to read. Good job for both being on the right track, and staying the course. Thank

  17. Histology.. what is wrong with me?

    pmabraham replied to mdock's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: Look up "histology dichotomous key" on google. It can be a great help. Resources - Penguin Prof Pages has resources in that area. Use Google Images to look up various tissue slides; you...

  18. Having trouble with microscope

    pmabraham replied to kenya1005's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: I had trouble until I made the time to go to our tutoring / learning center where they have a compound microscope and slides for which to practice... that kept me ok until Microbiology where...

  19. A&p 1 study tips

    pmabraham replied to yourPhutureNurse_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: Zygote Body is a great site for anatomy 1 and 2. Thank

  20. A&p 1 study tips

    pmabraham replied to yourPhutureNurse_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: If it helps for tissues, look up "dichotomous key" for histology; and, that should help. Thank

  21. Anyone taken a&p I & a&p II at fscj at the same time?

    pmabraham replied to iraisa22's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: Haven taking A&P 1, and now taking A&P 2, I would not recommend them at the same time. There are foundational concepts, processes, ideas, vocabulary, structures, functions, et al...

  22. LVN or straight to RN?

    pmabraham replied to FutureLVN2019's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: While not for the same end goal, I looked at going for the LVN/LPN route first, then bridging to RN. I'm 50 now going on 51. While getting into the LVN/LPN program would be far easier, I...

  23. A&p 1 study tips

    pmabraham replied to yourPhutureNurse_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day: For the bones, I spent two to four hours per week -- in addition to all lab time -- working with the bone models. I would take notes, look up word origins, and made sure I understood how...

  24. Class dilemmaa

    pmabraham replied to georgiarose's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day, georgiarose: You'll find good and bad online instructors as you will find good and bad on campus instructors. While I've had actual cases where RateMyProfessor was completely off, it can be...

  25. Getting Started

    pmabraham replied to lolabannana89's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good day, lolabannana89: Thank you for your service to our country. As Wile E Coyote shared, each school will have different prerequisites; though there is often a common core: Anatomy and Physiology...