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Student: no you can't wear your hair down in the OR regardless of how much prettier it is and good luck getting that job on Greys Anatomy after graduation....

All Muslim students in my program have been allowed to wear what their religion deems appropriate without issue.

You'll get varied opinions on this one. Some people felt pre health was a waste of their time and some people loved it. I took pre health as an adult going back to school with a family. I needed to upgrade and I wanted to make sure I could handle a course load on top of my other responsibilities. For me, it was a worth while experience and the sciences right before nursing school was a great refresher and helped to give me a good base understanding.

I'm in school full time, work, married, 3 kids with extra curricular activities and still manage dinner with friends or weekend outings. It's time management! I can't let any one thing consume me and while there are days I feel the crunch I still have a life outside of school. I think if you eat, breathe, and sleep school you drown. You need some down time. Even if it's a few hours a week. It'll take some time to get into the swing of things but once you establish a routine it gets easier. Of course around midterms and finals my social life takes a bit of a dive. Good luck!

kp1987 you must be in Canada! I looked into one and when I say the shipping was almost as much as the planner I decided to go with something else haha!

Thank god!! Our instructors have been scaring us with what may be a lot of misinformation.

^ this is what worries me!! I am currently in a nursing program filled with fluff and will be the first graduating class to write the NCLEX. I fear that my class is not being adequately prepared for what our exams will cover in the end.

Congrats!! Hope the interview goes well!

We had a few last semester that we're excited for their upcoming 18th birthdays.... Boy did that make me feel old haha!

I could have written your post!! No real advice, just thought I'd respond with "you're not alone"!!!

I have my med surg clinical orientation sept 3 and 4, then I start classes again the following day. I've been taking summer courses to lighten my load for the fall and winter semester this year so I've kept busy. I am eager to get back to a more full time schedule and my placement though!!!

We had mandatory electives (psych I and psych II) and then we also have a choice for two electives. We can take anything from gothic literature to language courses. We also have "nursing electives" that we have to take and can choose from things like public health, elderly care, chronic illness and health care system. If psych nursing interests you then I would think taking extra psych courses could be of benefit!!

^ wow great advice!! I'm book marking this for later!! Good luck on your interview :)

I used the classic for first year and had zero issues with it, it was a good stethoscope. Unfortunately my cat made lunch of the tubing over summer break, which gives me a reason to get the cardiology III.

Tb is transmitted through droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes and someone without immunity inhales the droplets. The body mounts an immune response and the macrophages that ingest the bacilli fuse and inside the lesion is caseous necrosis which the scar tissue forms tubercles around. Only if the tubercles and inflamed nodes rupture can the infection spread. The tb skin test can reveal infection at some point but doesn't indicate active disease and a chesty X-ray will show turbercules in an inactive person. After exposure, 5% of infected people will develop active tb within a year but in other infected people the microorganisms cause a latent infection. The immune system can destroy the bacillus or the encapsulated bacilli can live dormant in the tubercle for years.