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studentbear CNA

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  1. Wow, this thread went an interesting route. Came here to contribute my anecdotal experience as a former anti-vaxxer and somehow we've entered
  2. Need help with this situation!!

    You need to speak with an academic advisor as well as the financial aid office at your school. Things like that vary widely school to school and program to
  3. what would you do? Private or public!

    I would personally attend the private school. You mentioned that you don't have any loans, yet, and if you don't mind obtaining some then I don't see any reason to delay your education further. If for...
  4. Has anyone volunteered abroad?

    I volunteered for a week in Costa Rica last winter through International Volunteer Headquarters. The cost I paid included lodging with a host family and 2 meals per day, plus support from the local...
  5. Trying to decide best schooling path for me.

    What about a traditional BSN instead of ABSN? The required GPA is usually a bit lower. If you have all your gen ed done because of a previous degree, you may be able to enter in at the junior
  6. Is nursing school and the clinicals really that tough?

    I'd like to think of myself as an average student-- I'm not always 110% prepared and I don't get straight A's. I got A's and B's last semester and I just try to concentrate on retaining this...
  7. What else is this pt suffering from aside from the weight loss/nutritional issues? What other issues do they have? Remembering ABC= airway, breathing, circulation, is there anything that relates to...
  8. Study Help! Stressed....

    NCLEX style practice questions (I have an app that I use that you can trial for free-- I think it's called RN NCLEX Mastery or something like that) and learn to skim read. There are some great videos...
  9. Absn 24 month long vs absn 16 month long? Which is better

    Would you have to work if you moved? Either way, I'd probably go the stay with parents route because having expenses covered alleviates a lot of stress/is less to think
  10. It felt cutthroat when I was at a community college completing pre-reqs but I haven't had that experience now that I'm in my BSN
  11. Nursing school and working a 9-6

    I'm in a state university BSN program and a close friend of mine is a community college ASN program across the country. Neither of our programs would work with schedule your job requires. At my...
  12. Is this normal!?

    I second what other PPs have suggested about front loading for class by doing the reading prior. Do you have access to the slides prior to class as well? That could help prepare
  13. Power points in nursing school? And number?

    Our med surg professor forbids us from recording and she informed us that if anyone did record her, they would be going against the honor code and there could be some pretty serious consequences. Just...
  14. Orientation tomorrow!

    Congrats! That's so
  15. Just another "no friends in nursing school" rant

    I make friends fairly effortlessly and it still took me about a month into nursing school before I found my group. And even then, it was only because I had already connected with one of the people in...
  16. Trouble with A&P I

    A&P was rough for me, especially physiology. I failed a bunch of exams in A&P 1 but somehow just barely passed. A&P 2 was easier than 1 for me. I actually had to retake A&P 1 because I...
  17. Not letting grades define you

    I'm not talking about having the "C's get degrees" mentality. I know that this material is important to grasp because it's so that I can pass the NCLEX, be a good nurse, take care of patients...
  18. I am nearly wrapping up my first semester as a nursing student, so I'm certainly no expert but I've included some recommendations for items from your OP. I included links because I always found it...
  19. Not letting grades define you

    That's a helpful perspective. I just study whatever each professor says we need to know and learn it as well as I can. I focus a lot on the "why" behind
  20. Not letting grades define you

    This is good advice, thank
  21. How am I gonna pay for this???

    I didn't read through all of the replies, so I apologize if someone has already said this, but definitely go to your school's financial aid office. They will have the most accurate information for you...
  22. Forget financial aid if youre an adult over 50

    Did they say why you don't qualify for federal student loans? And have you tried disputing the decision that you don't qualify for financial aid on the basis of your cost of living (i.e. it sounds...
  23. Nursing school is the hardest thing I've ever done academically second only to prepping for my GED (a task that was incredibly intense at the time since I did not have a standard K-12 education.) I'm...
  24. That wasn't cool

    Ay, go on over to Reddit OP. They have a subreddit for everything. A nursing forum, however, isn't the
  25. I'm in my first semester of my nursing program and it varies professor to professor on who gives out study guides. Our health assessment professor (except for the final) and research professors don't...