MathHatingNurse

Your grades only suffer if you do not study right. I work 55 hours a week on a slow week and my grades have not suffered as a result.

My dad was 51 when he got his GED and went to college. He didn't go to nursing school, but he had to take some chemistry classes and stuff and he did very well. I have some older classmates in nursing school that are kicking butt. We are all gradu...

Never memorize. Now, what worked for me may not work for everyone, but I found it a good way to condense information to make reviewing for exams easier. My method: read all of the chapters and take detailed notes. Take detailed notes in class. Ta...

I want to say that you can be young and have a career. I have one and I am just 29 and have been going strong for nearly eight years. I am a journalist and web developer. It is my business that I created around the time the economy started to turn...

I agree completely!

I have to work at least 50 hours a week and will graduate from an accelerated program in 10 weeks. It's not easy, but if you organize your time well it is very possible.

We have one at the beginning of every semester and they get progressively harder. If you do not get at least a 90 percent, you fail the entire class. Nerve-wracking since I hate math, but I passed them all and graduate in about two months. Just ke...

I think I will talk to my doctor. Years ago back in my early 20s, I did quit using Welbutrin and nicotine-free cigarettes. Since I cannot find that kind of cigarette anymore, I am thinking just some Chantix right after graduation. Again, big congr...

I think your best bet is to check hospital websites. You can go to the education section and get internship information, or at least contact information that you can call/email to inquire about internships. My school requires an internship so they ...

Congrats!!!! Quitting smoking is incredibly difficult, so you should definitely be proud. I quit during Med Surg 1 and did well. I started again during the semester break because my job requires long hours, it is from home and smoking kept me awak...

I have bought every single book from Amazon. Saved a ton and the shipping is fast and free. I tend to buy new because I feel I would be distracted by someone else's highlighting. School bookstores are just too expensive.

I have gone full-time and worked more than full-time throughout the entire program. I will graduate in August, so I have been doing this for two years now. It is not easy, but you can work and do classes.

I don't think so. I took Patho, Micro, A&P 2 and Nursing Fundamentals in a single semester while working 60 hour weeks. I was exhausted, but got it done.

Fiction. Once you start school, textbooks will be the only books you have time for, so read a few fun books you have been meaning to read :) And, as others have stated, just get things in order. Take a little time to relax a bit before your classe...

I'm not sure about specific brands, but I found a really lightweight pair that had good support. The arch on my left foot is collapsing, so I needed something that would get me through those 13-hour clinicals. I found a pair of Nikes for $40 that f...

I had substance abuse stuff as part of psych, but my main thing was to not just know it, but actually understand it. For example, we know what heroin can cause, but why does it cause it? Or, we know cocaine causes increased BP, but why? If this st...

First, you can work full-time, take care of housing stuff, dependents, etc. and successfully complete nursing school full-time. I graduate in 13 weeks and this was my reality the entire time and will continue to be until the day I am pinned. Is it ...

Depends on what you want. Where I live, all of the major hospitals hire ADNs (Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, the level one trauma city hospital, charity hospital, etc.). A lot of folks here grab their ADN in less than two years, get to wor...

I want to add that it never hurts to re-review a lot of basic stuff like the angiotensin system, cranial nerves, how blood flows through the heart, the math, acidosis/alkalosis, ABGs, etc.

I'm not sure how your school structures Med Surg II. In my school, Med Surg II is focused on critical care. Our clinicals are all critical care and our lecture looks at everything from a critical care perspective.

lol, no problem. I should have been more clear. And, thank you! Looking forward to finally being done :)

I absolutely cannot cook. Cannot even boil and egg lol. So, these ideas are from someone who uses her stove as extra counter space :) I always have a fresh apple and banana around, as well as some peanut butter in one of those little, plastic sou...

I love cardiac, so while it is not easy, I tend to do really well because I actually enjoy studying it. Renal can be rough and neuro is not easy. However, none are impossible. I found that of the three, renal was what I had to study the hardest fo...

I agree with this, though I had a full semester to get through the material. I made a lot of flashcards and carried them with me so I could go through them when I had a few minutes to spare.

I wish! No, I graduate in 13 weeks. We are two weeks into the final semester. I graduate in mid-August, will do an NCLEX-RN review and then take the test. I had six semesters to complete, so I have been going strong for two years in nursing sc...