Jay_LPN

I did that test. It's actually pretty easy to make educated guesses on each of the questions if you don't know. There are 3 safety and infection control questions, 1 health promotion and maintenance question, 1 psycho social integrity question and 4...

The predictor was pretty rough for me, but it did say I have a 94% chance of passing nclex on the first try. I hope that's true. I'll start studying after the ATI 3-day in-class content review.

I had 2 choices of program. 1 was a local community had pre-requisites of AP 1&2, Eng 101 and Psych 101. It was only 1 year. The second was BOCES, which only required good grades on the entrance exam. That one was 2 years. The main difference was...

At my college, we had about 20 LPN graduates, and over 200 RN graduates. Personally, it seems like my job hunt is a lot easier compared to the job hunt for RN graduates. This work experience will also help me in my RN job hunt when I go on in my educ...

Sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean. If you mean that image was offensive, I apologize. I intended for it to be humorous. It was only a reference to a popular show in Japan, where nursing is likely still a feminine profession. I'm not mocki...

And here we see two typical male nursing students on their clinical rotations... Kidding! Because nursing is not inherently a feminine occupation as it once was, not many people would bat an eye at a man entering nursing school. They might ask "what ...

That's rough. Our course has a 70 requirement as per the college, although you were grilled if you got anything less than an 80. Fortunately I'm well above that with an 85 average in both my courses right now (which is actually one of the high grades...

That was a response to your last post. My point was there there doesn't need to be anymore male nurses in the United States to prove that it isn't an entirely feminine career choice. In other cultures/societies, sure. Maybe more male nurses would hel...

What is this? The 1960s? Male nurses have been on the rise in recent years, and it is already largely accepted that men can be nurses. Very rarely however you can get a specific person of some other culture who would rather have a female nurse, which...

I resumed on the third. Wasn't that bad. I got flooded with papers and packets which are weighing down my recently-emptied folders. Now I feel like I'm getting what I signed up for. Even started purchasing my scrubs and stuff. Looking forward to the ...

Are the notes printable? Are there slides? I am personally a slow note-taker and I find that it leaves me paying little attention to the professor. If you want, you could get some sort of recording device. While you should ask before using one, you'l...

Eh, some people will be generally annoying about the subject. My parents seem to think it will be easy, but they forget it's still nursing school. Just one year of it. I chose my program in particular for the option to go back for the other year to g...

Here's a good article by TheCommuter. The 6th paragraph should answer your question.

It really depends on the program. Some will have half their class fail, others (like mine) had years where nobody failed. You should ask about the pass/graduation rate to your prospective schools.

Imagine seeing a female nurse fired for checking to see if a male patient was dressed. It doesn't happen because women aren't assumed to do such things with a sexual intent. That was my entire basis of concern with choosing to work pediatrics. I'm ki...

I found AllNurses by Google. Basically every single nursing question I've ever asked has been discussed here in great depth. I took note of the wondrous discussions, the friendly users and decided to join after months of reading. Overall I'm enjoying...

That is a ridiculously long time to wait for only a chance to get in. Definitely look to apply elsewhere. Good luck with getting into a nursing program!

I'd be fine with any tattoo on a medical professional as long as it isn't anything along the lines of this. That includes the grim reaper, tombstones, a skull with cross bones or anything bloody. Tattoos are a demonstration of self-expression, and I ...

I drink a lot of Coke Zero which contains Aspartame instead of sugar. Typically 3 cans of the stuff a day. I did a lot of research and the only side effect I've heard of is a craving for sweet things. However, if you drink coke zero the last thing yo...

Well, that program's reputation must be pretty poor among your community. My professor told us about how one student made an severe error in surgery. She was asked to get a pair of scissors and handed the doctor a pair she grabbed out of the doctor's...

It seems everything I read about Florida is something negative. Hopefully this won't become a trend any time soon. Nurses shouldn't be anymore underpaid than they already are for their efforts.

I took a single A&P 2 course for the fall semester and no courses for the spring semester (since I had everything down and was waiting on program acceptance) and there was no mention of it when I spoke to one of the program heads and I got in jus...

You should also know inches to cm (1 in - 2.5 cm), converting traditional time to military time, converting celsius to farenheit and back (F=1.8C+32), these: 1 teaspoon is 5 mL 1 tablespoon is 15 mL 1 ounce is 30 mL and maybe 1 grain is 65 mg. But it...

Try to form a study group, create flashcards (I use the CueCard program), check to see if your textbook offers extra online resources to review chapters, take up your professors on extra help if offered (huge help if available since they sometimes em...

One of the girls in my class had a panic attack as well and ended up bombing one of her tests. She not stupid or has bad study habits (a solid B-A student), it's just the weight those exams carry on her future. Funny you should mention blood pressure...