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  1. Pre-Reqs Plan!

    bookgirl667 replied to OptimisticBeing's topic in General Students

    I took my time with prereqs - it took my 3.5 years to complete them. It made it far easier to get a 4.0, after which I had no problem getting accepted to my first-choice nursing school. Slow and...

  2. Tips for Specialty

    bookgirl667 replied to rachiebee's topic in General Students

    My school is really, really pushing us to do externships because it is much easier to get into high-demand specialties having done them. That said, ANY additional health care experience can get your...

  3. Accelerated BSN or Entry level MSN?

    bookgirl667 replied to loloiri's topic in General Students

    I'm currently in a BSN/MSN and personally would not feel comfortable going into direct practice at the MSN level! I have until five years after graduation to complete my MSN, should I choose to do so,...

  4. Curious About Drop-out Rate In Nursing School

    bookgirl667 replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    Just finished my sixth week; out of my original class of 165, 5 students have already dropped out. I assume this will continue as the program gets more intense, especially since a passing grade is a...

  5. Why is nursing school "hard?"

    bookgirl667 replied to Jaykalkyn, BSN, RN's topic in General Students

    I have just finished my sixth week of a BSN program; I can't comment on clinicals because I don't start those until another week, but for me the schooling has been exhausting because I'm an introvert...

  6. math tests?

    bookgirl667 replied to yellowleaf's topic in General Students

    Med math is incorporated into my pharmacology course, but whether your school does it that way or as a separate course, it is unavoidable for all the aforementioned reasons of patient safety. Also,...

  7. NR302 Health Assessment HELP!

    bookgirl667 replied to forever88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1) REVIEW THE POWERPOINTS STAT! 2) Watch videos of the health assessments. They might come as supplemental materials with your textbooks, but if not search for them online. There are a lot of them out...

  8. Wow, I really have to take this class?

    bookgirl667 replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had to take English 102, a class on how to write a research paper, in order to qualify for the nursing program at the community college at which I took my prereqs...and I have a BA in English with a...

  9. Loneliness and the First-Year Nontraditional Student

    bookgirl667 posted a topic in General Students

    I just finished the fifth week of my BSN program; for me it is a second bachelors after my English BA from the 1990s, but my 150-student program mixes post-bac and traditional students in the same...

  10. Loneliness and the First-Year Nontraditional Student

    bookgirl667 replied to bookgirl667's topic in General Students

    I commute to school via public transportation and have yet to meet anyone from my neighborhood in my program. A lot of the younger students live on campus or commute together. My close friends are not...

  11. How do you know this is what you want to do?

    bookgirl667 replied to Stressed_'s topic in General Students

    I'd only done office work prior to nursing school, and I HATE HATE HATED it. I wanted the polar opposite - to not be sitting at a desk all day shuffling papers while rarely interacting with other...

  12. Getting through nursing school with mental health problems

    bookgirl667 replied to WalkingBread's topic in General Students

    I have type 1 bipolar disorder and just started nursing school. I registered with my university's disabilities office, and keep to my weekly therapy and monthly med management appointments to keep...

  13. A&P... is it really this bad??

    bookgirl667 replied to 17smr's topic in General Students

    IMO, Chem 2 was more of a weeder class than A&P, which gives you legit knowledge you will use all the time in nursing school. It is true that a lot of people drop or do poorly in A&P, though,...

  14. How: Health Ins, work, school???

    bookgirl667 replied to rhotstuff5's topic in General Students

    I'm on Medicaid for the purposes of nursing school...was told I was eligible for it when I tried to buy an Obamacare policy. FYI, you can apply for Medicaid year-round, not just during the Affordable...

  15. Am I Just Not Smart Enough?

    bookgirl667 replied to Zenndaya's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Almost everyone in my BSN program had AT LEAST a 3.75 or above, even though the stated minimum GPA for prereqs was a 3.0. Also, they regarded Cs, Ds, Fs, and Ws all as failing grades. Getting a C in...

  16. Keep mouth shut? A & P 2

    bookgirl667 replied to neuron's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I hate to break it to you, but MOST of your exam questions in nursing school will have more than one plausible answer, and you will have to pick the most pertinent choice by using critical thinking...

  17. I feel incomplete

    bookgirl667 replied to sameishafate's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The saying, "It's not a sprint, it's marathon," applies here. At end, you will be the same age whether you are a nurse or not, and I take it you'd rather be that age and a nurse. By the way, I am 42...

  18. Suggestions/advice on succeeding in A&P class

    bookgirl667 replied to jamienora's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I made it through A&P with very high As by recording the lectures and then listening to and transcribing them by hand later. It was the only way I could retain all the jam-packed info in the...

  19. Thomas Jefferson FACT 2-year Fall 2016

    bookgirl667 replied to ClaireLouise's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I was nervous during my interview, but got accepted 3 days later! I found Jackie pretty easy to talk

  20. Going back to nursing school after accounting degree

    bookgirl667 replied to marissapage93's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is so, so common. I have a BA in English and am just wrapping up my prereqs and applying to nursing schools. There are many, many post-bac students at my community college, and many, many of us...

  21. Thomas Jefferson FACT 2-year Fall 2016

    bookgirl667 replied to ClaireLouise's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I will be applying. I have a bunch of exams piled up like a carwreck (it's midterms), so I will be uploading my application to NursingCAS the week after that. I'm hoping I'm not applying too late to...

  22. Financial Aid for second degree BSN/MSN students at UPenn

    bookgirl667 replied to bookgirl667's topic in School, College Programs

    Thanks for the advice from both of you. I'll look into MSN direct entry programs when I'm close to finishing my

  23. Financial Aid for second degree BSN/MSN students at UPenn

    bookgirl667 posted a topic in School, College Programs

    I know Penn gives any first-degree undergraduate with a family income under $60,000 a free ride with all grants and no loans. Does anyone know if that policy still holds for second-degree BSN/MSN...

  24. How old were you when you started Nursing School?

    bookgirl667 replied to NursingStudentMomof3's topic in General Students

    I'm 39 and am just about to start my second semester of