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  1. I start nursing school tomorrow and I am scared!

    gwt replied to nursestudentin05's topic in General Students

    Hi, I begin my junior year in a week. We just finished up with a 2 week clinical after fundamentals, assessment and patho. Just a 2 day break for Christmas and now a week off. (sigh...) Just remember...

  2. what shoes do you wear...

    gwt replied to blee1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Just got a pair of New Balance 811's, inserted high end gell...total of 80 bucks for next weeks clinicals. Most comfortable shoes I own and they are sneakers disquised as white shoes. Made right in...

  3. Is This Unheard Of 2 School At Once???

    gwt replied to brandyl123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I attended 5 schools in one semester for 20 credit hours during my pre-req days!

  4. How many of you have taken phlebotomy??

    gwt replied to emndarmic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Venipuncture was the most awesome job!!! The best part about it is dealing with people within that 18" personal space you will touch on in proxemics in nursing school. Best interpersonal communication...

  5. NP w/no desire for RN?

    gwt replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Still in Bsn school, but the cold hard facts are in and it all comes down to the bottom line. From what we are being told by the director who is on the national board that sets standards for all the...

  6. Stupid Things that get you kicked out of nursing school

    gwt replied to IvoryLena's topic in General Students

    In my program, by the time they give us algebra, stats, gen chem and phys chem, we were doing dimensional analysis in our sleep. We have Henkes Med Math that follows us through the rest of school. :)...

  7. What was IV tubing made of before the invention of plastics?

    gwt replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    Man, What a cool thread!!! I have been an antiquer for over twenty years and have had the most gorgeous enamel bedpans glass syringes. They were sterilized and I know a lady in town who used to go...

  8. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    gwt replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Pain management, acute and chronic should be a seperate course in nursing school. It can be a complex issue involving assessment, pt. hx. dx., etc. In my opinion, potential for addiction for reasons...

  9. "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    gwt replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    No education is wasted!!! ASN is core nursing skills training. BSN is advanced critical thinking nursing. The extra psych, advanced chem, pharmacology are worth the experience and make some concepts...

  10. Weeding out of nursing students

    gwt replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Weeding out is the least of my worries. Jumping through hoops is just part of the process. The best was listening to two girls talking about a chem text last year and one of them said "Holy ---. Do...

  11. found the "weeding out" class

    gwt replied to okie2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wicked easy after a semester of college algebra and 2

  12. Kadivars and Cats in A&P

    gwt replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow!!! All we got was sheep brains, hearts and

  13. for those that are done with a&p and chem

    gwt replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends what the chem is like! I'm taking intro chem (last pre-req) at a university known for it's chemical engineering program. I already had the higher phys chem within another branch of the...

  14. What are the pros of getting your BSN?

    gwt replied to browsing's topic in General Students

    There will come a time when your sick of working on your feet 12 hours/day and a dream job, 9-5, as a school nurse or perhaps a Dr.'s office will present itself and you can jump right into it. Huge...

  15. What's nursing school like?

    gwt replied to Doug85's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Nursing school is a lot like bootcamp, except you spend at least 20 hours per week typing, 20 driving and getting the laundry done when you

  16. Stessed out in KY! Can anyone relate?

    gwt replied to SoulShine75's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I went back to school 30 years out of high school. First rejection at the CC level and I got into the universities BSN program. I travel 2 hours each way, 4-5 days a week, work nights and the payoff...

  17. Phlebotomy question ( my moral brain in overdrive)

    gwt replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Go ahead, take the plunge and pay for the course. Part of the fee is 15 bucks or something for insurance so you can do a 10 hour clinical at the local hospital or something, perhaps. I'm in my third...

  18. WHY are nurses so catty??

    gwt replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hey! Catting aside, I'm a 46 y.o. male, half way through my BSN and I'm looking at a pair of new knees in a few years. They got that way from a lifetime of other unrewarding, demanding work. I'm...

  19. Summer/Fall 05-what are you doing?

    gwt replied to jhawk07's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    HI! Taking my last chem class this summer to complete 68 hours of pre-reqs. Start BSN program in

  20. Non-Traditional BSN Students

    gwt posted a topic in General Students

    Hi! I first posted here over two years ago, and have just been lurking around since, when I first decided on going to college for my first time at 43 and become a nurse. I got some advice from a few...

  21. Physiological Chemistry

    gwt replied to sunshine9's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    HI! I just took it, with micro and 3 gen-eds, I might add. Got an A. General and organic chem understanding is a must, but they might review that with you. The most work was the reactions in...

  22. Husband wants to try nursing at 44

    gwt replied to mstigerlily's topic in Men in Nursing

    HI, I'm 46, just finished 5 semesters of pre-reqs and begin 5 semesters of nursing classes for my BSN this fall. I just love it. He will know after a good semester or two of the requisites if it's for...

  23. Boston - Beth Israel Deaconess?

    gwt replied to caroladybelle's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I'm originally form the area. I'd love to work at BI/D someday myself. Wicked busy, state of the art teaching hospitals. If you like culture and things to do, you will never be board. They only...

  24. new students - what do you fear most?

    gwt replied to speedykicks's topic in General Students

    HI! I begin my nursing curriculum this fall. Just for gp, and resume enhancement, I took a 50 hour phlebotomy course last summer. It not only calmed my fears of sticking people, but gave me valuable...

  25. Non-Traditional BSN Students

    gwt replied to gwt's topic in General Students

    Best of luck everyone! I didn't feel like waiting around for ADN entry. Every school is a couple of hours commute anyway, so I hooked up with the university for the rest of the pre-reqs with...