RunBabyRN

RunBabyRN

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  1. Accepted!!!!!!

    RunBabyRN replied to StanleyNickels's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How exciting!

  2. Quitting my job for school

    RunBabyRN replied to Sammy Jankis's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If at ALL possible, don't work. It may require sacrifices, but don't sacrifice your schooling and your family any more than you have to. Even not working, I am barely home with my husband and son....

  3. Cadaver Work

    RunBabyRN replied to GoodnessFlows's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It was a total fluke! They were the only two any of the instructors had ever seen in the years they'd had the cadaver lab! The first one, we'd been trying to figure it out the early part of the...

  4. Becoming discouraged about becoming a nurse?

    RunBabyRN replied to RainbowHead's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think it's a matter of perspective, work environment, and personality. I've spent a long time in health care, and will *finally* be a nurse this summer (if the BRN EVER gets their you-know-what...

  5. TEAS V Prep Courses in Boston?

    RunBabyRN replied to SKay226's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You might have better luck in the TEAS forum. I really found that the ATI TEAS manual was the most help. I studied only that and scored a

  6. BSN to APN?

    RunBabyRN replied to OB-wan's topic in General Students

    Most APN programs are for BSN-prepared nurses. What specialty do you want? Look at different schools' websites to see what programs are

  7. Got rejected from several nursing programs. What are your coping mechanisms?

    RunBabyRN replied to TiffanyLe's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I applied to 10 programs my first cycle, and was accepted to 2. Plenty of rejection! Hence my casting of a wide net! LOL My grades aren't top-notch, so I expected a certain amount of rejection. I...

  8. Studied constantly, still got a D on first test.

    RunBabyRN replied to funsizedprenurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you can get written documentation of your anxiety and potentially of a learning disability, the disabilities department should be able to help you to get what you need to be successful. You can...

  9. Cadaver Work

    RunBabyRN replied to GoodnessFlows's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In our class, you were required to do the dissection and to work with the cadavers as part of the anatomy course. If you couldn't handle it, you couldn't pass the course. The cadavers were part of...

  10. Does everyone get this but me?

    RunBabyRN replied to leekaye's topic in General Students

    I think there are multiple factors at work here- insensitive students and instructors and, as you stated, your own thin skin. I have seen students in my class not get things that are like second...

  11. I hated being a CNA.....

    RunBabyRN replied to lovelove254's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There are specific nurse educators, which might be appealing to you, like diabetes nurse educators. School nursing also involves a lot of patient education, as you're in the classrooms teaching sex...

  12. I hated being a CNA.....

    RunBabyRN replied to lovelove254's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If doing that type of work really bothers you, then nursing may not be your thing. Being a nurse means doing everything a CNA does plus more (though, depending on whether or not your unit has a CNA,...

  13. Studied constantly, still got a D on first test.

    RunBabyRN replied to funsizedprenurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Have you thought about working through your test anxiety before you tackle these courses? I think that is a major contributing factor, along with overstudying, if you are studying as much as you say...

  14. Cadaver Work

    RunBabyRN replied to GoodnessFlows's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    YES. Seeing everything in situ makes such a difference! Netter's is the only book I've found that comes anywhere close to offering what a cadaver can, but there's nothing like being able to peel...

  15. Cadaver Work

    RunBabyRN replied to GoodnessFlows's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Our school (also a CC) had an AMAZING cadaver lab, with 4 cadavers! One was saved from the prior semester, already dissected, and 3 were new each semester. We each got to do a dissection with a...

  16. I want to be an RN soooo bad!!!!

    RunBabyRN replied to klwinkleman's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think your idea of going with your father is a really good option (and I would think that if your husband consents to you taking the kids out of state, you wouldn't have any issues there). What...

  17. I got in!!!!

    RunBabyRN replied to ant2cory's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congratulations!

  18. Military service

    RunBabyRN replied to MonteK's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Exactly! There are always questions that don't come up, and every department I've been in contact with (MANY) has been great with answering straightforward

  19. Grades vs Teaching?

    RunBabyRN replied to vettechtoRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This seems to vary by school and professor. Our professor from A&P had very difficult exams, but there was nothing she hadn't covered in class. If you paid attention, you likely earned an A. No...

  20. Military service

    RunBabyRN replied to MonteK's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You can just contact the department. Call or e-mail. I found out through an info session the department head

  21. Military service

    RunBabyRN replied to MonteK's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm in school in CA, so it probably won't work for you if you're stationed up near

  22. Military service

    RunBabyRN replied to MonteK's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Not sure what your school's policy is, but at ours, as long as you qualify, you're in if you're a vet or

  23. Communication as a CRNA

    RunBabyRN replied to laurenjdickson's topic in General Students

    Even if you can't get TO a hospital, find a nurse you know or one that someone you know knows. This site is a public forum, and you have no way of verifying anyone's licensure and credentials. Don't...

  24. I'm am worried about myself in nursing? Advice needed!!

    RunBabyRN replied to aaron1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hold off on pursuing your CRNA until you've worked as a nurse for a few years. It'll make you more marketable, and you'll feel more confident in your practice. I'm happy to see that you recognize the...

  25. A&P 2 in a 8 week summer semester??

    RunBabyRN replied to J3w3lz88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think that could work well. 8 weeks is plenty of time. It's intense, but not so short that it's unrealistic for learning. I took my 5 unit micro class in 6 weeks, and did well, though I was...