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Anybody else applying to the ACC BSN at UC-Colorado Springs? It's almost interview and decision time. I was just wondering if anyone has heard anything, or is dying in anticipation. Also, interview tips from previous students would be greatly appreci...

I guess I can add something from the child-free community. I'm 31, happily married and have never really wanted kids. I've entertained the idea on occasion, but as I have gotten older, progressed in my career, seen the sacrifices and stress of my pro...

I have the good fortune of starting nursing school at a program that has existed for over 100 years. I love the history (our campus was once a TB sanitarium!) and the old class pictures in the halls. It's interesting to hear from the nurses on this f...

No horror stories here, I'm 4 weeks into an accelerated program (so ending semester 1 in a regular program) and actually like it much more than I thought I would. It's hard, but that's what I signed up for. I have a great class, we bring food to shar...

That's how I understood it. She's looking for about 32k in a lump sum? This sounds like a scammy for-profit set up, or the craziest out-of-state tuition ever. Going to nursing school is not an at-all-costs kind of decision. If the school doesn't fit ...

Awesome, congrats on having choices. I'm in an on campus accelerated, married without kids, have 12 years of intense medical experience, and I am hangin on for dear life! What a ride! I think it might be fine to do online if you have an insane amoun...

First of all, holy cow, do you have a lot on your plate. I would explain all of this to your professors and come clean. If they think less of you, they are terrible people, but you would think a nursing instructor would be able to summon a degree of ...

Are you in nursing school to socialize, or are you in nursing school to become a nurse. You said that making friends isn't really a high priority. So what's wrong with being friendly, professional, undistracted and (before you know it) successfully d...

If you come to class looking like warmed-over dog doo, don't sit next to me! If you're sick, you're sick. Your professors seem to be understanding, and you're obviously not faking it. Take care of yourself and get better so you can get back to class ...

Is there anything you can do to avoid this debt? Is this for your whole program, or (gulp) just the first semester? Think about ways you can downsize, trim the fat, mow lawns on the weekends, something that might offset the amount you are looking to ...

I'm a 10 year paramedic in the middle of my second week of an accelerated program. I didn't purposefully out myself as a medic off the bat, but short of taking a vow of silence for the year, I found it impossible to come off as less knowledgable than...

I'm in an accelerated program, so I don't really feel like I have time to be "put together" I'm showered with a little mascara and in yoga or gym clothes so I can get 30 min in after or before class. I'm actually looking forward to getting into lab u...

I'm in an accelerated program, so I don't really feel like I have time to be "put together" I'm showered with a little mascara and in yoga or gym clothes so I can get 30 min in after or before class. I'm actually looking forward to getting into lab u...

I'm with needles. It depends on how technology dependant you are as a student, and the tech requirements of your program. My program requires the use of a bundle of reference software that needs either a tablet or a nice smartphone to operate and be ...

Black pants...you lucky punters. I'm trying to transition from EMS-land and can't get used to going to work in white pajamas. Ugh,

Are you allowed to wear any all-white shoe you want? I have a pair of white Sketchers I could run miles in. Most of the big sneaker companies have an all-white something. A guy I know in clinicals, wears white Nikes. Check Zappos.com, they have free ...

Yep, confirmed. I will be expected to line up, basic training style for inspection, then turn around and bend over so a 60 year old woman can evaluate the integrity of my pant-seat. I am horrified. I am fine with the rest of this. i have worked in h...

Deep breath, darlin'. You made a mistake. But it sounds like you have the chance to atone for it. It sounds like you are already accepted to a nursing program and are being allowed to stay. It seems like a gamble to leave and attempt to get in elsewh...

I love flashcards and will often keep a stack of notecards on my desk while taking notes amd make them as I take notes in lecture. Its a little frenetic, but it's efficient. If there's a term or concept I don't know, or need to remember, ill make a ...

So, your dose is 9ml q 6hrs....did I read it right? 9ml/6hrs=x ml/1hr You are so close! Also, this is a ml/hr pump calc, not a gtts/min drip calc, right Don1984? Edit* I didnt catch the "over 20 min part" sorry! Ill call this an RTFQ mistake. (Read t...

Well, that's it, I sent the email to my boss and got a totally gracious response. As it turns out, if you give 8 years of your life to an employer, they probably won't wish you ill if you are moving up in the world. And I just got my first batch of o...

Tomorrow is the last day for me to totally commit to nursing school, and my feet are so cold they're frozen. I start the ABSN at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs in 2 weeks and tomorrow, I have to give my employer of 8 yrs notice that ...

I took it online over the summer last year. We had a big research paper due at the end, but the rest was pretty easy, discussion posts, quizzes, ect

I suppose it doesn't hurt to ask. I wonder if you would be receptive to a little well-intentioned advice from a recent ABSN admission? It looks like you are planning on taking somewhere between 15 and 19 prereq credits over the short summer semester...

Very interesting, where are you from? I'm a paramedic-going-bsn here in the US.