WestKyKing

It'll be okay. Buckled down and study by yourself. Sometimes it's better that way simply because study groups can quickly turn into "forget the books lets just gossip and eat pizza" groups, lol. But, I do know that nursing school is a rough experience, and it makes it hard when you feel as if you are going through it alone. I mean, we have our family and outside friends, but it helps when you have somebody who is going through the situation with you. BUT, the goal is to pass and gain a successful career, not to find a new best friend. So keep your eyes on the prize. And......yes people tend to clique up at the beginning. That's just how things go. But as the time goes on... numbers will start to dwindle..and the remaining few will get closer with each other. Hang in there.

Treat Yo Self

Well darn, I was really looking forward to parading down the hall with my underwear on the outside of my scrubs. But, I guess a cape would be a little too much, it'd probably be covered in lovely mysterious stains half-way through the shift. Thanks for killing the dream guys.

Just wondering, if anyone else has experienced the sudden heighten of senses when they first started nursing? I'm currently a student, but I had recently started working as a CNA and after about a month of working my hearing is highly more significant...and as for my sense of smell...I smell eveeeeeerything. I even feel like my sense of taste is different. So what I want to know is if anyone else has experience this, or should I go head and order my cape and tights now? BTW, no I'm not pregnant, or rather I hope not since I'm a guy...and I've heard the painful stories of kidney stones so I could only imagine....

Shave it off, keep it moving. How you look doesn't have anything to do with how good of a nurse you will be. Plus there's plenty ugly nurses, doctors, patients, and etc. lol. Confidence is key though. A lot of people you might perceive as beautiful on TV are only like that due to professional make up artist, so don't judge the value of your looks from images you see in movies or commercials.

Also....buy your own permit, lol. You're an adult. It is your money. That's like not buying new socks because your neighbor said, " naw, it's ok whenever you need some just come to my door and ask for mine." No one can stop you from getting a parking permit, unless she's like at the door every of the office with a baseball bat, then you have more serious issues.... Stand up for yourself. Actually, watch the movie Mean Girls. There's a good message behind it. ((sorry for the double post))

Are you the type of person who doesn't like confrontation? At an older job, I would have people asked me real serious personal questions, people who I barely knew. They were usually the type who like to gossip, you can easily tell this because sometimes they'll start the first few conversations with you by telling you what they've seen or heard about someone else. I just redirect the question, or joke it off. Most of the information I gave people at work was vague unless we were close. It's the same now in school. I've also had people attempt to "rope" me in, like she is doing to you. You just have to create/force some distant. I'm a guy though, so it's easy for me to avoid the nursing school drama at times, lol. But, I would be careful about the whole answer key thing. If this isn't allowed, and you get caught "studying" with it, that's your career. So if you don't want the "target" the best bet is to just create that distance b/w that individual. It's either having friends or having a career.

Spider-man.

Well, even if nursing isn't for you....at least over $1200 worth of books for free..... lmao! I just hope it wasn't some poor bloke who had laid the books down to go quickly run and grab something to come back only to find that their entire stack they had just got for nursing school was missing. But, hey, maybe they took it as a sign that nursing wasn't for them. lol

Do it, If that's your dream then live it. No matter how long or how short. Better then looking back on it with regrets. I say if you can, then why not?

I was scared when I went into A&P 1 at first, just because that's all I heard from people in nursing and outside of nursing was how hard it was. And how many people failed it, but to be honest I would only really study the day before and right on up until I went to take the test, and I passed with an A. Its a lot of information to take it, and I feel like it's a class you want to take along side "Easier" courses. Like I wouldn't take A&P with a very full schedule, nor would I take it with classes that require alot of paper writing and research, because time is key. What helped me the most was I would record EVERY lecture. And I would play it back while I studied. So it would all be fresh. Write things down, carry highlighters because you're going to turn your textbook into a rainbow. I didn't do study groups only because I worked nights full time, so when I left class it was time for bed, but I heard they really help. Also, Amazon carries Mosby's Anatomy flashcards in the box set ( at bookstores they are expensive, buy used and save like 30, 40 bucks ). Remember, time management. Good luck :)

Best of luck to you. Sometimes it takes us a little longer to achieve certain things, but the great thing in that is, through that long tiring journey you tend to pick up a lot of stuff. Like adding a little seasoning to your plate, lol.

That all sounds nerve wrecking, I hope y'all get in :)

I record the lectures I'm allowed to on my phone. I will replay them while I study, and I will also play them on my rides to work.

I would, just to be safe. There were a few of students in my RN program orientation who got accepted that where from other schools.