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This type of system is definitely standard practice. At my school tests/final are worth 80% of our grade. In order to pass the class we need at least a 76% exam average. If that 76% exam average is achieved, then the remaining points (from quizzes and projects) are added into our grade. Your school is just making sure that your test scores are high enough to pass the class. I don't see anything wrong with their grading system.

Doggie door? Or pay a neighborhood kid to let the dog out when they get home from school

Ugh I also graduated from Truman with a not-so-great GPA. It's so frustrating because nursing schools look at cumulative GPA only, not the difficulty of the school. If I had gone to a different school I'm sure my GPA would have been at least 0.3 higher.

Here's how it could end badly... The student gets a compliment (like they are a child) then decides from that compliment they are excelling at clinicals and don't need to do anything more. Then they stand around even more. Another compliment? "Wow! I'm really doing everything right this semester. No need to change any of my behavior." = Continues being useless on the floor. They are students, not children. If they don't deserve a compliment, then they shouldn't receive one as some sort of backhanded way to attempt to make them useful during their shift.

Were you not assigned a nurse to follow? My very first day at clinicals I was at an LTC facility and I wasn't given a nurse to follow, but that never happened again. Usually you should be paired up with a nurse at the beginning of the day. What do you mean by no partners? Do you mean no fellow student to be partnered up with? I have never been partnered up with another student, I have always just been by myself with a nurse. Before the shift starts you should receive report on all the patients you are helping take care of, so you know which ones can ambulate by themselves, which ones need assistance, etc. I have never gotten a tour of the clinical facilities I have been at. I always have to figure out where everything is myself. Usually when I'm first walking down a new hallway, I will start looking at the labels on doors to get an idea of where things are. Then as I'm walking to and from patients' rooms in other hallways I am always still looking at door labels. Clinicals are hectic. When I was at the LTC my first semester, we weren't allowed to do much at all. So I found things I could do-- like refilling towels in patient rooms, making sure there were enough clean laundry bags in the rooms, making sure the precaution rooms had adequate stocks gowns and/or masks, going into rooms and asking each patient if they needed their water filled up, asking the techs if they need any help taking vitals (I would split the patient load with the tech, she would take half and I would take half), also feeding the patients meals helps out a lot as well. Just think of what could be done to help the techs and jump in Edit: before you feed the patients meals, ask the CNA or tech if they're an aspiration risk. Also make sure the patient isn't NPO before getting them water. Edit 2: also even just sitting and talking with the patients is a wonderful thing to do (work on those therapeutic communication skills!) A lot of the patients are lonely and are tickled pink if you lend them an ear for 10-15 min.

As a general rule, we don't want to just give you the answer, so it helps if you show us the work you have attempted so far

Woahh where was your clinical instructor/a nurse while you were doing this? Someone is supposed to be supervising you whenever you do skills! It doesn't seem like you did anything wrong, but someone else is supposed to be there to tell you to stop if you are about to harm the pt. I thought this was standard protocol for students.

Once nurses are actually out on the floor, they will be transferring obese patients. They may as well get some practice now.

I'm currently at the Phoenix location. The professors have been wonderful so far-- so much better than my professors I previously had while getting my first BS degree at a different university. Clinicals are at good hospitals. I have no idea how easy it is to find a job after graduation. Equipment is great. Have you seen the SIM lab? Have you taken any college classes before? What was your GPA? The only reason I'm asking is because chamberlain admits almost everyone, but then the nursing classes get HARD... many struggle and subsequently fail multiple classes then get kicked out of the program. Chamberlain doesn't want to graduate incompetent nurses, so they make the program difficult. So be prepared!

You're going to fail if you get in that mindset. Stop doubting yourself and keep trying. In this post alone you have just listed negative things. Stop thinking that way and go forward with a positive attitude

Maybe you could try applying to a few community colleges and take some nursing pre-reqs there. Once you get good grades in those classes then you may be a better candidate for a BSN program if the school has grades other than your HS grades to look at.

Who in your class has been doing consistently well on all of the tests? Find that out, and then meet with him/her and ask them EXACTLY what they are doing to study. Are they reading the book? Highlighting important parts? Using the power points? Making their own "study guide"? Making flash cards? It seems like you're a hard worker, and I hardly doubt it is your intellectual capacity that is holding you back. I think you are studying incorrectly, and your priorities should be: 1. Figuring out how to study for this particular class, and 2. Managing your anxiety so it doesn't mess you up on future tests.

They won't deny employment if you're actually prescribed those meds. If you test positive then you will probably get a phone call asking you to provide proof of prescription, or they will ask for your pharmacy and call them to verify

I had no problem talking to our clinical coordinator, she actually emailed me back within the hour on a few occasions. All of my teachers have been wonderful, professional and knowledgeable.

Has anyone tried out the newest Littmann Classic III? I am a nursing student and I am buying my first stethoscope. From what I have read, I should go with the Classic II S.E or the Cardiology III. The Cardiology III is a little expensive, so I was going to go with the Classic II S.E. However, I am interested in the newest Classic III. If anyone has bought it/tried it out, I am interested in your opinion! Thanks!

I am currently attending there. I already have a bachelors in another field, so I had a decent amount of credits to transfer over. Chamberlain took 100% of the credits I thought they should accept-- 30 credits in total. If you are worried about taking classes that don't transfer then get in touch with the staff from Chamberlain and ask them which classes they would accept transfer credits for if you were to take them somewhere else.

I'm actually in the traditional BSN program and I am taking most of my classes on the Phoenix campus. I just started the program in September so I have not had experience with many classes yet. I am also currently in transitions in nursing but I am taking it on campus. For the most part I have enjoyed my classes so far, but I dislike doing all of the discussions. I much would rather be writing papers than answering discussion questions each week. I understand why the online RN-BSN program would have discussions since those students never meet in class, but all of my classes that are on campus also require multiple posts each week. I'm sorry you are having trouble with your financial aid advisor. Do you have it in writing that she/he said you would have no out of pocket expenses? If you do, maybe you could show the email to someone higher up. I can't really be of much help in that area, though, because I am not taking out loans. Hopefully you can get that figured out soon.

I'm actually in that class right now! It is pretty easy and straight forward, I wouldn't worry about it too much if I were you. Since it is an online class much of the grade is based on your discussion posts which can take a long time to write. There is only one research paper that you will have to write. However there is a decent amount of prep-work that you will have to do before writing the paper, so I do block out large amounts of time each week to devote to that class. Even though it is time consuming, it is not difficult. If you put in the amount of effort that is needed then your grade will reflect that.

I just read through all your previous posts. I think you made a great choice not picking option A. If they messed up something as simple as sending you an acceptance letter, then their department really is a huge mess. I would be very apprehensive of attending a school that made such a stupid mistake.

Hey, everyone. I am attending Chamberlain and we have to order our scrubs online. Because of this, I have no idea what size to get! It looks like there is only one size for the women's top, but there are petite, tall, and regular pants. I am 5'4 and 115 lbs, and I usually wear around a size 2 to 4 in pants. I am afraid if I get the petite that it will be too short on me (I have longer legs and a short torso), but if I get the regular then it might be too big around the waist. I tried looking for the specific brand, but I can't find it. Any advice would be helpful! Thanks!

They're not accredited. None of your credits will transfer to any other school/grad school. You also will most likely not be hired, because hospitals are requiring that applicants attended an accredited school.

I would encourage anyone reading this to be extremely weary of attending Brookline. Even if they say their "job placement" rate is 90%- this doesn't mean that 90% of graduates found work in *nursing*, they simply found work at any job, whether it be fast food, retail, etc. You always need to be cautious when schools say these things. Also, they are only nationally accredited, not regionally accredited- so you would NOT be able to continue your education after graduation OR transfer their credits to any other school. This is a HUGE problem. Their admissions requirements are lax because they accept anyone and everyone that applies. This says something about the quality of students that are attending there. Lastly, I have read on here multiple times that hospitals will NOT hire Brookline graduates.

Thank you for your helpful response, I'm sorry I didn't respond sooner. I am very excited to start classes in a few days! I am coming into school with a decent amount of transfer credits-- so during many semesters I will technically be a part-time student. I haven't decided if this is a good thing or a bad thing-- if the classes get rigorous, then I am sure I will be thankful! I'm looking at my Degreeworks now, and I am scheduled for all three of those nursing classes in one semester. However, the semester before that, I am only taking SOCS 350 and ETHC 445, totaling 6 hours. Maybe I could ask my advisor about moving NR 281 up a semester. Good luck with your classes this semester :)

Hi Bretsin, I am actually in one of your classes at Chamberlain (you had previously sent out an email to our class and I recognized your name). I was also torn between GCU and Chamberlain as well. However, my mom did some investigating and found that GCU had over a hundred claims on the Better Business Bureau site (with 99 complaints for billing/collection services). Chamberlain only had 1 complaint. I also read somewhere that GCU scams you out of money, saying they will hold your diploma until you pay a large ($1,000+) outstanding balance on your account. They make up excuses for why they need more money, even though students have already paid their tuition in full. Even though I could technically afford to pay for their little scam at the end, I don't want to be giving my money to that type of sleazy school. However, I do have some serious concerns about Chamberlain being a for-profit school. I also have concerns about them being associated with DeVry. As far as transferring credits go, Chamberlain granted me 30 transfer credits from my previous university in Missouri. But because of that, there are many semesters where I am only a part time student, and I'm still going to end up graduating in about 3 years, which is a bummer. I thought with all those transfer credits that at least I could knock off 2 semesters. If you decide to give Chamberlain a shot, let me know! Maybe we could get a study group started with some of our other classmates :)

I agree with the above posters, but I have this to add: your HESI score is actually pretty good--too good for ITT Tech. This shows me that you are more than capable of getting accepted and going to an accredited school if you wanted to. Please don't waste your time and money on a school that will literally feed you lies and f*ck you over in the end when you can't get hired anywhere.