katyq82

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1. How long does it take to get ADN including prerequisites, on average?

   katyq82 replied to rachelkelllyy's topic in Pre-Nursing

   What beekee said. The prereq's took me one full year, including summer session, because you have to take some in order (i.e. A&P I followed by A&P II). Good luck!

2. NCLEX JUNE 2018

   katyq82 replied to SAMc0515's topic in NCLEX

   Just wanted to share that I took the NCLEX on 6/28 and passed in 75 questions! I primarily used UWorld and LaCharity.

3. Per Diem Options?

   katyq82 posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Hello! I just graduated with my ASN, and will be continuing school for my BSN online this fall. I am open minded about my career path, especially in terms of my first job. I'm prioritizing finding a safe and supportive environment for a new nurse, bu...

4. Am I making the right decision? Nurse or Sonographer?

   katyq82 replied to MarieRWilliams's topic in Career Support

   I just finished my ASN, and my sister in law just finished an Associate's Degree in Echocardiography. Both degrees took the same amount of time, but she will very likely earn quite a bit more than I will when we both get our first jobs. Her job will ...

5. NCLEX JUNE 2018

   katyq82 replied to SAMc0515's topic in NCLEX

   Good luck everyone! I am taking mine next week!

6. Delivering during first semester

   katyq82 replied to CrlVllm's topic in General Students

   There was a student in my class who gave birth on a Thursday and was back to take a quiz the following Tuesday! We were all like- where's the baby?!? LOL. But seriously she was a rock star and I think she also had a lot of help from family. I would r...

7. NEW GRADS

   katyq82 replied to ICCURN7's topic in New Nurse

   I am about to graduate in a couple of weeks, and the items you list were all taught in my nursing school- in lecture, sim lab and clinical. But I think that (as with any profession), there is a big difference between knowing these concepts intellectu...

8. Failing clinical

   katyq82 replied to studentnursej1's topic in General Students

   This for sure ^ Another thing you might do is request a check in meeting with her in a couple weeks, or halfway between now and the final evaluation- once you've had a chance to show some improvement but before she will be doing the final evaluation....

9. My Story: Trying to move to the hospital

   katyq82 replied to Reds5588's topic in Career Support

   Aw this made me so sad to read! It might be worth considering having your husband go to per diem, you made the initial career sacrifice and it sounds like he is willing to do the same for you. Yes, it would be a change but it could be a good one. Wit...

10. how many hours should I devote to studying?

    katyq82 replied to JyRn18's topic in General Students

    You may need to put in more time studying, or what you might really need is to study in a different way. I found that when I got to semester 3 it was like a whole new ballgame, the exams were a lot harder. The cognitive level of the questions had gon...

11. Cardiac question

    katyq82 replied to ScrbLife120/80's topic in General Students

    I just saw the rest of your post... not sure if you updated it or if I missed the part about Digoxin the first time I read it. To the best of my knowledge, digoxin is not a vasodilator. It is a positive inotrope and a negative chronotrope, so it slow...

12. Need a bit of advice, please

    katyq82 replied to ItsThatJenGirl's topic in General Students

    Since you haven't accepted the first job, I would apply for the ER externship and see what happens. I don't see why it would jeopardize the first position. If it does come up, you could always say that since you haven't received a written offer you w...

13. Cardiac question

    katyq82 replied to ScrbLife120/80's topic in General Students

    The electrical impulse (SA node and entire cardiac conduction system) is separate from the volume being pumped and from the muscular strength of the pump itself. You can run into problems with the conduction, the volume or the pump. Think of a boiler...

14. Nursing school 1st semester BOOKS

    katyq82 replied to kiknox's topic in General Students

    You might want to ask the nursing department if the same books will be used in future semesters before deciding. We had to purchase a big package of books first semester, but then we used most of them all throughout the program. If its something that...

15. Did I make the right decision returning to school?

    katyq82 replied to mayberight's topic in General Students

    Some encouragement and a couple examples that I've recently gone through to share... You mentioned your other potential path was an MSW, so I am guessing you may have come from a similar career background as I have, and I also went into nursing to b...