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    Healp with Nursing Dx

    Do you have any suggestions or ideas in your head as to what his nursing diagnoses would be? What are your
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    Anyone struggling or struggled with Microbiology?

    You are NOT alone! I literally did not completely and confidently know how to use a microscope in Microbiology until we were doing our Unknown project at around week 10. We couldn't work in groups,...
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    PCT job hours?

    I work 12 hour shifts twice a
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    GPA/HESI/TEAS Score when accepted?

    I had a 2.5 or 2.6 I believe and on my HESI I got an 86% cumulative: 94% in English Language Comprehension, 78% in Science Composite, and 86% in
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    Spring 2017 Chat

    I know that I eventually want to be a midwife so I'm going ADN > BSN > MSN and then maybe even go for my DNP
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    Spring 2017 Chat

    It's not SO bad yet but I know it will get harder as pharm progresses and as we learn harder skills (like catheterizing and
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    So, what will I be doing this summer?

    Make absolutely sure you have all of your vaccines up to date. I had to make sure I had my book package, uniforms, shoes, take my cartilage earring out since it was against our dress code. Yeah, there...
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    Microbiology and A&P 2?

    I took A&P I and microbiology while working part time. It wasn't too bad. However, microbiology is apparently my kryptonite and I ended up getting a C in that class. If you pay attention and...
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    Spring 2017 Chat

    I'm still commenting in this pre-nursing thread because I love reading everyone's updates and there's nothing like this in the general nursing student section :) I mean, I could make one myself but...
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    Patient Interview

    Hi everyone, It's my third week in my first semester of nursing school Last week, at clinicals, we were assigned to a patient to perform patient interviews. This week, our clinical instructor wanted...
  11. You should definitely take AP biology, AP stats, and AP psychology. You said yourself, these are prerequisites to nursing and it would be very beneficial for you to get those out of the way if you...
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    Spring 2017 Chat

    I feel the same way! It's coming on the third week of school for me and I feel like this semester will never
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    Spring 2017 Chat

    OMG THAT'S AMAZING!!! I'm so happy for you and so
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    Nurse-Midwife Goal: Where to start?

    I don't see specific experience requirements for their master's program but for the Midwifery DNP program, they recommend a year of L&D experience. If you want to be a midwife it is generally...
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    Nurse-Midwife Goal: Where to start?

    Do you know which master's program you would want to apply to? I know some schools require specific experience so I'd look more into
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    Spring 2017 Chat

    That's awesome! Good luck! Go with business casual (slacks, a nice blouse,
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    How does your school work?

    Semester 1: Fundamentals Concepts of Nursing Care (divided into lecture, seminar, clinical and lab) 6 credits Pharmacology Concepts in Nursing I (online) 1 credit Basic Care Skills 2 credits Semester...
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    Spring 2017 Chat

    I took the HESI A2 and it consisted of anatomy, chemistry, math, reading, and writing. I took it before I had taken chemistry and anatomy and still scored high in each section as well as high over...
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    Spring 2017 Chat

    Chemistry wasn't THAT bad. It was a lot of content but my teacher was amazing. It did require a lot of studying outside of school. I made sure to do practice problems out of the textbook so that I...
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    Spring 2017 Chat

    8 week A&P course?? That sounds super intense. Good
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    Spring 2017 Chat

    Good luck!!! You'll do great
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    A heavy course load...advice?

    I personally would not take such a heavy course load. What about organic chem, A&P I, and psych in the Spring Human development, nutrition and stats in the Summer And A&P II and micro in the...
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    How old is everyone?

    I'm 21 :) Starting my first semester of nursing school (ADN program) on
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    I'm not sure what to do about nursing school

    What happened when you were in the program before? I wouldn't worry about what your family thinks about you going back to school. It's your life, not theirs. You're not married and you don't have...
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    Anatomy & Physiology??

    For the anatomy portion, biology and chemistry are almost irrelevant. Anatomy is the the study of what makes up the body and you could be successful in that class regardless of your science...