maggiemae1013

I don't know of any schools that look at only your overall GPA - most, if not all, nursing schools pretty much only look at your science or pre-req classes GPA. and most require you to have at least a 3.0 in those. the school I went to actually requires an A in all science/pre-req classes because of how tough the nursing courses are. In nursing school the grading system is super high and tough - I think an A was 92-100, a B was 85-91 and a C was 76-84. So the admission requirements are usually pretty tough because they want to make sure you'll be able to make it through the program.

i am a nurse & live and work on the rez and i can tell you right now i've seen so many people come and go it's just ridiculous. it's straight up culture shock for white people who know nothing about the culture and area. and white kids in a rez school? honestly, it's pretty rare, but if your kids are tough, they could probably handle it. just the language barrier is tough. it helps to know the language and culture. you might want to do some serious research before you head out this way. it helps to know basic phrases, and some medical terms, "where does it hurt" "what's wrong", that kind of thing. hardly any of the grandmas and grandpas even speak english and most everyone speaks a mixture of navajo and english, kind of like spanglish i guess. it's gorgeous country out here though and plenty to explore and see. we never get bored, that's for sure.

i was accepted before i finished my pre-reqs, and in the letter it just said i had to finish them by august, when the fall semester starts.

i'm being serious. so you're an educator, but to who? cna students? are you trying to figure out how to make a clinical exam? like iteachob says, use one of those teaching stethoscopes. otherwise you won't know if they're getting them right.

i can't even understand this. you're an educator? what kind of students do you have? i don't understand the question - if you are testing students on vital signs then obviously you just need to make sure they are doing them correctly.

welcome to the real world lol.. might as well get used to it.. and good luck. my a&p final was 250 questions, plus another fifty or so from the lab portion. it'll get you ready for nursing school that's for sure.

why would you trust a site like 'ratemyprofessor.com'? that's like doing serious research on wikipedia. hahaha

i live in arizona and we dont time change so it's never been an issue for us.

15 minute watch, scoop mattress on the bed, bed in low position, mattress on floor next to bed, and document everything.

I don't understand, didn't you guys learn IVs in LVN school?? We did, we inserted, d/c'd them, and hooked up IV meds - the only thing we couldn't do as LVNs was push any BP meds. At the hospital I first worked at LVNs didnt even have to bother d/c-ing IVs - that was CNA work!

well you've already accepted the job, so what's the issue? sounds like you already made a decision. do what YOU want to do, not what other people want to do.

back in my day we got three days of orientation and we were grateful! you guys seem to have it easy these days.

when we use S/T it always means skin tear. never seen it used as meaning 'secondary to'.

dude you have it so easy, then. in my program we had to get 100% or else we were out. and i agree with u of a person up there - i personally would NOT want a nurse that couldn't even get above 80% on dosage calculations. you have peoples lives in your hands & you do NOT want to kill someone. think about it - every problem you messed up and got wrong on your exam - that's probably someone you just killed with the wrong dosage.