CoachChris

I have to say that the NCLEX exam was very difficult. My emotions are all over the place. But I felt like today just wasn't my day. On the SATA I felt like there was always one choice I wasn't sure about. On the multiple choice I was able to narrow t...

For most of our clinicals we did have patient assignments. For our medical-surgical clinical we would prelab on up to 2 patients. But half the time we'd get there the next day and our patient was either transferred to a different place in the hospita...

I've had a different experience in my clinicals. In fact, after my clinical in a Neuro ICU some of the nurses were asking me to apply to the hospital and said they would vouch for me. My advice. At least this worked for me. From day 1 in my first cl...

Are you addressing the original poster or someone else in this thread?

I guess I'm not sure where you are getting the idea I'm competing with anyone from my posts. In fact, in my first post I stated that probably some ADN students will end up being far better nurses than I will ever be. The original post in this thread ...

So then, it just may be that ADN programs just don't get opportunities for ICU clinicals if they don't do them somewhere else. That is, they get bumped by BSN programs. I could see that happening in our area as most of the hospitals are moving toward...

Interesting topic. I read a sampling of comments throughout the thread. When I explored nursing programs in our area I noticed that the four ADN programs required between 36-39 credit hours of nursing courses and about 500 clinical hours. The BSN pr...

The best advice I've gotten is to start thinking about a job once you are less than 12 months from graduation. There are areas in the country with overages (more applicants and jobs) and shortages (more jobs than applicants). I've started to look at ...

Any advice for those of us who may have several years experience working with the mentally ill when it comes to a psych rotation? I've done so much crisis intervention while dealing with children and adolescents who have serious issues that I'm afrai...

Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH has a B.S.N. program. Colby-Sawyer was founded in the early 1800's. It is historically tied to Dartmouth College back when Dartmouth was an all men's school. Colby-Sawyer used to be the all female counterpart. I...

Started nursing school at age 49 and am looking forward to the future. Entering my second semester this spring.

Interesting and educational app. I wouldn't post anything though. I hope there is a feature that prevents anyone from reposting pictures in other social media not connected with the site.

LSON is a good program with great faculty! The curriculum was changed around. I think you will have pharmacology first semester and the professional nursing course later. You really have to stay on top of things to do well in the program. Pharmacolog...

I can empathize. I am in my late 40's, married more than 20 years and have 4 kids. Once I take finals the 10 days after Thanksgiving I will be finished with my first semester. About two weeks ago I started feeling depressed. All the excitement of sta...

Just got my participant email on Thursday, August 28. It is a relief!

I have yet to go through nursing school but I have been through a fairly rigorous graduate school program as well as held jobs that required 60+ hours per week of work. This is the strategy I plan to take with me through nursing school. I usually see...

My credit was checked on July 31.

I am from Mississippi and I received notification around 4pm CST on Friday.

I got the banking information, W4, and enrollment verification forms completed and uploaded this morning. I electronically signed the contract. Now it is out of my hands again. My status is now "In Final Review". The waiting game begins. I wasn't emo...

The language of the email was unambiguous stating that I had been selected for the award. I logged out and back in to the website and it still says I'm a finalist for the award. The deadline given to accept the award was August 8. I will be accepting...

In 17 months when I complete my B.S.N. I will be 50 years old. I already work with at-risk kids in a non-medical mental health capacity. Because I have done mental health care for children and have done well with it I have a certain comfort level wit...

I recently spoke to a friend who is senior executive in a major hospital system. The Affordable Care Act is impacting hospitals in many ways beyond what is in the news. One impact is nurse retention in hospitals that are choosing to hire at lower sal...

I will be starting an accelerated B.S.N. in August 2014. Started out in the United States Air Force for 6 years as a fuels specialist. After that is was college and graduate school (9 years worth). After graduate school I became an ordained minister....