GeneralJinjur

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  1. Which matters more, school name or degree?

    GeneralJinjur replied to NurseBanana's topic in General Nursing

    I vote for #2. You won't sit for the NCLEX until after you finish, though. Have you compared their pass

  2. Should i go for 2 year or 4 year degree? help

    GeneralJinjur replied to O'Ryan's topic in General Students

    I'd go for the BSN because you're young and some of the credits may transfer to the BSN program. The ADN prereqs are more focused and may not match up to the general education you've already...

  3. How Long are you in school all day when becoming a nurse?

    GeneralJinjur replied to Salterham79's topic in General Students

    My school hours are from 8:30-3:30. Sometimes we run longer. However, for clinicals, I have had to be there at 6:00 AM and stay until 7:00 PM. Add travel time to the hospital and I'm generally gone...

  4. New to the world of Nursing, help please?

    GeneralJinjur replied to FutureOBNurse2118's topic in General Students

    I read about nursing in one of those "Careers of the 2000's" style books. That's where I learned the difference between RN and LPN, etc. Also, the U.S. Labor Department's website was nice, too....

  5. Failed 2 fundamentals tests!!!

    GeneralJinjur replied to ohmylove's topic in General Students

    I agree about doing practice questions. After doing a bunch, you get a feel for the NCLEX style of prioritization. And always read rationales. I learn tons from rationales. The NCLEX 4000 software...

  6. What do you do in Med_Surg

    GeneralJinjur replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    You summed it up pretty well. I just finished first semester of Med Surg yesterday and I liked the class a

  7. Just a vent about nursing school

    GeneralJinjur replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Students

    I think you will thoroughly enjoy Med/Surg. It's all the patho, A&P, etc. mixed with which of the 20 ways to take a temp won't kill the patient. I love

  8. Please recommend your NCLEX RN and HESI review book

    GeneralJinjur replied to NotTheSexyNurse's topic in General Students

    I'm enjoying the NCLEX Review Made Incredibly Easy book. The questions and answers are in two columns. You can just cover half the page with your hand, then immediately check to see if you're right....

  9. Help picking a capstone rotation!

    GeneralJinjur replied to Inkits's topic in General Students

    I'd do med/surg too. If the variety starts to wane after a couple years, look for a transfer

  10. I'm Confused Again!!

    GeneralJinjur replied to munozg23's topic in General Students

    Can you volunteer or shadow someone in the area you're shooting for? That might make all the difference. The first semester of nursing school made me nuts, so I tried to think back to before I...

  11. I've gotta figure out a way to lose weight while in nursing school

    GeneralJinjur replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

    I let myself eat junk food on exam days and those only come every 2 weeks. And I start out every day with miniwheats or some equally fibrous breakfast, which really helps when I can't eat lunch until...

  12. Advice needed, back against the wall, clock's ticking

    GeneralJinjur replied to knexx's topic in General Students

    Congratulations! I love to hear about people

  13. How Far Would You Go?

    GeneralJinjur replied to OCD_Mom's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't do it. But I'm pretty much a hard-nose about my moral compass.

  14. It happened....

    GeneralJinjur replied to CrunchyMama's topic in General Students

    One of our instructors said we could cry every day if we wanted, but we have to keep going. Congratulations for only crying at home! My little cryfests have happened in class. I find that mortally...

  15. Clinical Instructor Woes

    GeneralJinjur replied to eyeball's topic in General Students

    I like the idea of an anonymous letter. OTOH, knowing my classmates, the whole group would co-sign a letter outlining her behavior. Do your regular instructors do drop-by visits? If so, you could...

  16. is my school normal? skills teaching for clinicals

    GeneralJinjur replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    Do you have any sort of peer mentoring or tutors available? A more advanced nursing student ought to be able to help you out. Can you connect with one before your next set of

  17. Question about Nursing School

    GeneralJinjur replied to spacecitygroover's topic in General Nursing

    Having the prereqs out of the way makes it easier, but it does not make it easy. There is a massive volume of information to sort through and a very alien way of prioritizing it. Basically, no...

  18. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    GeneralJinjur replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, I bet it's the cooking. Cooked fruits and veggies don't fry my mouth like raw ones do. I haven't yet heard any good ones from patients. Guffaws aren't professional,

  19. Discouraged

    GeneralJinjur replied to MegoEgo's topic in General Students

    If you have the NCLEX 4000 software, it has a bunch of good fundamentals questions. So do the 3500 or 3000 versions. We also used this text site for sample questions. http://prenhall.com/kozier/ Our...

  20. Practice test questions for Nursing Fundamentals and more.

    GeneralJinjur replied to mwsaling's topic in General Students

    My class really liked this site for test questions. http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kozier_fundamentals_8/ It wasn't our text, but we scanned the table of contents for the right subject, then used the...

  21. Is my ADN in vain?

    GeneralJinjur replied to 2RNornot2RN's topic in Colorado Nursing

    We have been told that there is a shortage in rural Colorado. Just not in the Front Range metro areas. A nurse manager at Saint Anthony's said this was the first year they'd turned away more new...

  22. can anyone plz help me? Am I made for nursing?

    GeneralJinjur replied to myviefolle07's topic in General Students

    This sounds like me and every other student in 2nd semester. We're all terrified, but have come to accept it as the status

  23. CNA Training Prepare You For Nursing School?

    GeneralJinjur replied to gkbroaro's topic in General Students

    I think it's worth doing. I did not get a CNA license before I started nursing school, but I see how I would have benefited from more exposure to nursing tasks. OTOH, we had several experienced CNAs...

  24. Muslim Nurses Administering Haram Medications

    GeneralJinjur replied to CaribMuslimah, RN's topic in General Nursing

    At one LTC facility I've been in, the LPN gives meds and the RNs don't. That might be a possibility in your

  25. Whats are the best classes to start with?

    GeneralJinjur replied to itsnever2L8's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this. There's just no substitute for raising your hand and asking a question the minute it occurs to you. I took most of my prereqs online, but I learned the most in the science classes...