BBboy

BBboy

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  1. Rewrite of Admission Essay

    BBboy replied to DanaRNoneday's topic in General Students

    How is it gross that some people care more than just the medical aspect of

  2. Why??

    BBboy replied to BrownNAchic's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    People that haven't worked the job just don't understand, often I tell a story or two when people like to complain about how tough their job is and it normally shuts them

  3. Has anyone messed up really bad in a clinical and still passed

    BBboy replied to mdiada's topic in General Students

    You just need confidence is all, that will build up over time as you progress from one clinical day to the

  4. School

    BBboy replied to Vtachy1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My instructor was incredibly rude, we frequently watched old videos in class, and just overall not a conducive environment. It just so happened the book, written by the instructor, was really well...

  5. Please help..?

    BBboy replied to los0908's topic in General Students

    We have resources called adaptive quizzing. Takes the reading and formulated questions on it based on how well you do answering them. Pretty helpful because it causes you to draw more than just...

  6. Rewrite of Admission Essay

    BBboy replied to DanaRNoneday's topic in General Students

    Keep in mind admissions reads many, many essays. To set yourself apart from other applicants use more personal experience, use more emotional language and words in your essay, make them feel the...

  7. How to survive the semester with borderline grades

    BBboy replied to nursingdivastudent's topic in General Students

    Well stop procrastinating and being lazy. Are you going to tackle treating a patient in the same way? Don't treat the studying as if you're just going to pass the exam, treat it as though you're the...

  8. please drag me back kicking and screaming...break is over.

    BBboy replied to Valcorie34's topic in General Students

    I'm excited to be back with all my buddies! More excited to start pharm though, but definitely not excited for med surg at all since its with one of our more "difficult"

  9. Travel nursing?

    BBboy replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    Travelers Ive spoken to at my hospital have said that agencies want 2 years of experience, something to keep in mind as you start to plan everything out. I want to be a traveler as well and was kind...

  10. English Comp, Ethics, and A&P II (10 units) for Summer 2016?

    BBboy replied to shrimp's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The non resident fees will be killer but the classes are very doable. I worked full time throughout pre-reqs and one summer I took three courses during that period. Sure I had no time aside for 2...

  11. Just got rejected.

    BBboy replied to ryandelut's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was rejected my first application to nursing school (no experience, 3.0 gpa), worked my butt off to get experience and raise my grades and here I am starting my second quarter after making the...

  12. Why are there no nursing schools with built-in prerequisites?

    BBboy replied to EMT-newbie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Might want to keep dreaming then, there are universities that offer conditional acceptance to the nursing program for freshman students if you had greT grasses in high school, however, you have to...

  13. Would you retake the Teas V?

    BBboy replied to Wise2035's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    Retake it. Knowing how competitive nursing is your GPA isn't that competitive to begin with and your TEAS isn't high enough to offset your

  14. F's and W will i be able to get a job in nursing?

    BBboy replied to Confusedstudent30's topic in General Students

    i think its important to find out why OP has failed these courses so many times. When I took pre-reqs the majority of the people were broken into: those that didn't care to study and did bad, those...

  15. Just took the CNA/STNA state exam, wasn't expecting that....

    BBboy replied to AgentFreckles's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Haha actually, west coast best coast

  16. Just took the CNA/STNA state exam, wasn't expecting that....

    BBboy replied to AgentFreckles's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I passed both the written and skills portion in '13 and agree with you. In my CNA class I was always the first to finish the test and ended with a near hundo. Flash forward to the written portion of...

  17. I didn't get into Nursing School!! Help!!

    BBboy replied to Jordan1927's topic in General Students

    A CNA course is not difficult and you'll be able to take classes along with it (I took that over the summer 2 years ago with A&P1 and lifespan devel). Is it fun? No, but we all make sacrifices for...

  18. Anatomy and physiology 1

    BBboy replied to kristie.castle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    When i took those classes i honestly spent a fifth of the time you do studying but always had one of the top grades due to what i will explain next. I love sharing how i studied for those classes and...

  19. Any Nursing Students that pump?

    BBboy replied to NurseEmmy's topic in General Students

    I pump...pump

  20. F's and W will i be able to get a job in nursing?

    BBboy replied to Confusedstudent30's topic in General Students

    Sorry but just passing a class in the pre-reqs isnt enough. You have to remember, getting into nursing school is competitive essentially anywhere you go. At this moment in time I would have to agree...

  21. I didn't get into Nursing School!! Help!!

    BBboy replied to Jordan1927's topic in General Students

    Jordan I'm traditional age as well (21), and it's not enough to say that youve fallen in love with nursing. You need to study and treat this profession as if you're going to be affecting someone's...

  22. Has anyone felt like this?

    BBboy replied to MizMaverick's topic in General Students

    Having worked in LTC prior and a hospital now, I honestly still don't see the big deal with starting off working in a hospital. Sure the pay and experience are definitely positives, but some people...

  23. CNA while in nursing school?

    BBboy replied to klarajox's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Keep the job, I worked as a CNA through pre-reqs and continue to work as a CNA during Nursing School. The experience will look great on a resume if you try to get into a hospital at some point and I'm...

  24. Clinical classmates hate me

    BBboy replied to emilylizj's topic in General Students

    In addition to the suggestions listed anove maybe you should look at the way you carry yourself, speak to others, and thee way in which you answer questions. Sure, my class and clinical group contains...

  25. Nutrition prereq help?!

    BBboy replied to Future_HospiceRN's topic in General Students

    What guy above said. Just take the nutrition course that is actually the pre req for nursing schools. You can find the correct class by looking at the pre reqs for different