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  1. what are my chances of getting into a BSN program?

    direw0lf replied to Bmike23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sort of sounds like you couldn't do medical school so you'll settle for nursing? Don't do that if that's the case. I practiced the MCAT question a day while I went through nursing school, and it isn't...

  2. Nursing PreReqs

    direw0lf replied to mhite226's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well a few questions to help answer this would be: 1. How important is getting your nursing degree done the fastest to you? 2. Do you have any financial concerns because it would be cheaper to take...

  3. affordable apartment with rn salary

    direw0lf replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure. Do you know why they are moving away from the south? It's a lower salary of around 25k/year less from a job I can accept in NJ, but it's also cheaper to live in NC than NJ. The NP salary...

  4. Nursing degree after Biology degree

    direw0lf replied to Eboehler's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am majoring in biology and nursing at the same time. I will be graduating this May. Sciences are different but not harder imo. I thought science courses were easier actually, even chemistry. When I...

  5. Nursing Research Project help

    direw0lf replied to DH1234's topic in General Students

    I just did a search and found an article written by a nurse comparing mastectomy and lumpectomy cancer recurrence rates. (most articles seem written by MDs though) Other topic ideas maybe music...

  6. Nursing Research Project help

    direw0lf replied to DH1234's topic in General Students

    What is the database you need to use? CINAHL, Cochrane, Pubmed? You can refine your searches on

  7. Jobs with loan forgiveness?

    direw0lf replied to sar96's topic in General Students

    Health South pays back student loans, I want to say $5000 a year but don't quote me on that exact number. I'm not sure if there's any in NC, but they are in NJ, VA, SC, and FL that I know of. PM me...

  8. affordable apartment with rn salary

    direw0lf replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Well....I was just offered a position with Duke hospital. I turned down a position with MedStar in DC because moving there was just not realistic. But moving to Raleigh or Durham is realistic!!! I...

  9. To all RNs, prior to getting hired as an RN, did you need experience?

    direw0lf replied to Ceebayy1's topic in General Students

    Working as a PCA during nursing school was one of the best choices I made to help me be a nurse. I'm for it. As for the stress part, you want to do your research I guess, look at hospitals in your...

  10. What are your thoughts on the idea of it taking four years to be an RN?

    direw0lf replied to Guest878640's topic in General Students

    I feel like my prerequisites and gen eds helped me to think critically and expanded my knowledge in subjects I would NOT have bothered or been interested in before, which in turn has helped me to be...

  11. Is Nursing Right for me?

    direw0lf replied to kwdamo2016's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi it's nice to see you have passion and excitement right now - but what you have to find out is if these are rose colored glasses you are seeing nursing with or if you'd really like this profession!...

  12. can you look at my ND's and goals please

    direw0lf posted a topic in General Students

    I don't like writing these.....can anyone please let me know if these are good or need work and which need work ? These are for DKA. ND's: Fluid Volume Deficit R/T osmotic diuresis due to...

  13. affordable apartment with rn salary

    direw0lf replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Good advice! I don't live in Bethesda but I used it as a comparison because I wish I could afford that area or Rockville. I'll be smart and save. I really would like to move to Raleigh, NC...so...

  14. Organic Chemistry and General Bio

    direw0lf replied to Sunshine0623's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well with a C in general chem, you have to be careful about taking organic chem in a summer session along with another science imo, if chem is a hard subject for you. You could try repeating the gen...

  15. Tips for older new student?

    direw0lf replied to wyofishgirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That summed it up! Luckily I don't gag easily, one time I was close, when I watched wound care on an obese man who had a perforated intestine and it was a massive infection over all 4 quads and...

  16. Tips for older new student?

    direw0lf replied to wyofishgirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had my first code brown the other day. They were not

  17. Tips for older new student?

    direw0lf replied to wyofishgirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well if I may be a voice of reason you may not be lifting fish or cold but nursing is hard work on the body too. I walked around 13,000 steps during one shift! And I'm up by 5am, out the door at 6am...

  18. Baccalaureate Nurse Caring for the Aging Population

    direw0lf replied to a.s.1.2.3.'s topic in General Students

    ok I should be getting work done

  19. can you look at my ND's and goals please

    direw0lf replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Thanks! My case study is really so far 14 pages long, and I have the insulin admin and IV fluids under current meds and tx section but I will also include it for interventions! Even the nurse told me...

  20. Hate clinicals?

    direw0lf replied to Blinkie2003's topic in General Students

    IMO and sorry if I sound like a B but you aren't thinking critically enough if you aren't getting anything out of head to toe assessments or reviewing lab and vital sign trends. Try to start learning...

  21. How old is to late for medical school

    direw0lf replied to Shanta813's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well I can't answer to the age part but I can share other options for you! When I was in trauma I saw two trauma surgeon residents in the same scrubs doing the same things. One of them happened to be...

  22. I mess up on skills.. all the time!

    direw0lf replied to UCFAshley's topic in General Students

    Oh wow I'm in preceptorship and I still am a clumsy soul. My preceptor told me "fake it till you make it" and that's what I say to myself in my car as I drive to the hospital! I've learned to accept...

  23. HELP: Indecisive male nursing student (pre) can't make a decision moving forward

    direw0lf replied to devinoham's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Have you compared financial aid and internal scholarships? That private school might be a lot less $$ than what tuition

  24. Studying before Nursing school?

    direw0lf replied to Timbo117's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You sound like me except I did go on vacations too lol. I'm graduating this May now. I got a book, the Illustrated Guide to the NCLEX, before I started my first nursing class and really liked going...

  25. Mandatory Vaccine Waiver in Nursing School/Clinicals

    direw0lf replied to firecracker_1's topic in General Students

    Hey OP. I was very much anti-vaccination as I was applying to nursing school/college. I was 17/18 and I am 21 now, and am going to be graduating this May. I did not want to get my dogs vaccinated,...