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    ER Experience - I'm A Wee Bit Upset

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thank you all for the very supportive and reassuring comments!! You've all helped me to gain some perspective, I very much appreciate everyone who has taken the time to respond to this
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    Preparing for nursing school in Upstate NY

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Weekend/evening program that starts in July... sounds familiar I wish I had the balls to do evening/weekend but I'm afraid of how intense it'll be. I know myself and how I learn - if I don't get...
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    Preparing for nursing school in Upstate NY

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have the ATI guide as well, I'm going to be focusing on that once I finish both of my A&P's. It sounds like we have similar study strategies, too :) Good luck to you, are you hoping to start in...
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    Taking Anatomy & Physiology 1 for the first time this fall! Any suggestions???!!!!!

    emmjayy replied to Mb2016's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Stay on top of the studying! Do whatever it takes to help all the information to stick - I found myself sitting at my desk today with my eyes closed making crazy hand motions and muttering the order...
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    Fall 2016 Nursing School Applicant Support Group

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Welcome everyone!!! It was so fun to come on and see that so many folks joined this thread who I hadn't seen in here before. And welcome to little Miss Spring 2016 as well, lucky you for at least...
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    Anyone have good luck with Portage Learning?

    emmjayy replied to Papagena's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm using Portage Learning right now for Anatomy & Physiology. The only minor complaint I have is that occasionally things are mis-spelled and I need to double check with Google to make sure I've...
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    Fall 2016 Nursing School Applicant Support Group

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My first volunteering shift at the nursing home was wonderful! I'm really glad I decided to follow through with all the pain in the butt physicals/testing/etc. for it. It was all so interesting and I...
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    Fall 2016 Nursing School Applicant Support Group

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    all the best to you in the single income thing. I am somewhat acquainted with how sticky that can be, just budget, budget, budget and save all you possibly can and you'll come through
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    Fall 2016 Nursing School Applicant Support Group

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm having a moment where I'm worrying that nursing school might be too hard. I started out last month doing a review of chemistry and algebra, along with starting A&P 1 online on top of working 8...
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    Advising appointment with DON - what to wear

    emmjayy replied to augurey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Do you have a nice maternity dress you can wear? If so, pair it with a blazer and you should be fine. If not, see if maybe you can fit into pre-pregnancy dress pants and do the button and rubber band...
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    Class/es and a Newborn...?

    emmjayy replied to TiniestLights's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The first few weeks are most definitely not magical in any sense of the term. Your son will not notice or care if you're not around playing with him 24/7 during that time and in fact you may welcome...
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    I feel like I've made a mistake signing this contract.

    emmjayy replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Students

    Dear god, it would be incredibly stupid to leave this program. Two years of work for a hospital, gaining valuable skills and experience, getting a nice paycheck, and having $10k+ in loans being...
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    Single mom planning to go to school

    emmjayy replied to misskristy33's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't think Dranger intended to be harsh or to imply that you don't know what struggle is like. Clearly, you do. She (he?) was simply being realistic about the challenges of pursuing those career...
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    STUDYING HABITS?

    emmjayy replied to student789's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Quizlet. Get an account, go in and search around for quizzes that cover the material you're working on, then take practice quizzes, use the flashcards, and do the tests until you can get 100% on them....
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    Portage learning

    emmjayy replied to shalom88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Took the first A&P exam on Friday, it was graded Saturday morning. It was ridiculously easy, and I got a 95%. I feel pretty confident that I'm going to pull an A in this course because...
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    Single mom planning to go to school

    emmjayy replied to misskristy33's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm a single mom and am heading back to school for nursing. There is no way you're going to be able to single mom it and go to nursing school without significant help. I'm living with my parents so...
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    Fall 2016 Nursing School Applicant Support Group

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just discovered Quizlet a couple of days ago and OH MY GOD. It's way better for me than writing stuff out. I get exam anxiety because I don't really know what to expect or what level of detail the...
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    Fall 2016 Nursing School Applicant Support Group

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A&P is difficult today. I really need to buy some notecards and make flashcards for myself. My current memorization process is to write notes by hand (helps me to condense information) and then...
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    Portage learning

    emmjayy replied to shalom88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ha, thank you! Just doing what the circumstances require. The practice questions haven't been so bad, though. Did you have a pre-exam on Nutrition to test your current knowledge? They had that on...
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    Portage learning

    emmjayy replied to shalom88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm wondering this, too! I just started A&P 1 through Portage Learning and I think my brain is mad at me for trying to stuff so much information into it... it took me a whole week just to get...
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    Need advice: anat&micro + physio&ochem

    emmjayy replied to gislo23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's definitely doable, and honestly a very typical-looking semester schedule. The first semester looks like it's 14 credits (4 apiece for the lab courses, 3 apiece for the non-sciences) and the...
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    PLEASE don't use photos as avatars!

    emmjayy replied to RNsRWe's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My name isn't emmjayy (or M.J., or anything like that) and unfortunately I look nothing like the angelic Lauren
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    Will you delete your Facebook account of you get into nursing school?

    emmjayy replied to RscodADN10's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I won't delete my Facebook, but I've always been very mindful of what I post and go through it every couple of months to take down old posts, review pictures, and make sure that the narrative I'm...
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    A&P prior to Micro?

    emmjayy replied to tulipsweeti's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Honestly, I don't remember a single thing about chemistry, algebra, bio, or A&P from the survey courses I took in high school. So, I'm taking them all over again (and taking college level A&P)...
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    Do you have back up plans?

    emmjayy replied to augurey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The nursing school I'm applying to is ACEN accredited, so I feel pretty comfortable about my choice to go there. If I don't get accepted or fail out of it (which I am NOT planning on) I've got 5 1/2...