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They told you to wear scrubs to a interview? That just doesn't seem to be logical in any shape or form lol. You should dress businesses casual and bring along scrubs in case that is actually factual wanting students to interview in scrubs. I'm just baffled by this lol. Or actually, why don't you call them and verify this information first because wearing scrubs to any interview, student based or not, is unprofessional. Also, when my friend did an interview for her student nurse position they just asked her who she is, why she's interested in nursing, what her experience is from nursing school, what level she's in in nursing school and what makes her a great candidate for the student position etc. I wouldn't expect them to ask you clinically based questions such as "if you have a patient in v-tach what do you do first?" That's what nursing school is for and what the student nurse potions are for; to gain experience and to learn. You will be working with a preceptor more than likely and won't ever do things on your own so I highly doubt their going to ask you clinically based question but then again, everyone is different and they just might. Plus as a student, they can't expect you to know upper level information etc as you are still a nursing student. Just be prepared, they might but from what I know from a friend who did this during school, they just asked basic information such as what level of the program she's at, what her clinical experience is etc.

I know a girl who got her BSN, disliked it and went back to school for neurobiology.... So weird. You're like her exact opposite twin lol. Anywho... Back to your post...you more than likely have almost all the pre-req sciences to just do a BSN program. You want the fastest? Find an accelerated BSN program in your state, their like 16 months I think or 18.

I took a&p, micro and chem all together. Was pretty fun actually. For us,we couldn't even take patho until a&p and micro were completed as they are pre-reqs not co-reqs for patho. So we had to finish a&p and micro before we could even take patho. So I would take a&p and micro together and if you're up for it, take chem with them. If not, just do a&p with micro. Micro was really fun, well the lab was. Class was boring. Also, we couldn't even take micro and a&p without finishing statistics first. Overall, you should look at the course description for each course and see what the pre-reqs are for each because I'm pretty sure you can't even take patho until you finish a&p and can't take micro until you finish statistics. A&p and micro should be co-reqs as mine were.

Senior year in high school? Or senior year in college? Which Hesi are you inquiring about? Exit or Entrance? If it's high school, that's a bit early to be studying for the Hesi entrance exam for nursing school....I mean because you still have about ~1-2 years of pre reqs of college courses to complete before you are even eligible to apply to a nursing program. At that point of applying is when you take the Hesi. Unless you're doing the LPN program right out of school, then it's probably different. Now, if you are referring to the Hesi exit exam as in you being a "senior" or level 4 nursing student, that's a whole different scenario. For my exit Hesi exam I simply studied my notes from all my previous courses and I did very well on it. The hesi exit exam isn't that bad. I didn't use any other prep material. I also know that several of my classmates also did the same thing as myself and did well on the exam too. Just wasn't quite sure as to what "senior" you were referring to... High school or college and also wasn't sure as to what Hesi you are also referring to. Entrance or Exit exam. Hope that helps, if not.... Sorry lol

Well said, explains precisely why he asked you about going into nursing. He's living the life of Fred Flintstone. I'm actually curious to know if he even knows what a computer is, you should ask him next time you talk to him. Individuals like this exist all over, especially in the geriatrics population. A friend of mine, her grandfather who is 90 y.o, thought that nurses don't do anything except bring you water when you ask for it and wipe peoples rear end all day. When he told me "oh you're a nurse, so you just clean up poop and bring people water for a living?" I just chuckled and said, "precisely" :)

DON'T limit yourself to applying just to one program, you're going to wish you had more options and had applied to more programs at the same time to increase your odds of getting into a program. It's like going to a casino and playing roulette, you don't bet only on one number, you bet on as many as you can to increase your odds of winning. Be smart, apply to any and all programs you can.

My graduation goal when I finish the program was to go on a cruise with my gf, and the day after graduation, me and my gf did in fact go on a cruise and it was amazing!. Now, as far as motivation during the program....well my motivation in school was to secure a career in a well respected profession and be able to give back to my community by helping others and help treat/ manage and educate people.

Write about Nurse Bullying. You can find thousands of peer-reviewed nursing articles about it, then if you do it. you can use that paper and research for your capstone project at the very end of the nursing program.

LMAO, well I sure hope you NEVER hear how much Big Rig truck drivers make.... but just for fun ill spoil it for you. Big rig truck drivers make $100+K annually, even local truck drivers such as haz mat truck drivers, like gas, oil, waste etc make about $85,000. So your mad that a UPS driver makes as much as a RN if not more, especially big rig truck drivers clearing over $100+k a year, im sorry but you went into nursing for the wrong reasons apparently. If you went into nursing for the $, well looks like you chose the wrong job lol.

Look at both of your courses syllabus, look at what book is required, then look at the publisher, if its mosby, get mosby flash cards for that book, if its Kaplan, get Kaplan cards that are for that book. At the end of the day, both are really good. If you want specific study cards that will correlate to the book that is required for your class and will correlate with lecture, get the one "mosby or Kaplan" that your required textbooks publisher is by.

In real world? I see nurses and even physicians break sterile field all the time at the bedside, but when it comes to OR, oh you will LIVE, BREATHE, EAT, SLEEP AND DEFICATE STERILE FIELD lol. OR sterile field where breaking will not only get you thrown out of the OR but everyone will hear about it in less than an hour, the surgeon will yell at you, curse at and you will go home in tears. But that's only in the OR. Now as for beside, breaking sterile field is pretty common, I've seen it countless times, even with charge nurses and not a single person really seems to care. I've seen bedside trachs done in ICU where even the docs and or residents break their own sterile field and not care and keep going, I've seen docs and residents reaching over their sterile field when setting up when they themselves were not in sterile gowns yet. I've seen residents open new trach kits with unsterile gloves, which can be done but they open it in a non sterile manner and end up touch the trach then drop it on the sterile field, doc sees it, doesn't care. I've seen nurses reach over sterile fields to hand the doc something and guess what? no one cared....I've seen nurses insert Foleys and the Foley tip touches an area outside of the sterile field and they still insert it. Real world vs a perfectly simulated environment in skills lab, don't stress, don't flip out. Real world, breaking sterile field at bedside happens. Don't even get me started on PICC dressing changes and nurses breaking sterile field and keep hauling on. Call it bad practice heck yeah it is!! but a real environment compared to a perfectly simulated environment, there is a huge difference, but in reality it happens and it will happen. You should always practice proper sterile technique, go to skills lab and practice as much as possible, even schedule times with the lab instructor to do private practice with them, they are there to help you. But yes, just because in real world it happens, you still need to learn to NOT break sterile field. You can be that one nurse who doesn't break it and one day saves a patient from going septic :)

Do not give up, we all went through the same thing. Myself also had tests over x amount of chapters that covered hundreds of pages. However, that's where listening and following along during lecture comes in handy. Helpful way to study for exams by cutting the fat: 1) If you follow the lectures along with your book/ chapters, you will see many times the teacher may skip sections in the chapter. That is a huge hint as to "this material is not covered, so it will PROBABLY not be tested on" 2) If your teachers give out study guides, those study guides touch base on material that is the main focus of the exam, it WONT cover everything on the exam, but it sure will cover a majority of it. For example, "if" your teacher does do study guides and your teacher says you need to know about X, go to the chapter that talks about X and read that section. Overall, you should put your social life on hold while in school. You need every minute, every hour you can to read and study. Stay on top of things, always do your readings at the same time of the week they are lectured on. PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE every opportunity you have in the skills lab. Having an ability to connect skills with lecture really helps. Don't be discouraged, you need to have faith in yourself. REMEMBER you got accepted in the nursing program because the board of admissions can tell you WILL be successful in nursing school and have the potential to be a great nurse.

Why are all the so cal girls on this forum so cute compared to the girls in my area. I think I need to move....

I got B+ in A&P 1&2 and I still got into a BSN nursing program. Don't beat yourself up over your grades. However do your best to keep your grades up. I made up for those Bs with A+s in Patho 1&2 the following semester. Ah the joy of the GPA grading system. Believe in thyself and great things shall follow.

Med techs can pass meds in LTC facilities in my state but not CNAs. Med techs can't handle schedule II-III meds too. So OP I'm curious too.