KellyVT

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  1. How to do amazing in nursing school?

    KellyVT replied to AspiringNurse0223's topic in General Students

    You mentioned you still had to take A and P. If so, that should be your focus. It is the foundation of everything, and if you don't have that strong foundation you will struggle. If you have already...

  2. I feel like a failure

    KellyVT posted a topic in General Students

    I am a month into my second semester of NS. At clinical this week my patients IV infiltrated (NS) at end of shift and I did not notice. I thought it looked off 2 hours prior and felt it (not cool, not...

  3. Nursing or Vet Tech LVT/BSN

    KellyVT replied to Cbugsharpe's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you, it is nice to

  4. Nursing or Vet Tech LVT/BSN

    KellyVT replied to Cbugsharpe's topic in Nursing Career

    As a current nursing student and former lvt, I say go for the human hospital. There are so many things skill/asepsis differences, and as much as my veterinary experience has helped so far, I also feel...

  5. Can I Explain My ADN Grades to Schools I Apply to?

    KellyVT replied to zoa190's topic in General Students

    And it could be courses you need for your RN to BSN that will transfer like Composition II and Statistics, so you wouldn't really be throwing money away, in fact you'd be saving

  6. I Think I Messed Up =(

    KellyVT replied to Subvers658's topic in General Students

    There is a CLEP test for Developmental Psychology. I am not familiar with veteran benefits, however I thought the fee was covered for active duty, so maybe it is for veterans. I CLEP'd out of Biology,...

  7. With a criminal record should I even try to get into nursing school?

    KellyVT replied to missjackiep3's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    One of the biggest mental health care organizations in my region have a position called a Peer Counselor. It requires that you have a condition, or past condition and you are actively managing it. I...

  8. titers

    KellyVT posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I just turned 32 and I recieved my MMR series as part of the normal child series. For those around my age when they started their programs, did your titer come back fine, or did you have to get...

  9. Bookbag for nursing school?

    KellyVT replied to abarreto's topic in General Students

    I got a Northface haystack for 45 off amazon. It has a padded back and better straps than my old jansport, so it's more comfortable to lug around when I have had a heavy book load. I don't think you...

  10. titers

    KellyVT replied to KellyVT's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I got my titers back, and my last MMR was in 1987, surprisingly I still have substantial antibody levels to all 3 diseases. I had chickenpox when I was 4 and the varicella came back positive, too. I...

  11. RN to BSN without statistics/chemistry

    KellyVT replied to hospnurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Some programs will allow you to CLEP out of Chemistry. I heard the exam is brutal though. As far as Statistics, the only place I found a test out option (through DSST) is Old Dominion University. They...

  12. titers

    KellyVT replied to KellyVT's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's what I am praying for. My vaccines were given in the correct time schedule. I had chicken pox when I was 3 or 4, so hopefully I still have immunity. If they come back negative, the cost of...

  13. Summer Classes

    KellyVT replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    They offered 2 of our fall nursing classes as 5 week versions, so I took them both to make fall easier (I work full time). Nursing dosage calculations wasn't bad at all (but I have experience from...

  14. Aspiring nurse who needs to work. Part time nursing school? LPN to RN?

    KellyVT replied to xBri47's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have to work full time while in RN school, many have. Mind you it will be awful, but it can be done. As others suggested cutting down expenses is a good start. Have you considered other jobs? I am a...

  15. Taking pre reqs while in nursing school?

    KellyVT replied to FutureRNjas's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Those two courses for us are required for graduation, but not prereqs per se like A+P I and II, Chem, Bio, Math etc. Personally, I am taking Micro during next summer semester, where I will have no...

  16. titers

    KellyVT replied to KellyVT's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thank you for the responses! So since I have records of 2 MMRs during childhood, if I come back indeterminate on one of the 3, I just get one MMR booster and I am done? Or am I wrong? Will I need

  17. Need titers and vaccinations with no insurance

    KellyVT replied to soonernurse01's topic in General Students

    I was in the same bind, but since I needed an exam too, I called around. I want to add for anyone else in this predicament that I found the cheapest to be going through the local corporate medical...

  18. ADN not nationally accredited, BSN is

    KellyVT posted a topic in General Students

    I just wrapped up two 5 week nursing courses (med term and dosage calc) and A and P II this summer and am set to continue in my ADN program. Before enrollment, I contacted 5 of the local universities...

  19. New student

    KellyVT replied to Katie19973's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    The coloring book helped me a lot, but I did not follow the coloring instructions the book gives, because they seemed too tedious. I just would color the (vein, artery, muscle, bone etc) and then take...

  20. Struggling: Anatomy & Physiology

    KellyVT replied to ibree's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This! There is bound to be 1 way you understand and remember a concept. For cross bridge cycling and the NMJ (and end plate potentials, action potentials etc) it was videos, for memorizing muscle...

  21. Tactful way to remind professor to fix grade?

    KellyVT posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    When I got my last exam back in A and P, I noticed that the grading seemed off so I approached my professor and asked her to explain her grading process ( nicely, of course) like I was confused, to...

  22. Anatomy and physiology 1

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

    If you get a text with an online code, use it. There are so many awesome supplemental materials. I have a pearson textbook, and their online materials have been so helpful. There are videos, quizzes,...

  23. Anatomy & Physiology 1

    KellyVT replied to LPNTOBE2017's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A good base in Biology will help immensely. If you can pick up a biology text or AP Cliff notes version (yes, the high school level AP actually goes more in depth than college level bio). Skip all of...

  24. Skeletal system

    KellyVT replied to JamesPickett's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am doing the skeleton now, too. Quizlet is awesome, some sets (especially ones from teachers) have pictures of the bones and bone markings and you can quiz yourself by using the test option, which...

  25. Clep

    KellyVT replied to Mallory1987's topic in Excelsior College

    I CLEP-ed out of general biology (which is also an exam, administered by the College Board and truthfully, accepted by more institutions) I highly recommend the Cliff Note texts if they are available...