RaggedyAm

Hello, I am trying really hard to find whether it is legal or not for a CNA (NAC) to change an ostomy bag in Washington State. I have looked at the DOH site, but I can't seem to figure it out/find it.

Taking it slow is probably a good choice! My GPA suffered a little from a B in chem and an A- in Psych 100, so I'm hoping I get lots more A's to balance everything out, haha. That's interesting that chem is a prereq for A&P, our only A&P prereq is General cell bio. Are you excited for Chemistry? I really enjoyed it. What prereqs have you taken?

Hi! I ended up deciding against Chem because I wanted to focus on bio. So this quarter I'm doing General Cell bio, Communications 101, and Library Science (lol it's 2 credits, I just needed to be full time) Then next quarter I'm thinking A&P I and Inorganic chem, then the next quarter A&P II and Microbiology. I'm not super happy about doubling up on science classes but oh well

Thank you so much for the detailed reply, I really appreciate it. How far into the program did you start clinicals? Was it the first quarter? Are you worried at all about them potentially losing their accreditation if they don't raise their scores? That's the part that freaks me out the most. They lowered requirements but now I hear they're raising them. I went to the orientation a couple quarters ago and they mentioned the accepted TEAS V score has been raised considerably. This information really really really helps. Thank you so much. Did you find that it was hard juggling a nurse tech job with TCC's program? Would they hire a nurse tech super super super part time?

CNA is a good idea. Have you considered maybe taking a Doula class if you want to want to be involved in L&D, just to make sure that's interesting to you :)

I thought it might be neat to have a long distance study buddy. I'm doing both in Fall and I'm a little bit nervous. I took intro to chemistry in Spring and my class was really disorganized (our teacher left a few weeks in) so if anyone else is doing Inorganic Chem or General Cell bio in Fall Quarter, let me know and maybe we can compare notes and help each other out. see one do one teach one and everything :)

Congrats!!!

That's exactly what I ended up doing with financial aid. Thankfully everything is being paid for! I'm now on quarter two of my prerequisites with only a couple more to go. (Should be done next spring, which is not ideal, but it's 1 year so whatever) How are you liking the ADN program there!? I wonder if we've passed each other on campus, lol. Do their NCLEX scores freak you out at all? So after I get my ADN, I'd go to UWT straight away to do two more quarters and leave with my BSN? That's awesome. Edited to add: Thank you for the thoughtful reply. I appreciate it!

Thank you :) I do have a lot of prereqs left so hopefully I can score high in those. I'm just so surprised at this B and for some reason I feel super guilty about it, which is a weird feeling. That's a good point. Sometimes I forget that this stuff isn't just for a grade, I'm supposed to understand the concepts, which I do for the most part. I'll try to treat the exam like homework, which I am pretty comfortable with, thanks.

Thanks for your reply! That makes me feel better, every nursing student I have spoken to is like "If you can't get a 4.0 in all your prereqs, you wont be able to handle nursing school" so it's honestly refreshing to get your reply. I think it does have something to do with that crazy test anxiety, I need to look up some ways to control it. My professor also does this thing where he loudly writes the amount of time remaining for the test on the board every like 2 minutes or so, which is distracting and makes me want to die a little bit

That's really sweet, thank you. I hadn't heard "B's get degrees" haha, that is cute. It's nice to hear that B students exist in nursing school, I'm just so worried because chemistry seems so important, yknow? But nursing school is just a huge unknown for me, I have no clue what to expect or which prerequisites I should be stressing over, yknow? Haha

I was mostly asking if a B is going to screw me over. I was *mostly* asking if that B in the GPA is going to be so terrifying to a nursing school that they're like "uh, no get out of here" I see SO many people on this site that are like "Omg I got a 3.8 and no school wants me!" It's not about wanting to quit, if I was quitting I would stop going to class, yeah? I wouldn't post a thread, right? :) I'm asking that if I CAN'T pull off an A in this class, does my inability to easily grasp basic chemistry translate directly into nursing somehow? Or to nursing school? Does nursing school pull a ton from intro to chem? Is a B in the easiest chem class sort of a warning sign? And uh, no...I'm afraid it's NOT me who decides if I'm "too dumb to be a nurse"...that'll be my GPA/Test scores, right? Or do I just get to tell the folks at the front desk "DON'T WORRY, I don't have to take a test, I have decided I am not too dumb to be a nurse, so I can go to nursing school!" I was hoping to see someone say something like "Yes, if you can only get a B in chem 110, the next chem you take is going to be REALLY hard" or "No, a B in an intro to chem class is going to be okay, it's not factored, just save your notes!" or something. SO now that I've explained the intentions of my thread, thanks for your reply. I hope I answered your questions.

This is mostly just a rant, when I talk to my family about it they make me feel worse lol so I'm just venting here. So it's only my first quarter back to school since I dropped out at 16, I'm 23 now. I had a 94% in Chem and then I had a couple of bad quizzes, no excuses, I choked and got like 55% on two quizzes, he drops the lowest quiz grade. so now I'm at an 87. I am facing the very real possibility that my score will go down even more. I'm probably looking at an 85 depending on how this week's big exam goes. I feel honestly so bad. I feel like I'm just too dumb to be a nurse. I'm only taking 15 credits and I have an A in psych, a B(?) in chem, and a 'pass' in math (does not mess with my GPA) So my first quarter GPA is going to be a 3.5 which I worry will never get me into nursing school ever. I expect A's in english and psych200 this summer so that will bump it up to a 3.75 which is fine I suppose but NOT as competitive as I want it to be, then I have to double up on science classes, bio and chem, and then allllll bio from here on out. These classes I am taking now are not considered factored prereqs yet but they still do play a part in turning my GPA sour. Chem shouldn't be hard, should it? It's basic intro to chem. I'm going to be a nurse, but I can't handle chm 110? Am I just too dumb? Like is this it? Do I need to pick something else? Something LIKE nursing but that will allow for lower GPAs? :/ I have tutoring sessions booked 3 times a week + one office day with my chem teacher from now until our final. I'm rewriting my notes and making a study guide in my spare time. I do all the practice problems in the book. I never turn anything in late. I'm not used to feeling stupid, honestly. That is not because I'm smart, it's because I usually don't try things that I know I might fail at. Now I'm faced with the possibility of doing worse than I want to and it's freaking me out. THEN when I start a quiz I have a full blown anxiety attack and I'm going to do badly because I'm panicking. I feel like I SHOULD have a 4.0 and I don't and that means I probably shouldn't be a nurse. I dunno, what do I do?

I'm in a psych 100 class right now, which is intro to psych...praying that 200 is a little bit more interesting. It's all just memorization with literally zero emphasis on learning or understanding. There's lots of bio involved which is neat, but a lot of it is just memorization. I was so excited for psych, so I understand your frustration. I also think that some things can't be taught, and also maybe we have sort of a misunderstanding of what pysch really is, I think we'll learn a bit more about talking to loved ones etc. through actual experiences...also maybe in nursing school/communications classes. Good luck

Their minimum TEAS score is very low, but they just raised it and changed the curriculum a lot, so I dunno. I've heard a lot, and when I asked the head of the nursing department about it she said that it was absolutely because of the low TEAS score (It was like 70 or something?) so people were getting into the program that maybe shouldn't have.