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That is very strange. You don't see any results on the NYS Verifications Search when you put in your name? http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme

Mine posted nine days after I passed the NCLEX; I'm in NY.

There is most likely a policy that says you can't check your own blood sugar with hospital supplies (that's what our hospital policy is) because you are technically stealing equipment and a billable service. Also, I'm curious what your supervisor's response was when you tried to come up with an answer, but maybe they emailed you or left you a note and that's why you have time to respond? In answer to your question, yes - you can get into trouble for doing this. Go out and buy your own glucometer; they're very inexpensive. Look up the policy so that you know what it is, be honest and tell your supervisor what you did and say that you understand you violated policy and accept the consequences, and tell them that you will only check your BG with your own recently-purchased glucometer. Don't make any excuses - not even that you felt sick. Then let the chips fall where they may. Good luck.

I think it's really an individual choice. For me, it was the last non-nursing class I needed and I didn't want to drive to campus three days a week just to take one class. Also, my nursing program was online anyway, so it wasn't any adjustment to do this online, too. It was actually more expensive than on in-person class because I needed to buy the lab kit, so that's a consideration people should be aware of. I just liked it and wanted others to know about it, too! ?

You do each experiment at home and document the procedures with photos. The microbiological concepts used in nursing that are covered in the average micro class are pretty basic, really.

I took it last Summer, learned a lot, and enjoyed it. As others have said, make sure your school will accept an online science class first. You do all the experiments at home. It runs every semester, including in the Summer. You definitely get out of it what you put into it, but it's really well-organized and graded fairly. https://www.cayuga-cc.edu/academics/schedule-of-classes/

Hi, Sharasai - ABSN programs are for people who already have a bachelor's degree in another noon-non-nursing field. Your best bet is to get an ASN (often from a community college) or a BSN (from a four-year college or university). You can certainly do an RN to BSN program; many nurses do. It often depends on how competitive an area is when you're looking for a job; some hospitals prefer applicants to come in with a BSN, but others don't mind an ASN and will pay for your BSN (or for a good portion of it). Getting a job as a CNA is an excellent idea. At the very least, volunteering in some capacity is very helpful, but going through the CNA training and then getting valuable work experience AND earning money for school will be so helpful. Many CNA training classes are paid and then you work for the facility that trained you As for prerequisites, these are usually college-level courses that count toward your degree. For example, an ASN is usually 60 credits. Maybe 50% to 75% of those credits will be nursing credits, but the remainder will be English, composition, sociology, psychology, A&P, microbiology, nutrition, etc. - whatever your school requires. Some people take college courses or earn college credit while in high school, either through AP classes or community college classes; those will often transfer to your college. Colleges will specify whether the prerequisites are high school or college. My school requires high school or college chemistry and biology, for example, because these are prerequisites to college-level A&P, which is a prerequisite to microbiology. They all build on each other. If you don't understand biochemistry, A&P becomes much harder. Some classes are technically co-requisites; you can take A&P while you're taking your nursing courses, but it's a lot of work. If you get those classes out of the way first, you'll have more time to focus on nursing, which is a challenge to many students. Also, if you take A&P first before applying, you'll do better on the TEAS and many admissions departments give extra weight to good grades in A&P. As far as how long it will take to do pre/co-requisites, it really depends on how fast you take them and how many your school requires. My school requires 24 non-nursing credits. You could easily take those over a year (including the summer) leaving you two years of part-time nursing study (ha, ha, ha - nursing is NEVER part-time! ?) to complete your nursing courses. It's generally easy to transfer prereqs to another school; mine are from a bunch of community colleges in my state and I took everything but my two A&P classes online. You may apply to two or three schools that require slightly different prereqs, so one may require sociology, but another requires nutrition. I would plan on taking whatever each school requires so you give yourself the maximum opportunities to apply and get into schools. Plus, most of those classes will be useful or even required when you do your BSN. Your next step should be meeting with an admissions advisor at your local community college. She will be able to guide you in your next steps, including financial aid. Please consider community colleges over for-profit schools like Rasmussen. You will save money and time by going to a local school. You can even look at the schools around where you might move and be preparing to apply to those, but have your prereqs out of the way before you move. Good luck, and congratulations on being the first person in your family to attend college! Your community college will have lots of resources to help students like you who are in unfamiliar territory.

As others have said, make sure your school will accept an online science class first. Cayuga Community College in New York has an online micro class that's four credits with a lab. You do all the experiments at home. It runs every semester, including in the summer. I took it last summer, learned a lot, and enjoyed it. https://www.cayuga-cc.edu/academics/schedule-of-classes/

There are numerous schools that do - a quick Google search will turn up options for you. But you should find out if your program will accept them, so yeah to you're school first, then look around. ?

I think you need to really figure out why you're not doing so well in college. Start with that, then do as others have suggested and figure out if you really want to be a nurse. There are lots of jobs in the medical field that aren't nursing. Maybe take some time off from college and work as a CNA or a tech in a hospital. That will give you up close and personal experience into some of what nurses do every day. Good luck. It's hard to struggle and feel lost. Consider talking to a counselor at school as well as your academic advisor.

I've done one peds rotation, so I know very little about working with our youngest patient's, but we had a sign posted by Child Life in our staff bathroom that reminded us that children are not pets. Do not pet or stroke them unnecessarily in an attempt to comfort them or gain their trust. I certainly held small babies and toddlers during procedures, but I was more aware of older children's physical space and needs. If they need comfort, they will seek it. I thought this was an interesting perspective and a bit counterintuitive to me at first. Good luck at your new job!

During our first clinical rotation, we do one for each of our five theory classes. Second and third rotations, we do two care plans during each rotation. During specialty clinicals in our third and fourth rotations, we do one for each rotation, although I'm in a combined geriatrics/palliative clinical, so my instructor requested that we do two - one with a geri focus and one with a palliative focus. Each week, we also write a nursing process record that's about 12 pages long and includes all of our assessment data and the "web" of possible nursing diagnoses for five NANDA domains. We then pull all of that together to write the care plans and combine it with a CINAHL article that uses research to support our interventions, but again - we don't have to do that many. The first clinical rotation is the hardest, but you learn how to do them and it's so much easier from them on out. My first clinical instructor got us in the mindset of mentally doing mini care plans constantly so that it becomes second nature to use critical thinking to connect the dots, so in pre-conference, I always give the admitting medical dx, a possible nursing dx, a lab value and a med that I would expect to see, a focused assessment that will be important, and an intervention I can do that day. Instructors appreciate this, and more importantly, it's training us to quickly run through the important aspects of care as soon as we walk in the pt.'s room.

Welcome! It would help to know where you're located. :)

We have very few books - maybe 10 for the entire program? - so the cost isn't too bad. I bought a hard copy of the first book, then decided to use an ebook version and I loved it! I've avoided physical copies ever since. In fact, someone just passed on a physical book to me last week, and although I appreciate it, I hate using it because I've gotten used to my reading, searching, and notating methods, so I'm buying the ebook and passing this one on to a classmate. í ½í¸‚

Generally, when people talk about ATI proctored exams, they mean a series of tests that cover various content to prepare you for the NCLEX and help predict your success there. Many programs require certain scores on ATI exams in order to proceed through the program and eventually sit for the NCLEX. There are some similarities to the TEAS in that they are standardized tests offered by ATI, but without knowing what the OP is actually asking for information about, it's hard to offer relevant advice. :) In general, though, for any tests offered by ATI, study the material, take the practice tests, complete the remediation work, get a good night's sleep, eat a healthy breakfast, take your time, and do your best! I will say that the ATI Fundamentals test I'm working on right now has a bunch of SATA questions and prioritizing. For most multiple choice questions, all four answers are correct, but one of the priority or the most correct. It covers a lot, but it's only 60 questions, so you have to make sure you don't miss too many. I took the two practice tests and did about two hours of remediating, so I plan to go in to do the proctored one later this week and get 'er done! This is the first semester my school is have second-semester students do ATI Fundamentals, so we don't need to have a minimum score; this is to help students and faculty see what areas we may be struggling with or that may be overlooked in our theory courses.