gM_2010 MSN, PhD, RN, NP

Students should ask themselves why he or she is in that position in the first place. A student can have a bad exam and it typically won't wreck their chances of being successful in the course. When students are not successful at the end of course and...

I'm an ACNP and practice in a specialty cardiology ambulatory setting. I like it because I do both episodic and chronic disease management. I am extremely busy and probably see about as many patients daily as I did on inpatient rounds.

Bs are perfectly good grades. I graduated with a 3.2 from my BSN, 3.7 from my MSN, 3.8 from my post-masters NP and my PhD. Keep ticking the tests and assignments off and go get em!

Guess what-every move you make and everything you do in the "live environment" is scrutinized just as closely as the SIM lab. Get used to it.

Students don't get the whole picture of EVERYTHING in an instructor's airspace in the clinical setting. My priorities were timely delivery of meds and sick patients. I would have students march into any patient room that I was in without regard to wh...

Well stated-how can you be an advanced practice nurse without ever being a nurse.

Please request an appointment with your faculty. If you missed any key concept/components. you'll learn something. The instructor may have also have an error. Good luck.

We always need new ideas and fresh blood. However-you have to punch you ticket to ride to the NCLEX to be part of the solution. I always enjoyed 2nd degree.career changers for their perspective/maturity/life experience. I challenge the original post...

Any needle stick or other injury in the clinical setting should be reported immediately for a few reasons. 1. Students don't have the experience or judgment to make decisions about risk of harm to themselves and/or patients. 2. Any injury is an oppo...

Pretty standard for an undergraduate program

Good advice from all the previous posters. I have one more suggestion. If you reapply to your current program or a new one, find that university/school's office for student disabilities. Every college has a process for assessing and handling students...

Good words of wisdom. You also want to think about the nursing care priorities for your patient -which may be different depending on the type of nursing focus (meaning peds--maternal--psych--med-surg, etc). For example from a med-surg standpoint-thi...

Check out the Centers of Disease Control websitfor the leading causes of death:FastStats - Leading Causes of Death There are some interesting trends

If you want to work ICU-you need AGACNP. You will have didactic and clinicals preparing you to manage acute & critical care. Another consideration is that many hospital systems are looking closely at the preparation of applicants. You can do FNP ...

I am sorry you are having difficulties. I would suggest that you: 1. Ask for a conference with your clinical faculty and the course lead/director. You deserve an interim performance feedback and a plan for improvement. 2. The previous posters have o...

Cheating is not a new problem in nursing schools. I would encourage you to talk to the instructor and let them handle it going forward. Your colleague isn't worthy of the degree if she isn't doing the work and demonstrating sufficient mastery to move...

There is a flaw with the logic here. How is a student qualified to judge the quality of the material? Students can certainly distinguish between good and poor instructors and hopefully are receiving the former to get their money's worth. Most of the...

I agree with this poster-you may have trouble being employed as a CNA with a criminal record. You'd probably fail/turn up a red flag on a background check.It would likely be worth the expense in the long run to hire an attorney-do the probation/whate...

I'll give you a perspective from the instructor's side : 1. You sabotaged yourself by putting yourself in the position of needing an 80 to pass. You left many points on the table through an entire semester. Don't put yourself in the position of bare...

Sorry you are having such a rough time. I would encourage you to make an appointment to sit down with your faculty to ask/clarify a few things: 1. Review the care plan assignment to better understand the expectations. You want to improve going forwar...

Healthcare systems are paying attention to the congruence of the education and credentials of APN applicants to the practice area closely these days. Potential graduate students need to think carefully and long term about what they want to do with th...

I agree with the other posters. I've had many students start their nursing careers at your age and older and do well in both class and clinical. Older students bring a maturity and life experience that I appreciate and also makes for a very good nurs...

Yes-you did your job. The family friend/patient could have easily notified your family. You can be dismissed for confidentiality violations.

Agree with this poster. Moving forward both in school and professionally with employment is difficult with a criminal record since practically all employers will do a criminal background check and expect you to disclose anything out of the ordinary. ...

I don't agree with this poster's comment about finding a few faculty who want you to succeed. Most faculty want you to succeed and graduate.