RainbowSprinkles

I totally agree with this post. Blenderbottle 75-100 questions daily are a lot. I just took the nclex and passed with 75 questions, I was an average student. I used UWORLD for a month and focus on the rationales more than the number of questions done and I took breaks...because it is much needed. Good luck

Take it as a learning experience, always ask for more..it will always be a yes or no.

First two semester for me was a breeze, by the third semester I had a slight meltdown. However, I believe it was clinical (peds/psych) that was taxing on me which then trickle over into my academics. Maturity levels, emotional stability, finances, living conditions, family, jobs all plays a part of someones nursing school experience.

I took my pre reqs at a community college, 12 credits were about 2,200. I paid for my pre reqs on a payment plan, however my actual nursing program I took out federal loans. FYI, im a second degree student but I only took out 10,000 for my first bachelors so I had more access to federal loans than most. Another option is scholarships, you would really be surprised by how many scholarships are left on the table, apply! : )

I've worked at an primary care/urgent care facility as a receptionist . You get to see a variety of issues and its a great opportunity to start learning about meds and what other specialities do... for ex cardiologist/radiologist/endocrinologist/ob gyn/gastro/ ( lots of referrals and communicating with other offices will be going on). Im almost half way finished with my program, my advice is get all your ducks in a row; financially and even more importantly emotionally. Find your zen because you WILL need it, most of my classmates suffer from anxiety because they are so freaked out and accustomed to be A+ students and that isn't the case anymore. Also be aware of what learning style works best for you. Last bit of advice, try to get in tune with your emotional intelligence. You will be communicating with clinical instructors, patients, physicians, professors, other students. You cant take everything personal, understand your emotions and the emotions of others and learn how to separate them. If you can master emotional intelligence for nursing school, it will help tremendously with the clinical aspect.

Oddly enough, I found the Saunders nclex to be a great overview of my fundamentals class. It surpasses all the fluff and gets straight to the point!

Personally I would not take it with a 12 credit nursing course, adjusting to nursing can be rough. Can you take it over the winter? I took stats in the winter and earned an A, seeing it everyday for 3-4 weeks made it doable.

Agree with the above poster, take those classes over. Most school heavily weigh science g.p.a's and those need to be at least on the minimum requirement and lots of schools may have a requirement but their applicants may be in the 3.5 range so it lessening your chances even more. I had to retake AP1, the first time I got a fat F( young/immature) second time around an A. Nursing school is doable but its a lot of information, I'm used to being an A student in science course and now I'm a B student. Good luck and fight for your dream!!!!!

Im currently in an accelerated adn program, 14 months. There are still some folks who work in my program. However, I chose to live off my savings, credit cards, a little bit of scholarships, and I take out federal unsubsidized and subsidized loans. I plan on continuing my education and I want the best grades possible. As for clinicals its normally up in the air, for next semester for my particular school its 9 hours one day a week but the open days are tuesday, friday, Saturday, or Sunday. We wont know until the first day of school which day they picked for us. This is a very subjective situation, I have people in my class with new born babies, full time jobs, and still pulling A's in a accelerated summer session. While others are crumbling, it depends on your time management skills, motivation, critical thinking skills, and foundation. Personally, for me I need those 30 hours or more of studying a week to do well.

I only took General chemistry for pre nursing, I absolutely loved it but I had an amazing professor who encourage us and was very informative. If you have a good foundation, everything is attainable once you put the work in.My boyfriend is a pharm d student and he feels the same way. It wont be easy but its not rocket science either, just my two cents.

Possible morning sickness, cramps, not wanting to get up for class/clinicals, being pregnant while doing strenuous work at clinicals, having a new born baby with random sleep patterns while trying to study doesn't seem like a great idea to me. However, this is a very subjective situation and you ultimately would have to make that choice.

it will be 3 years in total for me, however I did get into an 14 month accelerated adn program. On average for most is about 4 years.

I'm in my first semester of nursing school, I'm wrapping up as we speak. I worked with geriatrics at a skilled facility, it was mostly bedbaths, vitals, enteral feeedings,head to toe assessment, changing adult diapers, inputs and output. I also got to assist in a stage 3 pressure ulcer wound care, which was pretty cool. They normal start you off easy, towards the end we gave meds.But the best advice out is to just stay out of the way, lol my group was pretty well behave but the nurses still seemed annoyed with us being there since its wasn't much space. If I wasn't active with a client, I would join the activity room and entertain the clients by coloring or playing a game with them. Be vocal to your clinical instructor that you want to learn and see new things if possible. I always thought I wanted to work geriatrics but personally it was really rough for me, so I was able to determine that its an area I wouldn't want to work in. sorry my post is all over the place, have to go back to studying lol. Good luck!!

Im in my first semester of school and there is a massage therapist in my class that is 56 years old, she's in better shape than me lol (30 y.o).

The first semester I wouldn't do much, I would see what I can handle first and get adjusted to school life again. I suggest just do a life science and psych or ap1 and english just to start. Plus you want the best grades you can recieve, Good luck on your journey!!!