RainbowSprinkles

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  1. NCLEX-RN; Terrified

    RainbowSprinkles replied to briixx's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    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...

  2. Renegotiating salary

    RainbowSprinkles replied to Seeing Myself Out's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Take it as a learning experience, always ask for more..it will always be a yes or

  3. Is it just me or is nursing school not as difficult as everyone makes it sound?

    RainbowSprinkles replied to Nicolecn's topic in General Students

    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....

  4. Paying for Nursing Pre-Reqs

    RainbowSprinkles replied to elba88's topic in General Students

    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...

  5. Prepping for nursing school

    RainbowSprinkles replied to clf1926's topic in General Students

    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......

  6. Fundamentals Nursing Outlines?

    RainbowSprinkles replied to injured1's topic in General Students

    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

  7. Take statistics in RN program or wait?

    RainbowSprinkles replied to Nicolecn's topic in General Students

    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...

  8. Howard COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACCELERATED 2018

    RainbowSprinkles posted a topic in School, College Programs

    Hello, I'm fairly new to Maryland and Ive recently applied to HCC accelerated nursing program and traditional. All my paperwork is in except for my HESI A2; I have to wait till 2/8 to take it due to...

  9. Retaking courses...? PLEASE say it ain't so

    RainbowSprinkles replied to ethanstarkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    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...

  10. Working during nursing school

    RainbowSprinkles replied to calpals's topic in General Students

    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...

  11. Gen, Org, Bio Chem Difficulty

    RainbowSprinkles replied to Rafaeld500's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    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...

  12. Pregnancy/Newborn during nursing school

    RainbowSprinkles replied to lanna23's topic in General Students

    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...

  13. How long does it take to get ADN including prerequisites, on average?

    RainbowSprinkles replied to r r r's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    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

  14. Student in first Clinicals - Geriatrics

    RainbowSprinkles replied to Medic_to_BSN's topic in General Students

    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,...

  15. Too old for nursing school?

    RainbowSprinkles replied to cookiecutter2018's topic in General Students

    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

  16. Class Schedule Suggestions??

    RainbowSprinkles replied to FutureNurseNe''s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    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...

  17. TEAS vs Kaplan vs HESI

    RainbowSprinkles replied to MJ 0990's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've taken the teas and the hesi. The teas, in my opinion is much more difficult than the hesi. What I like about the hesi is they let you pick the order of subjects while the teas is in the order of...

  18. Will I not be able to get financial aid

    RainbowSprinkles replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Students

    Get Transcript | Internal Revenue Service , try this website. I once had to verify employment by sending in w2's. i didn't have them and one year I didn't file because it wasn't much money. I was...

  19. Health Insurance not provided by school but needed

    RainbowSprinkles replied to charisma00's topic in General Students

    Do you have a job, income? How old are you? Maybe you could qualify for medicaid. I did because I was not working and I had no income. I was granted medicaid right away, which worked out right in time...

  20. Student Loan Question

    RainbowSprinkles replied to newnursingstudent19's topic in General Students

    You can take out subsidized and unsubsidized federal loans in your name. Hospitals aren't really paying back school loans anymore, this whole nurses shortage controversy is very inaccurate in many...

  21. When to actually start nursing classes?

    RainbowSprinkles replied to HeatherG1123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Lots of people start the science classes right from the jump. I've seen freshman start with AP 1, PSYCH, ENGLISH 101,and another elective and the gradually move up until they are ready to apply to...

  22. BSN with associates degree in healthcare management

    RainbowSprinkles replied to ericarobin816's topic in General Students

    It depends, maybe achieving your associate is a personal goal for you. I mean you are 1 year away from achieving it. Those under grad credits may knock some humanities, english, math courses off your...

  23. Method to memorize electrolytes?

    RainbowSprinkles replied to dbricson's topic in General Students

    There is no short cut way or mnemonics, well at least in my experience. I would just suggest little intake at a time until you build the foundation, don't take too much in a one time it because...

  24. Advice needed for student wanting to pursue CRNA/DNAP/NP programs

    RainbowSprinkles replied to gina.g23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    MSN in what? Would your rn degree be a

  25. Should I retake the HESI?

    RainbowSprinkles replied to ansleybgsu's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Find out the school rules; some schools will not allow retakes, or retakes within a certain