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  1. How many of your schools require a pharmacology class?

    CuriousMe replied to Coruscatedgirl's topic in General Students

    Everyone who sits for the NCLEX learns pharmacology. Not everyone has taken a class called pharmacology. If a course is called "Nursing 3" but includes pharmacology.....does the name really

  2. medication help

    CuriousMe replied to nurse.chanel's topic in General Students

    My book says: "Management of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias" So, supraventricular....that would be above the ventricles....so would include the

  3. I need some advice please!!!

    CuriousMe replied to MMDearing's topic in General Students

    No worries, I sometimes think there should be a class on how to become a nursing student I wish you the best as you go forward with your

  4. Vaccination question

    CuriousMe replied to Amaranthine's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As mentioned, check with your medical records. If you're unsure, or don't have the documentation needed for the vaccine, you can always get a blood test (a titer) to see if you're immune. The only...

  5. Vaccination question

    CuriousMe replied to Amaranthine's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    as has been posted here ad nauseum....since it's not the school's requiring this, but the clinical sites...most programs do not allow you to defer. this isn't illegal, because it's not the school...

  6. Should I forget about nursing?

    CuriousMe replied to AcidicLemons's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So, you say you're a second year bio major.....have you started your pre-reqs for nursing

  7. How many patients do you have during clinicals?

    CuriousMe replied to Kaychell's topic in General Students

    First year we had one, second year we went to two, and during third year we will do our preceptorship and take between 3 - 5. Trust me, you'll be plenty busy doing total patient care for one patient...

  8. Does anyone else feel like their program starts off slow?

    CuriousMe replied to jennafezz's topic in General Students

    We started clinicals in week three. We had 10 hours a week in skills lab for the first two weeks, and covered basic skills like vitals, bed baths, injections, setting up a sterile field for wound...

  9. Do you ever get the feeling your professors are trying to weed you out?

    CuriousMe replied to mell260's topic in General Students

    While we have lost a couple folks each term, we were specifically told that they do not intentionally weed out students. Their perspective was that we were each chosen for the program because we...

  10. I need some advice please!!!

    CuriousMe replied to MMDearing's topic in General Students

    everything i wrote above in green is from the nau document that i posted above. those required classes are taken in the first two years of the 4 years shown on that sheet. you apply to the school of...

  11. I need some advice please!!!

    CuriousMe replied to MMDearing's topic in General Students

    Sorry, I wasn't very clear. It doesn't take 6 years. The pre-reqs they require....are the first two years (of 4) listed on the document I posted (which is from NAU's website). You don't have to...

  12. Soooo... Are you at a disadvantage at NS? I think I am.

    CuriousMe replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Students

    Who doesn't have some disadvantage....forget nursing school, in life? From your post, it seems that you're young, healthy, and have no one you're responsible for but yourself. To me it sounds like...

  13. Index cards, how do you make them work for you

    CuriousMe replied to justbee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How funny....I found the opposite to be true. I was the flash card queen for A&P. It was hard to digest the material enough to write questions that could be answered with a short phrase....but...

  14. Index cards, how do you make them work for you

    CuriousMe replied to justbee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A couple of electives I took during my pre-reqs allowed us to bring in a notecard for exams. We could write anything we wanted on it....but it had to fit on one 3x5 card. That is when I explored...

  15. American University of Antigua School of Nursing

    CuriousMe replied to God's love's topic in School, College Programs

    Who is the "him" you're speaking about....because from what I've read, Paco is a lawyer who is going in to healthcare. The person who owns this school is another individual....who is also a

  16. American University of Antigua School of Nursing

    CuriousMe replied to God's love's topic in School, College Programs

    He's not the lawyer who owns the school....he's just a

  17. Index cards, how do you make them work for you

    CuriousMe replied to justbee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I like the colorful cards as well. They at least amuse me as I'm writing out hundreds of

  18. My A&P access code??

    CuriousMe replied to AzMom81's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Mine was about that as well, but it really was money well spent. I used those tools multiple times a week for the entire year I was in

  19. Index cards, how do you make them work for you

    CuriousMe replied to justbee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree with Saysfaa and go through a similar process. Like her, for me the process of writing the cards is where I derive most of the benefit. I turn all my notes (from lecture and reading) into...

  20. My A&P access code??

    CuriousMe replied to AzMom81's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Those tools don't come with all the textbooks, it's a separate package that you can buy though. I totally agree, it's really worth it. There are some great study tools on that

  21. Do you actually READ your nursing books or just skim?

    CuriousMe replied to starmickey03's topic in General Students

    I'm actually ADHD (for real, dx'ed, etc) ...and there's this great t-shirt that says." I don't know why people say I'm AD...Oooh, look a chicken!" So my friends and I often talk about the...

  22. Do you actually READ your nursing books or just skim?

    CuriousMe replied to starmickey03's topic in General Students

    I can be very easily distracted....so I've been known to put a blank piece of paper over anything I'm not reading. Sometimes that just means that I cover the other half of the book, but I've been...

  23. Any advice on how to approach all of the assigned reading?

    CuriousMe replied to MunkeyLuv's topic in General Students

    That wouldn't work in my program....only 70% of the material from exams are on the PPT, the rest is from the reading. I've found that in HS and even to some extent in my pre-reqs, the teacher covered...

  24. Is Nursing School less mysterious than pre-req's?

    CuriousMe replied to Anne36's topic in General Students

    I agree....it's more mysterious. Predominantly because there's so much more material....but still only 75 - 100 questions on the exam. Additionally, all of our exams are cumulative back to the...

  25. Do you actually READ your nursing books or just skim?

    CuriousMe replied to starmickey03's topic in General Students

    More than the test, I'm concerned that I'll miss something that I need to know in order to take care of