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I’m so upset right now, pretty much just cried in my car for an hour. I missed an online assignment on a website called PrepU, it was a midterm ‘quiz’ I tried to talk to the professor but she has a 0 tolerance late policy. I’m a straight A student and have been doing so good in pathophysiology up to this point. I’m just so upset right now. Any good vibes would be much appreciated!

Hi there! Does anybody have some tricks to remember the causes of the highs and lows in electrolytes as well as the signs and symptoms?! Any help would be much appreciated!:)

I understand hyperventilating causes respiratory alkalosis, which has symptoms of numbness and lightheadedness, but why do those symptoms happen?

Anybody have any tips on how to do good on elementary statistics? I’m stressing out. I’m in socal and Idk what to do.

Also, anybody else in SoCal that can tell me how hard it is to get into nursing school at a community, I’m dong pre reqs atm and would like to know your gpa when you applied for nursing school, thanks! I just need assurance and something to not stress about

Hi all, I could really use some advice!

A little background. I have a bachelor's degree in Psych. I was also doing premed, so I finished all of the pre rec classes you need for nursing school (A+P, micro, etc). I want to eventually get my masters in nursing to be an psychiatric np but for now I'm just worried about getting my rn so I can make decent livable money and set up other parts of my life like moving out and such. I live in MA but I want to move to philidelphia once I get my rn. Once I've done that I can go to school part time for my masters.

Originally I was going to do one of those accelerated second degree programs and get my BSN. I applied to a few.

But then I was thinking, maybe I should just get my adn at a community College. It'll be way cheaper (and my work will help pay for most of it) and because I already have a Bachelor's degree I would only have to do the nursing classes. Hopefully, this means I'd be able to work full time so I can help pay my current bills and save for moving when I graduate. But it'll be a lesser degree and it'll take me two years (and I have to wait until fall 2019 to take it) instead of the 18 months starting in spring 2019 with the accelerated BSN.

But then I got accepted in the MGH school in Boston. And they gave me a $34,000 scholarship. However, that still means taking out a ~$40,000 loan on top of my $50,000 in school debt. And I most likely wouldn't be able to work or would only get to work part time because of the added work load. I live with my boyfriend and he's happy to help me while I'm in school but things will be tight with my previous student loan bills and all my other expenses. But, that would be good networking. And because I'll be saving a year by doing the BSN, I could maybe work for a year after my degree and get some experience before moving to Philly.

So, long story short, I'm looking for advice. Is it worth it to get the BSN at MGH? I know it's a great hospital but I've heard some iffy things about the school. Or should I just go and get my adn at a community College and save the money?

I’m a freshman in a BSN program and really want to go to NP school eventually. I know I need at least a years experience, a good gpa, and letters of recommendation... but is it going to mess me up if I don’t do any extracurriculars?

I just found out that my local nursing program does not have national accreditation. The college itself, which is a community college, has regional accreditation but not the nursing program, to clarify.

Does anyone have experience with non-nationally-accredited nursing programs?

Apparently grads can still sit for the NCLEX...but the lack of accreditation may "impact future employment opportunities".

This is a regular community college we are talking about, not some for-profit school.

I recently received a message from my university pending my recent assignment. I received an email saying that I have to to attend a meeting for misconduct, plagrism. Now my assignment was placed through turn it in, my assignment, overall, received 13% plagrism, 9% of that coming from my university. I am no longer in my friends cohort, due to circumstances and circumstances everything getting in the way I am 6 months behind and in a new cohort. My friend has also been called in due to this misconduct as, the 9% happens to be her work. Now I have seen her work and used her work as a guide to structure my essay, obviously a little too much as i have accidentally plagrised her. Understandably, she is no longer talking to me, i can't really blame her I've essentially jepodiased her nursing career. I was just wondering if anyone has any advice or has been in this situation? Honesty is the best policy and I will hold my hands up but I'm worried about the future of my course, Will I be removed, will she be removed? Or will it be a slap around the wrist. I didn't intentionally mean to harm her position. I worked really hard on the assignment without her help. But for two weeks, I have the fear that I will no longer to be a nurse, i am also on placement.

The EAQ’s have consumed my life. Has anyone used Elsevier and graduated? Do you feel like the EAQ’s helped when taking the NCLEX?

Hi all,

I am a nursing student and I am taking Nursing informatics. I have a question anyone know about the Outage at Sutter Health in Northern California in 2013? The outrage cu off access to electronic records ( EHRs).

So my class has just finished the first round of exams and clinical rotations start this Thursday, however I am hearing more and more from my friends that the advisors are pretty much telling them to drop a course hear or there, just based off one slightly low test score. I am concerned about my success in the program, but with clinical approaching I don't really have the mental capacity to deal with it. Any advice would be awesome. I have been doing well in the courses so far, so I have not had to talk with the advisors.

Got the acceptance letter into the nursing program yesterday. Excitement all around, I start in January. I have all pre-reqs knocked out, save for micro which I will take in the summer on my off semester. Any tips on getting a head start with my free couple of months?

HELP. First semester nursing student with quite the...ahem... interesting to deal with clinical instructor. I spend hours on my concept maps and the patho included in them and it never seems to be enough. She really needs it all to come down to a cellular level and my patho book, med/surg book, careplan book are just not cutting it in what they have to offer for what her expectations are. Does anyone have a good source for patho broken down step by step down to a cellular level for each disease? I’ve even had issues googling and looking at patho map images of diseases.

I am a male senior and I’m graduating in Spring 2019 with a B.S. in Biology. My cumulative GPA is a 3.05 (I believe my science is a 2.8). I do a sport at my college, and I haven’t been very good at time management. As a result, I have no work experience in a health field and my GPA is not as good as I would like. I have an appointment with a nursing advisor at my school coming up, but I would like to truthfully know how feasible nursing school is from your perspective as well. I realize that my lack of volunteer hours/ my science GPA might be signs of concern.

My question is how likely it would be for me to get into a nursing school/ what I can do if my credentials aren’t good enough? I’d love to hear some anecdotes about your experiences. Thanks!

I’m not sure if this goes in this sub but here goes.

There is a home nurse business here called we care. You can get home cleaners : grocery getters and home nurses.

I’m not sure if this is a rule or something but the grocery getters will bring you stuff regardless of how much you have, to the point past hoarding.

Also they will bring you ridiculous amounts of alcohol and basically spend your money on anything you want them to. They created a hoarding situation for someone I knew because the person was going through some mental health issues, they completely packed one entire room with items overloaded every cupboard and bought like 300 cans of cat food and like 400 boxes of sandwich bags kitchen was loaded beyond belief and they just kept bringing shit. They never called mental health or really did anything at all.

They just showed up bought whatever the person wanted, threw it somewhere and collected 60bucks.

Shouldn’t they actually recognize problems and combat them or something ? It is a nurse type business/homecare is their some sort of rule? Why is there a lack of due diligence

Seems like these home nurse businesses don’t give a shit .

This is probably a self-explanatory question but I'm just feeling discouraged.

On my A&P exam I got a 70. I am planning on doing way better for my next exam, I didn't study as efficiently as I could. right now my grade average is a C but I just had a quiz yesterday that was only worth 10 points. I got 3 questions wrong, two of them was me just being dumb, I read a word wrong lol. I thought it said exocrine not endocrine so I answered for exocrine, the 4th question I actually didn't know then the last one I debated between two questions and ended up picking the wrong one. I am seriously so mad at myself because it was truly my fault...anyways do you guys have an tips on how not to beat yourself up about grades and if I do well on my next exams do you think it''s possible to raise my C to a B or A since it's still early in the semester? I actually really like this class and that's why I am so stressed that I didn't end up doing well, every point counts in this class.

So, I have owned three stethoscopes. I am currently in possession of two of them. Originally I got a Littmann Classic II as a gift from aa friend's dad and I've kept it. I called it Protector because my friends dad is from Cairo and the Arabic name for Cairo means "the protector" It's suspended on my wall and is one of my most prized possessions. Not only because it's served me so faithfully but because it was such an amazing gift but what he said when he gave it to me was so special. He basically said that he wouldn't do this for just anyone and im kind of like family. And if my kids ever go into the field, that'll be the stethoscope I will give them. It will proudly stay in my family. But I did upgrade to a Littmann Cardiology IV. Originally I ordered one off Amazon and I loved using it. But I kept it in a backpack in the trunk (or "boot" for my British friends) and it got stolen. When that happened, I truly felt like I lost a friend. I named it Róisín (Gaelic for "little rose") and I really had a bond with it much like I do with the Classic II. So I got a new one and called it Agatha after the patron saint of nurses. So im just curious. Does anyone feel a really special, intimate bond with their stethoscope and have you named yours? Or am I being ridiculous?

I heard that due to the ratio differences, the males are completely chill about the whole thing while females have a much more emotional and tough time through school? can anyone share any input?

Interested in hearing your stories, whether you intend to stop, etc. etc.

I’m beyond stressed with A&P. Does anyone have any tips for memorizing all the diagrams? I have a test on Thursday that includes all the bones and their features and structures. Also would appreciate tips on studying for nursing classes in general. TYIA!!

Anyone study their ass for a test, really study and still fail. I’ve went to tutoring, done practice ATI quizzes, group study, everything I can think of. I feel sometimes at least at my program since they write their own tests don’t provide enough information to gather the “most right” answer out of the all the right answers. I took a exam on Clotting and Perfusion today and was slapped in the face with a 68 (75 is minimal passing grade) after running through the questions feeling confident besides a couple I was torn between answers. I’m on my second semester of the program and I did well on tests last semester so I know how to take NCLEX style questions. Maybe I’m just venting but has anyone just come to a crossroad of not knowing how else to study when you know the content but still seem to fall short. I’m passing overall but being on that 75 average edge is really stressing me out.

I have a test coming up in Nursing Seminar 1, which is a class about being a nurse leader and delegation. I bombed my last test in the class, and my teacher is not teaching the material covered in our book. Even if she was, the test is nothing like what she goes over in class. I’ve currently been going through my textbook and highlighting materials as well as making notecards and taking practice quizzes. I’m looking for study suggestions from other nursing students who are taking the class or have taken the class. Anything helps, I appreciate any information you can give me. (This test is on communication, cultural diversity, and delegation if that helps)

Hey everyone! I’m in semester 3/5 for my BSN and im currently taking pharm, adult 1, and families (ob/peds). I have my pharm exam tomorrow and i was wondering if you had any tips/YouTube channels/apps/books/sites anything really that helped you? I do really well in the “nursing” style adult questions but i struggled in patho and im kind of nervous for pharm, any help is appreciated !!