Nursing School Orientation!

"Become a nurse just for the money? How can you possibly be a good nurse if you're doing it just for the money?"

This is the second post in a series of articles that I intend to write in regards to my personal experience with nursing school. I had my orientation, and I want to share what I experienced and some of the tips and knowledge that I gained from it. Read More...

Failed nursing school but didn't give up!

My point of posting this story is to inform others NOT TO GIVE UP...if this is your dream, you must go through it and you only live once. I love being a nurse as I love taking care of people. If this is your passion, keep going. Don't let one failure drag you down! Read More...

Best ideas on how to prepare financially for nursing school

Nursing school can be expensive. If you are not prepared financially you could get yourself in a lot of trouble.

Community colleges are the least expensive but may not offer the best programs or the best opportunities in nursing. You need to decide the pros and cons. What's best for you? How did/do you manage to pay for nursing school? Were you prepared for the costs? Read More...

All The Water In The World Can't Sink A Ship Unless It Gets Inside

The role of the nursing student can be downright stressful due to the multiple demands that one must juggle. The intended purpose of this article is to bestow some encouragement upon nursing students because they are the future and lifeblood of our profession. Read More...

Can you guys give me an example of a day in the life of a nursing student?

Like a first year nursing student? Just to give me an idea of how my schedule may be when I start soon.

Also, can you tell me what it was like your first couple of days, what to expect? What to carry with me at all times? What you do to destress? To stay healthy, and fit? Do you stay on campus, or off? How did you work that out? Read More...

What is Your School's Selection Rate?

Just curious. It was told to us yesterday during orientation that 112 RN student candidates were selected out of 1235 applications to nursing school. That is over a 90 percent rejection rate! Is it that comparable to get into other nursing schools? Read More...

FBI Fingerprinting Background Check

Does anyone else have to do an FBI Fingerprinting and Background Check as a new nursing school applicant? My school requires it as a part of the registration process... I completed the Background check and sent away for the Fingerprints back in April when I was first accepted, and they didn't come back until last week! However they were rejected by the FBI for "low quality of characteristics" meaning they were too light to scan I suppose. So I'm having them redone for free, which is good, but... Read More...

How Nursing Entered my Life

This is a brief article I wrote last night about certain experiences that influenced my decision to pursue nursing. My journey begins on December 25, 2004. I was 13 years old and this is when the very first seeds of nursing were planted in my head. Read More...

Question about credits/credit hours

I am about to begin an Associates Degree Nursing Program this fall. It's my understanding that credit hours (semesters) are 1 credit=1 hour of class/week. Generally, one is expected to spend 3 hours of "homework" for every hour of class time. This fall I have a 2 credit Pharmacology course and a 3 credit Nursing Theory course with lab. This course load doesn't seem hefty, yet "Nursing School" carries with it an expectation of a great deal of work, tons of study time- a general "intensity". Why the disparity? Are Nursing School credits different? When I got my bachelors degree (years ago in another field), I would take 15 credits at a time. I'm confused. Read More...

Five Reasons Why Student Nurses Rock

Nursing students rock for multiple reasons, and their significance to the nursing profession cannot be underestimated. Every nurse in existence today started out as a nursing student at some point in his or her life. Every expert in his profession started off as a novice before acquiring the knowledge and experience that allowed him to achieve mastery. The role that student nurses contribute to society should not be taken lightly. The following are five reasons why nursing students rock... Read More...

Study Affirms Marijuana, 'Spice' Harmful in Pregnancy

Exocannabinoids, such as the major psychoactive component of marijuana, ?9-tetrahydrocannabinol (?9-THC), interfere with the function of the endocannabinoid system, present in the developing central nervous system from conception onward, according to a study published online Aug. 13 in Drug Testing and Analysis. Read More...

We are required to buy a CRT through the school. What is it?

We are required to purchase a CRT (clinical resource tool) through our school. It is $550 and it comes downloaded with the required software. The paperwork never reveales what this device is. Anyone know what this device may be? I am thinking, at that price, maybe an Ipod touch or something along those lines. Read More...

RN School and Family Life

I am 27 years old with 3 kids. I want to attend nursing school. But many people have told me different things ... I was told to go now while the kids are young that way they don't remember it and then you can enjoy them more when they get older. I have been told to wait and go when they are older that way you don't have to feel guilty of losing time with them while they are young and you will have better study times. Read More...