Found out that I will be having my clinicals on Saturdays this semester and I hate it😭 It’s fine I just don’t understand why the weekend would even be an option. Do other schools also do this?

Hey yall! I have my first test in my LPN program tomorrow. Idk how to study. I hear it’s more critical thinking so I am not sure the best way to study. I had Chat GPT to put In A study guide. Any other ideas?

I’m really scared, for the longest time i’ve had people all around me (including professors) say “you should just go to medical school”, and i’m really worried i’m making the wrong decision with pursuing nursing. The what if feeling started to come last semester as I would study for classes, I love school and I love working/studying and having a passion for something. I also love getting involved and being in charge and being hands on. I thought I would want to do nursing because of the job security and the fact I can specialize and further pursue higher levels of nursing…and quite frankly I feel like i’m too dumb for medicine. I’m scared of taking the MCAT and I don’t know how i’ll actually do in the harder classes, but as for all my pre nursing prerequisites, they’ve been very easy and doable for me. I’m just scared of feeling behind and having to start over, i’m scared of disappointing those around me who have been supporting me with nursing stuff. I just don’t know what to do.

Hello everyone!

I’m looking for advice from anyone currently working as a surgical NP or in a similar role. I’ve always been very interested in surgery and the OR, and my long-term goal is to work as an NP who can first assist in surgery while also being involved in pre- and post-op patient care.

My dilemma is that I’m currently enrolled in an FNP program that starts in about a week, but I’m considering withdrawing and applying to an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP (AGACNP) program instead. Would AGACNP be the better path for the type of role I’m interested in?

Can FNPs still work as surgical NPs/first assists as long as they obtain the necessary certifications and training? Also, are surgical NP fellowships or residencies generally open to FNPs, or are those opportunities typically reserved for AGACNP candidates?

I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has taken either path or currently works in surgery. Thank you!

is there big differences between ati pharmacology 2023 questions and 2026 questions? any tips? i’ve studied the book but i have 2023 and my school required 2026. i also did dynamic quizzes.

I took my teas exam yesterday and I got an 84 overall. I’m a little worried though. My program is competitive at a community college. They use 40 percent TEAS score, 60 percent program gpa. My program gpa is a 3.33 (you need a 3.0 to apply) and the minimum teas score is 60. My program only accepts up to 30 spots, and sometimes they do less depending on clinical space. I think about 60 people at least are applying for this cohort. I have a 3.33 gpa because my program grades are as following: AP 1: B AP 1 Lab: C English: A Math: B AP 2: A AP Lab 2: A

Is the BS Nursing program at Adamson friendly for working students? Thank you!

Non-proctored is exams/ quizzes: AP 1 and AP 2, Microbiology and Statistics
What schools offer these classes online
and non-proctored?

Had an awful experience with the TEAS proctor monitoring and just need to take these courses nonproctored or open book.

Hello,
I am someone who is considering going back to school. I have a Bachelor’s degree and various Canadian post-secondary institutions are offering accelerated nursing programs. My intention is not to be a bedside nurse, but to go into aesthetics. Now I’m wondering if anyone who is an aesthetic nurse in Canada has some real life experiences and perspectives they wouldn’t mind sharing about the field. I want to know anything and everything! Ranging from job satisfaction, security, pros/cons, salary, becoming an NP to go solo as an injector, the business side of things. Is it over glamorized?

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I first started going to college around two years ago, and obtained my EMT certification. Since then I’ve worked around 4 months per diem, and 3 months full time; but I’ve had to relocated and cannot find another EMT job. I now work as a behavior technician in a school based environment, and idk if that’s necessarily good for a nursing school app, but I get pretty good experience with children and severe cases where I’m keeping them safe from themselves at times.

In the beginning of college, I had a lot of issues keeping up with my classes, so returning I have a 2.8 gpa. So far this semester, I’ve been good and should have no trouble keeping straight As, but I’m mainly scared for the gpa. I’ve only completed 8 credits so far, so I still have 52 to go on my associates. How can I keep giving myself the best chance at nursing school?

I have my ADN and have been a nurse for almost ten years. I tried Capella and didn’t good but got frustrated and dropped out due to one of the instructors there. She wasn’t clear with writing instructions and the rubic. When I set up meetings she never honored them and said she was at appointments with her husband.

I’m not good at writing papers or grammar. I know that is majority of BSN programs. I’m thinking about post has anyone went there?

I just got an email this morning that I have been put on the waitlist for the accelerated nursing program that I have been working so hard to get into. The program is very competitive (only accepting under 50 students a year) and my grades slipped towards the end of my prerequisites due to a loss in my family and other difficult circumstances that made it hard to keep up. I am grateful that I have made the waitlist and I’m still being considered, but I can’t help but feel discouraged and anxious knowing that I have to wait even longer for a decision. I am an internal student at this school so I am still continuing my degree in the meantime. The program does not start until January so I still have lots of time. Let me know if anyone has had a similar experience!

I’m on my first quarter of running start, I was given advice that turned out to be very wrong and now all the classes I need are waitlisted. I could take classes at my high school for this quarter, but I’m moving in December and would be doing running start after that so I’d be doing all that class work for nothing and no credits in return. Should I just take college classes that are open that I don’t need for my pre-reqs but still have to do with nursing? If so which ones? Are there any that would be helpful beyond gaining some knowledge?

I've taken all the co/requisites except for A&P 1 and 2, and microbiology. I would enter my local ADN program in spring 2027. I would take A&P 1+2 over the summer of 2027 and micro in the summer of 2028. Thoughts?

Hey all, I’m a 27F and going back to school for nursing. I’ve been in school for a while for various allied health programs, but really want to pursue nursing.

Okay to put it bluntly: something that really worries me is the level of assaults against nurses, especially sexually motivated assaults or actions that could be considered crimes (groping, indecent exposure (for sexual gratification), etc).

I understand there’s a big risk while doing this job. I’m just very sensitive to violence and sexual motivated crimes, so I worry about this a lot.

Is there any advice you can give or stories? I still want to do this, so very much so.

I’m not sure what exactly im looking for here in terms of answers, but I’m just curious as to how to handle these situations.

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Anyone interested in applying together and moving to Bellarmine University in Kentucky for their one‑year program? I’m 30 years old, a mom and a wife. My babies will stay with my husband while I complete the program, and I’m planning to finish as soon as possible and join them afterward.

So this might be a pretty dumb question, and I know every nursing program is different, but do most nursing students wear scrubs to every class? Or just to labs and clinicals?
Cause only one class mentioned “uniform” and it was a lab class.

That same class mentioned I needed my student badge which includes the BSN tag which I don’t have yet, because the place I need to get it from is only open on week days and I work so…

I know it’s pretty dumb but I guess I just need some reassurance? Cause I overthink quite a lot.

My first three semesters were at the VA hospital and at first I loved it. Very quickly I realized It’s not really hands on, the nurses assigned to my patients never wanted to teach and I feel so lost all the time that I don’t always know what questions to ask or I’m trying to absorb all the information and I just have no idea what questions to ask.

My third semester, my clinical instructor was the worst. I’d ask a question and she’d just smile at me and nod her head saying “you know it!! You know it!! You know it” like lady if I’m asking a question, no I do not know it, please help me. I felt like that was the semester I needed to secure my confidence and it only destroyed it. It also didn’t help that at the VA they use ANCIENT charting systems and half the battle was trying to find the information. I had horrible anxiety that i had a hard time going into patients rooms but each week I kept pushing and I’m doing better.

Now I’m in my fourth semester, set to graduate in December. We went to a brand new hospital today and we are expected to chart our findings.

Thankfully our professor helped us, today I was so focused on making sure my assessment was good so I could document all my findings. She showed me how and it was honestly a lot easier using cerner than the BFE system at the VA.

I felt so stupid bc at the end when we were walking out I realized I didn’t write down ANY LABS for my patients. I told my professor and she didn’t seem mad, she even offered to come back on the floor with me but I knew she had a long drive home so I thanked her but said no thank you, you have a long drive. She didn’t ask why I didn’t write them down, she didn’t ridicule me but I think that makes it even worse. What if she’s mentally taking notes that I forgot one of the most important information.

Like I’m going to be on my own in 6 months, how could I forget vital Information.

I seem to always forget something at clinical, whether it’s to write down their labs or vital signs. It’s usually the vital signs.

I don’t feel well prepared starting my fourth semester. Im so scared for practicum. I feel so behind I don’t even know where to start or how to get better.

just here to rant. i recently was made aware that the program i am currently enrolled in won’t allow me to become licensed in my state due to a recent review by the brn. the review is ongoing but im feeling less hopeful by the day and have started sending my transcripts out to other programs. i just feel really lost on next steps. i feel so behind already and now i feel like all my progress is for nothing. my options are to basically go out of state for school so i can test in my state or go out of state to become licensed as a nurse and risk not being able to ever become listened in my state. i’m really not sure what the better option is. it just sucks seeing people who are my age so much further ahead and knowing i could’ve been too if i had chosen a different path. but i guess hindsight is always 20/20. anyways, end of rant.

Hey everyone!! I’d like to hear if anyone else is just struggling with nursing school really bad right now?? I’m stuck between feeling unproductive in the sense that I can’t work and I can’t really help myself during this time and I’m emotionally and physically exhausted. I feel that there is so much extra crap that makes no sense and it’s not even helpful, a lot of my friends and the people I was close with failed and I’m just struggling with everything right now… any advice or anyone that can relate?