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Cliff Hangers!

Jell'o Everyone!!!! Ok, so I left you hanging on a few things last post. The lab partner situation, some classmates not advancing and the exam situation. Let me fill in the blanks! So, I don't know if you are aware BUT there are no exams quite like nursing exams. Prerequisite exams went a little like this ... Study material : electrons have a negative charge. Exam question : Electrons have what kind of charge? a. positive b. neutral c. negative d. all of the above (Answer please? .... I think you have that figured out. You're a genius!) And due to the fact that you studied and read the study material you just Aced that exam. Now let me give you a sneak peak of nursing school exams. Study material : the entire chapterS (yes with the capital S to clarify that it's plural and it seems like the entire chapter, EVERY SINGLE WORD is highlighter worthy. So sorry for not being able to narrow it down for you (and no appologizes aren't given and no there are NO st...

WHAT IN THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ........... WORLD?

Jell'o Everyone!!!!!!!!! Seriously?! I have been M.I.A. but I'm back. Listen it has been a whirlwind!!! The further I go the crazier it gets & I LOVE IT!! .... Let me go back in time and tell you what's been going on with me. So I left off telling you all about that one time I was a guest speaker :) and at that point I was taking Health Assessment I & Lab and Fundamentals I & Lab. It was a really tough session but I managed to get through it and so did some of my friends (I'll get back to that). Fundamentals is exactly that, the fundamentals of nursing. The basics of nursing, and let me tell you, there is A LOT to learn in this class. This is the foundation of the rest of your nursing career. I would say that partnering up Health Assessment with this class has been a great idea! In Health Assessment, we started learning how to assess a patient. How to walk into a room and start assessing your patient the moment you lay eyes on them. Ask the correct que...