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[lastxlight]

BSW okay? Healthcare and Gerontology focused and more clinically minded as opposed to the more politicized social worker mindset.

[Rabbitw00t]

BSW okay? Healthcare and Gerontology focused and more clinically minded as opposed to the more politicized social worker mindset.

social work is crap. poor money, poor prospects imo, but best of luck to you. I really don't know much about it other than the basics

[lastxlight]

social work is crap. poor money, poor prospects imo, but best of luck to you. I really don't know much about it other than the basics

Overall yeah.... but healthcare isn't bad here. MSW is only 9/mo more school and pay for community case managers and hospital social workers is between 31-39/hr union and full time. Which overall is on par with Nurses here (minus the overtime). Overall money isn't great but prospects aren't really poor. My school typically has 95% of students hired within 6 mo of graduation, and in BC unemployment rate for social workers (BSW or higher) is 2%. Healthcare IS the place to go pay-wise, but I've seen a few people with own businesses in more abstract uses of degree do very well.

There are advantages too, there's specializations here to be able to provide therapy and clinical diagnosis w/o Doctorate, which puts you up faster than Psychologists, and quicker to get insured, and it's more versatile. Unless I wanted to be a Psychiatrist and did a PSYD with a science route, MSW is FARRRRRR better degree for counseling.

Alot of the poor pay stuff is based on Social Service Workers (no Bachelors of Social Work) and work in street level advocacy that pays pretty little.
In B.C. working for the Ministry of Children and Family pays only 50k but you get crazy overtime if you want it, especially private that contract out to MCFD.

[.:Chris:.]

Hey nursing students. My cousin sent me this link to practice for the material that I'm reading and its pretty good. Figure I'd share it with you guys to practice with.

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/...hp?login=rossj

[DisregardLegs]

Pharmacy brah checkin in. Come at me for your drug therapy needs.

[.:Chris:.]

Pharmacy brah checkin in. Come at me for your drug therapy needs.

I might have future questions in regards to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Would you be able to help?

[DisregardLegs]

I might have future questions in regards to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Would you be able to help?

for sure.

[LongLong89]

just started my second to last semester bros. Got the only male professor; hes a cool dude, seems like a miscer, dude looks like he works out too (no homo).

Gone be taking care sum pregnant ladies in a month, nah means. Rdy to never look at vagina the same ever again

[stronguy91]

start school tomorrow and got anatomy! any tips?

[Rabbitw00t]

start school tomorrow and got anatomy! any tips?

create mnemonics, memorize as soon as possible.

you'll forget most of it anyway

[wrestletib]

Can I play? not and RN but in a healthcare field (Resgistered polysomnographic technologist by BRPT & AASM)

Im at work RIGHT NOW str8 MISC'in b/c its a slow night (most nights are)

[.:Chris:.]

start school tomorrow and got anatomy! any tips?

Its mostly memorization like Rabbitw00t said especially the Anatomy part and Labs. What I did was..I went over and over and over the anatomy part until I could recite the whole thing without thinking. Ex: If I was studying for the axial skeletal system, I'd completely memorize the whole thing until I could cite everything without having to look at my book.

I do suggest that you do the book readings (Something I initially didnt do and thought I could pass just by paying attention at the lecture). Read and understand the content that you're reading. Sometimes you'll have to read something twice before understanding what you're reading.

Take really good lecture notes unless the Prof hands them out. A lot of students (didnt want to say most) end up re taking AnP1-2 because they end up with a C rather than an A. Depending on your College, I'd say a lot of the College these days look at AnP1-2/Bio/Micrbio (Sciences) real closely.

So bust your ass now and get that A so you wont have to worry about re taking it in the future.

Can I play? not and RN but in a healthcare field (Resgistered polysomnographic technologist by BRPT & AASM)

Im at work RIGHT NOW str8 MISC'in b/c its a slow night (most nights are)

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Haha nice spoon pic. Welcome.

[Busch12]

RN here, orienting on a medsurg unit right now.

[Ivan7x]

First day of A&P was yesterday for me

guess i better start memorizing

[.:Chris:.]

I like to treat Anatomy and Physiology as two classes. If you think about it, it really is. Anatomy explain what the body part is and its relationship with other body parts and Physiology explains why and the function of the body part So to further break that down: Anatomy is what and where the body part is. Physiology explain what and why.

In terms of memorization, anatomy, just memorize the said body part and where it is. But in physiology (class lecture), you have to memorize the content of what and why whether you learned it from the book or through lecture. So basically what I'm trying to say is, theyre both very important to study..its almost like 50-50. If you spend most of your energy on anatomy and memorizing that rather than the lecture then you wont do as good.

You have to equally spend time for both. I'm stressing over this because those were the mistakes that I made and hope that you guys dont make the same mistakes. I thought I could just memorize the body parts and location then pay attention in lecture and A's it. Ended up doing decent on Anatomy-Lab practicals and bombing the lecture test.

Also a lot of new students will initially feel foreign to AnP1, I've often heard people compare it to learning a new language (to an extent). I've known friends who dropped nursing and related fields because they did so poorly in AnP1 and took it very hard (knowing the rest will only get harder).

I've kept all of my books, notes..ect if you guys need help. It'll be a good way for me to re-freshen my memory anyway.

Edit: If you guys have an adroid or iphone, look up speed anatomy. You can practice while you take ****s lol

[Ivan7x]

teacher said the class would be harder for those who didnt take bio 1

told her i doesnt afraid of anything

[.:Chris:.]

You'll be fine without biology. I would have suggested a terminology class prior to anp1 if your college has it.

[stronguy91]

I like to treat Anatomy and Physiology as two classes. If you think about it, it really is. Anatomy explain what the body part is and its relationship with other body parts and Physiology explains why and the function of the body part So to further break that down: Anatomy is what and where the body part is. Physiology explain what and why.

In terms of memorization, anatomy, just memorize the said body part and where it is. But in physiology (class lecture), you have to memorize the content of what and why whether you learned it from the book or through lecture. So basically what I'm trying to say is, theyre both very important to study..its almost like 50-50. If you spend most of your energy on anatomy and memorizing that rather than the lecture then you wont do as good.

You have to equally spend time for both. I'm stressing over this because those were the mistakes that I made and hope that you guys dont make the same mistakes. I thought I could just memorize the body parts and location then pay attention in lecture and A's it. Ended up doing decent on Anatomy-Lab practicals and bombing the lecture test.

Also a lot of new students will initially feel foreign to AnP1, I've often heard people compare it to learning a new language (to an extent). I've known friends who dropped nursing and related fields because they did so poorly in AnP1 and took it very hard (knowing the rest will only get harder).

I've kept all of my books, notes..ect if you guys need help. It'll be a good way for me to re-freshen my memory anyway.

Edit: If you guys have an adroid or iphone, look up speed anatomy. You can practice while you take ****s lol

interesting, well where i go, they are both seperate classes so i would be able to focus on one at a time...i'll come here for help when sh*t gets real lol

[AA43560]

Im gonna finish my exercise science bachelors degree but i am considering nursing. Instead of switching majors, is there a way i can use my future exercise science degree bachelors and get into a nursing school right away?

[AA43560]

Also, for anatomy and phys brahs

http://getbodysmart.com/


Great site

[.:Chris:.]

Im gonna finish my exercise science bachelors degree but i am considering nursing. Instead of switching majors, is there a way i can use my future exercise science degree bachelors and get into a nursing school right away?

That all depends on your school. Here to get into the Nursing program, you would need GPA over 3.0 (think 3.5 actually or something like that), A's in AnP1-2, Pre-Reqs taken( Eng101-102, McrioBio..ect) and a high score in the Entrance test for the nursing program (this varies per college, some use NLN ect..). When you have all of that is when they consider you ..then they narrow it down to the top students and pick. So lets say you did well in the entrance test but Bobby had 3.6 GPA where as you had 3.4...guess what Bobby is getting in and sadly you wont.

Again it all depends on your college because here its very competitive and I had to deal with all that crap before getting in. Its also why I emphasized so much on getting that A in AnP1-2

[Rabbitw00t]

Im gonna finish my exercise science bachelors degree but i am considering nursing. Instead of switching majors, is there a way i can use my future exercise science degree bachelors and get into a nursing school right away?

You'd be interested in accelerated bachelors program, where it's like 15-16 months of straight nursing classes with little to no breaks. It ain't easy, but it's the fastest way to a bachelors in nursing when you have a bachelors in something else. Look at the requirements and see if you're good to go

[dreyescairo]

Finishing up LPN pre req's now. just barely started Anatomy. I hear a lot of people saying that it is smart to go the LPN route first before you undergo the RN route. Do you guys agree with this?

[yup123]

So most of you guys had to have pre reqs before getting into the nursing program eh? The uni im going to accepts students right out of high school, starting in about a week

pretty damn nervous

[.:Chris:.]

Finishing up LPN pre req's now. just barely started Anatomy. I hear a lot of people saying that it is smart to go the LPN route first before you undergo the RN route. Do you guys agree with this?

I guess its smart in a sense that you dont wait too long to get your foot in. I know they say that RN takes a "little bit longer" to get into due to people being on the "wait list." I think it depends on the College really. If your area is really competitive to get into the RN program then maybe its best to go into LPN then do the LPN-RN Transition Program.

If you have some patience to maybe wait one more year, I'd apply to RN only this year (reason for this is because I think these "wait list" is complete bull****). If you dont get in then apply to both so that if you dont get accepted in the RN program again, you'll have something to fall back on (LPN).

I got lucky and got into the RN program.

Its funny because I was in this situation before. I didnt know whether to get into the LPN then do the transition program or just try to luck it out with RN. A girl that I knew went for LPN and tried her hardest to get me into the LPN...bone headed that I was didnt do it and just kept applying to RN program. Luckily I got in the following year lulz.

Build up a strong profile (4.0 GPA after PreReqs including AnP1-2, Bio, MicroBio; Very high entrance test for LPN/PN/RN) and you really shouldnt have a problem getting into the RN program.

[Rabbitw00t]

Finishing up LPN pre req's now. just barely started Anatomy. I hear a lot of people saying that it is smart to go the LPN route first before you undergo the RN route. Do you guys agree with this?

The truly smart thing to do is go to a community college and get an associates degree in nursing. You will be 20-21 years old. Start working at a hospital, preferable the ICU. Enroll in a bachelors degree while working. Finish bachelors at 22. Apply to grad school. Be the youngest person in the class. Profit?

[LongLong89]

I wouldn't bother with the LPN. RN is only 1 year more schooling. Depending on your location chances are you either won't ever work as an lpn, or if you do, by the time you get a job, and work barely a couple months months you are already able to sit for RN exam.

[MundoGrande]

Sup brahs,

Starting in the ICU September 10 next month. Any tips for a new grad in the intensive care unit? Scared as fuk but pretty excited! Already reading up, but the material is dense and it's hard to narrow down what to really focus on.

[Rabbitw00t]

Sup brahs,

Starting in the ICU September 10 next month. Any tips for a new grad in the intensive care unit? Scared as fuk but pretty excited! Already reading up, but the material is dense and it's hard to narrow down what to really focus on.

start here.

http://icufaqs.org/

[dreyescairo]

Good info guys, thanks!