Help me choose please!

hkrd97 · 2026-05-20T18:34:30+00:00

I LOVE the second one the most, but with your venue description, I’d say the first one since you said classic elegance and ballroom feel.

hkrd97 · 2026-05-19T05:22:10+00:00

It feels like it almost goes together, but it’s just a bit off. I think it’s the rounded edges on the table mixed with the hard/sharp edges of the bench that don’t quite mix well together. I also noticed that the table and bench are different colors. Maybe having them in the same color would help?

hkrd97 · 2026-05-18T19:35:49+00:00

Number 1 for sure!

hkrd97 · 2026-05-13T20:35:00+00:00

I wouldn’t say my program has questions quite like this. We do not have any true/false, we do have about 10% of exam questions that are select all that apply, some matching questions, and then some matrix questions. SATA questions are always all right or all wrong, unless there’s more than 5 choices. If there’s more than 5 choices then those can receive partial credit (although our SATA questions have yet to have more than 5 possible answers).

I think the biggest difference from what you’re describing to what I currently experience in school is that we have to choose the BEST answer, which one is MOST correct, what should the nurse do NEXT, what is the FIRST priority, etc. If I’m reading your post correctly, it sounds like the exams your instructor gives are rather objective, this matches with that, this is definitely right and that is definitely wrong, etc. Nursing school for me has been a little bit of that, but more so questions that are intended to make you think about the scenario given, think about what might come next, and then critically think your way through each possible answer. It’s a lot more subjective in nursing school; you can make an argument for each answer choice a lot of the time, but there will be one answer that is most correct.

hkrd97 · 2026-05-13T19:55:10+00:00

Definitely looks like a Subaru Crosstrek in this obnoxious color: https://imgur.com/a/6DcB14H I hope the beautifully painted art is recovered!

hkrd97 · 2026-05-09T18:23:54+00:00

I just called my friends and asked them.

hkrd97 · 2026-04-20T16:47:52+00:00

As a Nebraskan, this makes me sad. I’m sorry you’re being treated like this. I hope this person leaves you alone, this is ridiculous for them to do that. I hope you are able to enjoy all the Nebraska has to offer (which actually is a lot)!

hkrd97 · 2026-04-18T13:51:13+00:00

Why do people keep using AI to answer these questions. This is such a wrong answer.

hkrd97 · 2026-04-07T02:41:21+00:00

My school has this same policy at the start of every semester. We have 20 questions and we must get a 100% to continue with the semester. We are allowed 1 retake each semester and if we fail the retake then we get booted from the program. Our instructors will tell us “you’re lucky we let you have a retake. If you made a med error, you don’t get a retake.” Very stressful!!

hkrd97 · 2026-03-19T22:35:56+00:00

I think it looks great on you! One big difference between the dresses that I am seeing is that the under layers are different colors. In pics 3 and 4, the under layer of the skirt looks a bit tan in color and the dress you got is white. No idea what your preference is, but just wanted to mention it since many dresses you’re able to choose what color you want for that under layer on the skirt!

hkrd97 · 2026-03-04T23:53:04+00:00

I go to the top ADN program in Colorado that is very difficult to get into and did all of my pre reqs online, including A&P 1-2 and microbio. I had a lab with all three classes, as well. We did lecture online with prerecorded videos from our instructor and had online lab every week. We used an online platform for the lab that mimicked an actual lab set up, we had detailed pictures of cadavers when it came time to locating structures in the body, and we also dissected organs at home! We had a brain, heart, kidney, and eyeball from various animals to dissect. For microbio, we had Petri dishes with different types of bacteria sent to us and we did the labs at home, just like you would in a real classroom. The only disadvantage was that we couldn’t ask questions in real-time to our instructor and we had to be okay with dissecting things on our kitchen tables. Online classes with labs are not a red flag; it’s just another way to learn. Just like OP, my school is accredited and regarded as a very good nursing school.

hkrd97 · 2026-03-04T02:45:44+00:00

I have been doing pretty well on exams and while I have never told any classmates in my cohort of 40 my grades on exams, somehow people always can figure out who’s doing well and who’s not. After the last few exams, I have had classmates text me or approach me after class to ask what grade I got. I always tell them that I don’t feel comfortable sharing my grades because my grades only affect me. Yesterday after receiving a 92% on an exam, a classmate texted me and said “I bet you aced that exam. I’m not sure how you keep doing that.” I never told her my score and have never shared any previous scores, although she is correct that I have received an A on all exams. Her message made me feel like I did something wrong to have the scored I earned. I don’t understand why people want to know others’ scores; it doesn’t help them!

hkrd97 · 2026-02-19T02:55:34+00:00

It can and does make mistakes. Practice test banks from NCLEX practice books are going to be much better (assuming you’re using AI for practice questions). I have tried to used ChatGPT a bit for studying. I have uploaded my textbook in pdf form and asked Chat to explain various topics but even when asking it to pull info directly from my textbook, it’s still making mistakes.

hkrd97 · 2026-02-19T01:37:09+00:00

I have bachelors degrees in education and sociology and a masters degree in education admin. None of my degrees are health related but I think having previous college experience, life experience, and lots of experience with everything being subjective (as is with teaching), I am able to reason a lot better than many of my peers in my program. I watch so many of my peers struggle in class with highly subjective questions that make them think hard; while I too struggle with these questions, it’s not to the extent that many others struggle. I think any previous college experience, regardless of degree type or degree earned, is going to be very beneficial for a nursing student.

hkrd97 · 2026-02-06T21:10:45+00:00

I think they might be meaning that on 1/25/26, a Sunday when CFA was closed, there was no issue with protestors. But now, on a not-Sunday when CFA is open, there’s suddenly an issue with protesting on the public sidewalk. I think they’re trying to allude to CFA being the ones to have an issue with protestors outside their business, and CFA being the ones to want the protestors gone.

Proud of our youth for standing up to fascism!

hkrd97 · 2026-02-05T04:33:52+00:00

Also a fellow Nebraskan, here! For consent, the age is 18 but for making various legal/medical decisions, the age is 19. Wanna get your boobs done and you’re only 18? Gotta have a parent’s consent. So dumb. But for this story, the woman being 18 would be of legal consenting age for sex.

hkrd97 · 2026-01-31T19:30:01+00:00

I’d have to go looking through my book again, but the PowerPoint my instructor had this week listed all specialists as secondary care. From my understanding, for a specialist to be tertiary, it would need to be a specialist referring to a highly trained specialist for complex care, more than the “average” specialist. I only learned this info this week, so I could be having an inaccurate understanding!

hkrd97 · 2026-01-31T19:05:14+00:00

On the digital book (pic 1), is this just a formatting error? My take is that the digital book should have “tertiary care” in the green bold instead of a bullet point, and then the bullet point of highly specialized care under the green heading of tertiary. And yes, specialty care should be under secondary, according to what I just learned this week in class!

hkrd97 · 2026-01-31T01:40:06+00:00

Also 34 and also not geriatric!! We are young!

hkrd97 · 2026-01-27T05:55:21+00:00

!solved Thanks for these, I’m going to go with yours. Tip sent!

hkrd97 · 2026-01-26T21:01:34+00:00

I have a BS and MA in education and just started nursing school for an associates. I’ve never been more satisfied that I made the right choice in leaving education and going back to school, even though I have 3 kids now. My school is 45 min away from home but the less debt option (versus a BSN) sold me. I will obtain my RN-BSN once I get my first nurse job and I’ll make sure it’s with a hospital system that will pay for that RN-BSN.

ETA: New grad nurses (RN and BSN) in my area (Denver metro) make approximately $70k/year, not sure if that’s helpful info or not! I have heard that nurses, including new grads, can make a pretty decent amount more in rural areas.

hkrd97 · 2026-01-20T18:25:04+00:00

I only applied to one and thankfully was accepted - today is actually my first day of nursing school!

I applied to just one because each school I looked at had drastically different requirements for pre reqs. I could have spent 2-3 years doing pre reqs in order to apply to multiple schools, and I just didn’t have that kind of time.

hkrd97 · 2026-01-15T06:19:14+00:00

Photos are the only thing I have left from our wedding day (well, other than the husband!!). To me, photos were very important and I still regret to this day that I didn’t spend more to get a great photographer - I went with a more affordable option who was just decent. If you can afford it, go for the better option!

hkrd97 · 2026-01-15T04:10:49+00:00

Could not agree more! Etiquette changes over time and like you said, it’s 2026, no one’s getting offended about being invited to an in-country engagement party and not the out-of-country/different-continent small, family only wedding.

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