Congrats New ADN Students

Hi All,

Congrats on making it into the program you should all be very proud, it was a lot of hard work and determination that got you here!! It may seem overwhelming looking down the road ahead right now, but just hold on and it all comes together. It really does go very quickly.

All of you PDA worriers, JUST HOLD ON, you do not have to have one at all, there are plenty of students that do very well without them just using the books, as well as many of us that love them and could not do it any other way........you do not even have a use for one until you get to your clinical sites............SNA (student nurse association) is going to have a PDA party at the first meeting with a lot of info and PDA's there for you to view different books and programs as well, we all have different likes and dislikes with all of this technology. I personally purchased the constellation and wish I had not, I rarely if ever use it. There are other, better books I like more. Others love the constellation so it just depends........I also know 2 students that had the phone/PDA thing all in one device, this did not work well for either of them and they had to purchase a separate PDA, there were compatability problems with loading the books, as well as software running system problems, not to mention more difficult to use and not being able to turn off the phone portion while needing power to run the computer portion for some........so just check everything out before you purchase anything. Our SNA president will be securing a date and place for this PDA party in the very near future, we should all watch our blogs for an announcement early next week.

My biggest tip to all of you is control your stress, don't let it control you. When the stress is getting the best of us we make simple, stupid, preventable mistakes that usually cost us in some way, and hopefully no one else. So take a deep breath, relax when you can, remember not to forget to have fun now and then and laugh at yourself and yes, your classmates too..............

Good Luck to You All,
Kelly Widger