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No. 20
from Sand_Dollar
Old Apr 06, 2009, 09:03 PM

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Oh come on LuckyKelleyK - please share!!! What EXACTLY happened?!?!
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No. 21
from LuckyKelleyK
Old Apr 06, 2009, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Sand_Dollar View Post
Oh come on LuckyKelleyK - please share!!! What EXACTLY happened?!?!
Haha! Well, today we had Health Assessment lecture and lab. We went over the syllabus and then she lectured about interviewing patients and getting medical history. Then in lab we teamed up with a lab partner and took turns being the nurse/patient. One of us laid in the bed and answered questions, and the other one did all the appropriate steps and asked the questions. It was more involved than it sounds, but it was actually fun. And our teacher is young and funny and the classes went by quickly. Tomorrow will probably be less fun because we have Pharm and Pathophys.
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No. 22
from bfrdncr41
Old Apr 06, 2009, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by LuckyKelleyK View Post
Haha! Well, today we had Health Assessment lecture and lab. We went over the syllabus and then she lectured about interviewing patients and getting medical history. Then in lab we teamed up with a lab partner and took turns being the nurse/patient. One of us laid in the bed and answered questions, and the other one did all the appropriate steps and asked the questions. It was more involved than it sounds, but it was actually fun. And our teacher is young and funny and the classes went by quickly. Tomorrow will probably be less fun because we have Pharm and Pathophys.

Do you guys have Kristen for Health Assessment? If so she is awesome and I totally enjoyed her class.
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No. 23
from LuckyKelleyK
Old Apr 06, 2009, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by bfrdncr41 View Post
Do you guys have Kristen for Health Assessment? If so she is awesome and I totally enjoyed her class.
Yep, thats her! I really like her too.
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No. 24
from mellue8
Old Aug 16, 2009, 12:10 PM
Updated Aug 19, 2009 at 07:22 PM by jb2u

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Just to update everyone on the accred process of DSN, I talked to J. J. (the director of admission) today. He said that they have already submitted DSN paperowrk for NLN accred. He said they should know by the end of the year. He said the DSN had been working with the NLN on the side for about 3 years before they submitted thier paperwork. He said he's heard "Unofficially" that there are no problems. Also DSN is going to be recomenned for fast track for the regional accred. So by spring-ish 2011, they should have all the same accred that CU and regis have. So if you're thinking DSN bc they dont have a waitlist, I'd get on there now bc when all this happens, people will be lined up to apply.
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No. 25
from Niecystewka_RN
Old Aug 16, 2009, 12:38 PM

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Be aware this guy when I went there he promised us that we would have accreditation by the time we graduated and we didn't until well after we had all graduated. The man really ticks me off ...he's a really good use car salesman if you ask me.
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No. 26
from mellue8
Old Aug 16, 2009, 04:43 PM

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Thanks for the heads up. Did he say that DSN would have the tech school accred or was he saying the NLN accred? When did you grad and how long after that did DSN get some sort of accred? Did you have a hard time getting a job with your BSN from DSN or did you apply to grad school at all? Just trying to get some info from an actual grad from DSN.

Thanks!!
Melissa
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No. 27
from Niecystewka_RN
Old Aug 16, 2009, 04:57 PM

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I graduated with my LPN in Dec. 06 then my RN in Dec. 07. Prior to even starting my LPN he stated that DSN would definitely be accredited before I even graduated with my LPN. Then the school finally got accredited just this past year. So 3 years total and way after I graduated with my RN.
I am glad I went to this school don't get me wrong b/c I learned a ton and I have a great job as an RN from them and my sign on bonus paid for my entire school just about with a 2 year contract.
It just seems that this guy wanted to get things to sound better than they were at the time. This school doesn't have any idea for certain when they will get NLN...it's up to the board.
Jeff is a great talker ...
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No. 28
from mellue8
Old Aug 16, 2009, 05:08 PM

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So did DSN help you get your job? Do you work here in Denver? Was the accred retro-active? I am going there regardless but was just wondering.
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No. 29
from Niecystewka_RN
Old Aug 16, 2009, 05:32 PM

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No DSN did not help me with finding a job, I went after that by myself. No we were not grandfathered in after the school got accredited. Most places won't even look into when you graduated it appears, so it's a good thing that they are now accepted as being an accredited nursing school.
Don't get me wrong like I said...the school is great... I just don't like how some people run the show on getting new excited wanting to start asap students there. But that is probably happening at every school anyhow.
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