PhillyRNtoBe

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1. Is Community Health a good fit for new grads?

   PhillyRNtoBe posted a topic in Post Graduate

   I am interested in working in Community Health after I graduate (BSN). I'm concerned about training and resources for new grad nurses in this setting. Is it common for new grad nurses to work in community health? Is there a such thing as a preceptor...

2. Nurse Corps Scholarship 2016-2017

   PhillyRNtoBe replied to ElleMarie63's topic in School Programs

   Awesome, congrats!

3. Nurse Corps Scholarship 2016-2017

   PhillyRNtoBe replied to ElleMarie63's topic in School Programs

   For some people their school has a deadline regarding tuition payment, their classes may be dropped without the signed contract or coming up with anther way to pay until they get the scholarship funds. My school will not tell me if I am losing my exi...

4. Nurse Corps Scholarship 2016-2017

   PhillyRNtoBe replied to ElleMarie63's topic in School Programs

   My contract is not signed yet and my status still says I'm in final review! It's making me crazy, I hope it updates tomorrow!

5. Am I really too poor to be a nurse?

   PhillyRNtoBe replied to Shady44's topic in School Programs

   And to be clear, I only had someone co-sign a private loan for me 1 year out of the 4 years I will be going. I had to scrape by every other year. For this year My scholarship won't kick in until November and I had to max out all my credit cards to a...

6. Am I really too poor to be a nurse?

   PhillyRNtoBe replied to Shady44's topic in School Programs

   Could you get a job at a hospital and then have them pay your tuition? I know many people who have to do it that way also. In Philly many of the larger hospitals will pay for their CNA's and Medical Assistants to go to nursing school. Find the BEST e...

7. Am I really too poor to be a nurse?

   PhillyRNtoBe replied to Shady44's topic in School Programs

   I had to do some extreme stuff to make nursing school happen, including having my younger brother co-sign a private loan for me which is something I would never have considered doing before all of this. I had a yard sale, sold off all my expensive ba...

8. Is Nursing School " Hard?" Would You do it Over Again?

   PhillyRNtoBe replied to injured1's topic in General Students

   you are my hero, I'm 34 and starting Junior year of a traditional BSN program. Some days I feel so stupid for waiting this long to get a bachelor's degree and other days I feel like it's a strength. I couldn't imagine doing this while having children...

9. Hep B vaccine schedule question...I screwed up.

   PhillyRNtoBe replied to PhillyRNtoBe's topic in General Students

   Yes, that is what I figured. That was kind of were I was going with that, if an employer provides the necessary vaccines and they are free, it's easier to have compliance and harder to mess up. With students we are relying on insurance companies, D...

10. Hep B vaccine schedule question...I screwed up.

    PhillyRNtoBe replied to PhillyRNtoBe's topic in General Students

    ugh, at least you could still attend clinical and at least I'm not the only one.

11. Hep B vaccine schedule question...I screwed up.

    PhillyRNtoBe replied to PhillyRNtoBe's topic in General Students

    I hope so!

12. Am I really too poor to be a nurse?

    PhillyRNtoBe replied to Shady44's topic in School Programs

    Many of us are low income and we get grants, and have to take out loans just like many people do to get by these days. Most people can't afford the cost of a professional program like Nursing School, Med School or Law School. This is why most of Amer...

13. Nurse Corps Scholarship 2016-2017

    PhillyRNtoBe replied to ElleMarie63's topic in School Programs

    Yes, I am when I try to login with Chrome but it works when I logged in on Internet Exploer. At least that was how it was yesterday, I haven't tied yet today because I've been so busy shopping, prepping and freezing food to eat over the next couple w...

14. Is Nursing School " Hard?" Would You do it Over Again?

    PhillyRNtoBe replied to injured1's topic in General Students

    Hello, I think that you need to give more specifics about your program because it sounds nothing like mine and it's hard to give you advice when I'm unsure how they compare. Is it a ABSN program, ADN, LPN or something else? I have a neurology disorde...

15. Hep B vaccine schedule question...I screwed up.

    PhillyRNtoBe replied to PhillyRNtoBe's topic in General Students

    Yes, you are very right but does your employer pay to have you vaccinated properly? Is it usually a situation where it's done in-house or do employees still have to go to their pcp?