FLAgal14

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1. Does anyone ever look up random diseases/conditions that they hear about?

   FLAgal14 replied to justme1972's topic in Student Assist

   I forgot to add that yes, I find myself looking up tons of diseases and conditions since I've started nursing school and especially after clinical rotations. Yesterday I had a patient with severe cellulitis and a two stage 3 pressure ulcers. I was so...

2. Does anyone ever look up random diseases/conditions that they hear about?

   FLAgal14 replied to justme1972's topic in Student Assist

   That's interesting -both my mom and I have malignant hypothermia and I never really researched it in depth until nursing school.

3. Do you wear uniforms to class everyday?

   FLAgal14 replied to MsNurse23's topic in General Students

   In my program we wear our uniforms to skills and assessment labs at school, and during clinicals. The instructors gave us the reason that you learn more if you are in your uniform. We'll see if that works....

4. Info needed BA to BSN

   FLAgal14 replied to ffctas's topic in ADN/BSN

   I'm in an accelerated BSN program now and probably about half my class has a scholarship with a hospital. In our accelerated program we have 4 hospitals that we can do clinical rotations at and all 4 offer scholarships, and if you take the scholarshi...

5. Licensure in another state

   FLAgal14 replied to FLAgal14's topic in General Students

   Thank you so much - that really cleared up a lot of my confusion.

6. Licensure in another state

   FLAgal14 posted a topic in General Students

   I'm about to begin an acclerated BSN program in Florida next week, however my ultimate plan after graduating from the program is to work as a RN in another state (either Georgia or Tennessee). How exactly will I go about this? I guess I'm a little co...

7. A few questions about FAU...

   FLAgal14 replied to Batlin's topic in Florida

   Hi Batlin I am starting FAU's accelerated program next week so I can't tell you for sure what the hours of the program are, as they change each semester. It is a 3 semester program, starting in May and ending May the following year. This summer I wil...

8. I have a BA, now what?

   FLAgal14 replied to NWLady's topic in ADN/BSN

   I was in the same boat as you currently are in - I have a BA in public health and decided to change careers. I am fortunate enough to live in an area where the accelerated BSN program is not that expensive (it's a state school), but generally speakin...

9. How much will your education cost you?

   FLAgal14 replied to GottaGetIn's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Mine will technically cost around $7000 but my job is paying for half of it (thankfully!). I already have a ton of loans from my first bachelors and masters so I am very happy about the low out of pocket cost for the BSN program that I chose.

10. Something that I'm so SICK of hearing...

    FLAgal14 replied to missymarie26's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Yeah - I get a mix of positive and negative comments when I tell people I'm about to start nursing school - anywhere from "NS is hard! How are you going to do it?" to "Why do you want to do that? I can't understand how people want to be in that job?"...

11. Loan Forgiveness????

    FLAgal14 replied to jodyangel's topic in New Nurse

    Here are some things I found by searching on the internet: The first two are basically the same - the first came directly from the Delaware department of Health & Services site and the other from HRSA: http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/hsm/opslr...

12. Is nursing your second career?

    FLAgal14 replied to Ready2BRN's topic in General Students

    Nursing is my second career as well. I have a BA in public health, and a MPH in epidemiology. Sounds like it could be exciting but not so much - basically sitting at a computer crunching numbers all day. But - I will be starting an accelerated BSN pr...

13. Accepted-Now having second thoughts

    FLAgal14 replied to veronica123's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm right there with all of you. I'm absolutely excited about starting school but at the same time absolutely terrified. It's a huge life change for me as I'm changing careers, taking a cut in pay, etc... and I'm a worry wart by nature and these past...

14. What area of nursing would you like to go into???

    FLAgal14 replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Pre-Nursing

    My top 2 interests are L&D and NICU. But I haven't started school yet or clinicals, so you never know what will happen - I'm going to try to keep an open mind on all the clinical rotations though

15. So . . .is nursing your final stop?

    FLAgal14 replied to EthnicBeauty's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I will be starting an accelerated BSN program in May and my goal is to gain experience as a nurse for a few years and then probably pursue either a PA or NP degree. Good luck everyone!