jov

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1. Need advice: graduating in May and newly pregnant - what to do?

   jov replied to secondfiddle's topic in New Nurse

   1. Congratulations! 2. my advice is to go interview at the hospital where you want to end up and say nothing about your pregnancy. my rationale is: a) it is really none of their business what is going on in your personal life and whether or not yo...

2. References & Recommendations situation??

   jov replied to SmilinginScrubs's topic in General Students

   a letter of reference stands no matter what the date. if you are approaching school based on your medic experience in the military...well, that didn't go anywhere, did it? You still have the experience, and you still have the glowing recommendations...

3. Freshman in college interested in nursing

   jov replied to thehb chemistry's topic in General Students

4. Anyone have an "unsupportive mate"?

   jov replied to DermNP2Be's topic in Pre-Nursing

   LOL LOL LOL you go girl

5. Questions to ask when looking at a school?

   jov replied to Jax3683's topic in Pre-Nursing

   along with the above, esp how many of the original class actually pass NCLEX also ask ratio of students to clinical instructors at clinical sites (8 or less) where are the clinical sites how many instructors are BSNs, MSNs, APRNs, PhDs

6. Notes or just highlight

   jov replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

   I don't highlight. I detest the way it marks up books and I sell most of my books back anyway. I take notes during lecture, then go back through the notes from lecture while skimming the chapter, rewriting my notes as I do so. I take the things I don...

7. Hello, new student

   jov replied to katiem's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Just FYI, I had A&P that was almost 20 years old and my school (BSN-state university) took it. They told me if I felt I wasn't up to speed in the subject it was up to me to take a refresher. A&P is supposed to be there to help you pass the nu...

8. Anyone have an "unsupportive mate"?

   jov replied to DermNP2Be's topic in Pre-Nursing

   hmmm... he can't even help out by packing HIS OWN lunch? honey. don't pack his lunch. don't get his coffee ready for the morning. don't wash his thermos. he is a big boy now and he will either go hungry at noon and drink from a stale ol' thermos or h...

9. woman's view, shocked at the emotional anger directed towards male students

   jov replied to Gennaver's topic in Male Students

   Unless you are telling us that it was ONLY men who failed in your program, perhaps you should stay more open minded about this. Male nursing students can fail as well as female ones can. You may not have noticed anything poor about their clinical per...

10. Do insurance companies cover the Hepatitis B vaccine?

    jov replied to jbjints's topic in General Students

    If you are having a Hep B vax done at your physician's office, they could call and see if the benefit is covered by your insurance company. Otherwise you could call the insurance company directly by looking for a customer service number on the back ...

11. Why are RN/SNA great judges of character?

    jov replied to Gift.Fr.Virgo12's topic in General Students

    are you serious?

12. How I plan to pay for nursing school IF I have to use all loans- or The SUNNY PLAN!

    jov replied to sunnyjohn's topic in Pre-Nursing

    It is interesting that the thread is titled: How I plan to pay for nursing school IF I have to use all loans- or The SUNNY PLAN! when really it should be How I plan to keep rolling over debt for nursing school... I think the salient point to keep in...

13. Loans And Credit

    jov replied to curlysue82's topic in Pre-Nursing

    ahem. your living expenses now include payments on outstanding bills (credit cards, medical...). thus you spend more than you make It is irrelevant how you got there. the real question is what are you going to do about it now. no one is criticizing b...

14. How I plan to pay for nursing school IF I have to use all loans- or The SUNNY PLAN!

    jov replied to sunnyjohn's topic in Pre-Nursing

    every month after the bank pays you, don't you have to subtract your monthly tuition payment AND living expenses AND repayment on your loan, too?

15. Do you think grades are universal?

    jov replied to Mom2J&B's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Since the pay scale and benefits at a university are significantly superior to what a CC can offer, I can see no obvious reason for why you believe this sort of thing would differ from college to college. Perhaps there is something special about your...