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

   jov replied to secondfiddle's topic in First Year After Licensure

   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...

2. Anyone have an "unsupportive mate"?

   jov replied to DermNP2Be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   LOL LOL LOL you go

3. Questions to ask when looking at a school?

   jov replied to Jax3683's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   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...

4. Hello, new student

   jov replied to katiem's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   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....

5. Anyone have an "unsupportive mate"?

   jov replied to DermNP2Be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   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...

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

   jov replied to Gennaver's topic in Male Nursing 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...

7. 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 Students

   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...

8. Loans And Credit

   jov replied to curlysue82's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   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...

9. 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 Students

   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,

10. Do you think grades are universal?

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

    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...

11. Can I say pelvic fracture in my nursing diagnosis?

    jov replied to Bonny619's topic in General Students

    the pelvic fracture doesn't cause the impaired bed mobility but the pain from it does.... got

12. PDA's, iPods, and all the tech gadgets...

    jov replied to DesertRain's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Not likely, since sixty-two million U.S. households, or 55 percent of American homes, had a Web-connected computer way back in 2003. Demographically, nurses would tend to fall into the owner category...

13. Do you think grades are universal?

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

14. Do you think grades are universal?

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

    My experience has been that the local university courses are approximately at least a third harder than classes I took at the local CC, not only in nursing but in chemistry, etc. as well. As far as...

15. Loans And Credit

    jov replied to curlysue82's topic in Pre-Nursing Students