lisal11

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1. Univ of Wa School of Nursing - Fall 2007

   lisal11 replied to hiep's topic in Washington

   Hiep, Thank you for your thoughtful response. I do hope to hear more in the future from UW about my application. I've sat and processed the whole situation and think that my post-bac status is the main problem. I can't do anything to change being a ...

2. Univ of Wa School of Nursing - Fall 2007

   lisal11 replied to hiep's topic in Washington

   Wow 2-4 post bacs? If I had known that in the first place I wouldn't have applied because probability of acceptance is so low. I looked into UW's MEPN program and was definately interested but it was not in my budget. After tuition expenses, fees, e...

3. Univ of Wa School of Nursing - Fall 2007

   lisal11 replied to hiep's topic in Washington

   Well unfortunately I did not get accepted to UW. All is not completely lost, I'm still applying to two other schools. Honestly, it makes no sense why I was turned down because I met all their listed qualifications in spades. They listed the reasons w...

4. Univ of Wa School of Nursing - Fall 2007

   lisal11 replied to hiep's topic in Washington

   It's stressful waiting for an email but myself and my family remain hopeful. Wow, emails were already sent out as early as last week? I spoke with the nursing office on Friday of last week and they said that no emails had been sent out as of 2/9. Th...

5. Univ of Wa School of Nursing - Fall 2007

   lisal11 replied to hiep's topic in Washington

   I am also in the applicant pool for Fall '07 BSN program. I'm anxious to see what I get in my email box by this Friday. There are a lucky few who will get acceptance emails! Good luck!

6. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

   lisal11 replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

   Amen to that! I have also been through a couple of career changes (teaching and social work) and nursing is my newest venture. Everyplace I have been there is always a learning curve, crummy people, and bad politics. There is no escaping it, so it's...

7. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

   lisal11 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

   The market depends on where you live and where you are willing to work. I've been certified as a teacher in both IL and WA. I can attest that both of those states are pretty competitive in highly populated suburban areas. A couple of people in my gra...

8. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

   lisal11 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

   The grass is always greener: Absolutely people believe this. Evenings and nights: I work 'em either at the school, playing field where I have to coach, evening in the library tutoring and my "take home" work at night. Weekends: Planning, grading and ...

9. confused and need advice please

   lisal11 replied to INLUVINAZ's topic in General Nursing

   You should really choose your career based on what you think you'll love doing, not on the hours. I would suggest interviewing teachers and nurses to try and find out which career is right for you. Speaking from personal experience, I am a teacher wh...

10. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    lisal11 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you 100%. I'm also a teacher (biology), though I've long had an interest in nursing. I've been teaching for less than two years and I'm already applying to an RN program. I like teaching but have never loved it. I have recently moved to...

11. What are the BEST and WORST States to practice as an NP?

    lisal11 replied to Roland's topic in NP

    Washington seems like a pretty good state to practice in. I just shadowed a NP in independant practice for a day to see what the work enviroment was like. He worked with three other NP's in a family care practice and was working without a collaborati...

12. Antimidwifery attitude.

    lisal11 replied to birthmamaew's topic in CNM

    Well I can say that midwives seem to do pretty ok in Seattle area. The University of Washington Medical Center has a midwifery practice housed within it. As a matter of fact they have a job posting on their website for a midwife right now.

13. Getting CNAs to WEAR GLOVES & WASH HANDS?!?!

    lisal11 replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a LTC (as a social worker, not a nurse) and that home had a fiercely enforced policy about gloves. The CNA was not allowed to don gloves until ready for patient care and had to take them off immediately after patient care. Any CNA caught ...

14. What exactly ARE the wrong reasons?

    lisal11 replied to Lachrymologist's topic in General Nursing

    Great post. It's so nice to see some of the "positives" listed for nursing! I'm going into nursing at the age of 31 after being a social worker and elementary school teacher. Guess I'm just cut out for service professions and helping out people. Any...

15. Would you hire a MEPN (master's entry level nurse)?

    lisal11 replied to lisal11's topic in NP

    Thanks for answering my questions. Unfortunately, for the most part, I've encountered two types of attitudes here in WA regarding MEPN programming. Those attitudes are admittantly opposed or polite but suspicious. The polite people usually say that t...