Hi everyone, I am an RN just hired for my first camp nursing job this summer (8 week camp). My contract states that I will be paid in a lump sum upon completion of the camp. I've never had a job that paid this way before, and I was just wondering i...
nanagose replied to garfield1910's topic in New Jersey
To get the cards, fill in the online form here: http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/nursing/inforequest.htm They will send them to you via mail. Take them to your local police station and have them fingerprint you (at my station, it had to be done with re...
nanagose replied to bymysoultosqueezeRN's topic in New Jersey
Whether it's during school or after, that preparation you are talking about has to take place in a hospital, at the bedside. The hospitals that are fighting back about having to provide additional preparation to graduate nurses might want to take a ...
Chiming in to say that I also got into nursing school with an F on my transcript, in organic chemistry. The school didn't say anything about it and neither did I. An F never looks good, but having on in your very first semester of school right befor...
I'm having a little bit of the same problem since a lot of online job applications require you to type all that information in the little boxes. Once you put down *some* information for an employer, it wants everything! One application wouldn't let...
nanagose replied to lnr103's topic in Pennsylvania
Some complaints that people have about Drexel are that the administration can be uncooperative and the program is very intense. I had a positive experience like some others here, and I thought that most of the whining was a little silly. I had a ro...
This thread is now huge! But I don't think anyone has answered you yet. In my first degree, I tested out of "English 101" and ended up taking a couple of upper level English classes... "Historical Fiction," stuff like that. Not sure exactly which ...
nanagose replied to BrieretheGr8's topic in Pennsylvania
I probably spent about $1200 for the whole year. You don't need all the books that they "require," and lots of the textbooks are on reserve at the library. Use your judgment and be careful about buying all the books on the syllabus until you can te...
My school has emphasized clinical hours and skills, but it just depends on where you end up. Some hospitals are better than others in terms of "letting" students do things. I've worked with some nurses who didn't want a student to touch their patie...
It's frustrating. I did my anatomy and physiology separately, but in the end the anatomy class wasn't counted as having enough of a lab. I couldn't find a school that offered just plain anatomy with a real lab, so I ended up going to my local commu...
This is key!!! An 87% on a HESI is not the same as an 87% on a regular test. You can get several questions wrong (out of 55) and still walk away with a 99% on the HESI subject tests. So appearances can be very misleading when it comes to HESI scor...
nanagose replied to engineeringdude's topic in General Nursing
All of the classes award letter grades. Clinical courses have more credit hours attached to them and carry more weight in the cumulative GPA than, say, an ethics or informatics class. However, there are assignments within each course that are P/NP....
My first degree was in psych. Halfway through my program, I realized I wanted to go to nursing school, but my university didn't offer a nursing major. I figured transferring would add on another year to my education anyway and I was having a great ...
What kind of information are you looking for? I'm at Drexel's 11 month program, and I like it. Many people don't. It's intense and challenging - a LOT of information to cram into 11 months. My first degree was demanding and on the quarter system ...
nanagose replied to engineeringdude's topic in General Nursing
I wouldn't say there was inflation or deflation with grades. The means on tests hover around a B, so I'd consider that an average grade. There is no curve, but the professors will throw out questions if certain ones don't test well (meaning, the fe...