lilyellowmama4ya

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1. Illinois license, not from Illinois

   lilyellowmama4ya replied to lilyellowmama4ya's topic in Illinois

   I'm starting the Accelerated ASN program at Our Lady of the Lake College in Baton Rouge. And no, I still haven't quite figured out how to do it, so I'll probably just get my license from Illinois.

2. Would you retake a class because of a B???

   lilyellowmama4ya replied to treeguy's topic in Pre-Nursing

   are you kidding me? if i got a b in a class, especially like algebra then no i'm not taking it over. i think its a waste of time really. if i got a b in a class like say microbiology, or a&p, or chemistry then that's different, i may consider ...

3. 2nd degree students: How are you paying?

   lilyellowmama4ya replied to LuckyMe2g's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I had the same problem, there aren't many financial options for 2nd degree students. My stafford loan amount they gave me is the same amount you would give a senior in college, its not considered a graduate program because you are getting a 2nd bach...

4. Applying to the Accelerated Nursing Program at OLOL College

   lilyellowmama4ya replied to sailboat07's topic in Louisiana

   I began applying for the NO program last fall, a few months after I had graduated from college. I had been deciding between PA school and nursing, but went with nursing because I wanted to be able to move around in specialities a little bit. The appl...

5. OLOL - Accelarated Program 2007

   lilyellowmama4ya replied to Prism57966's topic in Louisiana

   Thank you so much for all your advice. I start the BR accelerated program in October and I'm so excited. I know its going to different from the NO class in the fact that its their first one, but I'm going to take your pointers anyway for future refer...

6. Applying to the Accelerated Nursing Program at OLOL College

   lilyellowmama4ya replied to sailboat07's topic in Louisiana

   I applied my first time and got accepted to both the NO and BR accelerated programs. The BR program just got enacted this past spring which is why I got accepted to both, they told me just to choose which class I wanted to be considered for. So I'm i...

7. Sticker shock before I even get started!

   lilyellowmama4ya replied to livesay's topic in General Students

   I'm getting ready to start an accelerated ASN program in the fall and we needed the same shots. We needed Hep B, TB skin test, chest x-ray, physical by our personal physician. All immunizations need to be up to date as well. We do also need a drug ...

8. What's it like to be in an accelerated BSN program?

   lilyellowmama4ya replied to EGKB's topic in General Students

   OMG!!! And I thought I couldn't get anymore imtimidated than I already was before I read this thread. I start an accelerated ASN in October, and its only from October '07 to July of '08. They have warned us repeatedly that its going to be an intens...

9. Anyone trying for a 2nd degree?

   lilyellowmama4ya replied to FutureRN1908's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I graduated in 2006 with a BS in Health Science and decided to take the year off afterwards to figure out if I wanted to go into nursing or to PA school. I chose nursing and got accepted to an accelerated ASN program in Louisiana. I went to several...

10. What does your nursing uniform look like?

    lilyellowmama4ya replied to Princess74's topic in General Students

    Our uniforms are galaxy blue (like royal blue almost) with the school logo on the top. Our shoes must be non-porous shoes, that are all white, lab coats can be blue or white.

11. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    lilyellowmama4ya replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    I just finished reading all 53 pages of this thread!!! Most of this stuff in terms of supplies I had being I just finished college a little over a year ago. I greatly appreciate everyone's input, especially when it comes to the right shoes and nurs...

12. My orientation!

    lilyellowmama4ya replied to krenee's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Anjann, I really appreciated your post on the realities and hardships of NS. I work with ER nurses at my job, and they've been in the business for years. They've told me so many things that have helped me out but your few paragraphs summed it all up ...

13. Asking the board for a second time

    lilyellowmama4ya posted a topic in Louisiana

    I have a question about fingerprints and the State Board of Nursing. I applied to several schools, and one that I applied to did fingerprints and background checks before we got accepted, we did the fingerprints the same day as we applied. Anyway, ...

14. My orientation!

    lilyellowmama4ya replied to krenee's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Thank you so much for sharing and giving your insight. My accelerated program doesn't start until October, but orientation is next monday for about 8 1/2 hours. I was going to call tomorrow and find some stuff out but you gave me some idea of what ...

15. Acceptances for the year 2007

    lilyellowmama4ya replied to maverickemt's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Accepted to Our Lady of the Lake Accelerated ASN Program, Fall 2007, class of 2008. Congratuations to everyone!!!:biggringi