hokiecsgrad

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1. Questions about Nurse Reinvestment Act

   hokiecsgrad posted a topic in Activism

   Greetings, I'm getting ready to head back to school to get my BSN. I've already got a BS in Computer Science, but have decided to go into nursing instead. In any case, I have no clue how I'm going to pay for this stuff. I've already got $36,000 in...

2. career change, looking for advice.

   hokiecsgrad replied to hokiecsgrad's topic in CRNA

   Thanks for all the input. I've got a meeting with the head of the Nursing Department at Radford University in about an hour that I'm really looking forward to. The information I pull out of this meeting will hopefully be the last of my unanswered q...

3. career change, looking for advice.

   hokiecsgrad replied to hokiecsgrad's topic in CRNA

   Let me just say that this is not just some flippant decision. I have struggled and struggled to find employment in my area of expertise. I came right out of college with my own company ( I was making about $60k / year during my senior year of under...

4. career change, looking for advice.

   hokiecsgrad replied to hokiecsgrad's topic in CRNA

   Indeed!! =) GO HOKIES. Yes, we did whoop up on BC last night. Yes, we ARE going to the national championship this year. =) And next year. And MAYBE the year after that, if Mr. Marcus Vick doesn't go pro. --Ryan

5. career change, looking for advice.

   hokiecsgrad replied to hokiecsgrad's topic in General Nursing

   You have a job? Congrats. =) Well, see, I REALLY love working with computers. The work I used to do was really challenging. I was almost never faced with the same problem from one day to the next and it was very exhilerating. But then the compa...

6. career change, looking for advice.

   hokiecsgrad replied to hokiecsgrad's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, none of the anesthesia schools that I looked into mentioned needing any more than one year critical care work. The standard requirements for entrance were: BS in Nursing ( or equivalent degree ) ~1400 cumulative score on GREs 3.0 GPA in un...

7. career change, looking for advice.

   hokiecsgrad posted a topic in CRNA

   Hi there, I'm looking at moving into nursing. I currently hold a BS in Computer Science, which you may have heard is the employment touch of death these days, but am looking at moving into nursing. Specifically, anethesia. From what I've read, not ...

8. career change, looking for advice.

   hokiecsgrad posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi there, I'm looking at moving into nursing. I currently hold a BS in Computer Science, which you may have heard is the employment touch of death these days, but am looking at moving into nursing. Specifically, anethesia. From what I've read, not ...