Hey fellow nurses, if you were creating a massive new ad campaing called "stay extraordinary" and wanted to show "extraordinary people doing extraordinary things" would you choose a nurse--Diet Coke did for their awesome ad! Enjoy:
s_david_a replied to marvije jame's topic in General Nursing
uggh... This must have been translated via translation software.... or it is extreme thesaurus abuse. Either way, the ideas are not conveyed in an understandable manner. Sorry!
I highly recommend Old West Durham and Watts Hillendale... great neighborhoods, affordable, and within walking/biking distance to the school (parking is a mess at Duke)
I would tend to agree--> only a GPA that is very significant: 3.9, 4.0... but that would be signaled by other things that may be more meaningful and look less "bookish"... Sigma Theta Tau... Summa Cum Laude, etc
s_david_a replied to Dakovich's topic in Pre-Nursing
I hate to say this, but welcome to nursing! Unfortunately unprofessional behavior is more the rule than the exception--I'm finishing up at a fantastic school, but you see the unprofessional behavior in the units, in preceptors, in interviews... Stay ...
My father in law said "so you're going to be **like** a nurse, but you'll be a man." I said "Actually dad, I'm **already** a man, and I will be an **actual** nurse, not just like a nurse." "So, you'll be **basically** a nurse, but a **man.**" "I a...
Sorry for what you are going through--hope it ends up with you back in the program and eventually an RN... I have had very supportive faculty and clinical instructors. In fact our Maternal Health professor brought in a woman to speak about her experi...
Larry77 mentioned Aviator scrubs back when I was first starting my ABSN program, so I took his advice. I'm glad I did. They look great, are tough, and they have as many pockets as you could ever want--I can't tell you how useful the pen-pockets on th...
I have a professor who has MG, was diagnosed at 10 yo. She works nationally with MG issues, so I'd be happy to pass your contact info on to her. Please private message me if you'd like for me to make that contact. God bless you in your struggle. Than...
s_david_a replied to ybq2008's topic in Pre-Nursing
From a member of the 2010 cohort: congrats to all of you who've been accepted. I hope you will love the program as much as I do. It's challenging and transformative--cheers! shane
s_david_a replied to bch5002's topic in Male Students
If you have a Bachelor's degree already, then I would highly recommend Duke. I'm in the ABSN program there: 1. Phenomenal faculty with expert clinicians from the Duke Health System as guest lecturers. 2. Amazing facilities, labs, libraries, hospital...