doggymama23

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1. starting a nursing career in late 30's

   doggymama23 replied to kkroczek1976's topic in Career Support

   Yay for you! Hang in there. You have the extra added bonus of life experience to offer your future patients. That shouldn't be minimized. I just passed the NCLEX at the age of 57 and an accelerated BSN program in August. I am so excited to begin my c...

2. 10th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

   doggymama23 replied to Brian's topic in Announcements

   "You really put body and soul into suctioning, don't you!"

3. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

   doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

   uh-oh .... I think we have been consumed by the busy-work monster .... run here ... run there ... do this ... do that holy moley!

4. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

   doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

   I remember very vividly during the information session it being said about epidemiology that we would be well advised to take it ahead of time if possible; in fact, I planned to take it before I was placed into the summer cohort. Have you tried to en...

5. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

   doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

   if you want to have your email automatically forwarded from your school email account to your civilian one, go to settings at the top of the inbox page in your school account and open the forwarding and pop/imap tab. click on add new email address. e...

6. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

   doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

   Go look in your CSUN email account. Mine is there!

7. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

   doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

   Thank you for letting us know, mrmandap! I haven't received mine yet, so I just may give the assistant a little ol' call in the AM.

8. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

   doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

   I don't know about the basic life support class; I'm taking one tonight with another provider. I just received an email from the assistant regarding summer cohort class registration: she says that we will be getting a separate email containing permis...

9. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

   doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

   I received an email from the department assistant, telling us to get an American Heart Association Basic Life Support healthcare provider card, and that there will be one given the day before orientation. If you want to sign up for it, you should sig...

10. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

    doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

    perseveRaNce23, that's excellent info. Thanks for the correction and clarification! It's certainly not going to be easy for many of us financially. It's a very good thing that we got into this program rather than a private university which would have...

11. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

    doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

    Hi applicant 2011, My daughter has a great deal of experience with financial aid and students loans, having just graduated with her master's in math from CSUN. She says that in order to apply for financial aid, you will need to fill out a FAFSA form;...

12. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

    doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

    I have a sneaking suspicion that we will need an up-to-date CPR card, immunization record, TB test, and background check. But I'm also going to wait for the official instructions so that I do everything just the way it's requested. I wish we had acce...

13. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

    doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

    Thanks mint4321, that's good to know! Which cohort are you in?

14. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

    doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

    Well, fall will be great too. Hopefully you will be able to relax over the summer and put away some sleep time into your sleep bank! I am very excited for both of us!

15. CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

    doggymama23 replied to SDnurse2011's topic in California

    Thank you for letting me know, Mrmandap! That's what I was told also. I'm just a bit on the lookout because I never received my letter of intent until I finally called the nursing office to alert them, and just in the nick of time too. I'd really app...