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1. New grad RN with assoc degree surgical tech

   odria replied to odria's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks for the reponses! I think this pretty much validates what I thought. However, I do need to manage expections. I have good documentation on exactly what scrub experience I have as a part of my clinical and will be specific on what I have done o...

2. New grad RN with assoc degree surgical tech

   odria posted a topic in Operating Room

   I am currently in a nursing program due to graduate in a year. I am very interested in OR nursing. While I was waiting to get into nursing school I completed a surgical tech program which I really enjoyed. During my surg tech internship I was able to...

3. Nursing programs relatively easier to get into ?

   odria replied to Shar81's topic in Washington

   I think Tacoma Community College will be very hard to get into. While there number of applications vary a lot, they have had as many as 400 or applications for 20 slots. I expect that the number of applications will increase because students who have...

4. Wishing to work in California, from another state

   odria replied to suzanne4's topic in California

   I will be graduating from a nursing program in Washington State and I will be moving to California right afterwards. Is it possible to apply directly for the CA license or must I get a WA license and then endorse. Which would be the quickest route to...

5. Tacoma Community College Nursing Program

   odria replied to fegleyb's topic in Washington

   Just finished the first quarter at TCC. It was a very difficult quarter although it was not as bad as my first impression. The hardest part is figuring out what needs to be done when. Using an organizer is the key to solving that problem. There are l...

6. New Admissions standards for TCC RN program

   odria replied to LalaJJB's topic in Washington

   IMO this is not a good thing. It is a bad situation either way(lottery or competative). Now each applicant will have about a 1 in 10 or 1 in 20 chance to get in based on the number of applications they usually get. I would expect the number of applic...

7. Private nursing schools anyone ?

   odria replied to Shar81's topic in Washington

   I have done a lot of research on this over the last few years. I am currently enrolled in Tacoma Community College's program but I have spent many hours trying to find a pathway to being a Nurse here in the PNW. My research was mostly focused in the ...

8. Tacoma Community College Nursing Program Class of 2010

   odria replied to FionaSophia's topic in Washington

   I have a question for anyone that just started this fall(or any current TCC nursing students). Based on what I saw in the fall schedle it looks like you have 2 open days. Did folks this fall really have any open days? The reason I am asking is that I...