olympia

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1. Alverno College Nursing Students Out There?

   olympia replied to Student179's topic in Wisconsin

   Just to follow up on my last post and to echo the person above, she is absolutely correct: Alverno credits do not transfer anywhere. I did decide to leave the program since I just could not justify paying their outrageous tuition to attend a progra...

2. How does one "think like a nurse"?

   olympia posted a topic in General Students

   I was just recently told by my theory instructor, "In order to be a nurse, you must think like a nurse...and you just do not think like a nurse." She said that I think too logically, in terms of either right or wrong. Then she went on to say that I...

3. 6 Rights or 5 Rights?

   olympia replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

   My school teaches the 10 rights also, same as above. I believe this is just their first or second year teaching the ten, previously they taught 6. The ten mentioned above can also be found in Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing 8th ed. text. H...

4. School on Probation by State Board

   olympia replied to olympia's topic in General Students

   Thank you for your responses. llg, you have given me a lot of great information that I have been seeking, I really appreciate your time in responding. For a little more background, I am in my first semester of my junior year, so I am scheduled to ...

5. How long is your school day?

   olympia replied to Lovely_RN's topic in General Students

   Mon 8-5:30 Tues 10-12 Wed 8-3 Thurs 9-12 Fri 10-12 14 credit hours--total 23.5 hours/week in the classroom or clincials

6. School on Probation by State Board

   olympia posted a topic in General Students

   My school just notified all of the nursing students that they have been placed on probation by the Wisconsin State Board of Nursing due to a low first pass rate on the NCLEX. The dean of the SON has said that this does not impact their accreditation...

7. How did you fund your education?

   olympia replied to Azureshunter's topic in General Students

   Loans, loans, and more loans. Most of my loans were through FASFA with half being subsidized, the other half were not. In addition, I had been paying approx $3k per semester in cash for the amount that was not covered through those loans. Can't do...

8. Alverno College Nursing Students Out There?

   olympia replied to Student179's topic in Wisconsin

   I am currently in the nursing program at Alverno College. Alverno's School of Nursing has just notified all of the nursing students that their program has been placed on probation by the Wisconsin Board of Nursing for their graduates having a low fi...