freyalisa

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1. Psychiatric Nursing

   freyalisa replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Psychiatric

   I am on geropsych too! I know what you mean about violence and being freaked out. We have 6 weeks of orientation, but it is my first RN job too, so we have been told we are allowed more time if we need it! I just finished my week of desk orientati...

2. Psychiatric Nursing

   freyalisa replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Psychiatric

   I just graduated and got my first RN job in an inpatient behavioral health unit. Everyone looks at me like i'm the crazy one as well! Nursing isn't my first career - and i have spent most of my career in a MH/addiction setting in one role or anothe...

3. To be or not to be a psych nurse

   freyalisa replied to marcnaslipknot's topic in Psychiatric

   I was also advised that once you have your foot in the door at a hospital, there are opportunities for float or per diem on other units- so that you can get experience in both. It is also easier to transfer within a hospital, then get in from outsid...

4. Marquette - Direct Entry Master's??

   freyalisa replied to blueelle's topic in Wisconsin

   I'll tell her about your post. She floats around here sometimes. :)

5. Marquette - Direct Entry Master's??

   freyalisa replied to blueelle's topic in Wisconsin

   We have one person who commutes from Gurnee, IL. It's not too bad. The one thing she wished she had known prior to starting was about "prep". For clinicals starting in fall, you have to go in to the hospital the night before to prep, so she had to...

6. Marquette - Direct Entry Master's??

   freyalisa replied to blueelle's topic in Wisconsin

   I am in DE11. About half of our class had just graduated from undergrad a few days before beginning! I was kind of surprised by that, but anyway - housing here isn't' an issue. Plenty of people came last minute and found places. My landlord owns ...

7. Columbia ETP 2010

   freyalisa replied to eyeontheprize's topic in New York

   I would assume that to be the case..... I can't remember specifically what mine said. I just remember getting that email, logging in and being a bit disappointed. Good luck :)

8. Columbia ETP 2010

   freyalisa replied to eyeontheprize's topic in New York

   If i remember correctly that's true. They will give you an email that says something about your acceptance/rejection being posted, that's when you can log in and get the information. Just a few more weeks. (Last year we found out like Feb 2nd)!

9. Columbia ETP 2010

   freyalisa replied to eyeontheprize's topic in New York

   My understanding was you could defer for a year, but I'm not 100%!

10. Columbia ETP 2010

    freyalisa replied to eyeontheprize's topic in New York

    Hah! The waiting sucks, but the worst thing was we got an email from Judy Wolfe saying acceptance letters are posted, looked- I got in - super excited, then we get a second email like 5 minutes later saying there's been some errors in the letter, pl...

11. Columbia ETP 2010

    freyalisa replied to eyeontheprize's topic in New York

    It was February last year - I think I found out mid-February. Yeah, they don't leave you a lot of time, but it was one of the earliest responses I got from schools - others didn't come out until late Feb/early March. I just checked - i got my accept...

12. Columbia ETP 2010

    freyalisa replied to eyeontheprize's topic in New York

    I'm at Marquette. I have some issues with it. Def. cheaper, though I often question whether I would be getting a better education at Columbia, and that it would be worth paying for. Right now I feel like I'm still paying a lot, and only getting ab...

13. Frustrated over direct entry MSN - prerequisites, but still determined

    freyalisa replied to jb2010's topic in Career Support

    Cool! Just wanted to make sure! Yah the online Direct Entry is tough to come by, and I wouldn't want to do it online...good luck :)

14. Frustrated over direct entry MSN - prerequisites, but still determined

    freyalisa replied to jb2010's topic in Career Support

    I am in a direct entry program right now. IT is for people who have a bachelors, not an ADN. You need a bachelor's in something to get into direct entry. If you have an ADN, you can bridge into an MSN program, its just slightly longer. :)

15. Frustrated over direct entry MSN - prerequisites, but still determined

    freyalisa replied to jb2010's topic in Career Support

    Just know you need to do a bridge program, you can't go ADN to MSN right away.