melissa.mcgovern

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1. insight needed on the pros and cons of sponsorship, please

   melissa.mcgovern replied to melissa.mcgovern's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks, Elkpark:). I'm pretty sure I will go ahead and apply IF all goes well and I'm accepted to school. I can live with standard starting salaries for sure. I'm prior military, gov't and UPS, so I have little/no experience with negotiating salar...

2. insight needed on the pros and cons of sponsorship, please

   melissa.mcgovern posted a topic in Geriatric

   HI there. First off, I applaude and admire you all for choosing this specialty. I am in pre-nursing right now and looking really good for acceptance in the fall of '10 so long as my HESI goes well in a couple weeks (fingers crossed)...I started volun...

3. Nursing Specialties

   melissa.mcgovern replied to futurenurseashley's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I am defininitely stilll set on LTC/Geriatrics. I don't have any other medical experience other than volunteer work at a Nursing/Rehab Center now but I love it and the plan is to pursue that w/home health care. There's still SOOO much I have yet t...

4. Anyone volunteer at a hospital?

   melissa.mcgovern replied to markuskristian's topic in Pre-Nursing

   :redpinkheWow. That's awesome that there are so many of you who are really getting your feet wet in volunteering. I'm in MI and I too tried to volunteer with our local hospitals, but I guess since I'm leaning toward geriatrics/ltc anyway, they sent m...

5. Wait lists

   melissa.mcgovern replied to adavis4's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I don't know where you are, but here in sad sad Detroit metro, there's a good ADN program @a comm college and I often hear people at breaks talk about being on the waitlist or OMG there's a two year waitlist...I was worried at first becasue I though ...

6. For all pre-nursing students

   melissa.mcgovern replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I feel the same way; It's hard enough (at times) staying super-optimistic now with the economy and the competition. I too was in the military and then UPS for many years and I am completely used to/at peace with starting at the bottom in the needed ...