VSBlonde replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in NP Students
Just a heads up about Simmons for those of you considering it. I applied and was accepted. For the price you pay for tuition, they put a large amount of emphasis on research, lit reviews, writing papers and so forth. I ended up switching to a local b...
I have been a RN for a little over a year and my first job was at a state VA home as a RN, so my experience is a mixture of mgmt and med-surg. I was hired to work in a small 15 bed ED and 10 bed observation unit. I start my first shift in the ER on F...
VSBlonde replied to Perrydot7105's topic in Alabama
I was in a group that volunteered for night clinicals because I work full time and I hate wasting a saturday when I can just be exhausted through the week and get it done.
VSBlonde replied to Perrydot7105's topic in Alabama
Clinical rotations vary, I've always been at HH and I've got to North Alabama Regional & Decatur General West for Psych. You don't really have any say on the day/time/location of your clinicals and for the most part, they tend to not be very acco...
VSBlonde replied to Perrydot7105's topic in Alabama
You take the HESI at the end of every semester and it tests you on what you learned that semester and becomes cumulative. The teachers do not make this test, so there really is no way of knowing just what will be on it. Each semester, the amount it c...
You will take 102 in the Spring and you will reuse the Fundamentals of Nursing book & add in Linton's Med-Surg book. Both books are in the bundle. If you have the list of text books, you can go ahead & price them out on your own. Chegg.com is...
Here I am! At orientation, someone will talk to you about the books. They actually come as a bundle where you can get paperback books or e-books. I got paperback. The set of books is actually designed for the FT students and contains books for 102, 1...
Did you get into the Daytime or Evening Program?? Congrats on your acceptance. It is overwhelming & you will feel like cattle being herded through gates the first semester, but hang in there.
I was denied into the day program in 2009 with 153 points, the cut-off was 154. When I got in last year, I had 198 points, so I knew I was good. My 2009 application was without Micro. naijausa~ You still have a chance, dont count yourself out yet!