PhillyQuaker

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1. Is it possible to get into a nursing program with no prior experience in healthcare?

   PhillyQuaker replied to booboopanda's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Like other posters, I graduated with a non-nursing degree, worked in a non-medical field for a while, then realized I wanted to be a nurse and took the required pre-requisites. I was accepted to a program and begin in September. My lack of previous h...

2. Jefferson 2012 APW Program

   PhillyQuaker replied to PITTgal's topic in Pennsylvania

   Congrats everyone! How are you all doing on the pre-matriculation requirements? I feel like I'm nearing the finish line. My security clearances are in, I've turned in all the medical stuff (except for my last HepB injection), and I just did my CPR t...

3. Jefferson 2012 APW Program

   PhillyQuaker replied to PITTgal's topic in Pennsylvania

   The interview went great. I was accepted and have put down the deposit. I don't know anything about campus housing. I am local to Philly and live up in the Germantown/Mt Airy region (northwest corner of the city). My neighborhood borders up on Wissah...

4. Jefferson 2012 APW Program

   PhillyQuaker replied to PITTgal's topic in Pennsylvania

   Not yet, but my interview is in a week. Have you accepted?

5. Philadelphia area job market?

   PhillyQuaker replied to PhillyQuaker's topic in Pennsylvania

   Thanks everybody! This is a lot to think about, but I'm feeling really encouraged again. I was all revved up to apply and start in Fall 2010. Then I started this thread as I started getting cold feet. I definitely still want to switch from my current...

6. Philadelphia area job market?

   PhillyQuaker replied to PhillyQuaker's topic in Pennsylvania

   I started out looking at accelerated programs and BSN programs. I would talk with teaching faculty and they would all tell me the same thing -- "you already have a bachelor's degree and you have two small kids (infant & 4 yo). Why don't you do th...

7. Philadelphia area job market?

   PhillyQuaker posted a topic in Pennsylvania

   Hi -- I'm new to this board. I've read a lot of contradictory things about the nursing job market in Philly. For example, I gather that it's terrible and new grads can't find jobs (see recent article in Philadelphia Weekly: http://www.philadelphiawee...