jessrose

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1. BHSN-Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing Fall 2011

   jessrose replied to BA_anthropology's topic in Connecticut

   Irene - it's quite possible that it was just fluke. I'm sure there are different instructors for each course who handle the material differently. Ours was taught by a young EMS gentleman and a nurse. Both admitted they were pretty beat and wanted to ...

2. BHSN-Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing Fall 2011

   jessrose replied to BA_anthropology's topic in Connecticut

   So I had my orientation yesterday. Since there has already been so much helpful information supplied on this forum, I found the orientation to be a bit of a review of things I already knew. It was nice to get our books (heavy!) and uniforms though. ...

3. BHSN-Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing Fall 2011

   jessrose replied to BA_anthropology's topic in Connecticut

   Just after doing an initial search it seems like there's lots of availability for these books on half.com and ebay alone, even for the latest additions. You could easily save over half the costs of what you would spend on the used editions with a lit...

4. BHSN-Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing Fall 2011

   jessrose replied to BA_anthropology's topic in Connecticut

   I found Specialty Book's website and was able to get to the area where you search on institution to get your list of books. I don't think I would have ever found this on my own. Very cool! I'm going to compare these prices against some of the other o...

5. BHSN-Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing Fall 2011

   jessrose replied to BA_anthropology's topic in Connecticut

   I have to say that this thread has been an awesome source of information for what to expect at BHSN in the fall. Thanks to LadyBug and Th0r for the most recent posts regarding scheduling and books. Its really been a huge help!

6. Would you pass... or

   jessrose replied to RN9742's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I think it's important to keep in mind that email is not a strong point for some people. Yes - I think it's important to come across as pleasant and professional when communicating vial email, however for many email can be a struggle. I would recomme...

7. Pregnant in Nursing School....

   jessrose replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

   Wow - this is such an inspiring story and gives me such hope. I too will be leaving a stable and decent paying job to go to nursing school. I'm anxious and scared about all the "what ifs" involved with being on one full income and making every penny ...