Donald11

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1. Anyone attending Mildred Elley in N.Y.C?

   Donald11 replied to d33dor's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Medical assisting is not high in demand Faith and you know it. The market is saturated with MAs. Contrary to popular beleif, not all healthcare fields are in demand. Many of them are saturated.

2. Anyone attending Mildred Elley in N.Y.C?

   Donald11 replied to d33dor's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I went to the info session at MIldred Elley last year and did not like it. The admissions rep also tried to sell propsective nursing students into going for th medical assistant certificate. Take in mind that in order to take the NCLEX, the school r...

3. Help Me Find an LPN or RN program Please!

   Donald11 replied to Donald11's topic in New York

   I did not go to any school. I decided not to pursue nursing. I was originally going to pursue radiology (x ray tech) but the field is totally saturated. So I decided to forget about healthcare all together and pursue HVAC. All I am waiting for now i...

4. Anyone attending Mildred Elley in N.Y.C?

   Donald11 replied to d33dor's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   You guys do know that at Mildred Elley, only 4 people in the 2009 class took the NCLEX out of 30 students...

5. Well, No Nursing for Me

   Donald11 replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

   "you may want to reconsider...as long as the school has a good NCLEX passing rate it would be worth it. My school did exit exams, and an exam to gauge how we were doing every semester, but they have an over 90% passing rate on the NCLEX...the honest ...

6. Well, No Nursing for Me

   Donald11 replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

   I find it hilarious how so many people here are defending exit exams. You guys do relaize that the majority of older nurses have not taken them? Exit exams have not always been around, they more or so popped up about 15 years ago. So how do you exi...

7. Well, No Nursing for Me

   Donald11 replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

   And to the people who say that FINAL exams are the "exit exam" please understand that final exams are a joke compared to a comprehensive exit exam like the HESI. On the final, you are only tested on material you learned in that one class. That's it...

8. Well, No Nursing for Me

   Donald11 replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

   "Not only that, pharmacists and MD's take a LOT bigger entrance exam(MCAT and PCAT), than an 8th grade level TEAS test(and yes the TEAS is 8th grade level)." True, but many nursing schools use the NLN exam, which is no picnic. It includes some prett...

9. Well, No Nursing for Me

   Donald11 replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

   Doctors are not interested in nurses catching their mistakes. I have 6 doctors in my family and many of them are not big fans of nurses. My cousin wrote up a nurse for calling him by his first name instead of doctor. True story.

10. Well, No Nursing for Me

    Donald11 replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    "BTW, my school has a 100% pass rate on the NCLEX-RN, which leads me to believe that the Exit HESI is doing its job." So the only purpose of the HESI is to allow schools to have a 100% NCLEX pass rate? And more importantly, is there any justificati...

11. Well, No Nursing for Me

    Donald11 replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    "if you cannot pass the exam on the second try, you don't deserve to graduate nor become a nurse." I don't know if I would agree with that statement. For a hands on field like nursing, you simply cannot judge someone's ability on a standardized test....

12. Well, No Nursing for Me

    Donald11 replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    Yes, I know the NCLEX is an exit exam. But at least that I can take an unlimited number of times. With a school based exit exam, you usually can take it only twice.

13. Well, No Nursing for Me

    Donald11 posted a topic in General Students

    After carefully thinking about it, I have decided not to do nursing. I do however thank everyone for the advice they gave me. I would like to do nursing, but virtually all of the schools in my area use exit exams, which I find are unfair. The more...

14. Associates vs. Bachelors

    Donald11 replied to mamacashew's topic in ADN/BSN

    My mother has been a supervisor with just an ADN. She's not one now, but that is because she does not want the added responsibilities. In many places, office politics rather than education and experience dictates who gets a promotion. I keep hearng t...

15. Should I pursue a BSN or LPN

    Donald11 replied to girtenbt's topic in LPN-RN

    "You may as well go for one or two more years and get that bachelors degree!" Why? If you can be working during those 2 years instead of in school, you would be better off financially. Your earning potential would be greater and you student loan de...