NoPrisoners

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1. so what pre reqs have you taken? And how did you find them to be?

   NoPrisoners replied to cgravier's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Are you attending an ADN or BSN program? You took quite a few prereqs! I reviewed the requirements for the programs I'm most interested in and enrolled in every class that overlapped, as well as a couple individual (ie: nutrition for one program, med...

2. About to start the nursing...Help!! is this really for me?

   NoPrisoners replied to Encast's topic in General Nursing

   I'm the same way; I have to be proud of what I do and can envision having a difficult time holding my tongue in the face of blatant and unecessary disrespect. That's not to say I can't take criticism, but I don't tolerate pompous jerks who get off o...

3. british columbia recruitment freeze

   NoPrisoners replied to amelia1979's topic in International

   If you go here: http://www.healthmatchbc.org/HMBC_vacancy_search_nurses.asp?pageid=706 you can see that it looks pretty bleak. I'm doing an ADN then BSN route as I need to work sooner rather than later and am hoping that by the time my BSN is complet...

4. How competitive are CC's?

   NoPrisoners replied to xInspiredx's topic in Pre-Nursing

   The CCs here are very competitive as well. While they list a minimum GPA of 2.5, that's a joke. No one gets in with under a 3.6, a good TEAS score and co-reqs completed. On the plus side, you won't graduate with massive debt and will be able to jo...

5. Best route into the ER

   NoPrisoners replied to NoPrisoners's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for the replies! I'll definitely look into med-surge for the experience but would I tell the interviewer that my end goal is ER or keep that to myself? I'd love to be an ER Tech but I never see them advertised in my area so I don't know what...

6. Best route into the ER

   NoPrisoners posted a topic in Emergency

   After a couple of decades running my own high-stress, high-physical activity businesses, I'm a pre-nursing student who's end goal is ER nurse. I'm finishing up my pre-reqs this fall and will be applying to a bunch of ADN cc schools for a Fall 2011 st...