purevintage

purevintage specializes in Critical Care.

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1. Walden U

   purevintage posted a topic in NP Students

   Hi all. I'm starting at Walden next month for the MSN Adult-Gero Acute Care NP program. Anyone else enrolled? What has your experience been so far?

2. Thoughts on Nursing Students Association

   purevintage replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

   I am a member of the National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA), serve on the board of directors for the Michigan Nursing Students' Association (MNSA), and serve on the executive board of my local chapter's (my school's) SNA also. I believe that ev...

3. Kaplan, Lippincott & Saunders ... oh my!

   purevintage replied to shay&lynn's topic in General Students

   There is no one best book, so I suggest getting more than one. I own several books that help me in different ways. Look for books that offer a CD-ROM and/or a web-based supplement, so you can practice answering questions/taking tests on the compute...

4. Macomb Community College - 2012 HESI

   purevintage replied to jeberger2007's topic in Michigan

   I agree with zhockeymom77; if it's the same process as last couple of years, you pay your $100 before the deadline. When you do that, you can present your letter to the admissions office to find out your raking (if you want). Then you go to the orien...

5. Macomb Community College - 2012 HESI

   purevintage replied to jeberger2007's topic in Michigan

   I'm almost finished with my first year of the program and very much remember what the first few weeks of April felt like last year waiting for my letter! Good luck everyone!

6. Any tips for a new student nurse?

   purevintage posted a topic in SRNA

   Hi all, I'm a new student nurse; finished one semester of my ADN program. I am very motivated to become an APN, and understand that one of the most challenging careers is CRNA. I should note that I'm not one of those women who are in a big rush to g...

7. Macomb Community College - 2012 HESI

   purevintage replied to jeberger2007's topic in Michigan

   Just an FYI for you all, the grading scale in the actual nursing program is pretty tough. I was an August start and all the lecture classes so far have used this grading scale: A 94-100% A- 92-93% B+ 90-91% B 86-89% B- 84-85% C+ 82-84% C ...

8. Macomb Community College - 2012 HESI

   purevintage replied to jeberger2007's topic in Michigan

   Good job:) If everything is the same as last year, you wont know anything really until they send out acceptance letters. The deadline for applications isn't until Feb 15, then it takes up to 3 months for the selective admissions dept to do the ranki...

9. 2011 Macomb Community College HESI and GPA scores for nursing program

   purevintage replied to lalabean's topic in Michigan

   Ditto on that.. both is best

10. 2011 Macomb Community College HESI and GPA scores for nursing program

    purevintage replied to lalabean's topic in Michigan

    Good for you! I did the same. But make sure you do your research on the limit on the number of classes you can transfer! I've been looking at transferring to OU, and *if* my understanding is correct, due to the limit on the number of credits we can...

11. 2011 Macomb Community College HESI and GPA scores for nursing program

    purevintage replied to lalabean's topic in Michigan

    I also was an August start. Definitely save some money and get the used uniforms. You can also purchase a cute badge reel for $5. The funds from your purchase of used uniforms and badge reel goes to the SNA, which I also recommend that all students g...

12. Macomb Community College - 2012 HESI

    purevintage replied to jeberger2007's topic in Michigan

    For me, I just knew I wanted to become a nurse. I did my research and found that Macomb was the best way for me to do that. It's a competitive, accredited, well-respected, low-cost program that doesn't put people on waiting lists. I couldn't have ask...

13. Macomb Community College - 2012 HESI

    purevintage replied to jeberger2007's topic in Michigan

    Find a balance between reviewing/studying as in depth as you can, without sacrificing your sanity. Finding that balance will be your key to nursing school success.

14. Macomb Community College - 2012 HESI

    purevintage replied to jeberger2007's topic in Michigan

    Hi Jeberger.. When are you taking the HESI? here's what I got for ya ME::: August 2011 start GPA: 4.0 HESI: 94 Rank: tied for 8th. All I used to review for the HESI was the Evolve HESI book, and I thought it was plenty. However, I had finished A&a...

15. Macomb Community College - 2012 HESI

    purevintage replied to jeberger2007's topic in Michigan

    They added the Intro to Nursing course so that people would have a better idea of what kind of career nursing really is, before spending all the time and money of starting the program. Believe it or not, prior to adding the course, there were people ...