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1. Help picking that first nursing job! Very confused...

   girlynurse replied to girlynurse's topic in New Nurse

   Yeah, I see what you mean! I should have asked more questions before accepting but this is the first real job I got accepted for (what I mean is not a McDonald's job) and I was excited about it and accepted the job without thinking. Now it is biting ...

2. Help picking that first nursing job! Very confused...

   girlynurse posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hey to all. I am a student graduating next month. I am having a huge dilemma in picking for my first job. I accepted a position at a huge hospital in my area and the ratio for nurses in med-surg is 5-6:1 depending on acuity and staffing, and I have t...

3. Having a boyfriend while in nursing school....

   girlynurse replied to sheridan3456's topic in General Students

   My opinion is that if you could skip having a boyfriend, it would be better. BUT, it is possible to have a boyfriend while in nursing school. I am a junior in college now in the nursing program, and I have been with my boyfriend for four years. If a ...

4. Recommendations for a student nurse wanting to go into Dialysis?

   girlynurse replied to girlynurse's topic in Urology

   I am going to be doing an externship at Thomas Jefferson University hospital this summer at the Liver and Renal Transplant unit. It is a med surg unit that has pre-op and post-op (stable) patients. If I like that unit, I hope that I can secure a posi...

5. Recommendations for a student nurse wanting to go into Dialysis?

   girlynurse posted a topic in Urology

   Hello to all, I am a student nurse in my third year of college due to graduate next year in May 2008. I am thinking of going into a dialysis floor when I graduate but I would like to know if you guys would recommend going into a med surg the first ye...

6. Half.com

   girlynurse replied to nursecher's topic in General Students

   I bought a book from Half.com on the 22nd of August (A Pathophysiology book) and I paid 93.00 for it. Yet, I haven't recieved the book. It says it has been shipped but I haven't recieved it as of yet. But, I will tell you that one bad seller out of t...

7. I Got In!!!!

   girlynurse replied to girlynurse's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks so much everyone!! :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

8. I Got In!!!!

   girlynurse posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hey, everyone! I AM ECSTATIC!!!! I got into Thomas Jefferson Nursing School in Philadelphia, PA!!! I am sooo happy! I got in for their BSN program starting my Junior Year!!! I am starting thank God on Fall 2006. I just got to give all the glory and h...

9. ***Fall '05 A & P II Club***

   girlynurse replied to Annabelle57's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I got a 99% on my first exam! It covered the endocrine and cardiovascular system! I studied my butt off, so I deserve it! Now we are going to cover the blood/circulatory system and the lympatic system! I hope to pass, the test is on Thursday. There w...

10. ***Fall '05 A & P II Club***

    girlynurse replied to Annabelle57's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I think AP II is way harder than AP I. I am really nervous because on the 20th of this month is my first lecture test on the Endocrine and Cardiovascular system. Does anybody have any tips on memorizing all the glands that go with each of the hormone...

11. Offically a Pre-Nursing Student!

    girlynurse replied to TheRick's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Well at my school 12 credit hours is a blessing from heaven.I wish I could take 12 credits but I won't graduate in 4 years if I do. I feel that I am overexerting myself with 17 credits. Next semester I am taking 15 credits and even that feels overbea...

12. A&P 1: The Spring '05 Anatomy & Physiology Club

    girlynurse replied to Fun2's topic in Pre-Nursing

    OMG!!!!! My professor just posted our grades on Blackboard and I got an..... A-!!!!!!!!! 90% I just cannot believe it!!!! 70 people failed the course :o ... But anyway, back to the great news!!!! I barely made it, I had an 89% average overall, but I...

13. 1 month in and students already quitting

    girlynurse replied to luvmypatients's topic in Pre-Nursing

    In my AP class there are approximately 410 students and 60 ended up dropping out. On the first day of class, it was so jammed packed and as the year progress, there were like 20 students (out of 410!!!) scattered around the lecture hall and some were...

14. What are the nursing schools in your area like??

    girlynurse replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Well, I am from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and I have some nursing schools around here. The most known is the University of Pennsylvania's Nursing school and that is a really hard nursing program to get into (well, it is an Ivy League school). We als...

15. A&P 1: The Spring '05 Anatomy & Physiology Club

    girlynurse replied to Fun2's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Tell me about it! I wish you luck on your two tests! I guess you have more pressure than me!!! But if we look on the bright side, at least we made it to the end of the road and did not give up on the class. Good Luck~:) :) :)