Eflr: I think you would be fine to work part time for the first year of nursing school at NGCSU - a lot of people did. The first semester of the first year is only Fundamentals and Nutrition and class only meets two half days a week and the last hal...
I graduated from NGCSU one year ago and I loved it!! To answer your specific questions: 1. Everywhere I interviewed told me that they love North Georgia graduates. My first job was in Mother/Baby at Northside and they hired four of us at once. 2. ...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to Ethernaut's topic in Georgia
Congrats on your acceptance :balloons: !! I'm very sorry I didn't respond to your private message back in November. After graduation, I took a VERY long break from the computer and then over the holidays, my computer crashed and I just got around t...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to igbide's topic in Georgia
Hi Paul: I am a recent nursing school graduate (last May) and I live in Alpharetta. Hospitals in this area pay new graduates around $20-22 per hour. I have worked at Northside Hospital for the past year, but also have classmates that work in all of...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing
No, I'm sorry, I don't feel that way at all. I enjoy reading posts on this forum and I have learned alot over the past three years by doing so. I began reading and posting as a nursing student and now I am a "working" nurse. Am I an "experienced n...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to rollie's topic in Georgia
I graduated from NGCSU on May 13th, mailed my paperwork on May 15th and got an ATT on May 18th. I'm taking the test on June 8th!! Quite a few people in my class already have a test date, but there are still some waiting on their ATT. One of our cl...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to lakemommy24's topic in Georgia
Gansu: I know exactly what you are feeling. I LOVED doing my prereqs at GPC. I adored my micro teacher, made great friendships at the Lawrenceville Campus and I also talked often with the nursing advisor at that campus. I was thrilled when I got m...
My school uses ATI. We had to take a computerized ATI test at the end of each semester. We took one for Fundamentals, OB, Peds, Med/Surg, and Psych. Each of these tests counted for 10% of our course grade!! The last week of nursing school, we had...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to NurseBunky's topic in Georgia
Nurse Bunky: Congratulations:balloons: !!! I have been following your story for a couple of years and even though I don't know you, I am so proud of your accomplishments!! We have had similar stories, coming from GPC (only I got out before you did!!...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to lakemommy24's topic in Georgia
I am begging you guys to please listen to the students who are currently attending GPC and exercise all of your options!!! Today is one of the happiest days of my life - I just took my last final in nursing school and I KNOW that I'm graduating next...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to lakemommy24's topic in Georgia
Hey everyone! I totally remember the feeling of waiting for that letter!! I have no idea if GPC has changed their timetable for letters since I was accepted, but I thought I would write just to let you know when I received mine! I was accepted to G...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to Blessone's topic in Georgia
Sweet tooth: You know you can't please everyone, so I'm sure there are some with complaints about NGCSU, but I've never met anyone who is unhappy. We do have some stressful moments in our program - this week alone we have taken 6 computerized ATI te...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to Blessone's topic in Georgia
You had to have been chatting with one of my classmates from GPC.....because that is what it is like on my end!!!!!! Beannurse: You are so right!! I was chatting with a GPC student. I just didn't want to mention the program because I didn't want to...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to Blessone's topic in Georgia
Blessone Sorry, they really don't take into consideration where you live. For example, I live one exit from Northside Forsyth Hospital, but they sent me to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville for Med/Surg. However, you can be somewhat a...
Eagle Girl 06 replied to *Renee*'s topic in New Nurse
Our pinning ceremony is in the evening and at a local church. The women are wearing black dresses or pantsuits and the men are wearing dark suits with ties! We are following the same dress code of the class graduating before us and I think it made ...