embracechange

embracechange has 3 years experience and specializes in Cardiac, surgical services.

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1. 2018 Nurse Salary

   embracechange replied to #MakeItRain's topic in General Nursing

   Location: Boise, ID Experience: 4 years, RN, BSN Specialty: Perioperative Facility: Large hospital organization Base pay: $30 + differentials OT: time and a half after 40 hrs/week

2. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

   embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

   Congrats nursesarak! Wow.. you'll be starting soon! I was admitted into several other programs and have applied to FAFSA. FAFSA caps out somewhere around $24,000 for me, so the rest of my program costs will be paid for through private loans. I di...

3. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

   embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

   Thanks Aprilshower.emma! Good luck to you, I really hope you get a call!

4. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

   embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

   Congrats Garciwarsi and jessel02!! Aprilshower.emma - nope, no call yet Good luck to everyone waiting! :-)

5. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

   embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

   Congratulations nurse4ev!!! That's fantastic news :-)

6. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

   embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

   berkeleygirl - where did you decide to go? Hopkins?

7. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

   embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

   Thanks for sharing your experience llh5057! Sounds like you really like it and get a lot of exposure to different things. I've also given a $500 deposit for another school, so I'm in the same boat you were. Good luck with the rest of this term! :-...

8. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

   embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

   llh5057 - One more question, sorry! What do you think about the classes you are taking? Are they interesting and do you feel they are preparing you well for your career? Thanks again!

9. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

   embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

   llh5057 - Hi! Thanks for your response! I appreciate having a student's perspective and do have some questions for you. You say the faculty is personable.. do you feel they are very supportive of student success and well organized in presenting mat...

10. Summer Entry 2012 Accelerated BSN Johns Hopkins

    embracechange replied to MarwaT's topic in Post Graduate

    gwelltravaille - I've decided to attend JHU and will be moving there from out of state. I am paying for school through a combination of federal loans, grants, and mostly private loans. It is a lot of debt to take on, but if you can live frugally fo...

11. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

    embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

    Hey aprilshower.emma - I am planning on attending the ABSN program at JHU that begins in the fall. I'll be moving to Baltimore in 3 months! I'm planning on doing some in depth research about OHSU this week and how it compares to JHU so just in case...

12. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

    embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

    aprilshower.emma - it seems that about 9-10 people just in this forum are waitlisted... who knows how many in total. It would be great to know and yes, interesting to see how it plays out! berkeleygirl - I loved JHU! They offer fantastic programs a...

13. Summer Entry 2012 Accelerated BSN Johns Hopkins

    embracechange replied to MarwaT's topic in Post Graduate

    Washington89 - I'm about 85% sure that I'm going to choose Linfield. I feel that an accelerated nursing program is so intense already and moving across the country would add too much stress to my life, along with the fact that I will have around $40...

14. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

    embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

    alkalinetreeo - I have a 4.0 pre-req gpa and a 3.7 cumulative gpa along with 6 months of volunteer experience at a clinic in Portland. The more experience you can get the better. Also, I took 3 classes over to raise my grades from B's to A's. From...

15. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

    embracechange replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon

    pnlu007 - Thank you for sharing this information with me about Linfield. I'm leaning towards staying in Portland to attend Linfield. Johns Hopkins is a wonderful school, but it's hard for me to rationalize spending $50,000 more to go there (with mo...