vickiga

vickiga has 7 years experience and specializes in med-surg, geriatric's.

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1. Medical College Georgia

   vickiga replied to Britmum's topic in Georgia

   I worked for MCG and graduated from the school. My information came from nursing instructors at the college. I was referring another nurse to MCG for the RN to BSN program, and we were told she had best get her application into the school as they wer...

2. Augusta Georgia? thinking of relocating

   vickiga replied to Sirapples's topic in Georgia

   Augusta area has a fairly low cost of living, and Georgia is known for being a lower paying state. High cost of living=High pay and visa versa. It gets cold in Georgia but it does not last long. Augusta has been known to get some snow, but one snowfl...

3. Medical College Georgia

   vickiga replied to Britmum's topic in Georgia

   Good luck on obtaining your BSN. MCG has a great BSN program that will soon be discontinued. They were affordable and most people that started at the school finished the program which was a big plus for me. I believe after the 2009 class that August...

4. GA Nursing Roll Call

   vickiga replied to jb2u's topic in Georgia

   Just wanted to say hi to everyone. I got my lpn in 98' and recently completed my bsn at mcg in Augusta. I waited until the children were grown before I pursued my own educational needs, and I wish now I had started earlier. I worked mainly ltc as a ...

5. Will you work during a Pandemic?

   vickiga replied to Goju's topic in COVID

   We'll probably be the ones who are dropping like flies when they realize it is a pandemic. By chance I'm on vacation when it hits I won't work without PPE's. Who will care for the ones who survive if all the medical staff are gone due to putting our ...

6. Nursing with a Southern Accent

   vickiga replied to natron20's topic in General Nursing

   I've noticed our visitors from up north can't understand the accent. They speak louder then us from the south. Be prepared for a lot of Huh's what did you say, and speak up for them. The people from the north that visit my area learn rather quickly ...

7. what is a typical day like in an accelerated nursing program?

   vickiga replied to Stanford's topic in General Students

   I just graduated from a 9 month LPN to RN accelerated nursing program. We started out with 20 students but only 14 of us survived to graduation. Be prepared to live only for nursing in an accelerated program. My school told us up front that people t...