vigor145

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1. Maryland Hospital Starting Salaries

   vigor145 replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Maryland

   This is a really late reply........4 years later. But just to give perspective from 2015. UMMC just re-established pay raises this year in our NICU. While I am a student nurse, I have gotten very friendly with a travel nurse from Southern VA. She...

2. Not doing well in nursing school?

   vigor145 replied to succinate's topic in General Students

   I am really coming late to the party, but one post on this page upset me. I have two B.S. degrees and an MBA from a top 5 University. I always wanted to do nursing, but my father pushed me in another direction when I was young and he was paying for...

3. I don't love nursing anymore.

   vigor145 replied to Jmarty31's topic in General Students

   Don't worry about what others think of you!!!!!! Who are they to judge. If you wake up in the morning and just keep doing "the next right thing", then you have nothing to worry about. I would say **** everybody else...............oh wait I did!!! ...

4. Sadly, discrmination against male nurses still rampant in job applic process

   vigor145 replied to Ecstatic2014's topic in Male Students

   I don't' have the time to read through all of these other posts, but something should be knocking on your brain telling you that SOMETHING isn't right. You are working at a HOSPITAL, who knows you have passed the NCLEX and they won't hire you as an ...

5. First week of nursing school and I just received a court summons.

   vigor145 replied to FLnurseprospect's topic in General Students

   I would go to court. AND I would not go email your professor about it. They do not care. I am not sure how big your cohort is but at my university mine started at 80 people. down to about 72 now. While all my past professors DO know me well, th...

6. Any Psych Nurse Practitioner's out there?

   vigor145 replied to HealingThoughts's topic in NP Students

   This is an OLD thread, however, after Miss South Carolina has responded with nothing positive or uplifting, I wish to respond. Do not forget Miss South Carolina, your negative experiences are just that...........YOURS. You cannot speak for a countr...

7. What are you getting paid as a nurse student?

   vigor145 replied to gonnaB37nursedoc's topic in General Students

   This is an old thread, but I feel compelled to reply anyway. I am a non-traditional student, who just finished my 1st semester of nursing school. I got a job as a Student Nurse in NICU in a downtown Baltimore hospital and began two weeks ago. It p...

8. Please Give Opinion on a Test Question I Had on Fundies Final

   vigor145 replied to vigor145's topic in General Students

   Thank you for responding. I chose A because that is what Health Assessment pounded into us. I reviewed all my info from Fundies, and this was never mentioned. I see a neurologist every 6 months. After checking my cranial nerves he assesses my gai...

9. Please Give Opinion on a Test Question I Had on Fundies Final

   vigor145 posted a topic in General Students

   Hi All!!!! This is my FIRST post. I am in the midst of finishing up my first semester. I am challenging some of my Fundies for Older Adults final questions. I would LOVE and APPRECIATE your response and ratationale on one of these questions. What ...

10. UMSON Spring 2015

    vigor145 replied to littlemango's topic in Maryland

    @hopeful 205 I am so sorry you didn't get in. That wait was surely drawn out for you and a "nail biter". I, too, am in my mid-late 30's. This is a second career for me. I personally had a back-up school and applied, and was accepted, there as wel...

11. UMSON Spring 2015

    vigor145 replied to littlemango's topic in Maryland

    @muldrowtl. Coppin State is pretty much in my backyard.............well, down the street a bit!! When I was considering different options, I spoke with a few ladies I used to work with that go there. Their nursing school has come a long way and is...

12. UMSON Spring 2015

    vigor145 replied to littlemango's topic in Maryland

    @muldrowtl. Make sure you check out the MDBON'S website for 2013's NCLEX Pass Rates. If memory serves me well I think Bowie's were terrible. Coppin's were aprox. 79%. UMSON was 96% (for comparison).

13. UMSON Spring 2015

    vigor145 replied to littlemango's topic in Maryland

    I would like to add that I have known two people with a 75% and 76% Teas score, respectfully, get in. While they have guidelines for admission.........they are just that, guidelines.

14. UMSON Spring 2015

    vigor145 replied to littlemango's topic in Maryland

    @kirstens.......did you get to pick the lab or did they? I am hoping the lab will be open on Saturday. It is very hard with working full time to get away to do this stuff. And I don't leave my job until Dec 18th!!

15. UMSON Spring 2015

    vigor145 replied to littlemango's topic in Maryland

    I posted this on the FB group.......I got my letter yesterday, so they should be on the way if you haven't gotten yours yet!!!