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  1. <Information about Touro Nevada>
    Incorrect Touro received permission to accept 56 students for November, and are likely to accept students for March as well, as long as they maintain 80% NCLEX pass rate. ...
    Oct 29, '11
    Forum: Nevada State Nursing Programs
  2. Pre employment urine drug screen for nursing home, will they test for alcohol?
    So much wrong with this post, grammatically and content wise. Can't tell you how many addicts say "You don't know me, I can handle it!"
    Oct 1, '11
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  3. UNLV Spring 2011
    Ideally its best to have all A's. That said when I was accepted I had(in the classes that count toward your GPA calculation): 1 C, 2 B's, 2B+'s, 1 A- and 1 class in progress(acts as an F on the...
    Sep 8, '11
    Forum: Nevada State Nursing Programs
  4. CSN RN Spr 2012 applicants When Are You Turning In Your Packets?
    Incorrect. The evaluation of transferred credit from NSC needs to happen before submitting the packet, otherwise the DARS will be incomplete and the credits won't count toward the...
    Aug 8, '11
    Forum: Nevada State Nursing Programs
  5. CSN RN Spr 2012 applicants When Are You Turning In Your Packets?
    Cheyenne Campus is where the credit evaluation takes place, or it was when I applied. Tell the people at the registration desk that you are a nursing student and need it to be rushed, if possible try...
    Aug 7, '11
    Forum: Nevada State Nursing Programs
  6. Nonscience nursing degree???
    Lets make this simple. :) Registered Nurse NCLEX-RN Diploma in Nursing Program = NCLEX-RN Associate of Science Nursing(ASN) Program = NCLEX-RN Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (AAS)...
    Jul 29, '11
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  7. UNLV Spring 2011
    B+ in chem 111, I took it at NSC. I don't know what the cut off for this fall was, you might want to try the advising office.
    Jul 18, '11
    Forum: Nevada State Nursing Programs
  8. Usn and Touro
    You might want to try getting this moved to the Nevada Student section. There is also numerous threads about USN(FYI its now "Roseman University") and Touro in that section. At the moment I...
    Jul 18, '11
    Forum: Nevada State Nursing Programs
  9. First man ‘functionally cured’ of HIV
    1. Not a single one of those articles disagrees with the "1% of Caucasians" being homozygous for the ccr5 statistic. Care to produce and quotes? 2. Softpedia as a source? Seriously? 3. How is "1%...
    Jul 9, '11
    Forum: Nursing News
  10. First man ‘functionally cured’ of HIV
    wrong. from an article by robin kimmel of stanford university: "people with two copies of the ccr5 delta32 gene (inherited from both parents) are virtually immune to hiv infection. this occurs in...
    Jul 9, '11
    Forum: Nursing News
  11. First man ‘functionally cured’ of HIV
    i think you are reading into liz goodwin's phrasing: "the transplant came from a man who was immune to hiv, which scientists say about 1 percent of caucasians are. (according to san francisco's cbs...
    Jul 9, '11
    Forum: Nursing News
  12. My degree is not worth the debt!
    That article is full of misinformation(or disinformation if you are cynical). "The average junior enlisted member, typically with just a high school degree, earns approximately $43,000 per year," is...
    Jul 8, '11
    Forum: Nursing News
  13. GRX Medical CD-29 scope vs. Littman Classic II SE Scope
    The only difference between the Cardio III and Cardio II SE is that the Cardio III bell can be converted into a Pediatric Diaphragm.
    Jul 4, '11
    Forum: Nursing Scrubs / Uniforms / Gear
  14. My degree is not worth the debt!
    No, we as a people would be worse off. The point of higher education is to produce a well-rounded, knowledgeable individual, not a single minded, task/work driven drone. They have such a...
    Jul 2, '11
    Forum: Nursing News
  15. UNLV Spring 2011
    Study what the professor says is important, don't try to memorize 300 pages for information for a test. Try to get acclimatized to NCLEX style questions, particularly figuring out what the question...
    Jul 2, '11
    Forum: Nevada State Nursing Programs
  16. My degree is not worth the debt!
    Education does not equal job training or right to employment.
    Jul 2, '11
    Forum: Nursing News
  17. Blood transfusions??? just say no...
    Like being set against giving blood because of personal reasons?
    Jul 2, '11
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  18. UNLV Spring 2011
    I don't believe the advising office when they say that GPA and Hesi scores increase every semester, I'm fairly certain the minimum entrance points for Spring 2011(my class) was lower than fall 2010,...
    Jul 1, '11
    Forum: Nevada State Nursing Programs
  19. UNLV Spring 2011
    I believe the final count was 11 out of 48 did not proceed to the second semester. 1 or 2 were people who passed their classes and simply decided not to return. The rest did not pass at least one...
    Jul 1, '11
    Forum: Nevada State Nursing Programs
  20. My degree is not worth the debt!
    Yup, paying for it out of pocket is a free ride. :rolleyes:
    Jun 26, '11
    Forum: Nursing News
  21. Immunizations & nursing school
    And therein lies the problem with the anti-vaccination crowd.
    Jun 12, '11
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  22. Blood transfusions??? just say no...
    There is a real scientific/medical reason for a pregnant or transplant recipient nurse not to be around patients with infectious diseases. There isn't a scientific reason for a nurse to not be able...
    Jun 11, '11
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  23. Licensed Nurses Only
    What exactly should I believe the intention of a thread titled "Licensed Nurses Only" and the phrase "No patients,no wanna be nurses and no nursing students."? Somehow I get the feeling she...
    May 28, '11
    Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
  24. Licensed Nurses Only
    I believe I've quoted this post before: Patients, wannabe nurses, and nursing students find this site useful. OP is suggesting all of those people be banned. They will no longer be able to...
    May 28, '11
    Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
  25. Licensed Nurses Only
    I am not disqualifying you from having an opinion, I am disqualifying your opinion. Subtle difference, but it's there. You are the one trying to disqualify a large portion of users from being...
    May 28, '11
    Forum: Frequently Asked Questions