Any Northeastern KY nurses?????

trellimana · Mar 5, 2007

I'm right across the river, student at Shawnee State and currently doing clinicals at Bellefonte. I'd love to go to work at KD when I graduate!:)

paulaking1978 · Mar 5, 2007

I'm right across the river, student at Shawnee State and currently doing clinicals at Bellefonte. I'd love to go to work at KD when I graduate!:)

That is where I will be going starting this spring....start nursing school in Fall 07.....Have any pointers or suggestions for me....LOL:nuke:

trellimana · Mar 6, 2007

It's actually a very good program, and the instructors are great and very helpful (for the most part ha ha). Your program will be a little different than mine because we're switching this summer to semesters and that's kind of thrown the organization for a loop, but we're told it all evens out in the end.

Best advice I can give is just to prepare to be challenged and pay attention to what and how the instructors tell you to study. It really is a different way of thinking and approaching problems.

Are you taking prereqs spring quarter?

paulaking1978 · Mar 6, 2007

It's actually a very good program, and the instructors are great and very helpful (for the most part ha ha). Your program will be a little different than mine because we're switching this summer to semesters and that's kind of thrown the organization for a loop, but we're told it all evens out in the end.
Best advice I can give is just to prepare to be challenged and pay attention to what and how the instructors tell you to study. It really is a different way of thinking and approaching problems.
Are you taking prereqs spring quarter?

Thanks for advice....I am finishing up my prereq courses this summer....i only have Anat and phys II, Health and Wellness, an elective (human sexuality....only one open...) and microbiology.....taking micro in summer, the rest this spring....I am going to try and get head start on bsn pre-reqs during the next 2 years....the biol 325 and 350, math 150, 2 cult perspect classes, fine arts, and 1 ethic course....sheeewww....I am going to try to get into the bsn.....do you know how the courses are going to be structured since the change to semesters??? I can't find anyone who knows?

Lacie, BSN, RN · Mar 6, 2007

I am from around the Ashland Area....just wondering if anyone on who is close????:smilecoffeecup:

Not too far from you where I worked for years. I'm now in

Florida as it's my home state but lived and worked in Louisa for long time. Talk about culture shock!! Actually learned much more there than in the larger teaching hospitals I worked at such as UK.

gofigure · Mar 6, 2007

Hey, I am from Southeast KY. Went to SECC (KCTCS) Comm. College. I am a LPN. I wonder if anyone is on here from my area?

trellimana · Mar 7, 2007

Thanks for advice....I am finishing up my prereq courses this summer....i only have Anat and phys II, Health and Wellness, an elective (human sexuality....only one open...) and microbiology.....taking micro in summer, the rest this spring....I am going to try and get head start on bsn pre-reqs during the next 2 years....the biol 325 and 350, math 150, 2 cult perspect classes, fine arts, and 1 ethic course....sheeewww....I am going to try to get into the bsn.....do you know how the courses are going to be structured since the change to semesters??? I can't find anyone who knows?

Micro will be challenging this summer I think because it will be only a 7 (?) week course due to the switch. Ouch!

I don't have any idea how the new students coming in will have their program structured. It's a big secret :lol2: . It's not even up on their website yet...

I know that usually psych is a 2nd year (winter quarter) class, but thanks to the switch I'll have it spring quarter this year. But I don't know if they plan to keep it as a first year class or it will go back to part of the 2nd year for new students... Who knows!

Gixer268 · Mar 27, 2007

Down the road in Olive Hill, worked at KD but left.

paulaking1978 · Mar 27, 2007

Down the road in Olive Hill, worked at KD but left.

Which part did you work at KD......Any certain reason why you left?

Gixer268 · Mar 27, 2007

I worked in the ICU, the reason i left was mostly the understaffing, required on call, etc. Everyone was screaming and no one was listening so I left after around 5 months. I signed a 2 yr contract but the risk wasnt worth loosing my license.

paulaking1978 · Mar 28, 2007

So you had to be on call to work ICU....I had thought about trying to get on at kd after I finished school....and had thought about ICU..... when u hired in you had to sign a 2 year contract?.....I am new to how they hire....i was going to try to do the student loan forgiveness program....but I don't know if the hospitals around here offer it.....what was your starting pay?? I was told that OLBH starts out more money????