jcardwell

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1. How do you waste medications?

   jcardwell replied to WondeRNurse's topic in General Nursing

   Wow I'm so glad I found this thread. I'm an RN working on getting my MSN so I'm back in school again . We have an assignment to write to a government official about a health care related issue. The wasting of meds down the sink have been on th...

2. RN to BSN at WSU in Vancouver

   jcardwell posted a topic in Washington

   Hello, Is anyone in or know about information about the RN to BSN program at WSU? I'm hopefully going to attend in August but I'm waiting for the official okay from the school. I do not have any information about what classes I need to take or when...

3. Who's Who in American Jr Colleges

   jcardwell replied to grinnurse's topic in General Students

   I just got a letter a few days ago from Who's Who in the nursing and healthcare field. I have no clue who nominated me. I'm not a nurse yet, won't start nursing school until next Tuesday and only work in the lab at our hospital. I'm not sure if I w...

4. Palms and tape recorders- how helpful?

   jcardwell replied to studentnurse74's topic in General Students

   At our nursing orientation they really stressed on getting a PDA. You can buy a keyboard that will hook onto your PDA and you can type notes during class. The teachers said that you can type your notes a lot faster then hand writing. Also we can b...

5. Spring start

   jcardwell replied to jcardwell's topic in General Students

   Have fun in school... you get to start in a couple of days!!! Glad to here that statistically Spring starters do better then Fall starters but it is just a looooooooooooong wait. It actually is ending up being a good thing waiting so long becaus...

6. Spring start

   jcardwell replied to jcardwell's topic in General Students

   I'm going to Mt Hood Community College. I was also accepted to Linfield but couldn't justify the cost because I have 4 kids that I'm going to have to pay for their college in a few years. I will go to MHCC to get my ADN and then transfer up to OHSU...

7. Spring start

   jcardwell posted a topic in General Students

   Is there anyone else who knows they got into nursing school but it doesn't start until Spring? I'm so happy that I got in. There was over 400 people who applied and only 80 got in... 40 in the Fall and 40 in the Spring. But.... this waiting is wor...

8. Class of 2006

   jcardwell replied to jcardwell's topic in Oregon

   Congratulations for you getting into school! You are lucky to be able to start in the fall. I have to wait until March of next year and it's going to be a long wait. I just want to get this schooling done and on with my life!!! :)

9. Class of 2006

   jcardwell posted a topic in Oregon

   If there are any nursing students from Oregon, what nursing school did you get accepted into and when do you start? I got into MHCC and I start Spring of 2005. I can't wait and it seems like it is going to take forever to start. I also got into Lin...

10. Required to take CNA course before entering nursing school?

    jcardwell replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Students

    The school that I have been accepted to requires you go to CNA school before you start the program. The other school in our area which had over 900 applications this year and picks by lottery, just announced you have to go to CNA school before you e...

11. nursing schools in Oregon

    jcardwell replied to Jrnalist2RNinOR's topic in Oregon

    Yeah I was declined at PCC also because of the lottery. I'm on the wait list for Walla Walla (way down the wait list at 40) and Linfield. I'm just waiting to hear from MHCC any day now. I feel pretty good about MHCC because I have the medical expe...

12. nursing schools in Oregon

    jcardwell replied to Jrnalist2RNinOR's topic in Oregon

    Congratulation to both of you being accepted to Linfield. I'm on the waitlist so I'm not sure if I'm going to get in or not. Linfield wouldn't tell me how many were on the waitlist but I heard they haven't started filling positions for Fall term ...

13. Lottery system for ADN Program??

    jcardwell replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

    Sherri, I've applied to all of them except OHSU and Clark. I have applied to Linfield, Walla Walla, Mt Hood Community College and to PCC. It's not looking very good right now. I guess Linfield had over 800 applications, Walla Walla had over 130 ap...

14. Lottery system for ADN Program??

    jcardwell replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

    I was one of those students who applied to Portland Community College. There were 906 applications and only 90 got in. I went to the actual lottery and someone asked why they have the lottery system and the reply was so they get a large diverse stu...

15. Has anyone received a rejection letter?

    jcardwell replied to RNSuzq1's topic in General Students

    Susan... The lottery works just like it does for money. Everyone is assigned a 3 digit number and it goes into a hat. They will call off 90 numbers and those are the people in the program. At long as your GPA is above a 2.5, everyone is equal. ...