vg2481

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1. Nurse Extern in the ED

   vg2481 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hello everyone! I'm starting as a Nurse Extern at a level one trauma center ED. We were trained as clin techs but the focus of this externship is to learn nursing skills. My preceptor is great and is always eager to teach me, but I find when we have ...

2. NVCC / NOVA Traditional Nursing Fall 2018 - MEC

   vg2481 replied to azk-'s topic in School Programs

   Clinical once a week, lecture once a week, and lab once a week. Lecture was generally 2.5 hours, lab is 2 hours. None of them were on the same day as the other for us.

3. NVCC / NOVA Traditional Nursing Fall 2018 - MEC

   vg2481 replied to azk-'s topic in School Programs

   Take this with a grain of salt since we are doing a completely different curriculum from you, but we had a selection of clinicals monday-saturday in various locations all over northern virginia. They are 8 hour clinicals and starting 2nd year we have...

4. NVCC / NOVA Traditional Nursing Fall 2018 - MEC

   vg2481 replied to azk-'s topic in School Programs

   Congrats to everyone who got in!!!

5. NVCC / NOVA Traditional Nursing Fall 2018 - MEC

   vg2481 replied to azk-'s topic in School Programs

   Provisionally accepted means they got in assuming they pass the background and drug test and show up for orientation. Just a heads up, it is a urine drug test. If you don't pass either or don't show up for orientation, they'll rescind your acceptance...

6. NVCC / NOVA Traditional Nursing Fall 2018 - MEC

   vg2481 replied to azk-'s topic in School Programs

   Us: This is a possibly a reason You: This is absolutely not even possibly a reason and I know it without a doubt (despite having no evidence other than my personal feelings) Boiiiiiii. Next. I literally have friends who failed out of the program firs...

7. NVCC / NOVA Traditional Nursing Fall 2018 - MEC

   vg2481 replied to azk-'s topic in School Programs

   Hit the nail on the head, blb28! It's nothing like jumping into a regular physics or chemistry class, because the Nursing faculty have been teaching the material in a specific way for a long time. While the students will have no idea how things are s...

8. NVCC / NOVA Traditional Nursing Fall 2018 - MEC

   vg2481 replied to azk-'s topic in School Programs

   Hi! Current student here. If I were just going to guess about why there aren't as many applicants, it's because it's an entirely new curriculum so maybe people don't want to be the first people to try out a completely different way the Nursing progra...

9. NVCC Spring 2018 Hybrid Program

   vg2481 replied to ldo729's topic in School Programs

   Everyone who's been accepted has definitely been notified, but if one of them declines their spot in the program or if they don't accept it by the date discussed in the acceptance letter, then their spots are given to the next person on the list. The...

10. NVCC Spring 2018 Hybrid Program

    vg2481 replied to ldo729's topic in School Programs

    Come on, guys.... There's an Alexandria campus. Of course Alexandria is priority 1 lol!!! Also, we found out on a Thursday at 2:00PM (For the traditional)

11. NVCC Spring 2018 Hybrid Program

    vg2481 replied to ldo729's topic in School Programs

    Hey, I wouldn't worry too much about the processing email. I didn't get mine until over 2 weeks after I sent out my application, they just say they're not sending any out (when they are) so people don't freak out and keep calling them asking where th...

12. NVCC Spring 2018 Hybrid Program

    vg2481 replied to ldo729's topic in School Programs

    Hi everyone! I was admitted to the Fall program and just wanted to let you know that I have heard from one of my NUR professor and a friend was told by an advisor at the MEC that there would only be about 30 slots for the Hybrid semester. There were ...

13. NVCC MEC nursing fall '17

    vg2481 replied to Nnh7's topic in School Programs

    I just wanted to post this for the future applicants who will scour this thread like we scoured the previous threads: At orientation they said that they got over 400 applicants for the Traditional program and currently there are 114 total spots for o...

14. NVCC MEC nursing fall '17

    vg2481 replied to Nnh7's topic in School Programs

    I know that they have the LPN-RN orientation next week that they will let new admits in in case they cut people who don't show up to orientation this thursday. I'm sure you guys will here back on Friday!

15. NVCC MEC nursing fall '17

    vg2481 replied to Nnh7's topic in School Programs

    Much love to you Tania and best of luck in everything!