Melcia060

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1. Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing anyone??

   Melcia060 replied to Melcia060's topic in Connecticut

   I use a SONY ICD-P320. I don't think it much matters though...most of them have around the same quality. I bought this one (around $70 I believe) because I could connect it to my laptop, save the lectures on my hard drive, then burn them onto a CD an...

2. Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing anyone??

   Melcia060 replied to Melcia060's topic in Connecticut

   Our first day, we were all scared to death!! The instructors ease you in the first couple days. The Level 1 teachers are really good, esp the Lab instructors. You'll figure out real quick who you can turn to for help. Most of the Senior nursing stude...

3. Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing anyone??

   Melcia060 replied to Melcia060's topic in Connecticut

   Last year the school only had 22 people interested in the accelerated program (they say they "require a B average" to get in, but I know of a few B- students who got in last year)...I think they were afraid that this year's summer enrollment would be...

4. Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing anyone??

   Melcia060 replied to Melcia060's topic in Connecticut

   I started BHSN last Septemeber and I'm in the summer program right now so I'll be graduating in Decemeber. They offered us the contracts the first couple weeks of school...a lot of people signed it, I didn't. I did hear that they were waiting to offe...

5. Suck at Clinicals...Should I just Quit Now?

   Melcia060 replied to Melcia060's topic in General Students

   daytonite, thanks for your words and experience!! 21 yrs of nsg experience when i turn 40 sure does sound impressive, lol!! the bp website was great. i can finally see what everyone was talking about when they said "watch it jump." thanks again.--m...

6. Suck at Clinicals...Should I just Quit Now?

   Melcia060 replied to Melcia060's topic in General Students

   Hey, Yes, I am in my first clinical. We started clinical the very first week of school. This is the first year that my school is putting first semester students on the oncology floor. I'm not sure why. A lot of nurses and students from local nsg ...

7. Suck at Clinicals...Should I just Quit Now?

   Melcia060 replied to Melcia060's topic in General Students

   Hey everyone, I just want to say a BIG thanks to everyone who replied to my post . I am going to stick it out and do my best. But it really comes down to whether I pass clinical or not if I will stay in the program. I *think* I've got the BP thin...

8. Suck at Clinicals...Should I just Quit Now?

   Melcia060 posted a topic in General Students

   Hey guys, I’m in my 1st semester of a RN diploma program. I just can’t seem to do well in clinicals. I can do the 8.5hr lectures, I can study 4-6hrs a day, I can do all the skills in lab, I’ve even learned to survive on 4hrs of sleep a night, but ...

9. Your gpa?

   Melcia060 replied to JoeyDog's topic in General Students

   4.0 in pre and co-reqs when accepted (only have child psych left to take) No health care/volunteer work at all Scored in the top 3% of the nation for the TEAS test There's 142 of us this year, I know some people that got in on 3.0s w/ a lot of previ...

10. LPN or RN?

    Melcia060 replied to new_mom2005's topic in General Nursing

    Kim, It depends on where you live and the hospitals around you whether you can work in L&D. I know around here some nurses (LPNs and very experienced PCTs) manage to get into L&D. However, the problem is around here a lot of hospitals are t...

11. Does this sound like a good orientation?

    Melcia060 replied to Megsd's topic in General Nursing

    Meghan, You weren't insulting. I think the majority of us understood what you meant. As for the deal, I think it's pretty good. I am starting a hospital program in 9 days and we were offered the same kind of deal. The hospital would pay all our ...

12. trying to find a college..

    Melcia060 replied to brwneyedgrl787's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Fall 2007 is still a year away. Fall 2006 has either started or will start soon.

13. Edukan A&P2 summer session 3!!!

    Melcia060 replied to LanaBanana's topic in Online Learning

    I can't wait... !! LOL. I don't know if I'm more excited or terrified. I've heard some many horror stories about my school being so hard. Then again, I heard the same stories about A&P and I didn't think it was that bad. A lot of time and wor...

14. Edukan A&P2 summer session 3!!!

    Melcia060 replied to LanaBanana's topic in Online Learning

    What is this "don't crack a book" thing you speak of? LOL!! My RN program has about 50 pages of reading and 2 huge math packets that have to be done BEFORE school even starts!! I can't wait to see how much work we have IN the program!! LOL. Oh well....

15. Edukan A&P2 summer session 3!!!

    Melcia060 replied to LanaBanana's topic in Online Learning

    Lana, I thought it was by far the easiest test. Study the review questions at the end...probably 7 or 8 of them came from there on my exam. I thought most of it was more general knowledge stuff, like just "skim the chapter" instead of read every s...