maryruth

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1. What order to take prereq's in

   maryruth replied to AZmom's topic in Arizona

   Now that sounds like a good plan! I am glad you have the luxury of time on your hands. I know how much daycare can cost too! That is the reason why I had to stay home and go to Rio because we could not afford daycare for a newborn and a toddler but n...

2. What order to take prereq's in

   maryruth replied to AZmom's topic in Arizona

   My hats off to you if you plan on duing 12credits and stay at home with all your kids. When I started off with RIO I started with nine credits and I had a four month and a two year old. I stayed home the entire time with them and it was very difficul...

3. chandler gilbert nursing program

   maryruth replied to Pkkostura's topic in Arizona

   Is the nursing program at chandler/gilbert CC held at the pecos or williamsfield campus?

4. What order to take prereq's in

   maryruth replied to AZmom's topic in Arizona

   I've taken BIO156, BIO201, BIO205, PSY101, HCC145, and my humanity classes at RIO. BIO156 is helpful for those of us who have not done a bio class at all or in many years. The key things I think they want you to get out of bio156 that is helpful in b...

5. Good book to read before moving to Hawaii

   maryruth replied to maryruth's topic in Hawaii

   If you lived in Japan then Hawaii cost of housing should not scare you to much. It is the biggest shock to mainlanders because they are use to reasonable housing prices, expect for New York and Califorina people.:) My friend lived in Japan and it was...

6. chandler gilbert nursing program

   maryruth replied to Pkkostura's topic in Arizona

   You may apply for the nursing program even when you are in your last semester of your preqs. If you just have a couple of preqs left they let you apply early....it helps because it gets you on the list a little sooner. They date/time stamp it. You ha...

7. windward side

   maryruth posted a topic in Hawaii

   What are your likes or dislikes about living on the windward side of Oahu?

8. Questions abou Immunizations & titer

   maryruth replied to maryruth's topic in Arizona

   Thank you everyone for all your information. I looked into all those places and so far Banner and the department of health through kidscare is the cheapest.:) I wish this was for the RN program but I am still three preqs from the RN program. This is ...

9. Why do people drop out of AZ nursing schools?

   maryruth replied to CrazyPremed's topic in Arizona

   Mattsmom, Which school did you go to?

10. Any of you living in Arizona??

    maryruth replied to EnergyRN's topic in Arizona

    I have friends who live in Surprise. My friend delivered both her babies at Thunderbird hospital. It is a little bit of a drive but not to bad from Surprise. I hear alot of good things about Thunderbird esp their labor and delivery unit. Surprise is ...

11. Questions abou Immunizations & titer

    maryruth posted a topic in Arizona

    Ok here is the deal. I just lost my health insurance and it may be a few months before I get any back. So, I got to pay out of pocket for a physical and immunizations &titer and tb test now so I can try and get my application in for this fall. I...

12. Are there any HPU nursing students or grads from there?

    maryruth replied to Sabrina_HI's topic in Hawaii

    I don't want to be igorant but what is the full name of KCC? I know UH is for university of Hawaii. Is the wait list for KCC and UH longer than HPU? Do you think one can work part time and still keep up in the RN programs in either UH or KCC?

13. Pros vs. Cons of Geriatrics?

    maryruth replied to maryruth's topic in Geriatric

    Thank you for all the replies. I am not to surprised to hear that there is alot of abuse to the elderly. It is one of the things I have to consider if I can handle jerky people who will do that. Do you think it is just because they are burned out or ...

14. Pros vs. Cons of Geriatrics?

    maryruth posted a topic in Geriatric

    I am a nurse student right now. I am thinking about getting into geriactrics when I am out of school and I'd like to hear the pros and cons of geriactrics. All my family want me to go into it but lets face it what do they know...I want nurses who are...

15. Big Island questions

    maryruth replied to maryruth's topic in Hawaii

    Wow thanks for the reply and you actually answered my questions! Thank you for the newspaper website too. Waimea is actually a place I was interested in because what I've seen it looks nice. I like the country look and not to into the jungle. So, I a...