new1nursebabyea

new1nursebabyea specializes in ortho.

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1. RN-MSN For Unemployed New Grad

   new1nursebabyea replied to SparkleRN's topic in New Nurse

   Nick, in the Pa area, Abbington has an adn program; unfortunately, they have not been able to place many of their grads in positions at their own institution. In the city/Philadelphia, the BSN is the new standard. Many of the grads at the Drexel ACE ...

2. Unemployed After Graduation: Remaining Employable

   new1nursebabyea replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

   make sure you do a nurse externship program, this is a good way to get your foot in the door, or atleast get real world paid experience

3. RN-MSN For Unemployed New Grad

   new1nursebabyea replied to SparkleRN's topic in New Nurse

   military requires 6 months of experience before they sign you on.

4. I am graduating with a degree in liberal arts next year...

   new1nursebabyea replied to wildgirl's topic in Career Support

   become a CNA so that you get experience and discover first hand whether or not you want to devote time and money to become a nurse. be advised that many new grads with BSNs are not getting jobs because of the recession.

5. The thought of leaving the nursing field brings me an overwhelming sense of peace....

   new1nursebabyea replied to efda3's topic in General Nursing

   If you want to be a PA, MD, etc... it makes no sense for you to pursue a BSN. You are already a nurse. It would make more sense for you to pursue the pre-requisites for those programs as opposed to Community Health, ethics, and other courses that are...

6. Drexel University ACE Spring 2011

   new1nursebabyea replied to PacoUSA's topic in Pennsylvania

   She is absolutely right about this. However, the dreaded HESI could be the least of your concerns; once you understand the format and do your review, anyone can pass the test. I went from scoring in the mid-50% to the top 5% and I did not attend coll...

7. Drexel University-ACE Program Fall '09

   new1nursebabyea replied to BrieretheGr8's topic in Pennsylvania

   yes, i did it. I am now working at a great place!

8. Hesi Exit Test

   new1nursebabyea replied to CSLee3's topic in HESI

   If you begin with how to read questions and test taking strategies, I think student outcomes will be greater. That was a big issue of mine. Remediation and content review are much easier.

9. Hesi Exit Test

   new1nursebabyea replied to CSLee3's topic in HESI

   The HESI is doable. I went from 79.5/842 to 94/1022 by try #4 and passed NCLEX with 75 q's. It really helped me to organize my study strategy by looking at the trends in my individual HESI results; for example, I started with endocrine, mental healt...

10. Hesi Exit Test

    new1nursebabyea replied to CSLee3's topic in HESI

    This is definitely wrong if they switched standards on your cohort midstream. If this is the case, you need to organize as a group and approach the dean; however, they can change standards for the next cohort of students while your groups is still at...

11. Hesi Exit Test

    new1nursebabyea replied to CSLee3's topic in HESI

    At Drexel U in Philly, the HESI is the be all and end all to nursing. If you do not pass, you do not get your BSN.

12. Volunteering at a hospital when your already licensed.

    new1nursebabyea replied to tothepointeLVN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this information! Im from the Philadelphia area where there are a glut of nursing programs and new grads. But Im still hopeful...

13. Volunteering at a hospital when your already licensed.

    new1nursebabyea replied to tothepointeLVN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a good question. I would like to do the same as jobs are really short in my neck of the woods and I feel like I am losing my skills that I've learned in school very quickly.

14. Hesi Exit Test

    new1nursebabyea replied to CSLee3's topic in HESI

    For those of you who did not pass the HESI, don't get down in the dumps . I "flunked" 3x: from just shy of 80 to just shy of 94. You can not pass at Drexel unless you get an 87, now it is a 90. Before doing the ACE Drexel program, I attended excellen...

15. Drexel University-ACE Program Fall '09

    new1nursebabyea replied to BrieretheGr8's topic in Pennsylvania

    HESIs are harder because you may not be familiar with the format/how they are asking the question. Every time I did practice questions from the DVDs/website for the HESI (women's, mental, and community health), I scored in the 90s. If I had practice...