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  1. I guess it can be assumed that the bare minimum is adequate to prepare you for the NCLEX. That speaks volumes about the massive issues that nursing education faces in our times. I also have a feeling that a lot of the insanity erupted when the 'nurs...
  2. Hi all, Does anyone have any insight into reasons why the CABRN does not standardize prerequisite courses for nursing school applicants in California? For instance, why would a student who has taken only an online Physiology course (no lab!) be elig...
  3. Samuel Merritt University Nursing Reputation

    The ABSN program's tuition is over $58,000. Master's programs charge over $1000 per unit. There is also a 2+2 undergrad program that I'm not too familiar with. Students can easily accrue over $100,000 in debt very quickly if they are using Federal an...
  4. Samuel Merritt University Nursing Reputation

    I tried everything in my power to apply the 'school is what you make of it' principle to SMU. I continued to have experiences where I was treated like a number, or a kindergartener. I would say that if you do start school at SMU, at no point should y...
  5. Is The Culture of Nursing Improving?

    Thanks for your input, everyone! I am wondering, what does everyone think about the root of these issues? Is it burnout? Is this behavior specific to a certain age range of nurses? Is there a certain psychological 'make-up' of a nurse that exhibits d...
  6. Hi all, I have first-hand experience with the often bizarre culture of nursing and the culture of nursing school. I'd like your two cents about seeing any improvements (or not) with respect to aspects of the profession (horizontal violence, managemen...
  7. Samuel Merritt University Nursing Reputation

    "But again I ask, why care? So long as its accredited, and you got accepted, and can achieve your RN what difference does it make?" Oh, you SHOULD care. I had that same attitude and wish I could have known then what I know now. I am a former student ...
  8. Samuel Merritt Oakland: Fall 2011 - Case Management

    Thanks, K :) The doc they requested was an administrative clearance. I'll disclose more about it once I've received their decision. When I was interviewing today, I was really puzzled by the questions. It seemed a poor attempt at seeing how I handl...
  9. Samuel Merritt Oakland: Fall 2011 - Case Management

    *Sigh*....well, mine was....interesting. They've requested an additional document, and so I'm not sure one way or the other how it might go. Fingers are crossed :)
  10. Samuel Merritt Oakland: Fall 2011 - Case Management

    Go get 'em, Stifffunny! Best of luck. (I really would love to know the story with your screen name. I keep wondering if it has something to do with morticians....:)
  11. Samuel Merritt Oakland: Fall 2011 - Case Management

    Thanks! I had just been checking out the CM pdf docs on the SMU website, did anyone else see those? They're interesting and helpful. I think they're prior students' final projects or something. My haircolor is refreshed....clothes picked out & re...
  12. Samuel Merritt Oakland: Fall 2011 - Case Management

    It's at 11am. Yours is at 9, right?
  13. Samuel Merritt Oakland: Fall 2011 - Case Management

    I am SO getting that clock, whether I get in the program or not! :) I have this funny feeling that SMU makes their final selections first, then interviews. Just a hunch. So me and stifffunny (soooo intrigued by that name!) are hopefully 'in' and the ...
  14. Samuel Merritt Oakland: Fall 2011 - Case Management

    Awesome, lele07! Congratulations! I really hope to have good news on Thursday...I'll post asap after my appointment.
  15. Samuel Merritt Oakland: Fall 2011 - Case Management

    Congrats, kzimmermann! That's terrific. Thanks so much for the info that you shared; being chosen means that you really stood out among many others. I'm reviewing some literature related to the field of nursing case managment and just really mentall...