alissadancer

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1. Respiratory therapists switching to RN

   alissadancer replied to alissadancer's topic in General Nursing

   Ha that's funny. It seems like there is one bodily fluid serves as each person's own gross out factor. Mine is poop. I figured I would try Respiratory because aside from wanting to work with patients, I was excited about all their new technologies a...

2. Poor nurses

   alissadancer replied to gettingbsn2msn's topic in General Nursing

   Oh my goodness, if a nice house costs 180k, $18/hr is very good pay for your area. In my neck of the woods, a "starter" home would cost about 300k, and new nurses make about $30/hr. It's still considered far above average pay. I suppose it's all rela...

3. Respiratory therapists switching to RN

   alissadancer posted a topic in General Nursing

   It seems like a lot of people who post here go from an RT career to an RN career. Can anyone explain their reasons why they chose to do this? I have a BA in English lit. I was going to apply for an accelerated BSN program, but the schooling was just...

4. Good part time/night jobs

   alissadancer posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   So I already have a BA in English and a desk job. But my plan is to apply to an accelerated BSN program. I'm still working on all my science prereqs, as my English degree did not require many science courses. If by some miracle, I do get accepted int...

5. Cost of Accelerated BSN: UMass Boston, Curry, MGH, Simmons

   alissadancer replied to azalea700's topic in Massachusetts

   Yes, Umass is the only place with reasonable tuition. There are no other state schools in Eastern Mass that offer an Accel BSN. They might have some out west or on the North Shore though. I think sometimes the number of credits assigned to a particu...

6. Help with prereqs(Anatomy and physiology)

   alissadancer replied to tiffjh2's topic in Pre-Nursing

   The absolute hardest parts are the Circulatory/Respiratory systems which are typically featured in A+P2. A+PI is much much easier, IMO. It's a lot of memorizing bones, muscles, etc. It's stuff you can actually visualize. Plus there is a lot less b...

7. Anyone who doesn't have a 4.0 get into nursing school?

   alissadancer posted a topic in Massachusetts

   This is not meant to sound snotty, but it seems like almost everyone here claims to have a 4.0 or a 3.8 on their prereqs. Really? I consider myself a very intelligent person, yet I'll be lucky to get a B- in A&P II. I'm pretty friendly with my cl...