gardnerg729

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1. 30 more days til fall semester begins... wowsers !

   gardnerg729 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   I begin on august 22 and am also excited to get my last year started! We just have to stay focused! Good luck =)

2. 1/2 nursing class cut, WHY??

   gardnerg729 replied to Aka Mommy's topic in General Students

   I didn't read all the responses, so I am not sure if this has already been said but...I have seen about 40% of my class not come back for one reason or another. A few left because they felt it was too difficult, some had family issues, but most faile...

3. Need for new grad RN's in Raleigh,NC area???

   gardnerg729 replied to Concrete Girl,RN's topic in General Nursing

   I forgot to mention that there is a VA hospital in Durham which is normally hiring. Their website lists job opportunities. Worth looking into!

4. Need for new grad RN's in Raleigh,NC area???

   gardnerg729 replied to Concrete Girl,RN's topic in General Nursing

   I am from the Raleigh/Durham area. This area is saturated with nursing schools (chapel hill, duke, nccu, greensboro, etc) which means many students looking for jobs. Yes we have excellent hospitals; however, I do not think the triangle area is hiring...

5. College Credits Question

   gardnerg729 replied to MissChloe's topic in General Students

   Then again, you said you are graduating with a biology degree so the science classes might not be too difficult for you. I feel you could handle 12-14 hours pretty easily.

6. College Credits Question

   gardnerg729 replied to MissChloe's topic in General Students

   At my university in NC a minimum full time student is 12 credit hours. Throughout my education, I have taken anywhere from 12-16 credit hours and maintained a part-time job and sometimes full-time job. It really depends on your situation though. How ...

7. Does Having CNA Exp Help so Much in Nursing School?

   gardnerg729 replied to proudmommy's topic in General Students

   I can't comment on if it will help you get into ns, but once you start clinicals and labs you will be more comfortable with patient interaction and basic ADL skills. I am very happy I worked as a CNA before ns and throughout ns. Good luck

8. A Couple General Nursing School Questions

   gardnerg729 replied to lifelearningrn's topic in General Students

   In my nursing program the courses are predetermined and have predetermined times. If you decide to enroll in nursing school, you are basically giving your life over to them! The only thing I have gotten to choose is the time I wanted my clinical to b...

9. subcutaneous injection through Z track

   gardnerg729 replied to oncnurse73's topic in Medications

   Z track is only for IM injections.

10. NCCU's program

    gardnerg729 replied to mommyonamission's topic in North Carolina

    Hello everyone! I am a junior nursing student at nccu. To answer a earlier post, yes you do have to take bridge courses before getting accepted into the program. You take them your spring semester of sophomore year. The bridge courses are patho, heal...