medicmatt44

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1. area/hospital with enough demand to hire an out of state ADN new grad?

   medicmatt44 replied to wants_to_ski's topic in New Mexico

   IMO, you have a better chance obtaining a position at a remote facility (not metro Albuquerque). Check out the facilities that JBudd posted. Apologies- I am just really down on the hiring situation here in New Mexico. I already have job offers in Col...

2. Best area to relocate?

   medicmatt44 replied to Scarlettz's topic in New Mexico

   I don't want to rain on your parade but... There are 100s of unemployed new grads here in the metro Albuquerque area. I am an unemployed Respiratory Therapist who moved to ABQ from Buffalo, NY- applied to over 30 RT positions with no hire, even thoug...

3. Anyone accepted or considering the new GCU program in Albuquerque?

   medicmatt44 replied to guzzlingreentea's topic in New Mexico

   Thats awesome that you have heard good things about the UNM Valencia program. I think that the admissions are going to get more competitive once the word really gets out. Previous healthcare experience is an absoulte requirement for admission, which ...

4. Anyone accepted or considering the new GCU program in Albuquerque?

   medicmatt44 replied to guzzlingreentea's topic in New Mexico

   I really liked the time frame of the GCU program, but I couldn't afford the tuition- even with an extremely generous scholarship offer x2 application with x2 rejection to UNM Main with a cumulative 3.63 and overall 4.0 in pre-reqs. I am currently en...

5. Anyone accepted or considering the new GCU program in Albuquerque?

   medicmatt44 replied to guzzlingreentea's topic in New Mexico

   I chose not to attend the GCU program due to I could not afford the cost of the program and I was accepted into another nursing program- so I can't fill you in on any details. Best of luck to you COr7 :)

6. NCLEX-RN today! Good pop up...and how I studied

   medicmatt44 replied to ArmyTwin's topic in NCLEX

   Congrats on passing! This is great info to keep in mind as I get closer to that magical date- thanks for sharing your strategies and thoughts. Most likely, I will use the same study plan as you. I can study every day for eight hours a day in cram se...

7. new grad opportunities

   medicmatt44 replied to murse636's topic in Arizona

   Thank you so much for this information murse636! Unfortunately, I still have 3 semesters to complete in my ADN program at The University of New Mexico- just east of you in Albuquerque, NM. I have alot more to learn- which I am really looking forwa...

8. Looking for Summer 2013 externship or intership programs

   medicmatt44 replied to Liz SN's topic in General Students

   Here are some links regarding externships and hospitals that offer externships: http://www.jefferson.edu/academic-affairs/schools/career-development-center/Students_Alumni/nurse_externship.html. http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/nursing/exte...

9. Atrial fibrillation

   medicmatt44 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Student Assist

   In order to be a professional Registered Nurse, one must develop a scientific knowledge base. Why in the world are nursing students using Wikipedia and google? What happened to textbooks, journals, and databases?

10. COPD Nursing care plan

    medicmatt44 replied to ala2ch's topic in Student Assist

    I would like to add some of my thus so far knowledge base to this discussion, even though it's too late to change the nursing care plan. 1) Priority Nursing Diagnoses: utilize the ABC's. Ineffective gas exchange is clearly more important than constip...

11. Can WGU RN-BSN be completed while actively enlisted in the Navy?

    medicmatt44 replied to Robins19's topic in Western Governors

    Because you sound very interested in military service, I would advocate contacting a recruiter and explaining that you are interested in one of the medical specialties. They will be able to answer your questions more in depth :) I can only speak for ...

12. Can WGU RN-BSN be completed while actively enlisted in the Navy?

    medicmatt44 replied to Robins19's topic in Western Governors

    I don't see why not, but- it would be difficult. I would contact WGU and ask what their policies are concerning military taking classes in terms of deployments, etc. I completed six years of active duty and pretty much all I did after the completion ...

13. Looking for Summer 2013 externship or intership programs

    medicmatt44 replied to Liz SN's topic in General Students

    I am in the same situation regarding summer externship for 2013. Commenting to move this post higher in the thread. I can't imagine that a Nurse Externship would provide a student nurse with housing (although that would be nice). Does anyone have any...

14. Can WGU RN-BSN be completed while actively enlisted in the Navy?

    medicmatt44 replied to Robins19's topic in Western Governors

    1) I would like to clarify enlisting. When one enlists, they are either an Officer rank or Enlisted rank. 2) If you enlist as an ADN (which isn't possible), you will be considered an Enlisted rank (instead of an Officer) and you will NOT be practicin...

15. Exam question on copd please help!

    medicmatt44 replied to Kirstybop's topic in Student Assist

    I am presuming that this is a NCLEX test question... your priority nursing intervention is 2-3 L/M O2 via NC. One of the above posters is correct that O2 is a drug, which requires a physicians order to administer. However (in the realm of the NCLEX) ...