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1. Grading Scale For Your Nursing Program........

   azstudentnurse replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   Our school is pretty strict. 90-100=A 80-89.9=B 75-79.9=C Below 75=F And yes, they fail people that get a 74.9. We also have to pass a math test every semester. We get two tries to get 100%, then, we are out of the program. No one has ever failed the...

2. Good Hospitals for New Grads in Tucson

   azstudentnurse replied to Nemhain's topic in Arizona

   I'm on the 3500 hall.

3. Anyone get their "CNA" in Arizona??

   azstudentnurse replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Arizona

   I thought it was pretty easy. They have a packet you can get with all the skills you might be tested on, and how to do each skill step by step. I just studied that really really hard. They pick three of those skills for the practical, plus handwashin...

4. Good Hospitals for New Grads in Tucson

   azstudentnurse replied to Nemhain's topic in Arizona

   I am a student nurse extern at St. Mary's and love it. The staff and the doctors are great and the med/surg nurses never get more than 5 patients, which is more than you can say of most of the Tucson hospitals. All of the nurses I have worked with ar...

5. Career Shadowing in Arizona

   azstudentnurse replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Arizona

   Hmmm...I guess they must just not like me (just kidding) :)

6. Career Shadowing in Arizona

   azstudentnurse replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Arizona

   I didn't call all of them, I just looked on their websites. Basically I wanted something with no strings attached, where I could just call up and say, hi, I'm a pre-nursing student, and I'd like to shadow tomorrow in Labor and Delivery. I didn't want...

7. Career Shadowing in Arizona

   azstudentnurse replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Arizona

   I shadowed at University Medical Center several times before I started nursing school. They are in Tucson but were the only hospital I could find that lets pre-nursing students shadow. You can pick any department you like; I picked OB and got to see ...