andrecle

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1. Philly area new grad pay

   andrecle replied to ER1010's topic in Pennsylvania

   26.75 is correct for the starting pay for new grads at UPenn

2. Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

   andrecle replied to askater11's topic in Safety

   This topic could be argued until your blue in the face and there will still be people who refuse to listen to reason or facts. It is best to just let them keep their hostility and continue to succeed with your education. If you had the critical think...

3. Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

   andrecle replied to askater11's topic in Safety

   To join in on the discussion, I am also in an accelerated second degree program. Our program is 11-months in length and extremely intense. We are just completing our first quarter and have had numerous people drop out for various reasons due to the d...

4. ONLINE Accelerated BS to BSN - Anyone See This Post???

   andrecle replied to fry.girl's topic in General Nursing

   I think I saw that post. The post was for the University of Wisconsin at Osh Kosh. I looked at the website and it said that the theory courses were online, however you still needed to arrange clinicals in your home town. It also said that you should ...

5. Nurses with bad credit

   andrecle replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

   While I don't think that it is fair, it is legal in most states. Companies perform credit checks in order to determine if a person is going to be responsible (i.e. if you weren't responsible with your own money, maybe you're not responsible overall?)...

6. Nursing a service industry?

   andrecle replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

   I definentely believe that nursing is a part of the service industry. "Service" simply means that you are not manufacturing a good or product. For this reason, nurses, doctors, lawyers, insurance salespeople, cashiers and most other occupations in ou...

7. bsn starting salaries

   andrecle replied to bsm03d's topic in Ohio

   I'm not sure what area of Ohio you're looking for, but in the Columbus area starting salaries are around $19-$22/hr.

8. Drexel News!!

   andrecle replied to Lambert5883's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Congratulations! I'm starting Drexel's program this fall. Even though I received my acceptance letter months ago, it was never reflected on the website either. I spoke with the advisor and she said that the website does not get updated when you are a...

9. Accelerated BSN vs. traditional BSN

   andrecle replied to Megsd's topic in Pre-Nursing

   In my opinion, I would go for the accelerated program if you were accepted. Sure, you may have to pay more upfront for the prereqs, but since you already have a degree, I would not want to go through another long bachelor's program. And since the hos...

10. English, please

    andrecle replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

    I would personally view it as a personal conversation. For instance, If I am having a conversation with someone, and I don't want everyone around me to be involved, I have the right to lower my voice. Can others understand what I am saying? Probably ...

11. English, please

    andrecle replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

    We have this problem in acute care as well. Many is the time a group of Filipinos, Indian, or Nigerian nurses would congregate at the desk and speak their native language. It is IMHO very rude to those who cannot understand them. We had policies aga...

12. Need opinion on transferring career

    andrecle replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I think it really depends on the time that you are willing to commit to a program, as well as the type of patient contact that you desire. Pharmacy school can be very long if you need to take the prerequisites, up to 6 years full-time, but then again...

13. BSN duties?

    andrecle replied to nev's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to say which is "harder". However, as another poster said, you probably would not have all the science requirements for med school with a BSN. For that reason, a Biology or Chemistry degree would probably be better since it would have those...

14. Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

    andrecle replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it funny how the OP started out by asking if anyone else had been discouraged about going into nursing and now people are discouraging her from the path that she has chosen? Just a thought....

15. What type of Automobiles do you drive as a nurse.

    andrecle replied to malenursetobe@21's topic in Men

    I'm an accelerated BSN student and I drive a 2004 Nissan Maxima