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Here's the latest: If it snows, the meeting is cancelled. Everyone is to check on website and/or radio/TV for update. Meeting will not be rescheduled; just show up for your first day per block.

AP I = B AP II = C (retaking now with A average) Micro = A Math = A Compass 96 I have a better chance with Wallace for January or wait for Jeff State for May. Wallace and Jeff State said letters go out first week of November. How about you? You can pm me if you'd like.

Please post your results if you are waiting on acceptance into ADN program. I'm waiting to hear from Wallace/Hanceville and Jeff State. Good luck to all!

after 5 years, do you think things are better???? may 11, 2004 08:11 pm is there really a nursing shortage? by marie0304 this is an interesting article guys/gals... here's the letter i wrote to the president, vice-president, u.s. congress rep. and senator: "i'm an r.n. and i recently started working as an agency nurse because the pay is so much better and the hours are very flexible. the hospital system in my area that uses most of the agency nurses is in the process of hiring foreign labor to cut costs and fill positions. i read an article, "is there really a nursing shortage?" by richard armstrong and what he said really concerned me. it is true that american jobs are going overseas and there are over 8 million americans out of work. people who go to school for certain professions do not have jobs when they graduate. where is the american dream going??? i realize our country is a melting pot and all, but what about our jobs for us here???!!! please abolish the h-1b program. americans need to demand that employers not be allowed to replace american workers with foreigners... i'm finally not living paycheck to paycheck as a nurse and i'm finally able to get ahead... but now there is this big black cloud looming over my head and it's full of foreign nurses trying to get out of their country to take my job. why are you letting this happen to your fellow americans??? sincerely, marie l. schultz shreveport, louisiana" i don't know if it will help or not, but i figured it was worth a try. nurses from india, africa and thailand (among others) are coming to the shreveport area to fill gaps of this so-called nursing shortage so that the hospital system i work at won't have to use agency nurses. instead of paying american nurses better... this is what is happening. nice. very nice. do you see this happening where you are??? i just started working agency and that's all i'm doing right now. i love it. i just started april 19th, 2004 and here it is... not one month later and 15 foreigners are starting in the next week or so as a "pilot" for the other 3 hospitals of this hospital chain. this hospital chain uses most agency nurses here in shreveport. they're trying to get rid of agency nurses all together by using these other nurses. again i ask: do you see this happening where you are??? thanks in advance. :angryfire

Please look forward two years...do you think the job market (for RN's) will be worse than it is now? Of course the question is hypothetical, but I'm really concerned with socialized medicine and low wages for nurses. Thanks for your comment!

Still looking for 2 more students to meet at Jeff State/Carson or mutually convenient location. [email protected]

Anyone that wants to meet, please email me at [email protected] Thanks, Billy

Anyone interested in meeting at Jeff State/Carson to review math calculations? Anyone strong in math please be the instructor!! I'm sure there's a lot of us out there that could use the help before class starts. Please respond ASAP. Thanks.

If you could choose between the three (Jeff State, Wallace/Hanceville or Lawson State) which would you choose and why? Thanks for your answer to this poll.

Regarding the math, do you use a calculator or all long hand? Would everyone please respond. I would like to know how NS schools differ on math. Thanks and good luck to all.

Is micro more "memorization" vs. "physiology" as in A& P? For instance, in anatomy II, you have to know how one system inter-relates and works with another where as in anotomy I it seemed to be more memorization skills.

Hi, A&P II is killing me. I'm ok on the labs but FLUNKING the lecture/physiology tests. I can't seem to grasp the concepts, critical thinking part the lecture. ANYONE, ANYONE, ANYONE OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP? Need advice, suggestions, study tips, anything to pull me out of this black hole. Thanks. ps I made a B in A& P II....memorization I can do.

Start studying Fluid and Electrolytes....and drug conversions.... What textbook should I order to read up on fluid, electrolytes, lab values, etc. Thanks!!

I have a free semister before RN school. What subject would you recommend (may be a repeat) and wish you had studied more of: a) A & P I b) A & P II c) Microbiology d) Math e) Medical Terminology f) Phlebodomy g) other....please name

I'm in pre-nursing... what is UOM? Is it unit of measurement? Also, on the tests are you allowed to use a calculator or all by longhand? Are there alot of IV calucalation questions? Any websites that helped you! Thanks Here's my IM link: https://allnurses.com/members/322350/