North Carolina Roll Call

drkolie · Mar 14, 2005

I just found out today that I have been accepted into Duke's Accelerated BSN program!!! I was in Durham last week, and I absolutely fell in love with the state. I'm a seventh-generation Californian, so it's going to be difficult to leave, but I'm definitely looking forward to it. I hope to meet some new people in the area (people are so nice over there, I love it!).

Congrads!!.......I grew up in southern california, spent the next 23+ in northern california, 2 years in hawaii and now in Raleigh, as of 4 months. We love it here. Changing of the seasons, a slower pace for most, mild winters (compared to some places in north CA) .....

Have yet to experience the summers which I hear are more humid than hawaii. But at least they have enough sence here to install air conditioners. Most of hawaii depends on ceiling fands and the trade winds. And when the winds shut down, there is no A/C.

The area is beautiful, the housing reasonable and medical healthcare is expanding into alternative and holistic care all over. Welcome and best of luck.........

porterwoman · Mar 16, 2005

Hi all. Rebecca in the house, from western NC, about 1 hour west of Asheville. GoBabeGo, I have a friend who's going to ETSU & living in Ashevegas--that's where you're going, right? I should be in touch with her. There are a lot of people I should be in touch with!

:) Rebecca

igloorn93 · Mar 22, 2005

Hi all. I'm new to NC, having relocated from the deep south. I live and work in the triad area. Really like the area. Have transferred depts at work and now like work as well!!!!! Nice to meet y'all. Iggy. :)

GCShore · Mar 22, 2005

welcome........glad to have ya!

Hi all. I'm new to NC, having relocated from the deep south. I live and work in the triad area. Really like the area. Have transferred depts at work and now like work as well!!!!! Nice to meet y'all. Iggy. :)

keishapound · Mar 23, 2005

Hi this is Keisha and I live in Durham and I am a 1st yr ADN student at DTCC I wish yall the best and pray that you all wish me the best

Tweege · Apr 13, 2005

Hi everybody, I live near Maggie, just below or beside Murphy, how ever you want to say it. A little place called Hayesville to be exact. Beautiful mountains all around, and a lake to boot! My husbands family is from here, and I grew up just over the border in GA. We were in the army for 21 yrs., Ft Bragg, NC was our 2nd home, and have just recently retired and moved back here. Since my husbands retirement, I have been going back to school. I graduated with my AAD last May, and have been accepted into the Nursing program at our community college for Fall 2005. I am very excited and can't wait to get started. I am shooting for my RN. Soon after finishing my ADN and taking the NCLEX, I hope to get my BSN, I should only have a few classes to go.

Great meeting everyone, hope all goes well with you all. Have a blessed day :balloons: !!!!

nicenurse911121 · May 30, 2005

ok hi i live in morganton nc area, separated with 3 kids say hey yall!

2bRn-STAT · May 31, 2005

Hey Keisha,

Im Stacie and I go to DTCC too. I have been on the waiting list just a little over a year. How long did you wait before you got accepted? I only need micro, so I applied to ECPI and got ingto their LPN program. Then I will either bridge over to get my Rn at Vance-Granville or do the respiratory therapy program at Durham Tech next fall after I graduate LPN school. Too bad DTCC only does advance placements for LPNS every other year. So how have classes been so far? Good Luck

nicenurse911121 · Jun 1, 2005

Hey all nc ppl out there. I am Tammy, live in the western part of the state in the beautiful foothills in Morganton. I am a RN currently working in a Medical Care unit(MED /SURG) of a state MR/DD facility. I plan to go to the ER setting when school is back in from summer break. Kids at home so cant train on first til they go back, anyway, say hi sometime! Have yahoo: nicenurse911121--And I love allnurses !!!

Ok folks - it is that time again .... there are many new names and faces (well avatars anyway) on our web site ... time to get to know the North Carolina people.
Lets give a location - why you are there, your current nursing status and anything else you might want to share ....
I am Patrick, the moderator for the North Carolina Forum ... live in Asheville - moved here a year ago from Florida and love the mountains and the moderate climate .... can tell you that Hurricane Frances breezed through town last week and gave us a lot of headaches! Anyway, I am a nurse manager for a med-surg unit and a single father of 3. I attend the University of Phoenix and am hoping to graduate with my BSN-MSN in the very near future.

keishapound · Jun 1, 2005

Hey Keisha,
Im Stacie and I go to DTCC too. I have been on the waiting list just a little over a year. How long did you wait before you got accepted? I only need micro, so I applied to ECPI and got ingto their LPN program. Then I will either bridge over to get my Rn at Vance-Granville or do the respiratory therapy program at Durham Tech next fall after I graduate LPN school. Too bad DTCC only does advance placements for LPNS every other year. So how have classes been so far? Good Luck

Hello Stacie nice to hear from you. I was on the DTCC waiting list for 2 yrs which was good because I only had to take my ADN courses. The classes this far were okay but I did not do as well as I would have liked last semester. You can feel free to email me a pm @ [email protected] so that we can talk more. Have a nice day

unc005 · Jun 17, 2005

Hey everyone. My name is Erin, I am 22y/o, an ADN student (got in last fall, audited due to personal/financial reasons, got back in for this fall...), lifelong NC native(Randolph county), etc. My reason for going into nursing is truly personal. I had ALWAYS known I wanted to go into healthcare (probably since about the age of five or thereabouts). I had ALWAYS had the dreams, aspirations, etc. of being a physician though. However, at the age of eight/nine I realized that since I struggled SOOO much with math, ALWAYS would, etc., I'd better change my thinking. LOL. So...I still kept it in the back of my mind as the years went on...anyway, my reason, furthermore, was because I wanted to "give back" to the medical profession for saving my life/taking care of me. I was born 10 weeks early @ 2#2oz., 10 1/4" long, had some of the common premie problems as well as one somewhat uncommon one (well, common mainly to the smaller premies). I had: As & Bs, exchange transfusions, seizures during my first 2 weeks of life, a Grade III IVH (intraventricular hemorrhage, aka: brain bleed)---that's the "uncommon" problem I was talking about, developed CP @ 2yrs., am deaf in my rt. ear, etc. Due to the IVH, I developed (subsequently) PHH (Post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus), was initially shunted at 5 wks., 2 days old with a subgaleal shunt, etc. I wound up having ten surgeries during my first seven years, and managed to go EIGHT weeks and TWO days shy of FIFTEEN years before having to have another shunt revision (#11) on 4/20, and I had (brace yourself) a Delta 1.5 medium pressure, occipital burr hole, non-programmable right sided VP shunt placed (whew! what a mouthful! LOL!). On May 10th I had another surgery to have my 14y/o shunt (just the ventricular, or proximal, catheter) removed *and* a left ICP monitor placed (for 3 days). On top of that, I was dx'd w/migraines the day before I was d/c. *SIGH* So...backing up into my high school days...I took health occupations education classes my 10th and 11th grade years (some of y'all may have heard of HOSA: Health Occupations Students of America, and even participated in the classes/club), went to competitions at all levels, placed at regional, state, and even national level (summer before my senior year: a knowledge test in pathophysiology, 3rd at state, 10th at national). Anyway, I had narrowed down my specialty to neonatal nursing (Level III) by my sophomore year when I found the neonatologist that cared for me (via the Internet), started corresponding via e-mail with him, agreed to meet/eat lunch/tour the NICU, etc. and on December 28, 1999, I met him (Dr. Ernest Kraybill, now retired, since 2000) at UNC Hospitals (which was before they built the new Women's and Children's Hospitals which were dedicated September 8, 2001). I also met some nurses, and again, was able to tour the NICU July 13, 2001 with the nurse manager (Maura Williams), who ironically enough had been one of my primary nurses when I was there), and got to shadow a couple of nurses (staff as well as NNPs, because that's what I had intended to do) for a few hours. Anyway, I am still fascinated/interested in premies, NICU nursing, etc., but have shifted my focus/specialty from that into neuroscience nursing b/c of my recent hospitalizations. One thing I had worried about when I had set my sights on NICU nursing was becoming too involved/my personal experience(s) and how that would tie into everything, but everyone assured me that this wouldn't hinder me in any way; it would actually help b/c I have a certain perspective that no one else does. I hope to be able to do neurology/neurosurgery (floor) nursing. I also like the idea of maybe NSICU nursing, as well as neurosurgery clinic nursing, OR...heck, anything that deals with neurosurgery. LOL. Sheesh. However, I REALLY am leaning towards floor nursing...I TRULY enjoyed the nurses, NAs, doctors, EVERYONE on the floor during my hospitalizations, got to know them, etc. and they're all a GREAT group! I'm fond of quite a few of them, some just a tad bit more (there are two guys that are HILARIOUS together). Anyway, that's *my* story! Thanks for listening, and sorry this is long! LOL!

Erin

P.S. I guess I should add that my Dad having had MULTIPLE health problems also factors a little into my decision as well: he'd had metastatic kidney cancer w/mets. to lungs and bones., with prosthetic right elbow joint; NIDDM, HTN, chronic sinus problems which he'd never had until NG tube removal re: the RCC, diabetic complications, etc. He passed away 10/3/03 due to an anoxic brain injury (went w/o O2 for ten minutes) which was d/t cardiac arrest and *that* was d/t ARF. He also had other problems that we never knew about (but looking back, I'm not surprised) until we had a partial autopsy requested b/c we wanted answers (i.e. he had atherosclerosis, BPH, etc.).Oh, and I hope to work @ UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. GO HEELS! ;-)

rntulowitzky · Aug 21, 2005

I just graduated with my Bachelors in Nursing at good ol University of Phoenix. Do you take the online program or go to the campus?

Judie, RN

Ok folks - it is that time again .... there are many new names and faces (well avatars anyway) on our web site ... time to get to know the North Carolina people.
Lets give a location - why you are there, your current nursing status and anything else you might want to share ....
I am Patrick, the moderator for the North Carolina Forum ... live in Asheville - moved here a year ago from Florida and love the mountains and the moderate climate .... can tell you that Hurricane Frances breezed through town last week and gave us a lot of headaches! Anyway, I am a nurse manager for a med-surg unit and a single father of 3. I attend the University of Phoenix and am hoping to graduate with my BSN-MSN in the very near future.