lolis

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1. Dilemma for CA New Grad in Norcal

   lolis replied to vkRN823's topic in Career Support

   I'm not sure your comments apply to OP, and here's why -- Firstly, OP is not making a 3 yr. commitment to the new job. It is more likely one year, or if 2 year, "personal circumstances" would allow for a clean break after a year for OP to return hom...

2. New grad nurse wondering if I made a mistake choosing this career

   lolis replied to ddrn97's topic in New Nurse

   "is this really what I want to do for the rest of my life?" well the good news is it would be impossible to "do this" for the rest of your life, since you're only brand new once. Or you could mean acute care nursing Or you could mean med/surg nursing...

3. University of Arizona Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Program

   lolis replied to granadina's topic in SRNA

   there isn't much info on the nursing school's website, so I emailed. looks like it is structured for the first (summer) semester in Tucson, then four semesters distance learning, then four semesters in Tucson/Phoenix or both for the four semesters of...

4. Lost newish grad

   lolis replied to Name9335's topic in New Nurse

   OP, Essentially you were placed in a situation that your inadequate clinical training failed to prepare you for. Not every nursing school is the same, and not every clinical training experience is of equal quality. didn't you post that you had poo...

5. Duke ABSN Fall 2017

   lolis replied to mandalynne85's topic in North Carolina

   Aside from price, the BIG difference is 8 months of actually earning money vs. still being in school. What is 8 months worth? In NC, probably $14,000 gross earnings PLUS BENEFITS, while in CA that would be worth $20,000.

6. Duke ABSN Fall 2017

   lolis replied to mandalynne85's topic in North Carolina

   I'll have to look up the clinical hours, but the 1000 you mention was from back in 2004 when Duke introduced the ABSN degree. Since that time they've dialed it back some, but I'll bet it is around 650-700 ... will check. The #1 ranking was releas...

7. Duke ABSN Fall 2017

   lolis replied to mandalynne85's topic in North Carolina

   same here, all loan, no grant money at all. Can make it work, given future expected income, but still... ARGG. Does the School of Nursing ABSN have a completely different way of handling financial aid than the regular Duke FA for other undergraduat...

8. Duke ABSN Fall 2017

   lolis replied to mandalynne85's topic in North Carolina

   ^ just thinking out loud here to answer your question -- first, don't do anything this week. They're probably bombarded in admissions and can't even think straight. Now, they won't know how many they can take off the wait list until they've heard ...

9. Duke ABSN Fall 2017

   lolis replied to mandalynne85's topic in North Carolina

   in here too!!!! hard to keep it together here at work

10. Nursing as Second Career: ABSN Question

    lolis replied to memily's topic in Virginia

    I'm not sure I understand your expectations... are you wanting to avoid the emotional stress that is common in a competitive business environment? Do you expect that there won't be a lot of emotional stress practicing as a nurse? If you are by na...

11. Duke ABSN Fall 2017

    lolis replied to mandalynne85's topic in North Carolina

    ^ no, I don't think the same size, since that would assume that Duke has 100% yield. They would normally accept, as would any school, #slots/yield rate, then minus a fudge factor. At an 80% yield, that would mean they would accept 88 - a little fudg...

12. Duke ABSN Fall 2017

    lolis replied to mandalynne85's topic in North Carolina

    FYI I googled "Duke Days" and found a Duke announcement page that indicated that in 2011 Duke invited 141 applicants to that year's Duke Days. Not sure how that would break out between admitted and wait listed, but probably something like 90 admitt...

13. Duke ABSN Fall 2017

    lolis replied to mandalynne85's topic in North Carolina

    Hmm, don't think so. It appears last year that the Duke Days invite went to both Waitlist and Admitted.

14. Csula absn summer 2017

    lolis replied to JeslinB's topic in School Programs

    Just got this morning the CSU Mentor instruction email also. No interview request though. In the past, has anyone been accepted to the program without an interview? If not, hoping for an interview request soon.