WDWpixieRN

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  1. Background check/drug screen before clinicals

    WDWpixieRN replied to RANCH GIRL's topic in General Students

    Yep....background check, a family registry check (?) to see if you'd ever been convicted of any kind of abuse or whatever for nursing home/daycare employment, and the drug test. That's never mind the...

  2. Cost of living loans? Anyone use them? Help!

    WDWpixieRN replied to FuturoEnfermera's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I applied and was approved for the Sallie Mae loan....I believe it was a min of $1500, max of $40,000, but you will fill out all the appropriate loan application information. The link is at:...

  3. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    WDWpixieRN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the reason a 4.0 isn't as highly regarded is exactly for the reasons you outline....I don't care too much of what career you've chosen, unless you're the next Bill Gates, I think a "newby"...

  4. Honors college??

    WDWpixieRN replied to lostinparadise's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Interesting thread....I just kind of happened in to the Honors program at my community college (if you saw my high school transcript, you'd laugh)....but I started out with one course and LOVED it!!...

  5. Nail biting & nursing- bad match!

    WDWpixieRN replied to mishmisha's topic in General Students

    I bit mine until I was 18, then just stopped (I think my future husband's constant haranging probably helped a bit!!)....you might try using something like OPI Nail Envy or Nailtiques to strengthen...

  6. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    WDWpixieRN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    As an "older" person myself, getting ready to start nursing school in August, I applaud you!! :yelclap: Best wishes!! But as for your wife's thinking, that, too, is part of her "job"....we all think...

  7. It just isn't fair

    WDWpixieRN replied to tigress_8207's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well, all I can is that in the last 6 years of my employment in IT, salaries haven't kept up either....we have averaged 2 - 3% raises, IF we even got that....I believe there were 2 years that NO...

  8. Does age matter?

    WDWpixieRN replied to nursingconsidered's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was 50 in December and after a 3 semester wait, will start an ASN program on August 21st. I would say you are FAR from being too old!! My husband (a chiropractor) told me he had a patient in the...

  9. How I plan to pay for nursing school IF I have to use all loans- or The SUNNY PLAN!

    WDWpixieRN replied to sunnyjohn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    :yeahthat: My thoughts EXACTLY!!

  10. Do I have to take off my clothes?

    WDWpixieRN replied to Yossy's topic in General Students

    Oh, man.....something else to worry and wonder about before August

  11. What cities is an automobile needed in?

    WDWpixieRN replied to chioma829's topic in California Nursing

    I can't imagine living almost anywhere in the state of CA without a car. I was born and raised there and public transportation is not the forte in that state. San Francisco has the BART, but I'm not...

  12. Woo_hoo!!! I Got My Letter!!!(slcc)

    WDWpixieRN replied to luvs2readlotsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!! I'll be attending Meramec, but I wouldn't have hesitated to attend FP had the timing been right. Having taken several prereqs on that campus, I had just as positive an experience there as I...

  13. how do you afford to live while in school?

    WDWpixieRN replied to gordonarkell's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow.....thank you SO MUCH for this information! I will be quitting my full-time job in about 5 weeks and have been just freaking out trying to figure out how I'm going to manage this, particularly...

  14. Cellphones in class

    WDWpixieRN replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't know how many of you have heard or pay attention to the "Real Men of Genius" ads that Anheiser Busch runs, but they have one that started here recently that's something to the effect of "Mr....

  15. Good Nursing Shoes?

    WDWpixieRN replied to medicwife's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have read other postings about shoes and some folks are just as happy with some form of a tennis shoe as they are the fancy shoes, which is what got me thinking of returning the Danskos...they are...

  16. Good Nursing Shoes?

    WDWpixieRN replied to medicwife's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    And Danskos are certainly very expensive, too!! I bought a pair for school, and while I don't remember being given the "closed heel; no slip-ons" guidelines, I'm starting to worry and wondering if...

  17. It just isn't fair

    WDWpixieRN replied to tigress_8207's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was very fortunate that the school I will be attending is "first-come, first-served" so once you complete the prereqs, you're on a list and just wait. I only waited 2 semesters which was plenty of...

  18. Cellphones in class

    WDWpixieRN replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My kids are like most young people and can't seem to live without that phone attached to their ears/lips/hips....my daughter who's a waitress always has it handy....and it drives me bonkers...how...

  19. Traditional College vs. Vocational Nursing School

    WDWpixieRN replied to nursingconsidered's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't know much about the LPN field, but my 2 cents regarding vocational v. traditional education is that I was told to be very wary...besides the tremendous difference in costs, if you were to...

  20. suggestions on nursing programs/st louis area

    WDWpixieRN replied to carla08's topic in General Nursing

    Also, when we had our Prep for Success meeting this weekend, one of the instructors mentioned they STILL didn't have a lot of the scheduling and stuff done as they hadn't filled the classes yet! She...

  21. Is anyone getting "cold feet"?

    WDWpixieRN replied to goingformydream's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thanks for this posting!! It has actually helped some to see someone else who was in pretty much the same boat I am (no hospital experience, good GPA, etc.)....I need to print this out for reference...

  22. suggestions on nursing programs/st louis area

    WDWpixieRN replied to carla08's topic in General Nursing

    Someone mentioned 2 years for Meramec, but I think more realistically it's about 3 semesters....this could be shorter now with the dosage test being a requirement prior to admittance. I think Forest...

  23. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    WDWpixieRN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Now THERE are grounds for a lawsuit....I once had a business teacher tell us that she interviewed as a slightly older new MBA graduate for a position with a bank. The recruiter said something to the...

  24. Is anyone getting "cold feet"?

    WDWpixieRN replied to goingformydream's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i start classes on august 21st and talk about cold feet!! as i set about laying out tons of dough for books, shoes, uniforms, usb sticks, roller bags, etc., i spend as much time wondering how i am...

  25. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

    WDWpixieRN replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't feel so crappy....some of your reasons are also intertwined with a lot of our reasons....the money and job security are 2 very good reasons I've heard many people say they went in to...