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local school does majority (not all) of exams as group tests. the students break up into groups and the members of the groups work together on the test. if this isn't common in nursing school, i don't think i will go there. so how common is this?

Regarding the 2 previous posts: How does experience as an RT make one a better nurse?

Different strokes for different folks I guess. When I was an EMT student doing my hospital rotation, I spent most of my day with the triage nurse. I thought the fast pace of things was pretty cool. I think I could do it all day, everyday. No problem.

UCSF, UCLA, Cal State LA, Western. Cal State Long Beach has one but the horror stories of dealing with their secretary turned out true to life for me. Save yourself a headache and avoid them. Good luck.

Say for example I know which hospital I want to work in or which type of hospital (size, demographics, etc). Would I have an advantage over other new grads if my program did clinicals at that hospital? What about at a hospital similar to it? Some pe...

Patho and pharm over the summer? That's a stressful load imo.

OMG this reminds me of last night when I bought a can of Pringles and when I sat down to eat them, turns out the package had already been opened and like 1/4 of the pringles were missing. ***??? I threw it out and I was pissed. Luckily I had bought 2...

Oh yeah I can totally relate. I have a Bachelor's in an unrelated field and nearly finished a minor in psychology before I decided it wasn't worthwhile. The point is I have many social science classes under my belt. But the nursing programs dont want...

in what way is county disorganized?

i read that other thread the yesterday and omg... some high and mighty e-msn student basically bashed adns for 5 pages, and also insulted the bedside nursing profession (i see the post is now deleted but he/she said called it "glorified waitressing"...

also cal state la. i think azusa has one. maybe western in pomona too. csu long beach - yeah they have one. but i would never consider going there. their secretary or whoever the person they have that's supposed to help you with absn and emsn admissi...

ok just to clarify, i'm referring to the 12-month programs.

or anyone who knows one... did you feel rushed through things? if you could do it over again, would you go accelerated again? i could start an adn and an acc-bsn program at same time.

What does this mean? Is it a reaction to the quality of ABSN grads they've hired in the past? And is this just a local thing or have ABSN grads gotten a bad reputation everywhere? I'm with you guys about digging in, finishing sooner, with a higher de...

anyone have experience with mount st mary's (msmc) accelerated program?

well i'm currently waitlisted, but i'm friends with a few first year students at the ADN program i will attend. dunno if if my friend exaggerated, but supposedly by halfway through the first semester their class was down to 50%

i am a student considering psych nursing. how does the pay compare to other areas of nursing such as med-surg, er, icu, etc?

Good one. I may use that. Although "male nurse" doesnt bother me.

We might have similar interests. What is RES?

study groups are a waste of time for me. like you guys, i learn better on my own. this is definitely a gender thing. girls tend to meet in groups for just about everything, esp. for dealing with anything difficult. can't site any studies myself but i...

Is it worth the effort and cost? Please tell me the reality of things. Are hospitals really hiring new grad E-MSNs as Clinical Nurse Specialists and Clinical Nurse Leaders? If so, do they generally get respect when put in these positions as compared...

why would there be issues for males in neurology? i could understand ob and related areas..but neurology?

Oops sorry. just clicked the link to discussion from the main index page which brought me to the first page of thread. Didn't realize there was 7 pages of discussion till after I posted. To clarify...nice poster/campaign.

4600% mark up. nice!

wanted more involvement in the treatment/healing process wanted to learn more about diseases wanted to wear a stethoscope (okay partly joking there) seemed like more organization in the nursing profession as a whole concern about working with radio...