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Hello, Is anyone in or know about information about the RN to BSN program at WSU? I'm hopefully going to attend in August but I'm waiting for the official okay from the school. I do not have any information about what classes I need to take or when...

Wow I'm so glad I found this thread. I'm an RN working on getting my MSN so I'm back in school again . We have an assignment to write to a government official about a health care related issue. The wasting of meds down the sink have been on th...

I just got a letter a few days ago from Who's Who in the nursing and healthcare field. I have no clue who nominated me. I'm not a nurse yet, won't start nursing school until next Tuesday and only work in the lab at our hospital. I'm not sure if I w...

If there are any nursing students from Oregon, what nursing school did you get accepted into and when do you start? I got into MHCC and I start Spring of 2005. I can't wait and it seems like it is going to take forever to start. I also got into Lin...

At our nursing orientation they really stressed on getting a PDA. You can buy a keyboard that will hook onto your PDA and you can type notes during class. The teachers said that you can type your notes a lot faster then hand writing. Also we can b...

Is there anyone else who knows they got into nursing school but it doesn't start until Spring? I'm so happy that I got in. There was over 400 people who applied and only 80 got in... 40 in the Fall and 40 in the Spring. But.... this waiting is wor...

Have fun in school... you get to start in a couple of days!!! Glad to here that statistically Spring starters do better then Fall starters but it is just a looooooooooooong wait. It actually is ending up being a good thing waiting so long becaus...

I'm going to Mt Hood Community College. I was also accepted to Linfield but couldn't justify the cost because I have 4 kids that I'm going to have to pay for their college in a few years. I will go to MHCC to get my ADN and then transfer up to OHSU...

Congratulations for you getting into school! You are lucky to be able to start in the fall. I have to wait until March of next year and it's going to be a long wait. I just want to get this schooling done and on with my life!!! :)

The school that I have been accepted to requires you go to CNA school before you start the program. The other school in our area which had over 900 applications this year and picks by lottery, just announced you have to go to CNA school before you e...

Yeah I was declined at PCC also because of the lottery. I'm on the wait list for Walla Walla (way down the wait list at 40) and Linfield. I'm just waiting to hear from MHCC any day now. I feel pretty good about MHCC because I have the medical expe...

Congratulation to both of you being accepted to Linfield. I'm on the waitlist so I'm not sure if I'm going to get in or not. Linfield wouldn't tell me how many were on the waitlist but I heard they haven't started filling positions for Fall term ...

Sherri, I've applied to all of them except OHSU and Clark. I have applied to Linfield, Walla Walla, Mt Hood Community College and to PCC. It's not looking very good right now. I guess Linfield had over 800 applications, Walla Walla had over 130 ap...

I was one of those students who applied to Portland Community College. There were 906 applications and only 90 got in. I went to the actual lottery and someone asked why they have the lottery system and the reply was so they get a large diverse stu...

Susan... The lottery works just like it does for money. Everyone is assigned a 3 digit number and it goes into a hat. They will call off 90 numbers and those are the people in the program. At long as your GPA is above a 2.5, everyone is equal. ...

We receive our rejection/acceptance letters about the same time you do around mid-April. I have applied to four different schools and it doesn't look good so far. Three out of the four colleges are on points or GPA consideration and one of the co...

How do you like Walla Walla? I applied there and waiting for an answer. I applied to 4 different schools and Walla Walla seem to be the best. I always thought Linfield would be until I heard the passing rate for the RN exam wasn't great. I did ...

Congratulations Kay!!! I'm going to have the same problem with the daycare situations because my twins will only be 4 years old when I get into nursing school and I'll have to pay for full time daycare for both of them for a year. I'm not sure how I...

One of the community colleges in my area doesn't require chemistry as a pre-req. It is at http://www.pcc.edu if you want to check out the nursing program. That school is very difficult to get in though because it has a lottery system to be admitted...

We are using Principles of Anatomy & Physiology 10th Edition by Tottora/Grabowski and our lab book is by Marieb. Both books are pretty good but they should be for the over $250 I had to pay for them. I'm hoping we will be using them for all th...

Hello. My name is Jill and I'm 36 years old. I'm married with 4 kids (9, 6, 2 year old twins.) I feel I'm a lifetime student taking classes here and there to become a nurse. I'm taking biology in 2 weeks and I should be able to apply to the nurs...

I know in Oregon, you can get a Med Aide certification after you have worked as a full time CNA for 6 months. Then you go back to school and take 40 hours of class time and 40 hours of clinicals. Not sure if you have to pass a board exam like with...

Congratulations!!! Jill

My name is Jill and I'm 37 years old. I've been married for 11 years and have 4 kids... 9, 6, and 2 year old twins. I'm making a career change of the business world to nursing. I had been working on my BSN prereqs for a couple of years, but recent...

I am so glad that there are a lot of us over 35 people. I thought I would be the only one trying to change careers when I"m over 30! Anyway... I'm 36. I have been trying to get my prereqs for a BSN but inbetween trying to buy a house, having 4 kid...