MsBruiser

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  1. Is it worth locking yourself into Banner for 3 years?

    MsBruiser replied to MsBruiser's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Banner does not pro-rate the

  2. Nurses and the Recession

    MsBruiser replied to Knit1Purl2's topic in Arizona Nursing

    1)How recession proof to do you feel Nursing is? Nursing is very recession-proof. It is hard for a hospital to do a quick one-time layoff of BEDSIDE nurses to boost the bottom line. Hospital censuses...

  3. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    MsBruiser replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Apply for whatever you are interested in...and learn all you can. But if the rules say "no passing meds" - follow the

  4. Heard of Kingman AZ?

    MsBruiser replied to rcleary7075's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Besides fast food...probably cooking

  5. Heard of Kingman AZ?

    MsBruiser replied to rcleary7075's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Us too! Nice toilets...good

  6. Is it worth locking yourself into Banner for 3 years?

    MsBruiser replied to MsBruiser's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Wow - can't believe I started this thread almost two years ago. Shows how fast the Banner Program moves (that is a plug for the program:up:). You will owe about $4,000 or so. Well worth the money - if...

  7. Woot woot!

    MsBruiser replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Congrats...it will all seem like a bad dream a few months from now. There is no comparison between actually working and school. Working is so much better! Just follow the rules of the preceptorship...

  8. Heard of Kingman AZ?

    MsBruiser replied to rcleary7075's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Timothy McVeigh lived in Kingman for at least one year, in a trailer, before he decided to blow-up the Murrow Federal Building in Oklahoma City. That about says it all for

  9. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    MsBruiser replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hah! I was just having some fun. I'm a wise-guy. In my critical care class right now there are 5 or 6 of us from my cohort - and you can't pry us apart for anything. I love 'em all. You will meet...

  10. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    MsBruiser replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    sure you want to do that? You'll be sick and tired of each other by

  11. new grad! first post

    MsBruiser replied to inthesky's topic in Arizona Nursing

    And on a good day you can help people,

  12. new grad! first post

    MsBruiser replied to inthesky's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Well...I'll stick my neck out. I don't think the pay is all that bad. I mean, you are not going to get rich starting at $25.00 per hour. But heck, it's not all that bad either. Do an extra shift every...

  13. Banner Good Sam?

    MsBruiser replied to nessa77's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Amen...I live 18 minutes from my door to the floor where i work at Good Sam. Many good places to live within 5 miles...It's hard to convince people that there are great neighborhoods and public...

  14. Officially an RN

    MsBruiser replied to Calzonan RN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Good

  15. Pre-reqs change MCC

    MsBruiser replied to Glina's topic in Arizona Nursing

    in my program, we lost a whole bunch of people who never had to take the cna class. then they found out "nursing was not for them." stupid, stupid

  16. Unfair hiring decisions regarding new grads

    MsBruiser replied to arual56's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I'm sorry to hear this. Unfortunately, it sounds like they don't like you very much. I would not waste my time talking with management - their decision really leaves you with no option but to look...

  17. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    MsBruiser replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I think you are absolutely correct. At least 50% of students in my cohort already had at least a BA/BS. Lots of older, career-changer types. Banner has the luxury of picking and choosing. That said,...

  18. Pre-reqs change MCC

    MsBruiser replied to Glina's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Dude - 1st - check your PM. I will leave a message for you concerning your other post to me. Second, you are so right on. I'll go even farther. If 25% of people are failing the basic nursing program...

  19. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    MsBruiser replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    stay within your scope of

  20. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    MsBruiser replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    There is no difference among the programs. Block II is probably the easiest to fail and then pass. That is the one success story among the people we picked up - the single student in Block II. All...

  21. Pre-reqs change MCC

    MsBruiser replied to Glina's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Bio 160 - compresses Bio 201 and

  22. Pre-reqs change MCC

    MsBruiser replied to Glina's topic in Arizona Nursing

  23. Pre-reqs change MCC

    MsBruiser replied to Glina's topic in Arizona Nursing

    That list of co-reqs is kind of scary. At least the wait lists are so long, the smart students will get them out of the way before nursing school starts. Once you are in the program, you will barely...

  24. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    MsBruiser replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Statistically, it is tough to get a pure "passing rate." First, some people quit rather than get tossed out. So the passing rate is always a bit higher than the published average. In my cohort, we...

  25. Block IV advice...

    MsBruiser replied to CrazyPremed's topic in Arizona Nursing

    At Gateway, I felt Block IV was used as a weedout. We lost about 5 out of 30 students. Tests were noticeably harder. At the risk of getting flamed on this board , I actually felt like I was in college...