JWEMT

JWEMT

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  1. LOW GPA 2.67, any hope for graduate school?

    JWEMT replied to ajin's topic in General Students

    I got into university of phoenix 2.43 gpa. MSNed and then transfer to NP

  2. What kind of GPA do I need to get into Nurse Practitioner school?

    JWEMT replied to ananana123's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I got in with a 2.45, but it was a struggle to get

  3. City College of San Francisco, College of San Mateo, and Samuel Merritt Univ. Fall 2018

    JWEMT replied to gingerbeer's topic in School, College Programs

    I make 87k as a ADN and the job paid for my BSN. So to me a ABSN is definitely not worth

  4. Do an RNs still maintain an LPN license after completing a bridge program

    JWEMT replied to beejay0829's topic in General Nursing

    I carried both LPN and RN at the same time in New York but then I didn't renew my LPN. No point but maybe it's state

  5. New Grad interested in CCRN

    JWEMT replied to RN28KtGold's topic in Critical Care

    FWIW I was nursing home to ICU watched Laura gasparis about half of it. Got bored. Went to a Meded review. Took the test at first eligibility so about 1 year failed. Studied about half a day on...

  6. Is the italian degree comparable with the US one?

    JWEMT replied to SilentRain's topic in General World

    Collaboration not supervision. Not including NP in independent practice

  7. Universal Training Institute in Perth Amboy, NJ

    JWEMT replied to nolimarie's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Just wanted to say I heard great things about Lincoln tech went to LPN to RN school with someone from there. I visited UTI in 2009 and really wanted to attend there. Could not afford it since at the...

  8. Considering Moving to NY..

    JWEMT replied to Cruzan_RN's topic in New York Nursing

    With ADN you'll be looking at nursing homes or clinics. You can make 70 low end. I made 87k night shift nursing home 1199. I live in Staten Island. Have a stay at home wife and children. I fair okay I...

  9. City Job or Private?

    JWEMT replied to stillalice's topic in New York Nursing

    Well private Hospital makes about 10k more as a base. That's an extra 350k over 35 years even if you ignore raises and interest. 1199 has healthcare benefits if you retire at 60 with 20 years. Tuition...

  10. RN to...Paramedic?

    JWEMT replied to Jt365's topic in New York Nursing

    Paramedic is another year full time schooling. Pay is lower. Yes some days I wish I was back on the bus, but it's not worth

  11. PearsonVue Nclex results on hold. Help

    JWEMT replied to Sunshine90's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats. I know my results were held because I went to the bathroom 3 times and completed the test in 18 minutes. It wasn't a nice feeling at

  12. CMSRN or CCRN? Both?

    JWEMT replied to Tomascz's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I don't know if I would consider them equivalent but you should definitely do the certification appropriate to your unit. If you are a Med surg nurse and you get your CCRN although you may learn the...

  13. High Insulin Dosages

    JWEMT replied to megahew's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I can use lantus 80 units and novolog 60-90 units a day on myself with on

  14. I want to be a nurse ... can you give me some advice ?

    JWEMT replied to Iamrsv's topic in New York Nursing

    I did LPN to ADN to BSN. I like the fact that I got to experience it at all levels. LPNs are not being phased out in general only in the med-surg setting. IF you are an ADN grad RN in NY you will work...

  15. NYC Hospital Salaries

    JWEMT replied to LM NY's topic in New York Nursing

    Hospital: NYP Methodist Experience Pay: 1093 per year up to 32 years Certification Pay: 4000 Education Pay: 1750 BSN 1950 MSN Evening/Night Differential: 7000 Annual:

  16. Patient exposure

    JWEMT replied to Uni_523's topic in New York Nursing

    This is really specific for the New York board no? Anyway since the NS is running with pressure towards the patient you should be okay

  17. Associate degree new grad working in nursing home

    JWEMT replied to kerrysilo's topic in New York Nursing

    Been there done that. 1.5 year nursing home and then went to hospital. Finished up BSN while working at nursing home. Had some coworkers that were new grads in my

  18. University of Louisiana-Lafayette online RN-BSN

    JWEMT replied to bridge2RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Every class is almost the same but later classes has less extra credit no crosswords. Pretty much the same number of essays every class. I think the ebp is more of a project study and so is the...

  19. University of Louisiana-Lafayette online RN-BSN

    JWEMT replied to bridge2RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    What kind of information are you looking

  20. Nursing Home vs Hospital

    JWEMT posted a topic in New York Nursing

    So I am a RN in a nursing home in NYC. I currently make about 85k a year after differential but before over time with 2 years experience. Nursing home is a lot of work and has 5 /day a week and since...

  21. University of Louisiana-Lafayette online RN-BSN

    JWEMT replied to bridge2RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The video is the

  22. Nursing Home vs Hospital

    JWEMT replied to JWEMT's topic in New York Nursing

    I got ICU position straight from the nursing home. It can be tough. I used a whole lot of fake it till you make it. Ive heard med surg floor is quite similar to sub acute. I was in sub acute for most...

  23. Upstate NY Starting Salary

    JWEMT replied to lte16's topic in New York Nursing

    A little off topic but I have always compared my pay in NYC to upstate. im buying a 800k home and I make 49$/ hr as a nurse with 2 years experience. The homes are like 1/8 the price upstate but...

  24. New Grad RN going into ICU - prepare?

    JWEMT replied to ZrowGz's topic in Critical Care

    I still find myself looking these things up since we only work 3 days a week. Forget every time I have a day

  25. I am so tired of applying to hospitals

    JWEMT replied to friendlyelse's topic in New York Nursing

    I disagree with 2 & 3. Joining the organization just show you can pay for association fee. They will prob not going to look at the