katie07

I actually just started fostering dogs! I would suggest going this route. I am 6 hours from home and my family and live with two roommates whom love dogs too. It works well for us when i am gone all day at clinical they play and let the dogs out. Also being 21 and in college i know its not the best time in my life to adopt a dog and commit to a 10-15 year commitment. So fostering dogs is the perfect solution for me! The rescue group I foster for pays for all medical and food bills and supplies me with crate and others doggy supplies! It really is the perfect solution for me, i get doggy love and am helping out homeless pups before they get adopted out to forever homes :) So look for local rescue groups in your area to find out how you can help/foster!

I just got my acceptance today! I'm starting my BSN at csuci in the Fall!

I just found out today I got denied from the BSN program at cal state channel Islands I applied for. My question is what to do next? I have a decent GPA of 3.53 and TEAS test score of 78.1%. I realize I am young and have time, at 19, but I am paying my own way through college and want to complete school in 4 years. If I wait to apply next fall it will take me 5 years total. I was thinking of transferring to 2 year nursing programs in either California, Oregon, or Nevada but don't know of any specifically. Any suggestions, besides raising my GPA...what is considered competitive? Is any one else in this situation? Thanks

I'm going to be taking.... medical mircobiology A&P 1 Composition and Rhetoric 1 Quantitative methods for biology and my favorite....zen of surfing!! lol my university is 4 miles from the beach, so they offer 1 unit classes to teach you have to surf lol :)

Can someone please help me out? I would greatly appreciate your answers to the above posted questions! It is for a project on advanced nursing careers and I need interviews with a NP,CNM, and CNS! thanks :) either reply to the post or private message me!

Can someone please help me out? I would greatly appreciate your answers to the above posted questions! It is for a project on advanced nursing careers and I need interviews with a NP,CNM, and CNS! thanks :) either reply to the post or private message me!

Can someone please help me out? I would greatly appreciate your answers to the above posted questions! It is for a project on advanced nursing careers and I need interviews with a NP,CNM, and CNS! thanks :) either reply to the post or private message me!

Theres a new california state university, channel islands in camarillo that opened 5-6 years ago. They are starting a BSN program Fall of 2007, if you have good GPA and volunteer hours, live in region etc. it might be easier to get in there. There BSN program is 3 years long, so if you have the pre-reqs done already it might be worth thinking about versus a community college ADN program.

Hi all,K I was wondering if one or acouple of you would be able to respond to questions I have reguarding this profession. I am enrolled in a college Health and society class which is the lead class of the health and bioscience academy at my high school which i have been apart of for three years. A project in this class is a career investigation project. I have been interested in the profession of CNS for some time and am currently applying to nursing schools for my BSN; hence I have decided to do my project on advanced nursing careers. A section of this project is an interview with a professional. If one or several of you could answer my questions it would be greatly appreciated. You can respond to the thread or private message me, thank you. Your Name: (last name initial is fine) 1- How did you decide to become a CNS? 2- How did you get your first job in the field? 3- Is continueingeducationa requirement? 4- What aspects of your job do you find to be rewarding? 5- What aspects of your job do you find to be most challenging? 6- How has this kind of work changed since you first entered the profession? 7- What do you do during a typical day/week? 8- What are the most important skills( or knowledge, or attitude) necessary to be succesful in your career? 9-If you had any advice to give to a high school studetn considering your profession, what would it be? 10- What reading/resreach would you suggest that would help me to learn more about your profession? Thank you for any respones! I would appreciate responses by thrusday night, thanks agian. Katie

Hi all, I was wondering if one or acouple of you would be able to respond to questions I have reguarding this profession. I am enrolled in a college Health and society class which is the lead class of the health and bioscience academy at my high school which i have been apart of for three years. A project in this class is a career investigation project. I have been interested in the profession of CNM for some time and am currently applying to nusring schools for my BSN; hence I have decided to do my project on advanced nursing careers. A section of this project is an interview with a professional. If one or several of you could answer my questions it would be greatly appreciated. You can respond to the thread or private message me, thank you. Your Name: (last name initial is fine) 1- How did you decide to become a CNM? 2- How did you get your first job in the field? 3- Is continueingeducationa requirement? 4- What aspects of your job do you find to be rewarding? 5- What aspects of your job do you find to be most challenging? 6- How has this kind of work changed since you first entered the profession? 7- What do you do during a typical day/week? 8- What are the most important skills( or knowledge, or attitude) necessary to be succesful in your career? 9-If you had any advice to give to a high school studetn considering your profession, what would it be? 10- What reading/resreach would you suggest that would help me to learn more about your profession? Thank you for any respones! I would appreciate responses by thrusday night, thanks agian. Katie07

Hi all, I was wondering if one or acouple of you would be able to respond to questions I have reguarding this profession. I am enrolled in a college Health and society class which is the lead class of the health and bioscience academy at my high school which I have been apart of for three years. A project in this class is a career investigation project. I have been interested in becoming a NP for some time and am currently applying to nursing schools for my BSN; hence I have decided to do my project on the profession of an NP. A section of this project is an interview with a professional. If one or several of you could answer my questions it would be greatly appreciated. You can respond to the thread or send a private message. thank you Your Name: (last name initial is fine) 1- How did you decide to become a NP? 2- How did you get your first job in the field? 3- Is continueing education a requirement? 4- What aspects of your job do you find to be rewarding? 5- What aspects of your job do you find to be most challenging? 6- How has this kind of work changed since you first entered the profession? 7- What do you do during a typical day/week? 8- What are the most important skills (or knowledge, or attitude) necessary to be succesful in your career? 9-If you had any advice to give to a high school studetn considering your profession, what would it be? 10- What reading/resreach would you suggest that would help me to learn more about your profession? Thank you for any respones! I would appreciate responses by thrusday night, thanks agian. Katie

Yesterday for my health and society class we took a field trip, I got to go to a hospitals surgery center and watch a gastric by pass surgery! The thing is i'm still a senior in high school so its really awesme that my teacher could set this up. Anyways I got to stand right there, 5 feet from the patient the entire procedure, it was so cool!!!!!!!! gahhh it makes me so excited to go into the health field, it was just so intriging!.....it makes me want to go to med school and become a surgeon lol. Maybe after i get my BSN in 4 years I'll decide to lol you never know! Anyways I also met several surgical nurses and that specality also seems very interesting! Sorry for my ramblings, this just got my all pumped up to be a nurse.....or doctor! lol Has anyone else ever heard of highschool kids being allowed to watch a surgery? Of course the patient gave her consent for us to, but it is really that rare? Thanks for you responses!

Thanks guys!!!! to update you all, in addition to California state university chico, SF state, and Southern Oregon; I also got accepted at..... Sonoma State University Channel Islands state university yayyyyyy!!! Now i'm just waiting to hear from Washington state university!

I applied and was accepted to SFSU. How ever I am just graduating high school this year, and was accepted into pre-nursing, not the actually nursing school yet! I'm not sure I am going to attend though, as I also got accepted to 5 other schools as well. I live in the bay area and kinda of want to go to college in another region. But we'll have to see where I end up! lol Good luck to all of you worrying! P.S. I hope this answered your private message Jewels, good luck :)

I got accepted into 3 schools for pre-nursing for fall 2007 I know its only pre-nursing major, and not the nursing school; but I'm on my way I got into california state university chico, san francisco state university, and southern oregon university! I'm not quite sure which one I will end up going to as I still am waiting to hear back from several more schools.Does anybody attend or have heard anything about the nursing programs in these schools? Thanks Yayyy i'm excited! I finally know Im going somewhere next year! Now I just have to make it through one more semester of high school and shake of the senioritis!!!! haha

Hi all, I was wondering if one or acouple of you would be able to respond to questions I have reguarding this profession. I am enrolled in a college Health and society class which is the lead class of the health and bioscience academy at my high school which i have been apart of for three years. A project in this class is a career investigation project. I have been interested in becoming a CRNA for some time and am currently applying to nusring schools for my BSN; hence I have decided to do my project on the profession of an CRNA. A section of this project is an interview with a professional. If one or several of you could answer my questions it would be greatly appreciated. You can respond to the thread or email me , thank you. Your Name: (last name initial is fine) 1- How did you decide to become a CRNA? 2- How did you get your first job in the field? 3- Is continueingeducationa requirement? 4- What aspects of your job do you find to be rewarding? 5- What aspects of your job do you find to be most challenging? 6- How has this kind of work changed since you first entered the profession? 7- What do you do during a typical day/week? 8- What are the most important skills( or knowledge, or attitude) necessary to be succesful in your career? 9-If you had any advice to give to a high school studetn considering your profession, what would it be? 10- What reading/resreach would you suggest that would help me to learn more about your profession? Thank you for any respones! I would appreciate responses by thrusday night, thanks agian.

No, the new SAT goes up to 2400, which is why 1640 is not very good. The new one came out bout 2-3 years ago, requires an essay, and more sections. I am aleady signed up for two more testing periods to improve that score. Thanks for your advice, I dont really know where i want to live, just away from home :) So I think I am just going to be applying to all over CA, maybe oregon, washington to. Has anyone gone to or applied to schools there?

Ok, so I am going to be a senoir in high school and soon to be applying to colleges. I am looking into majoring in nursing, BSN. and maybe double major with a minor in psychology. Anyway mainly going for BSN, I know community college nursing programs have wait lists right? But what about UC and CSU schools? I probally going to applyto csu chico, csu long beach, csu los angeles, uc san francisco, csu sacramento, uc fullerton, and csu channel islands(the newest school, they are actually starting a nursing program the year i graduate, anyone heard of/visted it?) I live in pleasanton, bay area and want to go down south, and get away from home, which i couldn't do in a community college. What do you think my chanes of getting in are? I only have a 3.0 cummulative gpa and SAT of 1640, which isn't excellant. thanks!

Hey everyone, I am only a junoir in high school ( senior in 2 weeks!), but am thinking about going into nursing. I want to go to a 4 year university, so I am going to go into a BS nursing program in either a cal state school or in oregon/washington. I was wondering roughly how much more do pay to RNs with a BS obtian then lpn or AD? Is it very much at all? It would seem two extra yeras of college would earn a respetive bit more. Am I right to asume this? or does it matter at all? Thanks!

Thanks for the replys guys! Sorry it has taken me so long to get back, busy life! Wow tracie, I'd be really interested in talking to you and seeing how you did it! I'm going to PM you. Thanks, Katie

Hey, Just saying Hi to everyone, new here! I actually am still in high school, Im a junior , 17yrs.old, and very interested in the nursing career. I've been looking around and have some questions. My ideal plan is to go to a CSU (ca state university) to get my BSN. I would really like to go on and get a MSN and become a CRNA. But from what I've read you need at least one year experience in critical care to apply for CRNA program. What consitutes critical care? Besides the obvious ICU's, for instance does working in an emergency room work? Also, are new grads generally hired in ICU faciltys? Is it obtainable to be accepted at a CRNA school, after only 1 year experince? or is 3+ years usually the average? Ideally I would like to be finished with my schooling my age 30, to be able to have a family, kids, ect. My plan,18- 22yrs BSN, 22-24yrs- critical care experience(2 yrs), and then CRNA schooling 24-27 yrs. From you experienced nurses does this seem obtainable? or if not, what do you think would take longer? Thanks for your replies, its apprecaited! I know this does not really fit under "introductionas and greetings", I will also post in other sections. Thanks agian! Prospective Nursing Student, Katie