barbnyc

barbnyc has 9 years experience and specializes in CWOCN.

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1. St. Vincent's CMC - Queens

   barbnyc replied to barbnyc's topic in New York Nursing

   SVCMC is a registered program for NCLEX and NYS licensure by the Department of Education. http://www.op.nysed.gov/nursing.htm SVCMC also integrates its nursing program with Queensborough Community...

2. Sallie Mae - Private Loans

   barbnyc replied to PreNurseKirk's topic in General Students

   Sallie Mae Tuition Answer loan. The interest rate is based on your credit score. If you don't have a credit history or bad credit, you will need a cosigner. The process takes about one week once you...

3. Best school to take Pre Reqs???

   barbnyc replied to jandramauri's topic in New York Nursing

   Wherever you take your prerequisites, make sure they are transferable to the nursing program you plan on attending. CUNY is the cheapest, but the required courses usually get filled very quickly. I...

4. Beth Israel School of Nursing

   barbnyc replied to nurse2btracy's topic in New York Nursing

   I was where all of you are one year ago. Nervewracking to the say the least. Beth Israel sends out its letter the middle to end of May. For every student that declines their program, they call the...

5. IV air bubble compensation

   barbnyc replied to JL123's topic in General Nursing

   I just found this cartoon on nursing students and bubbles in the tubing line.

6. How hard is nursing school?

   barbnyc replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in General Students

   I had an easier time with my Masters Degree than my current ADN nursing program. The material is time consuming. The smartest move I made was taking all of my science courses before I got into...

7. Does everyone feel overwhelmed when they start nursing school?

   barbnyc replied to tsmith9031's topic in General Students

   Try to stay away from negative, dramatic, overreacting, draining students. Don't share your work with other students unless you are getting something out of it. Treat yourself well. Take the...

8. Phillips Beth Israel, LICH, SVCMC students or graduates - need your help please!

   barbnyc replied to Paragon's topic in New York Nursing

   Hi Paragon, Beth Israel uses the NLN. LICH probably uses it (Beth Israel's sister school), but I'm not sure. SVCMC uses their own admission exam similar to the NLN without the science questions. I...

9. How many people thought A & P was easy?

   barbnyc replied to DAMomma's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   The problem with A&P I and A&P II is the amount of information required in a short period of time. The content is not hard, but the short time frame to cram everything in the brain is...

10. Freaking out about Anatomy dissection...

    barbnyc replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We dissected cats in both Anatomy I and II. There were also sheep brains and hearts. I didn't appreciate the smell or the process. They didn't use human cadavers. I had an arrangement with my lab...

11. Nursing job that doesn't have to deal with docs?

    barbnyc replied to Luvbuble's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for an MD/VP at a large corporation and had to interact with all of his MD direct reports. My boss was wonderful but his direct reports (who were renowned worldwide physicians) often got on...

12. Studying for a Science exams....

    barbnyc replied to hopeNstar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have to say, I spent about that much time per week for tests and still couldn't get above a B+ in any of those science classes. All of these courses were based strictly on test scores (with the...

13. Laguardia C.C gpa question

    barbnyc replied to mzthang2260's topic in New York Nursing

    The incoming nursing students for LaGuardia have a GPA of approximately 3.75-4.00 for the prerequisite requirements. The other courses do count toward to your ranking, however, the GPA for core...

14. All scrubbed up in Penn Station!

    barbnyc replied to Dempather's topic in New York Nursing

    I see a lot of people wearing scrubs on their way to work. I would think you are at great risk of someone spilling coffee on you. A lot of New Yorkers commute with coffee

15. Why do I about people dropping out of Nursing school so often??

    barbnyc replied to RNsoon!'s topic in New York Nursing

    Many potential nursing students are attracted to the career opportunities nursing brings and the salary benefits. However, I have observed many students don't realize that nursing carries a lot of...