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  1. St. Vincent's CMC - Queens

    Does anyone have any details about the nursing program at St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center of Queens? Has anyone attended the school or received an acceptance for Fall
  2. St. Vincent's CMC - Queens

    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...
  3. Sallie Mae - Private Loans

    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...
  4. Best school to take Pre Reqs???

    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...
  5. Beth Israel School of 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...
  6. IV air bubble compensation

    I just found this cartoon on nursing students and bubbles in the tubing line.
  7. How hard is nursing school?

    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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. How many people thought A & P was easy?

    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...
  11. Freaking out about Anatomy dissection...

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

    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...
  13. Studying for a Science exams....

    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...
  14. Laguardia C.C gpa question

    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...
  15. All scrubbed up in Penn Station!

    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
  16. 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...
  17. Will I ever be a NURSE????

    The CUNY schools have very limited space and many applicants. I took my prereqs and co-reqs at LaGuardia (which saved a lot of money). I start at SVCMC in a few weeks. I applied to SVCMC and Beth...
  18. I needed to purchase the books for 9 credits of nursing courses. I have spent approximately $550.00. Fundamentals of Nursing + Study Guide Math for Meds Davis Drug Guide Taber Medical Dictionary...
  19. please vote--change career mid life?

    I have a Masters degree and am starting nursing school in the Fall. I am making the transition to nursing because of my interest in a specific area of health care. I know nursing is the direction...
  20. NLN Exam - Reference recommendations?

    I used the MacDonald book. I did every question and every practice test starting at least one month before the exam. It made all the difference. I scored in 97th percentile for diploma and 95th...
  21. Heel pain reducing my quality of life...

    It's all in the shoes. A doctor had recommended to me years back that I never wear anything very flat (flipflops, very flat shoes, etc.), and that I always wear a shoe with a wedge that had at least a...
  22. I will be starting at St. Vincent's CMC in the
  23. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    I'm over 40 and starting nursing school in the Fall. Having recently left corporate America, I can tell you in some areas younger is preferred. People also make assumptions about people with...
  24. I scored in the 95th percentile on the AD composite (97 verbal, 93 math, 80 science). My composite score was 139. I used the McDonald book -- did every practice question and every practice test over...
  25. I recieved an acceptance letter BY MISTAKE!

    He had a lot of nerve calling you to say you are on a waiting list. If they were professionals, they would have quietly made the class one person larger. Unless ... other students also got the same...