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Hey everyone, Are there any current or former Carolinas College of Health Sciences students here? I'm a future nursing student there and I would love to hear about your experiences! I saw on the NCBON site that the school has a 95 percent pass rate o...

Hey everyone, As the title implies, I'm thinking about returning to the school system as a male nurse. Before I was accepted into nursing school, which will begin for me in January, I was a middle school remediation teacher. I was on a provisional li...

I want to say we have 7 guys out of about 70 students. From what I'm hearing, this is higher than average.

My first day was last week and it feels like it was so long ago because we've been speeding through lab, lecture, and clinical (today was my first day of that--and it wasn't really that bad). Now I can see why people say nursing school comes and goes...

I was pretty anxious leading up to today, which was my very first clinical day. I'm a first year, first semester nursing student and I know jack squat. But I, along with my group, made it through. I just made sure to get a good night of sleep, asked ...

Now that I think about it, I haven't sacrificed that much. I don't have kids and I'm not married (although I have a significant other). I did resign from my job and I moved out of my apartment. Financially, times have gotten rough and this time a ...

I start on the 8th too. We'll see how I feel about it all on the 7th

Congrats! You have my ideal job! I taught middle school before getting accepted into nursing school; with my nursing degree, I'd like to return to the school setting and teach or become a school nurse. That won't be happening for a while since it ...

It seems like I've had 9 lives because I've had a lot of "former lives" in less than 3 years! I have a BA in Journalism/Mass Communications with a focus in advertising. I didn't intern in undergrad b/c I transferred into the program junior year and w...

Hey buddy, Thanks! I had no idea you were looking into UNC also. I checked out the school's website and I saw that there are only like 30 or 40 students in the RN to BSN program. I figured there would be more than that, but I guess people have more t...

Hey fellow North Carolinians, First off, Happy Thanksgiving! :) Second, I come to ya'll with another question (like I haven't asked enough of those!)...I haven't even begun my RN program just yet, but I know when I complete it and pass boards, I want...

congratulations! now that is a blessing indeed :) you have a lot to be thankful for tomorrow!

How many of ya'll are already financially unstable and nursing school hasn't even STARTED? I didn't realize it was going to be so costly. Since August, I've had to fork over 400 dollars for a CNA class, I had to turn in a deposit to reserve my space ...

It's not always a given. I applied to one school and thank God, I got accepted. Some people apply to others to see what their options are. Financial aid, distance, prereqs, high school and college grades, etc. are all factors that lie in how many ...

Thanks again for the additional responses! :bowingpur I suddenly don't feel so bad and if you all can make it through, then so can I! BSNtobe2009, my particular school requires that you be a CNA and while there are a few around here that don't, th...

Jilaweez, we certainly will make it through! My family's never had it easy either, so I know that they can't really help me. They put a little bit into my bank account when I was in undergrad, but now that I've been on my own for over 2 years, I'm su...

Thanks again for all the additional responses. I did decide that I would take A&P II and Micro over the summer. I will be attending a hospital school that has a loan forgiveness program which pays 80 percent of your tuition for that semester on t...

Okay here's my dilemma... I'm starting nursing school in January and I'll be taking Medical Terminology, A&P I, and Nursing Fundamentals--a total of 13 hours. If I go by my school's course of study, then over the summer, I would take my first int...

Sounds like ya'll agree with me...I knew I was doing the right thing! I guess now that means that my summer is going to be pretty wild as I hear that Micro is hard enough by itself, but if it means that I'll have 3-4 solid semesters of strictly nurs...

I haven't begun NS either, but I have an idea. If I don't work in the hospital setting, I would love to work as a school nurse and eventually go into nursing education. I miss the interaction with kids (I taught middle school for a short time before ...

I read in a school newsletter that over 800 people applied for 150 available seats in the Spring 2007 entering class, 70 of those seats being nursing, so I'm not sure how many people specifically applied for nursing.

Hey everyone, I recently applied to the Carolinas College of Health Sciences and would love to hear any stories about the school. Also, if any nurses in Charlotte would care to tell how much they enjoy the area hospitals, please leave some input. I a...

Hey ya'll, Thanks for your posts. I have sent private messages to the both of you in regards to your responses. I hope it helps the both of you!

Will your husband be working in the Charlotte area? Charlotte is pretty much on the NC/SC border and there are a few big hospitals in the area. Presbyterian and Carolinas Medical are both in Charlotte--huge central campuses and they both have a num...

I applied for January admission back in April and received an acceptance letter a little over a month ago. Now I'm just waiting on the acceptance package so I can start preparing. Good luck to you and everyone applying!