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    how do you afford to live while in school?

    Reno1978 replied to gordonarkell's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm 27 and I'm starting nursing school this fall. I was fortunate and had a good job in telecom in management. For the past few years I was very frugal and tried to save enough money to cover my...
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    Fed Financial aid help

    Reno1978 replied to ibmaryann's topic in General Nursing

    I would talk with your Financial Aid department and see what they can do. Community colleges may have limits based upon the number of credits you've completed, or may not let you borrow beyond the...
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    Cool ER Nurse Recruitment Video

    Reno1978 replied to Selke's topic in General Nursing

    That was cute! I checked out their site and I guess I never realized how many negative messages associated with nursing are out there...WOW. I'm glad they're doing what they're
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    How long did it take you to get accepted?

    Reno1978 replied to BP63's topic in Male Nursing Students

    The program I was accepted into does admissions based on GPA for nursing prerequisites and some select lower-division courses. I worked hard to end up with mostly A's. I applied this spring for fall...
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    Should I ??????

    Reno1978 replied to chill65's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Exploring Medical Language: A Student-Directed Approach ISBN: 0-323-02805-5 It's around $52 on Amazon. One of the prereq's for my nursing program is an online clinical math/medical terminology course...
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    allowed to take biology?

    Reno1978 replied to snovbunny25's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If I were you, I'd contact the biology department and get their input. At least where I live, some classes do have prerequisite scores from placements tests for math or English. However, these tend...
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    Biology and A&PI in summer

    Reno1978 replied to haemma's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took A&P I during the summer last year. At the time, I was working FT, from 5am to 2pm, then lecture (physiology) was from 3pm to 5pm and lab (anatomy) was from 5:15pm to 7:30pm for 4 weeks,...
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    A 'C' Anatomy Student Chances of Nursing School

    Reno1978 replied to MissyRN2B18's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It really varies by school and their admission policy. Here, admission is strictly GPA based, but the university accepts 48 students each fall and spring. I heard the low end of the GPA range for...
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    Guys what made you chooose nursing

    Reno1978 replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men in Nursing

    The short answer: Job Security The short story version: I held a position in management at a large telecommunications company. I moved up the ladder, due to my experience and performance and not due...