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iriska_meller

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  1. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Dear dg05, thank you for renewing this thread. About the stuff: I thought the penlight was included in out supply package, am I wrong? I have set up an account at cubmail, but nothing significant...

  2. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Not yet, I think they will email us... Is the email account also good for logging into their library and other

  3. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    May be this will be helpful

  4. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Even though I have been yelled at on this thread for calling the neighborhood not safe, I think I'll pinch in again. Regarding "how far south" - down to 125th street at least :)). You best bet is...

  5. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thank you for your opinion. I think it is quite different things with which population you are willing to work, and with whom you are willing to share the building. I will be happy to meet you in...

  6. They make me feel like a failure

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I just wanted to thank everyone who has offered their support on this thread, I really appreciate it. I feel that I am making the right decision, and all of your advice wil be really helpful in...

  7. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    me too!

  8. Can nurses wear skirts?

    iriska_meller replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen plenty of nurses wear skirts and even headscarfs :). I think if a particular hospital would try to prohibit it, they will be in lawsuits up to their a$$ the next morning. The only think...

  9. They make me feel like a failure

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thank you so much everyone! Sorry for the silence, I had a crazy day. Your replies are really encouraging and I appreciate each and every one of them! Interestingly enough, many people think that all...

  10. Columbia: Questions about ETP

    iriska_meller replied to dg05's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Regarding scrubs - how many sets do we need

  11. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Did this bother you too? Last year it was true. IMHO, it is dumb. Why, why on earth, if this is SUCH AN INTENSE program, put a month off right in the middle, instead of giving people a decent new year...

  12. Immunizations keep me from Columbia???

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    hoooray! I just talked to the lady in Columbia, and she said that AS LONG AS YOU START IT'S OK!!!!! :roll Oh, I'm SO relieved... well, I guess this thread may go now... Thank you everyone for...

  13. Immunizations keep me from Columbia???

    iriska_meller posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi everyone, I decided to start this as a new thread cause our accepted applicants thread became too confusing with all the questions. The health forms that are required for registration include,...

  14. Immunizations keep me from Columbia???

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Can't they tell me that you can be any religion you want, but if you want to go into medicine you need to get vaccinated

  15. Immunizations keep me from Columbia???

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thank you for the encouragement guys... I can't be the first person in that situation, can I? Why wouldn't they list it on the application requirements, if they know it requires 7 months, instead of...

  16. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Dear Mazzini148, Welcome to the thread. You know, I am in somewhat similar situation. I have loans from undergraduate school (not that much though, but still - loans). You know, if I were in your...

  17. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    How many scrub sets should we buy? I mean in terms of reasonable; do we have to wear them every day, or only to the clinicals? Please don't tell me that it is SO INTENSE that you don't even have time...

  18. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Ok, now this isgoing to be a really stupid question. But, what the heck, I'm still anonymous. :roll Ok, on Columbia's nursing school website there is a link "accepted etp applicants log-in". How do...

  19. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I know a few people who have left the program after the 1st year and got their BSN. There have been talk about awarding the BSN only after completion of the MSN protion, but I don't know if they...

  20. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    hi guys! Just got a reply from Ms Wolfe, the admission lady, about the CPR. She says that is required, and it DOES NOT MATTER where you got your certificate, as long as you got the actual

  21. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Joining Sherlee's question. One more thing: can you give us a time schedule, in terms of when did you start and end classes, especially during summer. I'd really appreciate that! And repeating my...

  22. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Guys, does anyone know if we need to be CPR certified? I know they used to have this requirement (a friend of mine was admitted last year), but I haven't seen it anywhere, neither on their website nor...

  23. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thanks! They do have dorms (or university appartments) near the campus, but space is limited there. Generally, Manhattan is VERY expensive, but the areas around Columbia's Medical campus (168th street...

  24. Accepted Columbia ETP applicants (and current students: some advice). get-together?

    iriska_meller replied to iriska_meller's topic in Post Graduate Students

    What Feb 1st deadline???? IS there a deadline for Fafsa? I tried filling my out, but I couldn't finish it because we didn't file a tax return yet, and I didn't know how to answer some questions....

  25. Kicked out of school for being pregnant!?

    iriska_meller replied to ibambamama's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    May be what he meant was the following. Pregnant women tend to feel bad for various reasons, and miss classes. (I personally had acute kidney infections 3 times during 1 pregnancy). Therefore, it is...