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  1. Hey guys....How do you all support yourselves?

    akspudus replied to Brian 77's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Coast Guard Tuition Assistance pays for tuition...100% Montgomery GI Bill...helps with daily expenses Coast Guard Reserve Pay...pays for medical insurance for the family. Just took $7000 student loan...

  2. Stethoscope?

    akspudus replied to Coco06's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I used a sprague for quite a while as an EMT. When I was accepted to nursing school I treated myself to a Littmann Cardiology III. I Love it. I can't believe how much better I can hear. Not only is...

  3. Know someone who did NOT pass the final?

    akspudus replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Yes, we lost a few. Most people that didn't make it are the ones that didn't take the reading assignments seriously...or thought they could skate through nursing school like the did the prerequisite...

  4. Stethoscope issues

    akspudus replied to Tristar's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Good ear pieces are a must. You need to make sure that they seal well in your ears. Even the most expensive stethoscope won't work well unless you have a good seal.

  5. No She/he Did Not!!!

    akspudus replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    No she did not try to interrupt and persuade the professor during lecture that her breast augmentation surgery was palliative surgery...that it cured her inability to get a "good" boyfriend. Only in...

  6. Age you will/were graduated?

    akspudus replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    I will be 36 when I graduate next

  7. Yet another newbie here, wanting to move to AK...any advice welcome.

    akspudus replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in General Nursing

    I grew up in Alaska...now transplanted in Miami. Yeah, I still scratch my head about that move. All of my children miss Alaska dearly. We are planning on moving from Miami back to America as soon as I...

  8. Dont move to florida

    akspudus replied to skuterkomputer rn's topic in Florida Nursing

    My wife and I moved to Miami from Alaska about 2 years ago. She had a great job opportunity here, and I wanted to go back to school and become a nurse. I am glad we did it...only because of my...

  9. Old Nursing Students From Miami Dade College Please Help!!!!!

    akspudus replied to VICTO3841's topic in General Students

    Miami Dade College partners with Baptist Memorial and Jackson Memorial Hospitals to offer a "scholars program". These programs offer full scholarships as well as stiffens for books and uniforms. The...

  10. Any Miami Dade College Student Out There?

    akspudus replied to VICTO3841's topic in Florida Nursing

    If you got a letter for an "information session" you are as good as in. They invite the top applicants in to give them a presentation about the scholars programs available at Baptist and Jackson. If...

  11. Miami Dade College students...

    akspudus replied to mom12's topic in Florida Nursing

    Well fellow MDC students......classes start next week. Good luck to everyone!!

  12. Any Miami Dade College Student Out There?

    akspudus replied to VICTO3841's topic in Florida Nursing

    I start nursing school at Miami Dade College next week. I don't have much to say about the program just yet...ask me in a week or two. They do require you to buy nearly $1000 in books for the first...

  13. How many got accepted.....

    akspudus replied to 2bNurseNik's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I turned down a private catholic school...BSN program. The accepted me to begin Aug08. They also didn't do me very well with my transfer credits. Seams they didn't like to accept military schools. The...

  14. Anyone else moving into the "Nursing Student" forum next week?

    akspudus replied to meggers628's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just got my letter!! I am officially a nursing student!! I start at Miami Dade College in August. I can't belive the paperwork I have to fill out. Its almost like I am enlisting in the Coast Guard...

  15. How many credit hours a semester?

    akspudus replied to ceraleigh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Worst I've had it was 15 (fall 2006). A&P1 for 3 A&P1 Lab for 1 Chem for 3 Chem Lab for 1 Statistics for 3 Ethics for 3 Two sciences with labs plus the math was kind of a full load. This last...

  16. A&P, Mirco & Work?

    akspudus replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I Just finished A&P2 and Micro. Both had labs. It was a lot of work...but I think I pulled A's in both. I also took Human Growth and Development...also an A. As far as working and taking two...

  17. I have to wait until the end of MAY!

    akspudus replied to jessica<3RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have to wait until the end of June. The wait sucks. I have been assured by many folks (students, professors...etc) that I will make it into either one of the programs I applied for. But assurances...

  18. Southeast Alaska...here I come!!! Tell me what I should do?

    akspudus replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am from Juneau....and worked with the cruise industry for a couple of years. Juneau and Skagway are the places to do helicopter tour of the glaciers and ice fields. Ketchikan and Sitka are both...

  19. Microbiology Spring 2007

    akspudus replied to BlessedMom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Dang....no E. aerogenes...that kinda bights. Hmmm....its got to be Gram negative for it to grow on EMB. Gram Neg bacilli. E. Coli is already ruled out since you didn't get a metalic green color on...

  20. Microbiology Spring 2007

    akspudus replied to BlessedMom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hmmm....You can rule out E. Coli. E. Coli forms a metallic green sheen on the surface of its colonies. A for growth in EMB, only gram-negative bacteria grow on EMB agar. Gram-positive bacteria are...

  21. Miami Dade Community College Nursing Students...

    akspudus replied to yuca799's topic in Florida Nursing

    Well it looks like it is that time of year again. That time when people are waiting to hear what school they got into. I have applied at Barry and MDC. Both schools have their merits. Miami Dade -...

  22. Got into Barry Univesity Accl program

    akspudus replied to yuca799's topic in Florida Nursing

    Well it looks like it is that time of year again. That time when people are waiting to hear what school they got into. I have applied at Barry and MDC. Both schools have their merits. Miami Dade -...

  23. Microbiology Spring 2007

    akspudus replied to BlessedMom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Both the Methyl Red (MR) and Voges Proskauer (VP) tests use the same media. MR-VP media. Its same media for both tests. Different reagents obviously: Methyl Red for MR Test Barritt's reagent (Parts A...

  24. Microbiology Spring 2007

    akspudus replied to BlessedMom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes, if you did what you did. As in switch the gram's iodine for ethanol, you would get a gram VERY unreliable gram stain. Basically you would have a simple stain and not a differential stain. What...

  25. Would you give away a semester's worth of notes???

    akspudus replied to CiCigirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes, very true a different scenario...and I apologize for getting off topic...the soap box is all too tempting sometimes. I like your point about the win/win situation of helping somebody out...and...