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Any idea on pay?

Thank you!!!! Carter and Clinton BOTH tried to push through reform of the healthcare and insurance industry. Its not like Obama came into office magically dreamed up healthcare reform and poof...it happened! And for those that are upset about the high premiums for the high risk groups. That was a compromise that was dreamt up by a Republican Senator from Arizona. I'm not saying this new system is perfect, but at least something is being done...and a lot of the not so great parts that are leading to the outrageous increases in premiums were not what the Dems wanted passed but rather compromises made to get the legislation passed. If people would dive into issues past the blurbs on the news they might be surprised about what they might learn.

There are maternity riders, and they can be very expensive. There are also discount programs that you basically pre-pay a monthly amount to a company that is contracted with certain providers. Word of advice...make sure your husband has insurance BEFORE you become pregnant. My husband just lost his insurance at work and because I'm 6 1/2 months pregnant he (and our daughter) cannot get private insurance. The reasoning behind this is that if something happens to the baby and she winds up in NICU it goes on his insurance. No insurance companies sell child only policies...and since neither one of us are insurable by a private policy right now she is also unable to become insured!!!! It is a mess. Make sure you have all your ducks in a row before becoming pregnant.

FYI..I don't know if its for this class or the next one, but they are doing away w/ the interview process. Don't ask me why or how...but I was talking to a faculty member and she told me they are changing the admission process and there are no more interviews. And an update on the tuition - it runs more like $24k/year once you add in fees, health insurance (if you don't have your own), then add in books, uniforms, etc... Good luck..

You sound like you are in the same boat as me...and my advice..be enthusiastic. Talk about the skills you have learned in your clinicals, and talk about the skills you still need/want to practice. Show your enthusiasm for learning how to be a nurse on the unit you are applying for. And be genuine in that enthusiasm. You can be a great nurse book wise, but how are you at the bedside? I just got a nurse extern position and I KNOW it was because I was almost giddy when they were telling me everything I can do to improve my skills to get up to par to walk onto the floor as an RN when I graduate. Nothing will top the enthusiasm and desire you show to be a nurse. Good luck!

They are teal. And they are very specific about it. Dickies and Cherokee are approved, some people also get away with Grey's Anatomy. Besides that...don't stray too far. They are very particular about uniform. There is a shop on Broward just east of university that carries the appropriate color in different styles by the aforementioned companies. They know what Nova needs and can point you in the right direction. If you are lucky you can find a buy one get one half off sale.

They may....I don't know. When I went through they sent a letter and you only had a few days to call to confirm the interview. But again, somehow mine never went out or got to me, so my persistence paid off!

I would call. I sent in my application at the end of April as well and got in for the next to last interview May 13th or so last year. But call, because my letter for the interview never arrived and I never would have known they were interested in interviewing me. Last year they didn't send letters out until June. Even then it was in two waves. The first in the middle of June, second at the end. And they are ALWAYS behind.

This is a GREAT piece of advice. I read that here and applied it during my first clinical rotation last semester. I was respected by the nurses by the time I left. They would find me and ask me if I could do this or that to help a patient - and it actually got me out of a lot of the poop work b/c the PCA would be doing that by the time I got done helping my primary nurse with other "nursing" duties. (Not that its not all a part of nursing, but you clean a butt one time, you can do it forever). Do not sit around, gossip, or be rude to the nurses. I can be tough sometimes because not everyone is thrilled to have students on the floor. But put yourself out there, and they will find you and you will learn so much more. That and just relax until school starts - once it does, you won't remember what it is like to relax!

I'm not going to get into a pi$$ing contest about who knows more about the school. But spoon fed we are NOT. We are not given reviews, we are told that there are no intervention questions on the exam and then are asked intervention questions. I have 52 other people that just bombed an exam that was not at all what was discussed in class. The class before us had to take a Patho exam AFTER the term ended on line b/c the grades were so bad b/c they were not told what was going to be on the test. That was the only way they could get the classes grades up so half of the class did not fail. We have three people in our class that were part of that.... Those were all the great things I heard before I went there. They changed everything - the dean has come to us and told us they have changed everything!!! I'm not saying it is not a good school, but for someone who didn't get past the first semester I would caution you on singing the praises of a program you are not involved in.

Sorry to confuse you, I certainly don't want to scare you! Trust me, I wish I had nothing but glowing things to say! If you chose Nova you are going to have the opportunity to learn to be a great nurse. Just be prepared for some bumps along the way. Like I said, I'm trying to be honest and fair.

To be honest the program is going through some growing pains at the moment as far as the students are concerned. The A&P was tough, but fair, and if you study and A is definitely possible. They changed a lot of things this semester that were not in place last semester or for the previous classes. It is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to keep an A in any class. They clump the tests together so you have nothing for a few weeks then an exam in each class plus a quiz and a clinical assignment due in the same week. All the material is not covered in class, there are only 40 questions on the exams and there is no possible way to keep up on ALL the reading and really study everything. What is right in one class is wrong in another. A lot of the times it is dumb luck if you pick the right answer. The schedule is constantly changing, more classes, extra labs in which we accomplish nothing....I could go on and on....but I won't. There are a lot of very intelligent students who are struggling, and so far we have been told, "Too bad." I'm trying to be honest and fair. I'm not in danger of failing, but a lot of people are and its not because they are not smart, do not understand the material, or don't study. If you get in and chose to attend, be prepared to study like you've never studied before. There are several people who have prior degrees ranging from psych, to chem, to computer programming. All of these people are having difficulty pulling the grades reflective of the work they are putting in. Are we going to be prepared for the NCLEX, yes. Is all this added stress worth it, especially for the $$$? I'm not sure. Are we going to be great nurses? Yes. Are we going to be perhaps better prepared than those in other programs? Maybe. Are our grades going to be reflective of what we learned? No. The RN-BSN program is very different - I know some people about to graduate and they cannot believe what we are going through.

As far as spots and interviews, I started last fall, they had 100 spots and 150 interviews. I don't know what percentage they are interviewing this time around, but one of profs who is interviewing seemed to let on they were doing a lot more interviews this time around.

About the letters, yes - they don't get sent out until Mid June. I interviewed in the next to last group in May, so was lucky I only had to wait 3 weeks. Good luck to you all. Just make sure you ask lots of questions, be yourself, and be ready to do a writing sample before you get started with the tour.