hushpupgrl

Hello Everyone!! I was hoping y'all could give me some advice/opinions on diploma programs. I am switching careers to become a nurse and have found a diploma program offered at St Luke's hospital in PA. I like how the program offers 900 hours of clinical. However, upon graduation I want to move out of PA and to another part of the US (either the south or mid west). Are diploma graduates able to get jobs in hospitals that are not affiliated with the school they got their diploma from? Does anyone know of recent diploma graduates being hired at hospitals that are in major cities? Are diploma graduates looked at in the same light as an ADN graduate? If I did not do the diploma program, I could apply for an accelerated BSN. I know the BSN is the future, but I worry about not picking up on the clinical aspect of such a fast paced program. Any advice would be helpful!!! Thank you for your time, hushpup

Hello. I am thinking of going back to school to get a second degree in nursing. As of now, I am looking into getting my ADN from Aquinas College. Does anyone know if the local hospitals in Nashville (Vandy, St. Thomas, Baptist, etc) are hiring ADN grads? I do not want to invest in an ADN if I can not get a job in a hospital. Any info would be helpful. thank you for your time, hushpup

drs will not be higher demand. just because more people have insurance and there are not enough doctors to see these people, only hypothetically means doctors will be in demand. the reality is that people who are smart enough to go to medical school are not going b/c their salary is going to decrease b/c of obama's socialized medicine. therefore, the government will be pushing people through med school who should not be there, and in return the quality of the healthcare system will go down. as far as nurses, in the short run it may help. but in the long run, the bill will not.

the law might initially increase pay in certain area's, but in the long run it will bring down the pay for everyone in healthcare(doctors, nurses, PA's, etc). there is no way our country can afford this bill. it will only cause the cost of healthcare to increase more than it is right now, and in return the taxes in our country will increase. healthcare workers are going to feel the squeeze when all of this happens. hopefully, this bill can be stopped. don't forget to vote in november and get rid of anyone who voted for this bill.

hey y'all...i'm definitly in for the study group! let's enjoy our time off until spring semester. i start jan 20th...when does everyone else? hushpupgrl

Hello everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying their time off from school. I'm a pre nursing student and was curious as to how much of the material from microbiology and chemistry is used during nursing school. I know the A&P information is very important, but I was curious as to the amount of info that reappears from the other too classes. thanks! hushpupgrl

hey everyone, thanks for the replies!!! it makes me feel better to know that other people have gone through the same situation. it is easy for me to get discouraged b/c everyone i know is settling down in life and i'm starting completely over. at times i feel like i'm too old to start over from scratch....friends, a job, a relationship. thanks for keeping my spirits up!! happy holidays, hushpupgrl

Hello y'all. This is kind of off topic, but I thought I would post it anyway. I turned 27 in November and I'm completely starting over in life...switching careers and going into nursing, trying to make new friends(the one's I choose from my younger days turned out to be duds), recently ditched by a guy that I really liked...oh, and I moved back home with my parents to start nursing school. I'm kind of overwhelmed with feeling "old" and not settled yet in life. Is anyone else going through the same thing??? Has anyone gone through this??? I was just looking for some words of encouragement!! thanks in advance, Hushpupgrl

Hello, I'm a pre nursing student and I was wondering what the difference is between working in the intensive care unit and working as a critical care nurse? If you can explain the differences between the 2 jobs, that would be great. thanks in advance hushpup

hey, thanks for the info!! what program are you attending??? cedar crest?? if you hear from your friends, let me know. have a good weekend hushpup

msfb, hey, thanks for the reply. in a nut shell, i'm going back to school to get a BSN after working in the accounting field for a few years. i'm currently living in the lehigh valley and am interterested in the accelerated program at desales. however, i don't know anything about it or anyone in the program. i guess i was just curious as to how the students like the nursing program, and if they feel it is a academically challenging program? just any opinions they had on the program...did they feel prepared after graduation? also....if you are in the acclerated program do you take classes with just the accelerated students or do you take classes with the undergraduate students? thanks in advance hushpup

has anyone on this board attended the nursing program at desales? if so, is it a good program? if you didn't attend that school, have you heard anything about it from other people? thanks hushpup

thanks for the opinion. i'm just freaking out that i won't get into nursing school. I know the W's won't effect my gpa, but i'm afraid it will look bad that i withdrew. but i won't withdraw anymore.....has anyone here had the same thing happen and still got into nursing school?

Hello everyone. I'm taking the prerequisites for accelerated nursing programs. I have a question that I was hoping y'all could give me some advice because I'm freaking out!!! Have any of you withdrawn from a class and if so, how many? I orginally took A&P during the summer session, and I was doing very well, but I wasn't learning the material. So I withdrew, took it again with the same teacher and got an A. But then I made a blunder. I signed up for A&P2, chem, and micro, all in the same semester. plus I was working. so i had to withdraw from micro, not because I was failing, but because I had no time to work and study. I'm 26, so I'm supporting myself. Anyway, i'm freaking out that the 2 W's will kill me. My advisor told me to just get A's in the rest of my classes, and that will outshadow the W's. And my anatomy prof said he would write me a letter of rec and say that i didn't withdraw from him class because i was doing bad. i'm just freaking. any opinion/stories would be helpful. do any of you have W's on your transcript? thanks in advance hushpupgrl

has anyone here gotten into or applied to west chester's accelerated program? if so, what is the admissions process like? how many letter of rec's do you need, etc? same info about drexel...what was everyone's gpa and did you gert in or not. i'm just freaking out, i won't get into any nursing program. thanks in advance hushpupgrl

is there anyone here who has two W's on their transcript...if so, what classes? i'm just freaking out. i didn't withdraw because i was doing bad, i actually was doing well in both of the classes. one was over the summer and i wanted to actually learn the material, and the other i had too many classes. do y'all think my good grades will out weigh the W's? thanks in advance, hushpup

has anyone here had two W's on their transcript? when you applied to nursing school, did you still get in?

Thanks for the replies. Y'all have made me feel better. I guess I was just worried because I would hae 2 W's on my transcript. And the W's are for science classes. The guy I have for A&P, also had me over the summer. And he knows I didn't withdraw because I was doing bad. So if I get a letter of rec from him, I could always ask him to say that I didn't withdraw because I was doing bad. Have a good weekend everyone!!

i am currently taking the prerequisities to get into nursing school...i'm an older student going back to school. I signed up for A&P1 over the summer and was doing well in the class, but withdrew to take the class during the year, so that I could learn more of the material. aka...the material over the summer is super fast, more time to study during regular semester. Anway, I did that and got an A in A&P1. However, I signed up for A&P2, chem, and microbiology, developmental psych this semester. I have way too many classes and thus am going to withdraw from my microbiology class and take it next semester. My advisor said that as long as I get A's in all my classes and an A when I take micro, that the 2 W's shouldn't kill me. What do y'all think? do any of you guys have a W on your transcript?

do you think i will feel out of place being 28 years old? is it a total college town where everyone is 21 and under? i'm looking at other programs like villanova and drexel which i think are closer to the city. since i'm going to be 28 when i start, i would rather be in an area with people who are closer to my age...if that makes any sense...i just didn't want to end up in some small town with all 18 year old college kids. thanks for in the input, hushpup

hey everyone! does anyone know if west chester university is located in a nice area? someone told me it wasn't in a very safe neighborhood. if i attend west chester's accelerated programs i will be 28 years old.....is the town all young college kids? thanks hushpupgrl

hello....i guess i'm just curious as to some ways to pay to become an NP without financial aid? i thought maybe an employer would pay or if one went part time then they might have the money to pay out of their pocket. i was just curious if anyone had any info on what they did or their friends. thanks

hello y'all. i am looking into applying to an accelerated bsn program for people who already have an undergraduate degree. after a few years of work as an RN, i was thinking of becoming an NP. however, how would i go about paying for this? would my employer be willing to help pay for my classes to become an NP? can i work and take classes at the same time? or do most people stop working and go back to school fulltime to become an NP? thanks in advance, hushpup

hey everyone, i'm looking into accelerated nursing programs in philly. i'm not from the area, so i'm not familar with the cons/pros of the different schools. what are y'all opinions? i know west chester is a state school, so i have been interested in their program since it will be cheaper than trying to go to villanova. is one program considered better than the other? and what about drexel...how does their program factor in? are they all basically the same and it just depends on where you get accepted and how much money you have to spend? also, is one program easier to get into than another? i guess i'm looking for some information on how people feel about the programs that live down there or have gone through them. thanks in advance huhspup

hello everyone. i was hoping that y'all could give me your honest opinion about withdrawing from a class. i started taking the prerequistes for nursing school this semester. i already have an undergraduate degree in accounting. i signed up for 2 online classes and 2 lecture/lab science class..one bio and one chem. the chem class has been a lot more work than i thought. my one online class is human growth and development. the prof i have is horrible....my advisor just told me i shouldn't have taken him. his online class is totally confusing and set up backwards. the material is more complicated than i thought and i now wish i would have taken this class as a lecture. thus, i am thinking of withdrawing from the class. i will get a withdraw passing on my transcript. how bad does this look? do you think it will affect my chances of getting into nursing school? i guess the reason i'm super paranoid is because i went to three different colleges before i graduated. i have always been embarssed about this and therefore i get paranoid that anything i do in the future might look back. i know i need to get over it, but it just keeps haunting me. anyway, let me know if you think it will affect my chances of getting into nursing school. when i apply, can i tell the school that i withdrew because it was an online class and i decided that i needed to take it as a lecture class? thanks hushpup