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  1. UH Manoa Rejection Letters are out...

    mcubed45 replied to worf's topic in General Nursing

    wow that sucks. affirmative action is a

  2. Queen's Magnet status, better economy soon? now what?

    mcubed45 replied to FNPdude74's topic in General Nursing

    i'm curious if this will affect their hiring of ADN's. a lot of magnet facilities make a push for a predominantly BSN nursing

  3. UH Manoa Rejection Letters are out...

    mcubed45 replied to worf's topic in General Nursing

    when i went to see kate for pre-nursing advising, she added up my points for me exactly as the admitting committee would be. i did not get any extra points for having a member. :icon_roll i did get...

  4. UHM final exams schedule??

    mcubed45 posted a topic in General Nursing

    is it normal for our lecture instructors not to have a time for our final exams yet? N330 and N310 don't meet at regular times so they don't have a standard final exam time. i've been asking my...

  5. UH Manoa conflicting course schedules? Fall 09 BSN

    mcubed45 replied to petunia2016's topic in General Nursing

    you really don't want to be taking pharm during your first semester of nursing school. the whole transition into the nursing program is gonna be challenging enough. add to that your first clinicals...

  6. What is the best hospital in Hawaii to work at?

    mcubed45 replied to gab.rielle's topic in General Nursing

    nope.

  7. any one working in long term care?

    mcubed45 replied to mzjennx's topic in General Nursing

    when we were doing our clinicals at Pohai Nani this semester, they were explaining how even though they're a LTC facility, part of their facility is dedicated to high acuity patients that are...

  8. UH Manoa Clinicals...

    mcubed45 replied to worf's topic in General Nursing

    most of the major hospitals are used.. QMC, kapiolani, kaiser, straub etc. this semester a bunch of our clinicals were at nursing homes (1st semester). we also went to Halawa Correctional Facility,...

  9. UH Manoa Clinicals...

    mcubed45 replied to worf's topic in General Nursing

    i have the spring 2009 SOC w/ clinical locations. what's your

  10. Applying for UH Manoa Fall '09 Nursing Program

    mcubed45 replied to butech's topic in General Nursing

    More like breaking in new staff. This is Chetana and Tiana's first semester with the nursing program. I have no clue who handled our apps last semester (for spring 2009) but they didn't even have a...

  11. Applying for UH Manoa Fall '09 Nursing Program

    mcubed45 replied to butech's topic in General Nursing

    KCC is supposed to add a healthcare experience component to their admission critera. idk if it got added yet though. it kept getting delayed b/c of the whole approval process things hafta go through...

  12. Applying for UH Manoa Fall '09 Nursing Program

    mcubed45 replied to butech's topic in General Nursing

    you get an extra point or two for a high SAT verbal score IIRC. i did not have stats completed. i took pharm last semester (fall 08) so idk if that counted or not since it wasn't completed when i...

  13. Applying for UH Manoa Fall '09 Nursing Program

    mcubed45 replied to butech's topic in General Nursing

    i just started this semester (spring 09). i got in w/ 4.0 pre-req, 2.7 cum gpa 99 percentile NLN. plus the sat bonus. so yea. i got no points for cum gpa but my other stuff made up for

  14. let do a poll: school grad or going and place working

    mcubed45 replied to mzjennx's topic in General Nursing

    UHM 1st semester (c/o fall 2011) workin at Kaiser

  15. Anyone did KCC ADN to UH BSN?

    mcubed45 replied to hikari808's topic in General Nursing

    last i heard is that KCC students are granted automatic acceptance once they finish their UHM pre-reqs. i'm not sure if this policy has changed though. UHM has different advisors now so you'd hafta...

  16. Anyone did KCC ADN to UH BSN?

    mcubed45 replied to hikari808's topic in General Nursing

    there's a bunch of adn->bsn transition student in my class at UHM (first semester). i'm pretty sure most of them are from KCC. from what i can tell, they were a bit surprised with the depth of the...

  17. Abd CT : PO contrast vs IV contrast

    mcubed45 replied to saphyre's topic in General Nursing

    awhile back our hospital introduced some "generic" orders for CT. that way the MD can just order "CT Abdomen" rather than having to specify with, without, or with/without and PO vs IV. it made...

  18. Manoa Fall '09 Admissions

    mcubed45 replied to worf's topic in General Nursing

    i believe i received my official letter the second week of november. apps were due oct 1st so not too bad. i know i received my KCC acceptance 1 week prior so i was kind've undecided on what to do...

  19. Manoa Fall '09 Admissions

    mcubed45 replied to worf's topic in General Nursing

    i got in for spring 09 (this semester) with a 2.7 cum GPA, 4.0 pre-req, and 99% NLN. those are the 3 main factors so if you're lacking in one (my cGPA) you can make up for it in another category....

  20. where to buy scrubs

    mcubed45 replied to mcubed45's topic in General Nursing

    the guys are uniforms hawaii were pretty great. they custom ordered me some hunter green landau scrubs. only took about a week. the price came out about the same as if i'd ordered online and paid...

  21. where to buy scrubs

    mcubed45 posted a topic in General Nursing

    where do you guys buy your scrubs locally? starting UHM next semester. they have pants we can order or we can buy our own as long as they're "hunter green". the tops we hafta buy from the

  22. Advice for a local boy returning to the islands

    mcubed45 replied to nedrager's topic in General Nursing

    well there's somewhat of a nursing surplus atm so it may be a bit difficult finding a job even with experience if you don't already have contacts locally. a lot of our new grads are moving to the...

  23. measuring resp rate?

    mcubed45 posted a topic in General Students

    what are some tricks to taking a pt's resp rate? how do you take it without telling them so they don't alter their breathing pattern? i've heard some people say to tell the patient you're taking their...

  24. where to buy scrubs

    mcubed45 replied to mcubed45's topic in General Nursing

    they had a couple when i went down. not very much

  25. medisave.net?

    mcubed45 replied to mcubed45's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Well my scope came in without any issues. The laser engraving is really nice and clean. Plus it was free. :) Their prices are pretty much the same as the other big retailers but the other guys...