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Craziechiq-- Yes I got in through Scripps. From what I understand, if you completed all youe prereqs---just the sciences I think , (u can still have general ed unfinished) you get on the waiting list, submit your app to Scripps, along with 2 letters ...

Congrats on City, Fairewand!!! So proud of you. I just finished my first semester of nursing at Grossmont and boy was it tough. I got a high B in fundamentals and an A in Pharmacology. Woot!!! 1 semester down, 3 to go :)

Im sorry but on what planet and in what scope of practice is an RN EVER allowd to remove a cyst an suture them up??? I sincerely hope you are grossly exaggerating. As for your clerical experience, I type 50 wpm but seriously doubt that a typing test ...

Just to update, Grossmont got back their accredidation with the National League for Nursing (NLN) as of FALL 2008. We also just got CA-BRN approval for 8 more years!!! WOOOOT1111

Hi Bubbles! I am not in the NU program, I am in the 2 year ADN (RN) program at Grossmont College. As a mother of a 4 year old and a 20 month old, I can tell you that Nursing school is difficult, but entirely doable. I also work 24 hours a week as a C...

Thank you! I know what you mean about the balancing act of work/kids and school. For the first week of school, I worked nearly every day after class just so I could rake in hours for these first 4 weeks of class which are so intense. I planned my wor...

Hi Fairewand! Grats on taking the TEAS!! Were you asked to take it...perhaps that means you are getting close to getting in!! About the Science part. Do not stress. I scored about the same as you on the online cummulative part and completely biffed t...

It has been soo long since I have even had the time to log on to allnurses. The reason for this is obviously that the Grossmont Nursing program has been eating up 95% of my time between work and kids. The amount of reading we have in the first 4 week...

Sure. To be considered, you have to have the following: 1. Scripps employee for at least one year, with a "satisfactory or higher" annual performance evaluation on file. (they do this once a year to determine whether or not you are eligible for a rai...

I can completely relate to your situation of not taking college seriously the first time around. But fear not, there is hope. Most colleges have whats called an "academic renewal" policy where you may completely wipe 2 semesters from being counted in...

Thanks. I plan to cut back to only 12 hours a week, but I too have a family to feed and do all the the cooking, housekeeping, and child care so I will be pretty busy in either case. I can't wait though. I'm so very excited. By the time I graduate, m...

Thank you so much for the advice....especially the "come humble" part. I hear all too often that students with medical experience show up to Nursing school acting like know-it-alls, and then they get reamed by the instructors. Great piece of advice. ...

Here in CA and in Texas as well, we call LPN's, Liscensed Vocational Nurse's, or LVN. The following community colleges offer LVN programs at around $2500 for the entire program, or $20 per unit Mira Costa College in North San Diego County (Del Mar, ...

You are in my prayers and those of many others on this site. I just wanted to reitorate once more that your life is not over and many triumphs have been made for those with HIV. You can still marry and have children and surround yourself with a great...

They have acheived candidacy status with the NLN according to their website through spring 2010 and after that time, I would assume full accreditation. When I graduate, Dec 2010, I really hope they have full accredidation so I will surely post again ...

Yes, I agree. One must be assertive and act on their own behalf to discern how this new partnership will affect their status.

I'm sorry, maybe I missed something; You feel that its MY responsibility to ask Grossmont to update their website about the Scripps thing and how it will affect the waitlist?

Well it depends. At my hospital, Scripps, we get 12 hours of straight time, so they must be applying the "anything over 40 hours per week" law. Either that or I'm just getting screwed, lol.

This had my husband and I laughing sooo hard my stomach hurts.

Thanks. My program is 2 years long, so I will graduate in Dec 2010. As a CNA in the hospital, your job will still include they typical CNA duties, q2 repositioning, bathing, bedmaking, etc. But you will learn alot more, especially in the ICU. You pr...

I worked at Sharp back in 2003-2004 and at the time, new grads made $24 and up so I am sure it has gone up significantly since then.

Thank you, that means alot. I sure will :)

Well at orientation on the 5th, a question was adressed to the class by one of our professors, "Can I see a show of hands how many of you are Scripps employees"? And when 22 hands went up, I heard someone 5 rows away from me say, SH*T, no wonder the...

Well if you dont have a previous degree, you can get a Cal Grant for school which you don't have to pay back...or call up a rich uncle or something, lol it will be worth it to finish that quickly. Just my:twocents:

National University in San Diego offers a 2 month Chemistry course that transfers to OU. I took my nursing prereqs here and had many classmates who went on to the OU problem that had to take Chem at National to apply to OU. The Chem class, called S...