RNcDreams

Hi everyone, I am hoping to relocate to the Chicago area within the next few months. I have an appointment with HR at Mount Sinai Medical Center to discuss potential employment in the next few weeks. Do any of you work here? If so, I am looking for...

Just checking to see if anyone else is considering Yale for Fall 2012 for any of the Masters specialties. I'm compiling my list of schools and check out application dates. I am *pretty sure* I'll apply to Yale.... yikes! Anyway, I'd love to hear fro...

angelala-- Is the Graduate Entry program the one for non-nurses that allows them to ultimately obtain a bachelors and a master's? I'd be going just for a Graduate (MSN) degree, so a little bit of a different scenario, but still... holy debt. I keep...

LookingAhead-- Thank you for sharing that! Really good questions to guide the process. My only debt is for my undergraduate degree. I still owe about $35,000. I know-- not good. However, I own my car, I rent, and I have zero credit card debt. I...

LookingAhead-- I'm on the fence about the cost thing! Is a high quality/noteworthy program something that's going to work to your benefit when it comes time to get hired? I've been leaning this way. Plus you mentioned the tough job market. I feel...

Hey everyone! I'm posting today to get some advice and opinions regarding the next move in my nursing career. I've got 4 years of bedside experience, with time spent in ER (at a community hospital), Telemetry & Medical Stepdown, and CCU/MICU cur...

Ugh. I'm doing practice problems right now, and I do believe I'm royally screwed. I'd have to repeat all of elementary and high school to cram this stuff back in my head! The fact that the new one is fill- in for math is really just going to kill ...

jmalid, I've got 2 GRE 2012 prep books, one of which is all math. I'm plodding along... it's rough!

... that's a really good question! I don't have any idea. I'll have to poke around and see what I can dig up. It never occurred to me that they might do that. Hm.

I'm curious how much value they will place on the GRE's this time around, considering all the changes and alterations in scoring. Maybe it will work to our advantage?

Thank you, Category X! I vaguely remember seeing that one in my searches.... there's so many!

I would also add that you could touch on how the process of going through school has helped you to learn to multitask, time manage, and focus in your personal life as well!

Oh no! I always work backward from the available answer choices. This is not good. Thanks for the heads up, acl0272! Time to go practice....

Same here, APatriganiRN! I am aiming for the ACNP track as well. I've got a few other "reach schools" on my list, including Johns Hopkins and Georgetown. I'll be applying to a few state schools as well, which are more realistic. But, you never ...

Hey everyone! So, I've done quite a bit of soul searching. Here's a few thoughts I've been toiling with, and some possible plans I've mapped out to help me reach my goals. I considered the Educator role/preparation for a bit. However, I don't think...

Very nice! I saw quite a few posts from last year geared toward that program. I'll just be applying to one of the regular nursing Master's specialties. I'm still flip flopping when it comes to choosing one, so I'm completing a few shadowing opportu...

Ooohhh c'mon, I know you're out there somewhere :)

All excellent suggestions so far! Thank you :)

Thank you! Good to know...

Congrats to those who received funds this round! I am hoping to apply in 2011.... I work at a severely underpaid DSH hospital, and in theory my outstanding undergrad loan balance exceeds half of my yearly income, including a bit of OT hours. My quest...

Great, thanks for the information! I will be living in the city but further north. I plan to drive in since I will be doing night shifts. Thanks for sharing your experience!

Hello, I have been granted an interview for what I believe is a Tele/Cardiology position at Loyola (Loyola University Health System).... looks like a great hospital! Do you work there, or know people who do? I made a post about Mt. Sinai as well......

That was exactly what I was looking for... thank you! :)

Thanks! Sorry if my response came out weird.... it's a touchy topic. Makes the nurses stressed and spread to thin. And it's true, at some point you end up having to ignore them for the acute, new patients. It's a terrible way to work, feeling as i...

I have learned never to leave a yellow plastic bedpan filled with urine on top of the trashcan.... you will inevitably forget that it's full., and then flip it onto your pants when you step on the lever to open the trashcan.......