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  1. Drug testing?

    Crimsonking replied to Mike1974's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    See.. You never know unless you ask. Mike, I hope for your sake, and more for the patient's sake, that you do quit. It is vital that you stop doing drugs or that the hospital catches you, before you...

  2. Drug testing?

    Crimsonking replied to Mike1974's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hmm... Mike, Are you doing

  3. Reasons why you want to be a nurse

    Crimsonking replied to serendipity123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have always been drawn to the medical profession. Fall of 1993, I went to college on scholarship and was designated pre-med. My sophmore year I was confronted with a choice, study or drink myself...

  4. What's worst than getting rejected? I know!

    Crimsonking replied to DesertRain's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congrats! This has been one of the most uplifting threads that I've read thus far. I wish you and your family all the best. Now you know devine intervention exists and I'm sure your meant to do...

  5. Little Bummed

    Crimsonking replied to tbell2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree, it seems that you are only considering this one school. Different schools have different selection criteria. My school, for example, doesn't have a waiting list, nor does it take into...

  6. (people from nj) i need help

    Crimsonking replied to kmilz08's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I'm not too sure as to what your concerns are. Your post seems to go from your grades to people, you feel, are not worthy of getting into NS before you. Which ever route you go (ASN or BSN), math is...

  7. Is It a Bad Idea To Stay in a Bad Marriage Until School Ends?

    Crimsonking replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Students

  8. Is It a Bad Idea To Stay in a Bad Marriage Until School Ends?

    Crimsonking replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry that this issue has caused you and your family pain. I too have family members that have this illness. I think that your anger here is a little displaced, however. I, in no way, implied...

  9. Spin off of dating patients. RN's dating docs?

    Crimsonking replied to GeminiTwinRN's topic in General Nursing

    Am I being negative or just trying to offer some objective advise? The best thing about message boards, such as this one, is that you can always count on getting multiple perceptions on any given...

  10. Spin off of dating patients. RN's dating docs?

    Crimsonking replied to GeminiTwinRN's topic in General Nursing

    i totally agree. it's interesting to see how women are viewing this. being a relatively young guy myself, i can tell you how i and a lot of my peers would view this. what you've basically done is...

  11. Can I still Study Nursing If I am Hepa B (Reactive)

    Crimsonking replied to pixelpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry. For some reason, I thought you were talking about a positive PPD, not Hep B. I need to go to to

  12. Can I still Study Nursing If I am Hepa B (Reactive)

    Crimsonking replied to pixelpoint's topic in General Nursing

    If you recieve a positive PPD, you will have to get a chest xray. If the xray comes back clear, then you will be allowed to practise. You are positive to being exposed to TB. As long it isn't active...

  13. how hard it is to get into gloucester community college nursing program?

    Crimsonking replied to ning007's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Make sure you apply to the other schools in the area. You have Camden County College, Our Lady of Lourdes, Burlington County College and I'm sure there are others. I don't believe there are waiting...

  14. Is It a Bad Idea To Stay in a Bad Marriage Until School Ends?

    Crimsonking replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Students

    Hi Cheryl, I thought I'd give you the male perspective. I'm married with child and also going through a difficult marriage during nursing school. It's easy to look at this and think it would be less...

  15. bio vs A&P

    Crimsonking replied to cathleenrmermaid7's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think it totally depends on your comfort level with the material. If you feel that you could benefit on a refresher, you should take Bio. At my school, BIO is a prereq for A&P. However, if you...

  16. Older student starting Fall 07 w/ "Gen Ed" classes

    Crimsonking replied to NICU RN wannabe's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi Melissa, I congratulate you on your decision to do this. I'm a 31 yr old student and started fall of 06. You've already passed the biggest hurdle and that's getting past all of the excuses not to...

  17. how hard it is to get into gloucester community college nursing program?

    Crimsonking replied to ning007's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I just got accepted into the program this spring. I begin it in the fall. I had A's in both A&P I and II, but I also know people in the program with B's. I also had scored a 95% composite on the...

  18. Attention Gaylord Focker...

    Crimsonking replied to forgop's topic in Men in Nursing

    I can certainly empathize with you. I too live in NJ and worked for Zenaca. My wife has been terriffic with me wanting to do this. I used to work over 60-70 hrs a week and travel a lot. She's...

  19. *microbiology Summer 07*

    Crimsonking replied to MelanyJ's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The results of the summer sessions of micro seem pretty mixed. I decided to hold off taking it until fall for a couple of reasons. First, the amount of material covered in any kind of science,...

  20. Attention Gaylord Focker...

    Crimsonking replied to forgop's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one. I'm 31 yrs old, married with a 5 yr old daughter. My family had to sacrafice a pretty good lifestyle to allow me to make a career change at this point in...