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my family is also relocating to jax. i think we are looking at the mandarin area. i will be graduating nursing school in sept here in va. i am wondering if i would be better off staying in va for a year to get experience as a nurse or if i would h...

I am still in nursing school but also have trouble with the pronunciation of drugs AND with medical terminology in general. I did find something that is helpful to me. I use Webster’s Medical dictionary. It allows you to listen to the pronunciatio...

I attend a night and weekend accelerated program here in Virginia. My classes are 5 weeks long. In the beginning my classes were M-R 5:30 - 10:30 with the weekends off. Now my classes are twice a week same hours with 12 hour clinicals on Sat and Su...

We had a drug dosage class. It basically went through how to calculate drugs. My teach was not that great, so I had to teach myself the different ways to calculate the drugs. You can pick up a book on how to calculate the drugs at any book store i...

i will send an email out to my class. many of them have friends that have already graduated. Can't make any promises but it is worth asking.

we have different scrubs for clinical...all white. they get washed right away with bleach in hot water. no need to bring home unnecessary germs.

You can purchase more from the school. I have used the 2 pairs i got for the last year. Because I am only wearing them for 5 hours at a time, I wear them twice before I wash them. Now when I had Micro and A&P lab I would wash right away but we...

Well I am starting in may. I am finishing in April! We started with 3 guys in our class and now we are down to 1. He gets lots of attention since he is the only guy and he has become one of my best friends! You should have a great time! Good luck...

I can't believe the RN program is 80k at MCI!!! That is outrages. I am attending there now and I knew the program had gone up to what I thought was outrages, 40k. But 80k is way to much. I am paying 27k for the RN program that started last Jan. ...

When you normally apply at VB campus, there are 3 interviews. The 1st inteview is with your rep, the second is with the rep's "boss" (not really sure of the title) and the 3rd is with the DON/ADON. Everyone interviews with the DON or ADON. The int...

i saw cheating in my a&p class. our teacher was very nice and would review the tests with us, letting us each have a test to review in class that then was passed back in. i found out after the class had ended that one student was keeping the tes...

You can apply for private loans that can supplement your income while in school. Talk to your financial advisor at school for recommendations. I know that Sallie Mae offers these types of loans.

that's great! one less stress for you. You will do great!!!

Also, you should have received a paper that outlines what they are looking for in your essay. If you did not get this contact your admission reps to get it. You shouldn't write the essay withour the guidelines they are looking for.

I had to write the essay on 3 questions. Basically things regarding why i want to be a nurse, why I would make a good nurse, etc. You might want to condense your essay to about 4 pages or less double spaced. 8 pages is a lot to read and you want t...

Our class only lost those 7 people because they failed the nursing math test twice and the test must be passed with an 84 in order to pass meds to patients. All that failed the test did pass the class we were in at the time. It is a tough program but...

I just spoke with one of my instructors and she advised that CHKD hires a lot of MCI graduates. From what she said the hardest area to get into atr any hospital after graduation is L&D, nursey, and NICU. It can be done but it is rare. If your h...

What campus are you at? If you are at Va Bch, the new assistant direct of nursing works at CHKD. She could probably give you some insight.

Courtney, Just continue to do great in your classes. I scored pretty bad on TEAS and I only got a B in the chem class(i transferred in my computer and math). After all that I think it came down to the interview. I went in to it confident and bei...

Congratulations Siameser!! If you have Dr. Nik for your A&P, she is the best!! I really enjoyed her classes!

We had a nursing math class but it wasn't the greatest since it was our teachers first time teaching the class. She did the best she could with our very outspoken class. I basically had to teach myself. Get a great book on nursing math with lots o...

You have to have the shots and drug screen completed before your first clinical. Usually 3-4 months from when you start.

The RN - ADN program is 15 months long. I am not sure if there is a LPN to BSN bridge. I think that is only if you already have your RN license.

I'm in Va Bch.

You will have an interview after the prereqs. I only had one interview and it was with the director of the program at the time. Our director now is Mrs. Lipsmyer. She is great. When I had my interview it was with the director and a student. The ...