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  1. Pre-reqs and fall 2011 application

    foreverLaur replied to Bidisha's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Have you thought about looking at ADN too? You would save a ton of money, could hold a full-time job while going to school, would end up with the same job, and most employers pay for a RN-BSN program...

  2. Is working part time do-able with these classes?

    foreverLaur replied to StangGang92's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It is doable if you put your mind to it. I took pharmacology, biological anthropology, medical terminology, healthcare ethics, human nutrition, and patient care skills (nursing course) while holding...

  3. A & P 1 2010 sticky thread?

    foreverLaur replied to GavinsMom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took anatomy hybrid version (lectures online - lab on campus) and I really enjoyed it. I have not taken physiology yet. I took it at my local community college and we had a cadaver lab - they were...

  4. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    foreverLaur replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree - it is useless. I didn't gain anything from all the "general education" that I had to take. All the history (a duplicate of things I learned in high school), linguistics, worlds of music,...

  5. Dealing with CNA's

    foreverLaur replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    Rooting for the Celtics over here - I'm a Cavs fan

  6. Have anyone ever attended two colleges at once?

    foreverLaur replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I did!! I was a full-time student (15 credit hours) at one school (2 hours away from where I lived) and paid for it all with federal stafford loans. I just had to drive to campus a few times during...

  7. Help with first nursing skills exam!

    foreverLaur posted a topic in General Students

    I'm in my last prerequisite to nursing school and our skill exam is tomorrow at 7:45am and I'm freaking out because if I don't pass... no nursing school for me and I work until 11:00pm tonight. We...

  8. Help with first nursing skills exam!

    foreverLaur replied to foreverLaur's topic in General Students

    Here is the course: http://global.cscc.edu/CoursesDegrees/courses.asp?D=H&C=NURC102&Y=10&Q=SU NURC 101/102 are prerequisites to apply to the program unless you are a LPN....

  9. Help with first nursing skills exam!

    foreverLaur replied to foreverLaur's topic in General Students

    Yes, but we would have to correct it. For example, if we crossed over our sterile field, we would have to recognize it and take appropriate corrective action. If necessary - start over to make sure...

  10. Help with first nursing skills exam!

    foreverLaur replied to foreverLaur's topic in General Students

    Thank you

  11. Help with first nursing skills exam!

    foreverLaur replied to foreverLaur's topic in General Students

    How do you practice something like foley insertion and dressing changes and bolus tube feed though? We only have access to the lab during class time and I don't have the supplies or any guinea pigs to...

  12. Dealing with CNA's

    foreverLaur replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    On my floor, we had a girl that had graduated nursing school and passed the NCLEX-RN, but hadn't found a job yet and she kept working a a PCA on the floor. She found it really really difficult to not...

  13. Nursing School: Officially the Hardest Thing I've Ever Done

    foreverLaur replied to werkinit's topic in General Students

    I've worked full-time during school and it hasn't been bad. I work at a mail-order pharmacy that is open 24/7 so my schedule can be pretty flexible. I can also study at work when calls are slow. My...

  14. Chamberlain College of Nursing

    foreverLaur replied to Shijo's topic in Ohio Nursing

    My formal titles have been "Patient Care Assistant" and "Multi-Skilled Technician." Every hospital uses a different term but everyone knows what CNA/STNA is. Must be luck of the draw as to where you...

  15. NP Jobs?? help!

    foreverLaur replied to bethygean's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Get your RN first, get some work experience, see what specialty area you like best, then look into going back to school to become a NP. There are plenty of NP job postings in my area, but the vast...

  16. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    foreverLaur replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not sure how they would be viewed. A lot of my classes were combo - about half were upper level undergrads and half were masters

  17. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    foreverLaur replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I suppose it depends on your background too. I have a degree in psychology and I spent 3 solid years doing health care related research (mostly in oncology) and took multiple statistics classes. I'm...

  18. ACNP and FNP

    foreverLaur replied to ncaru01's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My local big trauma center hires a ton of FNPs to work in the ER and on their trauma floor. I've talked to a few of them and they recommended that I do FNP over ACNP/PACNP to get into

  19. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    foreverLaur replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes, PAs do rotations in all clinical areas and NPs do rotations in just one clinical area, but it is quite possible for a PA to have equal to or more clinical hours in a specialty area than a NP does...

  20. Bohecker Accreditation

    foreverLaur replied to Heavenly4505's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Keep posting!! I talked to Bohecker for a small bit of time. They refused to disclose their tuition rates, clinical sites, or a schedule of coursework until I was admitted. I then got calls and...

  21. Bohecker Accreditation

    foreverLaur replied to Heavenly4505's topic in Ohio Nursing

    u have to have 15 posts before you can send a PM :) make sure you aren't a

  22. ACNP and FNP

    foreverLaur replied to ncaru01's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It is usually a 1 year post-masters certificate to change

  23. Medic --> ADN --> BSN/MSN

    foreverLaur replied to greatone1210's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    and what... PA/MD models include the opposite? Being a compassionate person should be on the list of reasons why someone is going into the medical/nursing field. That can't be taught. If you aren't...

  24. Medic --> ADN --> BSN/MSN

    foreverLaur replied to greatone1210's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So, if I go the NP route I will be warm and friendly towards my patients and if I go the PA route, I will smirk at my patients and roll my eyes? Warm compassionate providers come from who the person...

  25. Spin off: how do you deal with DNP haters.

    foreverLaur replied to linearthinker's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I don't think anyone is anti the DNP in general. I think they are against those that get the DNP with the false belief that it provides them with a great number of clinical hours that will make them...