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Hello, I noticed on the "how did you pay for your nursing school" forum that some people needed drastically different amounts of money to get through school. So I am curious, what type of degree did you get, BSN, LPN etc.. once in you major how long...

I don't think there is anything you can do about it. I often have patients tell me they have a salty taste in their mouth when I flush with normal saline. Specificly if they have a central line vs. peripheral line. When a person is really sensitive t...

The floor I work at does primary nursing and we always have. To save money management is actually switching us to team nursing.... We have lost three nurses already and are expecting more people to quit in the future. Right now we have 4/5 patients a...

Does your resource team/float team do basic training on each floor? At the hospital I work at they pre-assign new floats to each floor for three days with a buddy (preceptor) so they are comfortable on each unit. If you are a quick learner and flexi...

1. The Community Nursing class/clinical is a waste of time. In school it is important to take advantage of getting a feel for each kind of nursing so you can know which direction to take your career and what things you do not enjoy at all. Y...

You can complain to the dean, during those sessions that happen on the lani (I forget what they are called, or you can write a formal letter of complaint to the school) However and unless you can show that the person has violated some rule or ethical...

Hello, I have applies to U of W as a new grad and they have granted me a interview next week. Since they are a Magnet Hospital I was wondering if they would ask about any specific subjects, policy, or topics in general that I should know... Should I ...

I went to Hawaii Pacific University. Tution for nursing was $8,000 when I started. When I graduated I was paying over $9,000 a semester. I have check with some other students Tution is now over $10,000 a semester. So I guess what I am saying is alth...

No worries. My class was the largest Graduating nursing class that HPU has seen 122 of us graduated. Usually it is about 60-90 student's or at least that is what I am told. Work together with the other student's (study groups, reminding each other of...

No worries, If you have more questions, just reply back on this thread again and it will pop up to my e-mail. Good luck, it sounds like you are a very intelligent person and will get through the program just fine. (You might have a little bit of a he...

The teachers won't change the class or curriculum overall, however during the semester the class might fall behind in the lecture or in the schedule. Sometimes teachers will cancel assignments. That is when to be cautious. If they say things like don...

I would go to your local book store. Look up algebra or go to nursing section and get a Math for meds book. Buy a math practice book with formal conversions for ml, L, oz etc.... The reason for the pass or fail is that if you screw up basic math and...

Besides the in depth justification of care maps written above me. What you are going to have to understand is that when you get into the nursing field there are going to be a lot of processes, or documentation or politics that you might find frustrat...

I don't know if this will qualify for what you need, but here is my story I am a new RN, I graduated Jan 08 and passed the Nclex Feb 08. I have been working for 5 months on a medical surgical floor at a large hospital. This story happened after I jus...

I hope this new Dean Lasts. I am a graduate from HPU Nursing program, it took me 5 semester (2 and 1/2 years to graduate going full time) We went through 3 deans during my time (if you count the temp ones) I aggree with your assessment above of HPU....

I graduated from HPU in Winter (Jan 08), is there any questions I can anwser for you?

Depending on the lender you use, you shold have no problem as long as your co-signers credit is good. My brother took out a private loan with Sallie mai (Tution anwser) his credit is bad, but my grama who has great credit co-signed... He did not have...

I am taking the online version only. The classroom sesions where during times that I had already made other commitments months in advance (family, ceremonies, jury duty)... My friend is in the classroom in a different state (I am in WA she is in HI) ...

:uhoh21:Hi, I take my Nclex exam in 11 days and I am beginning to feel nervious... When I was in my BSN program I passed all my ATI's at level 2 and a few at the highest level... Now taking the Kalan practice Question Trainer my scores have been much...

Wow! It seems the cost of Nursing school keeps rising, but I guess cost of living (teachers salaries) need to keep rising..... WHo knows in 10 years I will be glad how much I spent, because it will probably be way more expensive!!!

You ask for how ever much money you want, but you do have to show them that you are enrolled full time so that they have verification that you are a student. The process is really very quick, if you go to Sallie Mae tuition answer you will find direc...

A combination of parent help, Goverment loans, one 3,000 grant and a lot of money in private loans. When I graduate in January, I will owe 100,000 dollars in loans (both goverment and private) I worked when I could, but school came first, which means...

Congradulaitons on your decsion. I use to work full time while going to school, but when I hit my the nursing classes in my major, I could not maintain my grades with classes/clinicals/and tests. I went through sallie mae tution anwser, the loan inte...

Hi, I really enjoyed my medical surgical nursing clinical, we had 4 patients and we did total care, this was over basically a 6 month period of time. We started with one patient and as our knowledge, skill and organization improved, we got more patie...

HEHE, I have never heard anyone describe nursing school as fun. For me it is ( I graduate in January) a brutal, emotionally exhausting experience. My school / program was full of political BS and to survive my particular program you had to be one of ...