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Myself and another nurse were helping a very needy long term patient in our acute care hospital. She looked at the other nurse and said,"You are just so pretty." Then looked at me and added, "You're pretty too.... In your own way." Ouch! That one st...

Hi all you nurses out there. I just graduated nursing school, and I want to be adequately certified to apply for any jobs that may miraculously pop up. I am somewhat confused as to whether or not I need BLS certification for health care provider, or ...

I was on the list for a year and a half. It was the only program I had selected because of my schedule.

Thanks so much for all of the responses! I went ahead and got my BLS, and was able to get hired on at a great hospital. I'm sure I will pursue other certifications in the future.

No problem! I agree, there should be much more part time options for nursing school. Good luck!

I just graduated from Gateway's part-time RN program. The majority of my class worked full time, and almost everyone had family. It is do-able, but I have to say that only about half of our original class graduated without having to repeat a block, o...

Thanks so much for your responses, saved me a couple of hundred dollars! I was CPR/BLS certified at the beginning of school, but it expired last month and I figured if I needed to upgrade to ACLS I would do it now. Thanks again!

I'm starting that program too! See you soon :wink2:

I start Gateway's part time program next Wednesday so I will let you know. I did a lot of online pre-reqs and I know for me, that I prefer in person classes and that is why I didn't choose Rio Salado. But Gateway only admits to their part time prog...

I think the fact that hospitals are not hiring as much has to do with a number of factors. Firstly, illegal immigrants used to be able to apply for free health insurance from the state (AHCCCS), but prop 202 passing several years ago took that away ...

Anybody else starting in January? I'm getting nervous and excited at the same time. I just went and bought my scrubs and got the last pink 'nice' Littman stethescope. The salesman called it 'Save the Tatas' pink because money from it's purchase go...

Yay indeed! I got into the Gateway part time program, and my date stamp was June 23 2007. It was my only choice, the only one I could do actually, and I feel really blessed to have finally got in. Congratulations to everyone else, and don't lose ho...

AZSamantha, you can always add MCC as one of your choices and give yourself a higher probability of getting in on the next defferal placement. You're so close I'm sure you will be in one of the next placements.

I definitely know how you guys feel, I got into the Gateway Part time program and my time stamp was June of 07, so AZSamantha I would still keep hope alive for a deferral placement spot.

It's 2:00 on the dot, and they still aren't done with the placement. I haven't watched the clock this much since I was a kid on Christmas morning.

When are they going to do the placement? PUT US OUT OF OUR MISERY!

Well that is frustrating, but it makes more sense since it said it would update AFTER the October cohorts were placed. I've been checking the board every day to see if it was updated. Would be nice if they gave us correct information, but they know...

I assume it must be the part time program? :)

Are you in the full time program, or the part time program?

My date stamp is June of 07 and I am hoping and praying that I get in for January because I am only applying for the part time programs and there are not a lot of spots. If I were full time any school I would definitely get in, but I guess it just d...

I successfully applied to Gateway and am not CPR certified. I am just awaiting placement, but I assume I will need this when I start the program so I'd better get crackin.

AZ Samantha are you waiting for full time or part time?

Glendale Community College, Weekend Days (Friday and Saturday I think) and Gateway Community College 2 nights a week plus Friday or Saturday clinicals.

I am only applying for the part time programs through Maricopa Community Colleges, and the whiteboard is a little misleading for me because it mixes full and part time people. I was wondering, for anyone in Gateway or Glendale part time programs, ho...

Yay for being done with pre-req's! I applied in June of '07 and I too live pretty far from Glendale (East Mesa) so I was hoping to get into Gateway. The frustrating thing is that Gateway only lets in 20 people at a time, and they only admit once a ...