HelloRose

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1. Too early to ask about relocation assistance? Being flown in for interview.

   HelloRose posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   After a phone interview, the hospital is flying me crosscountry so I can have an in person meeting with the manager and do some job shadowing with the nurses on the unit. I have no illusions that...

2. Parkland Internship June 2012

   HelloRose replied to hnielson37's topic in Texas Nursing

   For the residencies, the application is just the one online, right? Am I correct in that there's no way to attach a cover letter? It seems like an awfully light application... How can I make this...

3. Anyone needing a job....

   HelloRose replied to mom35's topic in Texas Nursing

   I don't know if you'll ever check this again but if you do, could you empty out your Pm box? I'd love to chat with you more about working at the

4. parkland critical care and trauma internship

   HelloRose replied to ssamnisk's topic in Texas Nursing

   Can you really only apply for one of the internship/residency positions? I'm interested in both OR and ICU but don't want to get myself on the naughty list for applying to both. Also the online...

5. Mayo Clinic Summer III-2011

   HelloRose replied to sj73201's topic in General Students

   I'm so upset. Summer III was the reason that I pushed myself since I started NS -- when I learned about it, I thought to myself "This is what I want to do!" I had a solid application and excellent...

6. Air Force Nurse Corps

   HelloRose replied to luvbug080688's topic in Government, Military

   Hello everybody, I'm a BSN student graduating in May of 2012 and am seriously looking at the USAF as my future. Problem is, nobody in my family has a history of any kind of military service so I have...

7. Mayo Clinic Summer III-2011

   HelloRose replied to sj73201's topic in General Students

   My mom works tele and I had some classmates on that unit last semester so I have some insight. Its a very interesting place and you will learn a lot about all the rhythms -- my classmates know much...

8. Mayo Clinic Summer III-2011

   HelloRose replied to sj73201's topic in General Students

   I overnighted my application to them yesterday. My school fails at getting official transcripts out (submitted request on December 6 and I'm still waiting) so I sent it with an older transcript and my...

9. ATI assessment and testing modules??

   HelloRose replied to misslisa's topic in General Students

   Our school requires we pay for our ATI modules and tests each semester. It's worked out to being over $110 each semester so far, and I'm just finishing semester 2 of 6. It's a steep price to pay,...

10. Bay Area Nursing Programs

    HelloRose replied to jamie0110's topic in General Students

    Evergreen Valley College is also lottery. A friend of mine from SJSU was rejected at SJSU so she applied at EVC and got in on her first try. Then again some people wait at EVC for a few years, so your...

11. International Edition textbooks

    HelloRose replied to HelloRose's topic in General Students

    Thank you everybody for your expertise! I think I'm going to go for it -- if the book does happen to be missing some pages, I'll just ask my friends if I could borrow their books for an hour or so. I...

12. International Edition textbooks

    HelloRose posted a topic in General Students

    Hello! I have the opportunity to purchase my MedSurg book for 1/3 of what my school is offering the bundle for, but the catch is that it's the international edition. That means it's softcover and...

13. How long is nursing school?

    HelloRose replied to HopefulNurse90's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure about SFSU, but SJSU is a "5 year" program. That's means it's minimum 2 years prereqs, 3 years nursing classes. The nursing semesters are typically less than 14 units each, so it's not a...

14. 3 years to transfer?

    HelloRose replied to HopefulNurse90's topic in General Nursing

    I was pretty much a straight A- student with a few A here and there. Since sjsu is impacted, they take three factors into account. 1) GPA of the 5? Prereqs (anatomy, physio, chem, english, and micro)....

15. 3 years to transfer?

    HelloRose replied to HopefulNurse90's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new admit to the SJSU nursing program, and the undergrad coordinator told us at advising (when many of us were just starting our prereqs) that "You need a lot of A's, and very few B's." You need...