Cilantrophobe

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  1. Marymount Accelerated BSN Program Fall 09

    PDX16 are you from Portland? That is where I was born and raised! I LOVE Portland!!! But I heard that Oregon has the worst unemployment rate in the entire country and I have heard all of the nursing...
  2. NVCC-HLT 250-Textbook

    Here was Dooley's response: "The assignments and exams are based on the required text. You should be able to use any general pharmacology text as a resource, but sources often differ, and the...
  3. Shout out if your happy with a "C"

    Please
  4. Semester if OVER!!! Shout you joy here!

    I finished my Bio-Medical Ethics with an A. And I finish CHM 101 with a final on Friday and even if I fail the test I will still get an A for the class!!! Come to think of it I wonder why she is even...
  5. Online Nutrition class please!!

    I took it at Oklahoma City Community College, and I am sure my current school Northern Virginia Community College offers it as well. Good
  6. ? for those who've taken A&P1

    I took a 6 week NAS 162 class last summer so I know exactly what you are about to go through. It will all make sense once you are in the classroom studying from the models and all those plastic bones...
  7. The "weeding" out

    If your school is anything like my school the A&P professors don't even personally know the nursing instructors and they are going off the good old rumor mill. I know it must be discouraging to...
  8. End of 1st semester: what was the hardest thing?

    Is this common for many nursing schools? I have heard this a few times now and I can't imagine. Traffic here is
  9. HAHA:yeah: rossapaulafernando-while I don't think you have evil intentions, there is a similar thread here that you might enjoy reading. I think there may have been a language barrier that lead you...
  10. Inexperienced at Online Classes

    Online classes are awesome. I have done nutrition, psy I & II, history, english 111 and 112, and over the summer I am doing medical terminology and pharmacology. From my experience there is a ton...
  11. New Here - Advice Needed

    I agree that if you have the opportunity to do a MSN program that you should totally do it. I wish I could just do all my school first but I need a
  12. This is the greatest website ever!!!!!!!!

    You wanna hear something funny? I love this site so much that I want to tell everyone about it. I wish All Nurses would advertise their site at my school because I wish MORE people from my school were...
  13. This is the greatest website ever!!!!!!!!

    AMEN!
  14. Student Uniform - My Gosh!

    Good point. My school would never get away with requiring that. Our student population is a majorly mixed breed. Many of the girls around campus adhere to Hijab, too many to enforce that 'little white...
  15. INOVA nurse recruiter (need contact info)

    Isn't there a large naval hospital? Inova would be quite a drive for you on a very unpleasant (I-95)
  16. Taking Nutrition before Chem?

    I think you will do just fine. Nutrition was the very first science course I took and I took it online to boot, and got an A! I literally read my textbook cover to cover. And 2 years later I am now...
  17. Incompetent advisors at your school?

    The problem is that I have several copies of everything they need, they have copies of everything they need, and they STILL manage to make mistakes. Good school with sucky administration is a perfect...
  18. What is wrong with these people? I sent my school another admission checklist today because my residency status changed and I wanted my checklist to reflect in-state (people are accepted into the...
  19. What To Do While Waiting For That Magical Envelop

    If you really want to pass some time play a video game or two. I could (and have) sat on the XBox 360 for HOURS at a time. When I was pregnant I played Viva Pinata for about 5 hours straight on...
  20. Chemistry Study Group for Spring 2009

    Congratulations! You must be so happy to have that finished. Our last lecture is tomorrow. We have a test on Friday as well as an optional take home quiz (she throws out our lowest quiz out of 4...
  21. TEAS Exam

    I am still confused. Why are you applying to your schools nursing program if you haven't completed any of the science pre-reqs? I personally don't think that anyone who hasn't taken science courses...
  22. The Difficulty.

    I do think that anyone who meets the requirements can get in. Unless you are applying to a school with a lottery or schools which require that you already be a CNA or an LPN. As far as those schools...
  23. What's your long term goal?

    nocheapones-Your post is word for word exactly what I would have
  24. Have you taken online A/P at NVCC in Virginia?

    The instructors emails are first letter of first name+last [email protected] Just find a teacher with an open section and shoot them an
  25. The Difficulty.

    Have you actually spoken with other people applying or in your schools nursing program? It might not be as bad as you think. Not all schools are created equal. My school only looks at your GPA and...