You remind me of how I felt when getting my first degree - in Sociology. I was always an English and history girl, too - and terrible at math (which intimidated the heck out of me)! About halfway...
Salamanda NP replied to dangerkader08's topic in General Nursing
I know you said you made your decision, but I wanted to weigh in, too. I took A&P II, Micro and Pathopysiology together two years ago and it was a rough semester. I basically did nothing but write...
Salamanda NP replied to joyfulone84's topic in General Nursing
Just a suggestion, but are there any stay at home moms on bas who can help you out? It sounds like you really only need help two days - I'm sure one of the women on base would be willing to do that....
Salamanda NP replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Nursing
INFJ here! "I am an INFJ and I am actually really surprised to see so many INFJs in the thread. Obviously the sample size is too small to say there are a lot of INFJ nurses overall, but I always...
That sounds really incorrect to me. I would call someone else at the school and ask. I am pretty sure that you will still have to complete courses like A&P, Microbiology, etc. Also, have you done...
Salamanda NP replied to Genuine_Pure_Setae's topic in General Nursing
how long have you been a nurse? 7 months Age? 29 gender? f What was your previous career? human resources Did you receive a college degree in that specialty? no - my degree was in sociology...
It's faster than undergrad, meaning that you are learning at 2-3x the speed. For example, instead of 2-3 semesters of med surg (like an undergrad program) you will have one - but will be responsible...
I don't want to scare you, but I hope you bought travel insurance. I completed the Salem State DEP program and October is going to be a really really rough time to take a week off - assuming they...
I would recommend going to the colleges website and looking at the dept of nursing. The website should answer all of these questions for you. If not, call the schools admissions office. Most nursing...
Thank you both for the supportive replies. It's good to be validated and to get advice from my peers. L8RRN - I'm sorry you had such an awful experience in LTC, but am glad that you were able to get...
Hi all! I am a new grad (got my RN in September) who has been having a hard time with the job search like most other new grads right now. I know how lucky I am even to be working, but need some...
As another poster said, you can't go wrong with any of the state school programs in Mass for nursing; they are all quite good. But, here's my experience with the schools I attended. I did my BS in...
Salamanda NP replied to MachoNurse's topic in Pediatric
Maybe consider working in a pediatric doctors office? I'm a new grad in Mass and recently started working part time in a pediatric office. It's a great start, and is easing me into the role of a peds...