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  1. WHAT SHOULD I DO????????????

    WonderRN replied to EBT67's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely wait for the LPN spot. I used to work with Medical Assistants- I was not a medical assistant, but we both performed the same job as patient care techs and they didn't make much more...

  2. SLU accelerated BSN tuition

    WonderRN replied to asillig10's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about the loan repayment through HRSA..... It was never really an option for me because I am pretty well rooted in Saint Louis with a husband and kids. I did look at it before in the...

  3. SLU accelerated BSN tuition

    WonderRN replied to asillig10's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could give you good news.... but I don't know of any hospitals in St. Louis offering loan help right now. SLUH was the only hospital I knew of offering this option as of last year when I...

  4. Which MO Programs Are Good, Which Are Not?? Advice please.

    WonderRN replied to newgirljill's topic in General Nursing

    You are required to complete a certain amount of review quizzes out of NCLEX review book per week during the class. You are not required to get a certain percentage on these quizzes. You are simply...

  5. St Louis University

    WonderRN replied to lioneyes's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry it took me so long to reply.... busy semester. What do you mean by community clinical exactly?...... I did one study group early in the year and it was not very helpful for me. There were too...

  6. Which MO Programs Are Good, Which Are Not?? Advice please.

    WonderRN replied to newgirljill's topic in General Nursing

    SLU has you take a pharmacology HESI in early spring. Then you take a Comprehensive HESI exam in late spring. If you do not get a 950 on the comprehensive HESI test (which statistically gives you a...

  7. St Louis University

    WonderRN replied to lioneyes's topic in General Nursing

    Whoops, I made a mistake in the schedule..... The second half of summer, you have pathophysiology and maternity. (not PHARMACOLOGY and maternity). So for each class.... Intro to Clinical Decision...

  8. St Louis University

    WonderRN replied to lioneyes's topic in General Nursing

    Hello surviveslu, SLU's program is kinda of top heavy with theory, and for me, the summer was the hardest part. There are three semesters: Summer, Fall, and Spring. Each of these three semesters have...

  9. St Louis University

    WonderRN replied to lioneyes's topic in General Nursing

    Go ahead and ask whatever question you would like. Just found out today the school's "retention rate" is

  10. St Louis University

    WonderRN replied to lioneyes's topic in General Nursing

    I know this question wasn't posed to me, but I am also in the program at SLU. It's twelve months, May to May. Barnes didn't start their accelerated program until Fall 2008, so when I was applying, it...

  11. St Louis University

    WonderRN replied to lioneyes's topic in General Nursing

    I am also in their Accelerated program right now. We have an interprofessional seminar with med students, but that is all. As for the SLU hospital tuition repayment, they used to pay the entire...

  12. Pregnant and Graduating in 6 mos....

    WonderRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant with our second child and we finally were successful. Our plan was to conceive so that the due date would be in June, one month after graduation...

  13. ER at Childrens Hospital

    WonderRN replied to LeesaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just finished a clinical at Children's and the nurse recruiter gave us tips on how to get hired there, especially NICU (most competitive area): -previous tech/student nurse experience, preferably in a...

  14. Info for nursing scholarships in St. Louis, MO area

    WonderRN replied to carlarenee02's topic in General Nursing

    Also, I forgot to say that SLUH has a program where you sign a contract to work there for X amount of years after graduation and they will write you a check for school for X amount of dollars per year...

  15. Info for nursing scholarships in St. Louis, MO area

    WonderRN replied to carlarenee02's topic in General Nursing

    You might already know, but many hospitals have tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, and even some competitive scholarships. A lot have up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement if you work full-time...

  16. Help c Math conversions/equivalencies!!!!!!!

    WonderRN replied to shhnack's topic in General Nursing

    Whoops, that last post looked like gobbly gook......... Dimensional analysis is just a fancy name for getting the answer in units you want them to be in You put equalities together in ration form Ie:...

  17. Help c Math conversions/equivalencies!!!!!!!

    WonderRN replied to shhnack's topic in General Nursing

    Dimensional analysis is just a fancy name for getting the answer in units you want them to be in You put equalities together in ration form Ie: 1 grain 1 kg...

  18. Help c Math conversions/equivalencies!!!!!!!

    WonderRN replied to shhnack's topic in General Nursing

    Are you familiar with dimensional analysis? I find this is a pretty failproof way of figuring problems out no matter what you are

  19. Where to live in STL/Barnes?

    WonderRN replied to scarletallnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I would look in South County- Oakville, Sunset Hills, or Crestwood. From Sunset Hills or Crestwood you would have close access to I-44-Barnes is right off of I-44 at Kingshighway. From Oakville, you...

  20. Working full time

    WonderRN replied to k&k'z mom's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I am from the school of thought that taking out loans for living expenses is totally worth it. Is this a possibility for you? I am in SLU's accelerated BSN program, so working full time...

  21. UMSL Accelerated/Traditional BSN programs for 2008

    WonderRN replied to FriendlyGhostRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well this semester is really flying by.... which I guess is good in a way. I do an average of 3 1/2 hours of studying/homework a night, Sunday through Friday! I really hope that I don't get sick this...

  22. UMSL Accelerated/Traditional BSN programs for 2008

    WonderRN replied to FriendlyGhostRN's topic in General Nursing

    My name is Amber. I sit on the left side of the lecture hall ( left side facing the professor), close to the front I am really overwhelmed right now! I like the instructors and the material, of...

  23. St Anthony's?

    WonderRN replied to baby_gurl0604's topic in General Nursing

    I work for Saint Anthony's-in the Urgent Care as a tech. I work with a lot of nurses that came here from the ER and they said that the patient load has gotten really heavy there. Some used to work...

  24. UMSL Accelerated/Traditional BSN programs for 2008

    WonderRN replied to FriendlyGhostRN's topic in General Nursing

    I started SLU too, I bet we have crossed

  25. agency $21 is this good ro bad?

    WonderRN replied to love care's topic in General Nursing

    I know in Saint Louis Graduate Nurses can make around $20 at Saint Louis city hospitals...this is as a staff nurse, not as